#Cat Power

ONLY NOISECat Power Was My Surrogate Community in the Canadian Wild

Steph Wong Ken at fifteen, on the cusp of discovering Cat Power's What Would the Community Think. ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Steph Wong Ken forges her own community in a frozen Canadian...

Steph Wong Ken

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

NEWS ROUNDUPPolitical Popstars, Return of the 2000s and More

Pussy Riot Political Popstars, Return of the 2000s and More By Jasmine Williams Pussy Riot Forever! Days after members of Pussy Riot were arrested for staging a protest during the World Cup, the Russian firebrands were awarded a settlement relating to their 2012 jail sentences for performing a “punk...

Jasmine Williams

ONLY NOISEOnly The Lonely

When Beyoncé so wisely instructed “All the single ladies” (ALL the single ladies) to “put your hands up,” it was a different time. It was 2008. A year of innocence. We had elected Obama. Beach House had released Devotion. And single ladies everywhere felt empowered by Queen B’s anthem for autonomy....

Madison Bloom

PLAYLIST18 Essential Halloween Songs

If the theme songs from X-Files and The Twilight Zone or repeated plays of "Monster Bash" and "Thriller" aren't quite getting you in the mood for Halloween, have no fear (see what I did there?). AudioFemme has compiled a list of the creepiest choruses and bone-chilling ballads, guaranteed to...

Lindsey Rhoades