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Chelsea Jade - Soft Spot - cover artwork

Chelsea Jade Makes Enigmatic Pop Music for Outsiders with Soft Spot LP

Chelsea Jade has always felt like an outsider in the music industry. Even after making the voyage to Los Angeles from her isolating home country of New Zealand, Jade’s journey in music has always seemed like something that happened despite her plan, not because of it. She went to art school and...

Sara Barron

MUSIQUE BOUTIQUELaura Love, Low, The Sweet Inspirations, The Beths

Welcome to Audiofemme’s monthly record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. Every fourth Monday, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Laura Love is the kind of performer who doesn’t...

Gillian G. Gaar

INTERVIEWJohanna Warren Comes into Her Power with Chaotic Good

Her musical idols - Elliott Smith, Kurt Cobain, Nick Drake - all died as tortured young poets. Warren hadn't sung in front of...

Lindsey Rhoades

INTERVIEWMadeline Kenney Sets Boundaries and Explores New Sounds on Perfect Shapes

When I call Madeline Kenney, she’s almost home – driving back to Durham from a brief West Coast tour after a stop in Austin to drop off her band. On this return trip, she’ll cross the Continental Divide for the ninth time this year. Her first crossing, in January, was part of a move from the Bay...

Lindsey Rhoades

Palm - Rock Island _ Press Pic, Credit to Dylan Pearce

PLAYING DETROITPalm Brings East Coast Experimental Rock to Marble Bar

Palm photo by Dylan Pearce Thanks to Detroit-based booking company, Party Store Productions, Marble Bar – a venue generally known for hosting electronic and house DJs – has been bringing in a steady roster of local and visiting rock bands. This week, Philadelphia-based prog rockers Palm were joined...

Sara Barron