Results for: meet up
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Brittany Howard’s Sophomore Solo Album “What Now” Is a Risky Triumph
From a fuming response to a relationship gone bad to a sexy, queer club banger, Brittany Howard’s “What Now” is an eclectic must-listen.
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New St. Vincent Album ‘All Born Screaming’ Is the Best Score for the End of the World
If you judged the album from the two opening tracks, you wouldn’t be right about where it goes.
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Beyoncé’s “Renaissance” Is an Unapologetic Dedication to Blackness and Queerness
I’ve grown to see sampling, when done well, as a love language, a way to remain connected to our history and communicate with the musical innovators who shaped, and continue to breathe life into, our culture.
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Tegan and Sara are Just Like You on Their Excellent New Album
Tegan and Sara have mined through their pasts, found the gems, and put together a poignant ode to their past selves. We can live vicariously through their public vulnerability and imagine — without evidence — that if we did the same, we’d be charmed, rather than horrified, by what we found.
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Vivek Shraya’s New Album “Part-Time Woman” Is a Binary-Breaking Love Letter
Shraya’s lyrics tease apart the ways in which trans girls’ emotional lives are drawings rendered in chiaroscuro, the play of light and shadow: The power and relief of discovering one’s identity in private intertwined with the pain of objectification and sexual violence.
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Breaking Up and Making Out With Julia Nunes’ “Some Feelings”
“Your heart breaks or you realize it’s been broken all along. All this time!”
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The Inaugural GAYmous EP Is Queer Synth Slut-Step for You, Me, and A Bottle of Lube
PizzaCupcake and FXBoi just wanna “make queer dance music that’s made for queers by queers.” We review their new album and give you a little teaser about their upcoming music video for “Femme on Femme”!
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Artist Spotlight: Heidi Barton Stink
Trans rapper Heidi Barton Stink keeps it real. Like, really, really real.
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In Which We Review Lady Gaga’s ‘Born This Way’ Track-By-Track
“When I hear this song, I picture the shiny Lady Gaga motorcycle mutant rolling through the night, wind in its hair, and it makes me feel pretty awesome.”
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Twilight New Moon Soundtrack Review: Music for Feelings
As the world braces itself for the release of the Twilight Saga: New Moon on November 20, we thought it would be the perfect time to bring to you our feelings about its soundtrack – a broody 15-song compilation from indie rock legends and up-and-comers like Death Cab For Cutie, Thom Yorke, the Killers, Muse, Bon Iver and more.
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Rachael Cantu Interview and ‘Far and Wide’ Album Review
Crystal and Intern Emily are here to give you a run-down on indie singer/songwriter Rachael Cantu’s second studio album, ‘Far and Wide’. Also! Rachael speaks with Audiostaddle about the pros and cons of being an independent artist, adding to the drama of Private Practice, and how stellar musicians like Tegan Quin came to play on the album.
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Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” : The Audiostraddle Review
Brooke takes a crack at writing and tells you her thoughts on Empire State of Mind.
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Reviewing Tegan & Sara: Sainthood Track-by-Track
Tegan & Sara’s new album Sainthood is now streaming live from their myspace. In part two of our Sainthood review, we review Sainthood album track-by-track in obsessive detail so we can all talk about it constantly forever!