Despite (or maybe because of) her lesbianism and shocking lyrics, she’s smashing into mainstream media and not giving any fucks. You will love her. You are welcome in advance for introducing you to your next favorite album.

It’s almost time for Autostraddle’s International Meet Me At The Record Store Day. Let’s talk about our favorite albums on vinyl to get ready!

“There is nothing I love more than sharing a deafeningly silent, poignant moment with 300 other audience members; grinning wide through a rousing musical number that makes me want to stand and cheer; or tearing up at a matinee with the gray-haired woman seated beside me.”

Two of our favorite queer rock stars chat with each other about their new albums, their mental health, and Mariah Carey.

The Autostraddle staff has gone through their tapes, CDs and playlists to share a little corner of their past selves.

“My hunger for success is a hunger to connect with as many people as possible, and for us all to help each other along this journey. That’s what I thrive on.”

These are our favorite Bruce Springsteen songs and the stories of how and why we love them.

This is basically a Drake song written just for you. It ends with a playlist that expresses how much we all miss you and your comments. This online community love thang is worth fighting for so here’s a love letter and 32 songs.

Joan Jett, quit breaking my heart.

It’s lovely and strange how a song can cast light on memories of people you haven’t thought about in years, can press urgently on that soft sad spot we carry for our past.

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”!

Dance the pain away.

“And how is it that no one texted me that Nicki Minaj was in my hotel wearing denim cutoffs, 7″ black Louboutins, and a cutoff tank with my face on it? I’mma fire everyone on my security team.”

The new Shakira and Rihanna video got me thinking and I realized something. Rihanna does some gay shit. So I ranked her gayest videos.

The Feminist Internet is, as usual, scrambling to decide: empowering, or not empowering? If anyone had actually been paying attention to Nicki all these years, they’d already know the answer.

“Megan and I took our hippie bullshit feelings back to Bonnaroo this summer and it was everything we dreamed it would be and a couple of things we didn’t want or enjoy, like heatstroke.”

Mexican rock band Molotov announced they would be dropping the word maricón from their song “Puto” during their Jagermeister US tour. But it’s hard to believe this move was about solidarity and not just ticket sales.

(In no particular order.)

Sometimes, I like to give you a theme to describe all the glorious new artists I’ve assembled for you; this month, the best I can tell you is that they’re all songs you might want to dance around like a lunatic to. Let’s get to it.

Sex just happened in my ears and I was really not mad about it because holy Tegan and Sara this was so good.