Sparrowhawks’ New EP, ‘Wanderlust’ Is Rad (And Free)
If you don’t know about Sparrowhawks then you’re in for a treat.
Album Review: Mal Blum “Tempest In A Teacup”
Mal Blum’s new album, “Tempest In A Teacup,” is so endearing and good and fun and I’m pretty sure you’ll love it.
Almost Famous: *~~
*~~ works in a variety of genres from folk to shoe gaze to electronic noise to experimental intermedia. She wanted to piss people off by having a name that no one would know what to do with.
Girl Power In Eurovision: 10 Songs Charting The Evolution
Each year in Spring, citizens of Europe take a break from sabotaging the global economy and gather round their TV sets to enjoy the greatest cultural event known to human civilization: Eurovision.
Team Pick: Enough Punk To Last You At Least 3 Days
Cara’s Team Pick: “Women In Punk” offers dozens of hours of your favorite rock stars spliced together real nice on your computer. Wear your best headphones.
Almost Famous: She King
Shawnee She King is a pop powerhouse from Toronto who recently hit #1 on Canada’s National Aboriginal Countdown chart.
This Letter Crystal Sent Me About Meeting Tegan and Sara
“All I really wanted to do was shake the Tegan and Sara’s hands. That’d be enough. Unfortunately, it’d also only take 10 seconds. I’d have at least 80 seconds left to fill.”
May Is Masturbation Month: Here’s a Self-Serve Playlist
Smash the patriarchy by touching yourself.
Almost Famous: Jess Walker
Houston-based musician Jess Walker is a movie junkie and huge USWNT fan. She also writes impressive pop songs.
Playlist: Cover Songs Are Great Part II
You probably know about Sinead’s “Nothing Compares 2 U,” but do you know about Cat Power’s “Satisfaction?”
Almost Famous: Jana Fisher
A NYC-based lyrical pop artist who’s “a good girl everywhere but at the piano”.
Playlist: ’90s Slumber Party
I can’t remember anything about slumber parties better than the music we listened to, usually on a scratched CD.
NEW MUSIC: Janelle Monáe is Q.U.E.E.N.
Janelle Monáe has released a brand-new song with Erykah Badu! Get down.
Crystal’s Track Stop Is A Master Hunter
Hot new songs from Laura Marling, Florence + the Machine, Polica + Justin Vernon, plus a few special words from Carmen Rios about Drake.
Almost Famous: Ponychase
Fall in love with ethereal electro-pop from Nashville’s modern day New Romantics.
Album Review: Allison Weiss “Say What You Mean”
“Say What You Mean” is full of some of the catchiest, saddest and most upbeat, vulnerable breakup songs you’ll ever dance around your living room to.
Crystal’s Track Stop Is The Bad One That Never Gets Hurt
New song from The National! Plus tracks from Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Cold War Kids, queer musician Ellie Herring and also Antigone Rising, who give you permission to blame it on the whiskey.
Almost Famous: Dalice Malice
A queer trans* folk singer from Chicago and maybe now also the butchest femme you know.
Guest Playlist: Kaki King’s Australia Mix
Kaki King made you a playlist. It’s a playlist made for you, by Kaki King. A Kaki King playlist.
Let The Knife’s “Shaking The Habitual” Shake You Too
Cara’s Team Pick: Everyone’s favorite Swedish brother-sister electronic duo turns queer theory into crazy atmospheric semi-dance music. FINALLY.