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NEWS ROUNDUPMusical Candidates Win Big, TSwift's Reputation and More

Metal musician Danica Roem becomes first transgender legislator in Virginia The Musicians Who Won This Week’s Election On Tuesday, Danica Roem became the first openly transgender woman elected to state legislature with her win in Virginia, replacing a 13-year incumbent Republican who held an...

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NEWS ROUNDUPAllegations Against PWR BTTM, ACLU's Rockstar and More

PWR BTTM Cancel Release Show Following Allegations Over the past few days, allegations of predatory behavior and sexual abuse were made against Ben Hopkins of PWR BTTM, and an anti-semitic photo of Hopkins from 2011 has again resurfaced. While the former was previously addressed by the band, many...

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NEWS ROUNDUPBandcamp, The State Of Indie Rock and More

In New York this week, we've learned that there are no snow days for the humble musician. Bandcamp Made it Rain For The ACLU After the site announced it would donate its share(about 12%) of all purchases last Friday, music fans bought about $1,000,000 worth of music. According to Bandcamp, that’s...

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NEWS ROUNDUPBandcamp Donates to ACLU, Shea Stadium and More

com Today, 100% of Bandcamp Proceeds Go To ACLU While many artists are already pledging that the profits from their album purchase will be donated to a charity, Bandcamp has one-upped them all (not that philanthropy is a contest, because as long as people are contributing,...

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