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MUSIQUE BOUTIQUEBlondie, Nora Brown, Faye, Dreckig, Bobbie Gentry

Welcome to Audiofemme’s record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. The last Monday of each month, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Blondie pulled off one of the greatest pranks...

Gillian G. Gaar

PLAYING DETROITBlow Pop Finds Escape in '80s Sounds with "Friendly" Premiere

Before the pandemic, Keaton Butler and Avery Reidy were just friends. They were also living the hodge-podge lifestyles that most working musicians end up scraping together to make ends meet. Butler was bartending, engineering sound for live shows, and performing in three different bands. Reidy was...

Sara Barron

BEAU + LUCI - photo credit Alexandra Scuffle

ONLY NOISEThis Is A Man's World

Luci Turner performing on stage with her band, BEAU + LUCI, in 2018. Photo by Alexandra Scuffle. ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Luci Turner takes stock of the trials, tribulations and triumphs...

Luci Turner

NEWS ROUNDUPSecret Project Robot, The Radiohead Ant and More

The sculpture garden in Secret Project Robot's former space on Melrose. The new location's "smaller but more intimate" sculpture garden is under development with the help of Kathleen Dycaico and Monica Mirabile. Bushwick’s Secret Project Robot Is Reopening The DIY venue will reopen on Broadway in...

Emily Daly

ONLY NOISELost and Found

I take the same path to the same coffee shop every week. Down DeKalb Avenue, a right on Franklin Avenue, a left on Greene Avenue, and a final right on Bedford Avenue. My gait is calculated and mechanical. A determined trudge. There is nothing romantic about this habit, and while I’d like to applaud...

Madison Bloom