Art I Loved Lately: Lilly Gitlitz

COPY turns 5 years old this year! We’re kicking off our birthday celebrations with a concert on October 8th at Trans-Pecos in Brooklyn, and we invited some of our favorite NYC bands to be a part of it. Next up is folk-rock artist Lilly Gitlitz, who I got to chat with about some of the art she’s loved lately. I’m so excited to see her set; her newest EP, The Past is Breathing Now, has been on repeat all summer. Hope to see you there!

Tickets here :)

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Stereolab’s Dots and Loops

Retrofuturistic and deliciously pop, Stereolab’s Dots and Loops has me hypnotized. That quality makes sense—it was made using an early version of ProTools, which made repetition easier than ever before. I want to dance to this album on a swanky Manhattan rooftop, pink cocktail in hand, in a parallel universe with no iPhones.

Jamming

When I first got to college in 2019, I made a lot of new friends through jamming with them in my dorm room. Jamming is an undefinable, amorphous act that involves breaking through the tender awkwardness of displaying your own musical instincts in hopes of a collaborative mind-meld with someone else. No two jams are alike, but they’re often pretty euphoric and a great way to get to know people. I’ve been returning to the art again lately, and it feels just as exciting as it did years ago.

Lamps

I’m furnishing a new space and have been captivated by the beauty and importance of a good lamp. The hunt has taken me down a midcentury modern internet rabbit hole, and I can now identify some famous 1960s lamp designs #newpartytrick.

Isa Spector’s Real Estate

A few weeks ago, I saw Isa Spector’s play, Real Estate, which my friend Asa Levite scored. Largely movement-driven, the play explores the sexual relationship of two men and their stochastic, passionate, and gutting encounters. The movement was broken up by bits of dialogue so brilliantly disjointed I didn’t know whether to laugh or not—and that made it funnier.

Lady Gaga’s The Fame

When I was 8, my dad and I had an every-Saturday tradition of going to the roller rink. I knew the songs “LoveGame” and “Just Dance” made me want to skate like a maniac, but I didn’t know the artist’s name until a friend, Meghan, pointed to the speakers and asked me what I thought of Lady Gaga. That night, I went home and watched the “Telephone” music video, and I’ve loved her ever since. I find myself returning to ARTPOP and Joanne more than I do Gaga’s debut, but lately I’ve been bumping it and drifting off to the roller rink, which has since been turned into a hotel for dogs.