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NEWS ROUNDUPMusic Lawsuits, New Music from Marianne Faithfull and More

Music Lawsuits Spotity One of Spotify’s former sales executives, Hong Perez, is suing Spotify and her former boss, head of sales Brian Berner, for gender discrimination, equal pay violation and defamation in New York’s Supreme Court. Perez’s complaint accuses Berner of taking mens-only employee...

Tarra Thiessen

NEWS ROUNDUPVenues, Videos, New Releases and More

Venues, Videos, New Releases and More By Jasmine Williams RIP Webster Hall, hello Arc! New York City - well, to be specific, Long Island City - is getting a new venue next year. The Arc will have a capacity of about 2,000 and is set to open early next year. Former Webster Hall COO, Rich Pawelczyk,...

Jasmine Williams

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NEWS ROUNDUPKesha's Countersuit, Neil Portnow Resigns and More

Kesha photographed by Olivia Bee. Kesha, Neil Portnow and More By Jasmine Williams Kesha’s Downhill Battle Kesha was dealt another blow in her long battle with Dr. Luke and Sony. On Tuesday in New York, an appeals court ruled that she cannot pursue her countersuit with the producer, who she has...

Jasmine Williams

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VIDEO OF THE WEEKDrake "Nice For What" and More

It seems Drake is attempting to brand himself as socially conscious in his latest music videos. Back in February, he released a clip for "God's Plan" in which he is portrayed as a sort of Robin Hood character, giving huge wads of cash to people living in impoverished neighborhoods. Its message was...

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VIDEO OF THE WEEKLion Babe "Honey Dew" and More

Musical duo Lion Babe, featuring singer Jillian Hervey and record producer Lucas Goodman, always impress when it comes to their video creations. The video for their latest single "Honey Dew" is no different. Expressing the parallels between art and nature, the two R and B creators meander through a...

Desdemona Dallas

NEWS ROUNDUPSade, The BRITs and More

The Return of Sade! It’s been eight years since Sade released Soldier of Love, but on Tuesday the sultry singer’s return to music was revealed in a very 2018 way - via Twitter! Movie director Ava DuVernay announced that the British-Nigerian musician and her eponymous band wrote a song for her...

Jasmine Williams

NEWS ROUNDUPThe Grammys, New Study on Gender Disparity in Music and More

The Grammy Awards On Sunday night, the music industry’s most momentous ceremony returns to New York City after ten years in Los Angeles. The 60th Grammy Awards will be held at Madison Square Garden and this year the pressure is on for the Recording Academy to prove that they are still relevant...

Jasmine Williams

ONLY NOISETeenage

“Teenage, teenage/I want a car, I want a girl.” It’s 10am, and the 1979 hit “Teenage” by L.A. punks The Weirdos rotates maliciously in my head. I meant to wake up hours ago, but the weighty fuzz of last night’s beer kept me tucked in. “Teenage, teenage/Don’t wanna work, don’t wanna go to school.” I...

Madison Bloom

APPROVAL MATRIX2/9/14 thru 2/15/14

Here's our take on the best and worst in music this week. HIGHBROW ^^^^^^^^ [box type="shadow"] Fifty years of this whole "without The Beatles, music would have long ago ceased to exist" mentality is getting stale. CBS's trite attempt to foster Beatles-Mania 2.0 proved once again that the folks...

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...

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