#Ghostly International

Oakland Duo Brijean Vibe Out With Moody Debut Album 'Feelings'

Working toward greater self-love and self-nurturing, she turned the smaller, foundational building blocks of that practice into songs - alongside collaborator Doug Stuart...

Bee Scott

Drama Makes Emotional, House-Inflected Synthpop on Dance Without Me

Drama photo by Zoe Rain. When Drama was putting together Dance Without Me, singer Lluvia Rosa Vela, better known as Via Rosa, thought of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. "We love that movie. We watch it all the time," she says by phone from Chicago. Via Rosa explains that she imagined herself going to...

Liz Ohanesian

SHOW REVIEWSchool of Seven Bells

Tuesday night School of Seven Bells played the first of two sold-out shows at the Mercury Lounge, and thanks to the miracle of Craigslist, the AudioFemme editors were in attendance. The date was of particular significance to the band, as it coincided with the release of their phenomenal third...

Lindsey Rhoades

SHOW REVIEWTycho w/ Beacon, live at Music Hall Of Williamsburg

I was super excited to go see Beacon last Saturday night.My exposure to them thus far had been pretty limited to their brief stintat Cameo Gallery for the Brooklyn Electronic Music Fest, at which they onlyplayed a handful of songs. But they were shockingly good songs. Especially considering what...

Marianne White

EP REVIEWHeadcage by Matthew Dear (Ghostly)

I remember the first time I heard the Matt Dear track “Tide”. I was driving aroundDetroit with my sister. It was the dead heat of summer. We were trying to find the Masonic Temple to attendwhat was rumored to be an amazing dance party thrown by a little known recordlabel out of Ann Arbor that was,...

Marianne White