John Maus: “I Thought My Legacy Would Speak For Itself”

Despite the flash flood, Union Pool is packed on Thursday night for John Maus’ sold-out show. It’s his first New York performance in over five years. The experimental-pop musician always possessed reclusive tendencies, but that intensified when photos circulated of him and his longtime musical accomplice Ariel Pink standing outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, the day of the pro-Trump riots. Many assumed the pair attended in support of Trump; Pink worsened the situation with a self-pityin...

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