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NEWS ROUNDUPAlternative Beef, Cancel Chris Brown, and MORE

Courtney Love and Kathleen Hanna have had ongoing beef since the mid '90s. Can't We All Just Get Along? Rekindling a decades old beef, Courtney Love had some choice words for Kathleen Hanna following the news that the latter's riot grrl act Bikini Kill would play a handful of reunion shows in LA and...

Lindsey Rhoades

NEWS ROUNDUPRIP Aretha Franklin, Azealia Banks’ Elon Musk Sleepover and More

Aretha Franklin 1942-2018 Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, voice of the civil rights movement and feminist icon has died at the age of 76 of pancreatic cancer according to her family. Franklin not only defined her times with her powerful voice, but transcended them to become a key figure for...

Tarra Thiessen

VIDEO OF THE WEEKGurr "Hot Summer" and More

My summers memories are always decorated with a particular kind of texture - the lingering feeling of grass cuts along my legs, the sting of sunburnt shoulders beneath a backpack full of empty rosé bottles, the soft and smooth goo of half melted ice cream on my tongue, skin sticky with sweat but...

Desdemona Dallas

NEWS ROUNDUPLGBTQ Love Songs, Cardi B and More

NEWS ROUNDUP: Gender Bending Love Songs, Cardi B and More By Jasmine Williams Wedding Dances For All! What do Bob Dylan, Kesha, St. Vincent, Kele Okereke, Ben Gibbard, and Valerie June have in common? All six musicians contributed gender-reversed cover songs to a new EP called Universal Love. In the...

Jasmine Williams

NEWS ROUNDUPNorthside Festival, Metal + Politics and More

via NorthsideFestival.com In Case You Haven't Noticed, Northside Is Happening You may have already seen 20 amazing shows! Or you may be like me: someone who bought tickets to one event and won them for another, but went to neither because they managed to get deathly sick in June (thanks, universe)....

Emily Daly

BEST OF 2014Songs For Rebellious Girls

In 2014, strange days have found us. I toyed with the idea of creating a Best of 2014 playlist for sad chicks, but then was all, "Cut the crap Sophie." If you've gone out and gotten laid rather than cried after a break-up, if you don't have an office job and are poor but happier for it, and if...

Sophie Saint Thomas