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On Basilica SoundScape and Authenticity

Gamelan Dharma Swara, photo by Lindsey Rhoades Touted as a cure to "festival fatigue," this past weekend marked Basilica SoundScape's third year in Hudson, NY, two hours north of the city. Nestled in that bucolic landscape hulks a cavernous 19th century foundry revamped and rechristened by Hole's...

Lindsey Rhoades

LIVE REVIEWPitchfork Music Festival 2014

All photos by Ellie White Photography Pitchfork Fest 2014 came and went in a flash. Literally. Peruse our photo editorial from the weekend, courtesy of our photo editor, Ellie White, who snagged highlights from all of our favorite shows over the three day extravaganza situated in Chicago's...

Marianne White

PREVIEWWho to Catch at Governor's Ball

Governor's Ball is New York's rain or shine music festival that is the official kick off of the summer. We all love to hate it, and hate to love it. There's twelve dollar Foster beers, long-ass ferry lines, and kids on weird drugs. Most importantly though, there is always an awesome bill . I think...

Megan Huffman

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

YEAR END LISTTop 10 Album Covers

Let's all just agree to agree that hip hop as a genre won the album cover contest this year, okay? Much of the new heavy metal out this year bore covers that ran the gambit between overstatedly woodsy to just plain inexplicable, and pop albums favored stark, angular glamor shots and occasionally...

Carena Liptak