LIVE REVIEWFirst City Music Festival, Monterey CA
Sarah Ramirez
#Cults
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
LOUD and TASTELESSCults
Every Thursday, AF profiles a style icon from the music world. This week, we're highlighting Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion of Cults. Piles of black clothing compliment the duo's haunting sound. Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion tend to have slight variations of the same outfits almost every...
Kelly Tunney
ROADTRIPMoonface and My Bloody Valentine in Philly
Part mix-tape, part choose-your-own-adventure, AudioFemme leaves the confines of NYC to bring you long-form accounts of the crazy things we do for the love of live-music. In this installment, Lindsey travels to Philly for Moonface and My Bloody Valentine, with plenty of pit-stops along the way. -...
Lindsey Rhoades
LIVE REVIEWCults @ Brooklyn Bowl
Cults If someone had predicted Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion of Cults were a one-hit-wonder, or perhaps a one-album-wonder, then the pair's second album disproves this prediction. Cults is back, and I have to say they're even better than before. The sophomore album, Static, released Oct. 15,...
Kelly Tunney
Baby's First SXSWThursday
Tucked between the bustle of E 6th and some seemingly deserted train tracks was the South by Southwest nexus of Fader Fort and a converted warehouse identified only by its address at 1100 E. 5th, which would host an array of bands under the daring header “Mess With Texas”. I was especially grateful...
Lindsey Rhoades