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Donna Missal Shares New Sega Bodega Collab As She Embarks on First Post-COVID Tour

It’s just a few days before Donna Missal is set to leave for Houston to begin her stint opening for CHVRCHES across the United States. The L.A.-based singer has been busy with rehearsals, figuring out a cohesive way to bring together her body of work. There is new, unreleased material and songs...

Liz Ohanesian

Girls Rock Santa Barbara Interviews Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES

This year, Girls Rock Santa Barbara has developed The Summer of Love Internship, its first ever paid internship for teen girls and gender-expansive youth, which allows the organization to continue to provide a safe, collaborative environment in which to encourage lifelong skills like positive peer...

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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 ROUNDUPHateful Policy Haters, R. Kelly Lawsuit and More

Hateful Policy Haters, Lawsuits and More By Jasmine Williams Spotify Walks Back Spotify’s new ‘Hateful Content and Conduct’ Policy has a whole lot of haters. Following outcry from a number of industry heavyweights and rumors of internal conflict, Spotify has backtracked on the rule which stated that...

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VIDEO OF THE WEEKCHVRCHES "Miracle" and More

With the impending release of their third studio record, Love Is Dead, slated for release May 25, Scottish synth-poppers CHVRCHES shared a video for the LP's fourth single, "Miracle." It's a bit of a bait-and-switch, featuring lead singer Lauren Mayberry lit in gauzy neon hues, her voice sweet from...

Desdemona Dallas

NEWS ROUNDUP#GrammySoMale, The Superbowl, Sh*tholes and More

#GrammySoMale Despite a bombastic performance from Kendrick Lamar, a rallying #MeToo speech from Janelle Monae, and an incredibly emotional Kesha moment, last Sunday’s Grammys disappointed in a giant way. Hip-hop got shut out from the major categories again (this time by Bruno Mars) and women were...

Jasmine Williams

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

Chvrches at Mercury Lounge Monday night.

LIVE REVIEWChvrches @ Mercury Lounge 3-18-13

Imagine being an unassuming electropop band from Scotland. You get together with your mates and nonchalantly make a few tracks, posting them on soundcloud because it seems to go well. But then the Guardian notices. BBC notices. Pitchfork notices. Sirius XMU starts playing your songs, to your...

Lindsey Rhoades