#David Bowie

ONLY NOISEDavid Bowie's Death Revived My Inner Rebel

ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Phoebe Smolin recalls how justifying tears for an idol she'd never known helped her end an abusive relationship. David Bowie was, at age 12, the first person...

Phoebe Smolin

NEWS ROUNDUPMusic for your Holiday Hangover + More

Music for Your Holiday Hangover We have officially entered the holi-daze time between Christmas and New Year's Eve, so let's review all the beautiful-to-bizarre Christmas music released last week. Spider-Man released a Christmas album. The Flaming Lips covered David Bowie and Bing Crosby's...

Tarra Thiessen

NEWS ROUNDUPRIP Dolores O'Riordan, New LP Releases, and More

RIP Dolores O'Riordan (September 6, 1971 - January 15, 2018) We lost one of the greats this week. On Monday, January 15th, Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer of Irish rock band, the Cranberries, passed away in London, where she had been recording. She was 46. The sad news was announced by her...

Jasmine Williams

NEWS ROUNDUPFestival Announcements, Copyright Cases and More

Radiohead vs Lana Del Rey On January 7th, Lana Del Rey confirmed news reports that hinted at a copyright lawsuit with Radiohead. The band is reportedly suing her over the similarities between their 1992 breakout hit, “Creep,” and her 2017 track, “Get Free.” Del Rey tweeted: “It’s true about the...

Jasmine Williams

ONLY NOISEHear to Listen

The other night I found myself hovering over a smorgasbord of tiny sandwiches. I did not expect the SONOS store on Greene Street to offer such treats, and as a result of my plummeting blood sugar levels, I swallowed as many as possible in quick succession, like Scooby-Doo’s gluttonous pal Shaggy....

Madison Bloom

ONLY NOISESay What?

Somewhere in a parallel universe lives a Karma Comedian, a Cheerio Girl, and a one-winged dove. Dirty deeds are done by Thunder Chiefs, and Tony Danza holds us closer…so close. This is the Land of Misheard Lyrics, and it is a silly, silly place. Yet it is a place we are all familiar with, having...

Madison Bloom

NEWS ROUNDUPPrince, The Grammys and More

Prince’s Music Is Now Streaming It’s something that was impossible just a week ago: As I write this, I’m listening to Around The World In A Day on Spotify. Prince’s music was formerly streaming only on Tidal, but his estate sued to release it on other streaming services starting last Sunday. On one...

Emily Daly

PLAYING DETROITZoos of Berlin "Instant Evening"

Instant Evening is a mystifying abstraction and a perilously purifying journey that renounces gravity in the same breath from which it praises it.

Jerilyn Jordan

ONLY NOISEMemento Mori - Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen, though enormously different than David Bowie, was similar in the sense that he never tarnished. In his decades of writing and recording, he remained at his own golden standard, one that few others have touched.

Madison Bloom

News RoundupManhattan Inn, David Bowie and Bob Dylan

AudioFemme's weekly news roundup, featuring Manhattan Inn's closing, new David Bowie, and a Hillary support song from Le Tigre.

Emily Daly

NEWS ROUNDUPNAF, Alan Vega and Unreleased Bowie

AudioFemme news round up featuring NAF, Alan Vega, and unreleased David Bowie music.

Emily Daly

NEWS ROUNDUPPrince departs our world

I was on my way to work yesterday when a woman sitting across from me let out a bloodcurdling scream. Everyone’s attention turned to her, but she wasn’t in distress, just gaping at her phone. “I’m sorry,” she apologized to the packed subway car. “I just read that Prince is dead.” Strangers started...

Emily Daly