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NEWS ROUNDUPInternational Women's Day, Leaving Neverland, and MORE

Maggie Rogers, Mavis Staples, Phoebe Bridgers and Brandi Carlile meet at Newport Music Fest. Photo by Danny Clinch. The artists shared this photo along with messages of empowerment for International Women's Day via Twitter. It's International Women's Day! Though some form of International Women's...

Lindsey Rhoades

NEWS ROUNDUPRihanna Snaps Back, Lauryn Hill to Headline Pitchfork Festival and More

NEWS ROUNDUP: Rihanna, Lauryn Hill, Pitchfork and More By Jasmine Williams Rihanna Snaps Back Rihanna has publicly accused Snapchat of victim shaming after the social media app displayed an advertisement the referenced Chris Brown’s 2009 brutal assault of the mega-star. The ad, for online game,...

Jasmine Williams

HIGH NOTESWhat Music Is Like on Every Popular Drug

Drug culture and music culture have long overlapped, from the psychedelics at 60s and 70s rock festivals to the MDMA, cocaine, and ketamine in modern nightclubs. People bring drugs to these settings not just to facilitate social interactions but also to appreciate the music on a new level. In fact,...

Annie White

NEWS ROUNDUPSpotify Celebrates Pride, Meet Bot Dylan and More

Palehound made a Pride playlist on Spotify. Spotify Announces Pride Month Playlists From the streaming service’s press release: “In celebration of Pride Month, Spotify is proud to present The Spotify Pride Hub, a series that highlights queer icons and music of hope, self-acceptance and...

Emily Daly

NEWS ROUNDUPSt. Vincent, Kim Gordon and More

St. Vincent directs horror, Ryan Gosling used to be in a goth band, and Sigur Rós goes to space.

Emily Daly

AudioFemme's Best of 2013

From elaborate roll-outs to surprise releases, 2013 was a banner year for comebacks, break-outs, break-ups, and overnight sensations. The fact that the most oblique content could cause rampant controversy to reverberate through the blogosphere turned every song into a story and made every story...

Lindsey Rhoades

A Year in ControversiesHow the Think-piece Shapes Music Criticism

In the age of the ubiquitous think-piece, here's another, and this time, it's about think-pieces. In 2013 what think-pieces mean is that no one is about to get away with anything. You're a white girl who twerked in a music video? You're a white girl trying to criticize consumerism by skewering the...

Lindsey Rhoades

ALBUM REVIEWArcade Fire "Reflektor"

Despite conspicuously broadening the instrumental range of their albums and going through a battalion of members since the outset of its career, Arcade Fire has retained many of the themes that defined Funeral, the band's first album, just over nine years ago. Reflektor--which came out on October...

Carena Liptak

FLASHBACK FRIDAYA Decade of Arcade Fire

On the cusp of Arcade Fire’s fourth — and likely most evolved — full-album release, it’s the perfect time to take a look back at how the band has grown over the years. Throughout the band’s development, countless cracks have been made about their numerous band members, but considering the...

Kelly Tunney