#AF 2019 in Review

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AF 2019 IN REVIEWMannequin Pussy's Patience is Philly's AOTY

Mannequin Pussy’s Patience isn’t just my Philly album of the year for 2019 – it’s one of the best records of the year in general. This shouldn’t be a surprise, since Philly has one of the strongest music scenes in the country (@ me, I dare you). But, in a time when the fabric of our scene feels a...

Amanda Silberling

2019The Year Kim Gordon Broke

Kim Gordon photo by Natalia Mantini. In 2019, it can feel like everything’s been done five times over. But Kim Gordon manages to be provocative in seemingly effortless cool girl fashion. Take the video for “Airbnb,” the second single from the 66-year-old’s solo debut, No Home Record, a...

Holly Henschen

AF 2019 IN REVIEWStef Chura Explores New Perspectives on Midnight

Stef Chura photo by Danielle Dabney. The year's end is ripe for self-reflection, and the decade’s end, even more. It is easy to get inside your head; to obsess over the past and the things that may have been different had you kissed that person, taken that job, gone home just a little earlier that...

Erin Rose O'Brien

Hardest Working DIY Bands on Tour in 2019

Below is our list of the Hardest Working DIY Touring bands of 2019 keeping the DIY dream alive! Photo by Lisa Foldenauer Thompson Lung (Cincinnati, OH) 157 Shows Cincinnati rock duo Lung sound HUGE. With only an electric cello, drums and vocals, they have a sludgy post-rock sound that could fit...

Tarra Thiessen

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AF 2019 IN REVIEWThe Best of Playing Atlanta

Pip the Pansy may change everything you know about pop music. There’s only one day left in the decade, y’all. Like it or not, 2020 is almost here. Whether you’re ready to send it out with a bang or trying desperately to figure out where the last twenty years went, there’s no denying: the time has...

Luci Turner

AF 2019 IN REVIEWThe Return of Bikini Kill

Kathleen Hanna on stage at Riot Fest Chicago 2019. Photo by Ashlee Rezin Garcia for the Chicago Sun-Times. Nineties vibes are at a fever pitch in 2019 and women’s rights are still at stake, though the ripple effect of the original Riot Grrrl movement continues. For feminists who’ve repeatedly seen...

Holly Henschen

AF 2019 IN REVIEWA Year in Country Music

With the end of the year comes a time of reflection. Looking back on this year in country music, the firestorm of conversation about the lack of women on country radio spilled into 2019, while new artists like Lil Nas X and Blanco Brown broke down barriers, and names including Billy Ray Cyrus and...

Cillea Houghton