Tales of a Rock’n’Roll Runaway: On Tour With theSTART
Stef is privy to the best-kept secret in rock’n’roll, and it involves a kick-ass former Mormon who’s now a sick drummer.
Beat on the Street: The Radical Potential of Dance Music
Stef wants to make you DANCE B*TCHES! Whatever you’re a fan of, she has a new recommendation for you. Especially for fans of “party time in general.” Amanda Blank, Girl in a Coma, Zambri and so.much.more!
Listen Up World: Music is Our Hot Hot Fix #1
Your new monthly music round-up from girls who don’t live in America and therefore are not jaded by our incredible freedom. Muse, Beck, The Grates, The Cliks, Daniel Merriweather, Iron & Wine, Passion Pit, Regina Spektor, Paramore , Stars, Pink, The Butterly Effect, The Montreal Jazz Festival, David Bowie, Children Collide, The Vault and Sigur Ros.
Beat on the Street: Defacing Public Property with Amanda Tannen of stellastarr*
“”It was a duality that went with the album – it’s a little bit angry but also incredibly cheeky and poppy.”
Beat on the Street: Brody Dalle Will Never Be Uncool.
Let’s be clear and honest right from the start: Brody Dalle is a badass woman. Brody Dalle is the frontwoman of Spinnerette, and she was clearly the only thing the kids came to see at their recent Bowery Ballroom gig.
Beat on the Street: Who Needs Love When There’s Amanda Palmer Cartoon Recaps?
Something about Amanda’s music brings out the wide-eyed teenage fangirl in me; I haven’t felt this way about a singer since I was 12 and Shirley Manson told me she was only happy when it rained.
Autostraddle Roundtable: Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
Because we’ve been serious at the Roundtable for the last two weeks, we went easy on ourselves this week and asked what song makes you jump up and scream OMG THIS IS MY JAM! at the club? You know, the club? Where all the girls go to get down?
Beat on the Street: Stef-on-Kaki King
“Well, a friend of mine saw me playing at some point and said, ‘You know, it’d be interesting if you took paint and put it on your fingers and and left a mark of where your fingers traveled on the guitar.’ … I kind of took this idea for a minute and thought well, OK.. That was the first seed planted.”
Double the Musical Pleasure: Crystal-on-Emma Dean & Stef-on-“Sick of Sarah”
Stef interviews Minneapolis-based openly-gay quintet Sick of Sarah and Crystal interviews Emma Dean, who’s just released the “musical theatre soundtrack for two years of [her] life (2006-2008)!”
Robin Shoots Peaches and Fischerspooner
“Electroclash gained steam in 2001 and two of the first artists I got into were Fischerspooner and Peaches. Both are primarily queer acts that were formed in reaction as a response to the lame state of electronic music at the time. They are political; they are artistic; they are entertainment.”
Beat on the Street: In Which Amanda Palmer Gets Dramatic, Stef Learns The Musical Saw
We’re totally fascinated with everything Amanda Palmer writes, sings, says, thinks or Twitters, so obvs we sent a spy to see her co-production “With The Needle That Sings In Her Heart” performed by the Lexington High School Drama Club.
Stef-on-Jenn, The Autostraddle Interview: If I Was In Girl In A Coma I’d Listen To My Own Pandora Station Too.
“We’re huge 90’s fans, so we put all new stuff on hold, and even older stuff, 80’s, 70’s, 60’s, 50’s, all of that! And we just listened to like, Smashing Pumpkins, and Pearl Jam, all that fun music! They had such cool videos…”
Lady GaGa’s New York Show: The Beat on the Street Cartoon Recap
Say what you want about this woman — she sings her heart out and dances like a maniac, and her stage show is worth every penny she’s put into it.
The Autostraddle Roundtable: Adam Lambert – First Gay American Idol?
Team Autostraddle continues to read your mind and discuss the most important gay issues ever.
Robin Shoots The Sounds (With One Smokin’ Hot Bisexual Swede)
“The queer community is always the first to pick up on cool trends.”
Beat on the Street Meets the Thunder Down Under: Crystal & Stef Do This Week in Music
Crystal from Australia & Stef’s Beat on the Street team up to bring you this week in music, with lots of secrets too.
Robin Shoots The Cliks (with Surprise Guest Cyndi Lauper!)
Initially an all-”female” band, lead-singer Lucas has since transitioned from female to male and the Cliks are regarded for their disregard of traditional gender roles and for bringing trans people into mainstream media.
Riese-on-Haviland Stillwell: Life is an Upright Cabaret
Haviland Stillwell, who you may know from the world-famous Haviland & Riese Vlogs, or perhaps from Broadway’s Les Miserables and/or Fiddler on the Roof, will be performing her one-woman spectacular of audio-visual singtastic delights, “West Coast Debutante” in Los Angeles at the Upright Cabaret on April 23rd. Because Haviland is both an international rising superstar and my BFF, I was able to sit down with her cyber-coastally and have a little AIM Chat about her big show, lauded on the website as: “a sassy night ranging from Kurt Weill to Madonna, from upbeat to out of control and beyond. Come see this versatile, charming and adorable “tight little ball of spunk, bad ass, and class.” Who doesn’t like tight little things? That’s right, we all love tight little things. Here goes!
Beat on the Street: Cartoon Recap: t.A.T.u the Terrible/AWESOME
A world without t.A.T.u. is a somber world indeed. So let’s relive it with Stef’s Top Ten Most amazing Moments EVER in t.A.T.u’s Musical History.
Robin Photographs The Presets, Elly from La Roux, and Larry Tee
Robin shoots The Presets, Elly from La Roux, and Larry Tee. Hawt!