Mandy Brownholtz

Author

Mandy Brownholtz is a writer based in Queens, NY, and the author of the novel Rotten. Her bylines have appeared in The New York Times, Insider, Audiofemme and Ears to Feed.

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Medusa Mixes Myth and Reality with Allegory of the G/Rave

Medusa is a nonbinary ‘revenge-pop’ musician based in Buffalo, New York. Their signature production - described by Soundriv as “a breakthrough collection of LGBTQ hymns,” and by Bucketlist as “the most inventive [expletive] music we’ve heard in a long time” - often features unconventional sounds like wolf howls and cheerleading chants. Medusa describes their style as “by any means necessary,” then makes good on the promise.

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Katie Alice Greer Tests a Tenuous Grasp on Reality with Solo Debut Barbarism

“But that’s okay, because I...

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Ikwe Forges Her Own Path to Healing with the MAKADEWIIYAASIKWE Project

Ikwe (formerly known as Kelsey Pyro) is a Brooklyn based Black and Ojibwe artist from St. Paul / Minneapolis Minnesota. Ikwe is the Ojibwe word for woman. Specializing in Alternative R and B, music production, sound art, and performance art her work often incorporates genres, experiences, and stories from her African American and Native American identity.

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Mafer Bandola Paves the Way to the Party for "La Venezolanidad Immigrante"

Maria Fernanda Gonzalez Is a Venezuelan bandola llanera player, community organizer, self-thought composer, and educator. With a grounded understanding of the bandola llanera (male-dominated) traditions, she focuses on bringing the instrument to a new artistic path through composition, performance, and improvisation.

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Shara Lunon Finds her Voice Among the Noise with "Bitter Fruits"

Shara Lunon is the product of the evolution of Black American musical traditions. As a poet, vocalist, composer, and improviser, her art finds the ethereal in the chaotic. With voice and electronics as the foundation, Lunon’s music is an exploration of text and sound that seamlessly weaves through the ongoing relationship of struggle, resilience, and resolution. Her goal is to challenge lassitude and in its place, instill hope.

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P.E. Redefines the Concept of the Muse on Sophomore LP The Leather Lemon

E. get super weird on their sophomore record The Leather Lemon - and I mean that in the best way. Out March 25 on Wharf Cat Records, the album opens with “Blue Nude,” wherein singer Veronica Torres purrs, “You want to make me beg,”...

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BODEGA Brushes Up on the Classics on Broken Equipment LP

He goes on: “What good...

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Stars Align for Chief Cleopatra with the Premiere of "Afrodite"

k.a. Chief Cleopatra, grew up feeling stifled by the limitations of her rural environment. In a small town best known for producing honky-tonk songwriter Lefty Frizzell and a “world famous fruitcake,” according to...

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WOMAN OF INTERESTLeigh Barton and Ky DiGregorio of NuSweat Just Want You to Feel Good

Adjusting the way we exercise has been just one of the many ways the pandemic has irrevocably altered life as we knew it, particularly for myself. As a former Classpass-subscribed YMCA member with an enthusiasm for in-person cycling and hot yoga classes, the lockdown forced me, and many others, to...

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Dropper Seeks Personal Growth with Lead Single "Don't Worry"

A veteran of Brooklyn’s indie rock scene, Scanniello...

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Transformation, Rebirth, and Unsolved Mysteries Inspired Latest Marissa Nadler LP The Path of the Clouds

Among other things, obviously - the Boston-based “dream folk” songwriter took piano lessons, and wrote, recorded and produced her ninth solo album The Path of the Clouds, out October 29 on Sacred Bones/Bella Union....

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W.S.A.B.I. Radicalizes the Natural World with Red Hook Farms Mixtape

When’s the last time you considered your relationship to the land you live on? For those of us living in cities, it can feel particularly challenging to cultivate a connection with the natural world, given that in our context it’s been largely paved over. But to Brookyn-based artist and musician...

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