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AF 2020 IN REVIEWOur Favorite Albums and Singles of The Year

In a year that's been like no other for the music industry, it feels a bit weird to make a best of 2020 list - there have been no tours, venues and clubs across the globe are in danger of closing their doors for good, release schedules were shuffled beyond recognition, and musicians have had to...

Lindsey Rhoades

NEWS ROUNDUPGrimes is (Sort of) Back, RBMA Announce 2019 Shows, and MORE

Grimes photo by Eli Russell Linnetz So, About Grimes... Where to begin? Claire Boucher (who turned 31 on Sunday and now prefers to be addressed as the italicized, lowercase letter 'c') gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal; between the very odd conversation and her recent Instagram posts, it...

Lindsey Rhoades

NEWS ROUNDUPSXSW 2019 is in Full Swing, New Music, and MORE

CHAI are the buzziest band at this year's SXSW. SXSW Takes Over Austin It's been a bit of a slow news week, with what seems like 9/10ths of the music industry in Austin for South by Southwest. If you haven't been, it's not structured like a traditional festival, with bands scheduled to play certain...

Lindsey Rhoades

NEWS ROUNDUPAlternative Beef, Cancel Chris Brown, and MORE

Courtney Love and Kathleen Hanna have had ongoing beef since the mid '90s. Can't We All Just Get Along? Rekindling a decades old beef, Courtney Love had some choice words for Kathleen Hanna following the news that the latter's riot grrl act Bikini Kill would play a handful of reunion shows in LA and...

Lindsey Rhoades

NEWS ROUNDUPCeline Dion Accused of Satanism, New Music from Grimes, Neil Young + More

Celine the Satanist What do Robert Johnson, Black Sabbath and Celine Dion all have in common? They have all been accused of devil-worship. This week, Dion has joined this category thanks to comments made by priest and exorcist Msgr. John Esseff. Dion hasn't visited the crossroads or beheaded any...

Tarra Thiessen

NEWS ROUNDUPRIP Aretha Franklin, Azealia Banks’ Elon Musk Sleepover and More

Aretha Franklin 1942-2018 Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, voice of the civil rights movement and feminist icon has died at the age of 76 of pancreatic cancer according to her family. Franklin not only defined her times with her powerful voice, but transcended them to become a key figure for...

Tarra Thiessen

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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...

Desdemona Dallas

NEWS ROUNDUPBandcamp Donates to ACLU, Shea Stadium and More

com Today, 100% of Bandcamp Proceeds Go To ACLU While many artists are already pledging that the profits from their album purchase will be donated to a charity, Bandcamp has one-upped them all (not that philanthropy is a contest, because as long as people are contributing,...

Emily Daly

NEWS ROUNDUPFrank Ocean, Palisades and Cereal

Music news featuring Frank Ocean, the closing of Brooklyn venues, and changes to Spotify.

Emily Daly

NEWS ROUNDUPRadiohead, Prince Tributes, and Grimes

A recent study revealed that musicians die 25 years younger than the rest of the population.

Emily Daly

ARTIST INTERVIEWNicole Dollanganger

You might not know her name yet, but that’s soon to change. Nicole Dollanganger is the 24-year-old Canuck who set Grimes’ musical heart ablaze and is the very first signee to Boucher’s brand spankin’ new label Eerie Organization. As a matter of fact she’s the very reason behind the label’s...

Anne Alexander

BEST OFThree Seminal Electronic Albums of 2012

2012 saw a handful of genres altered by a growing number of electronic music producers. These artists have convinced listeners in the mainstream to embrace electronic music, and are subsequently changing the conventions of pop, rock, indie and everything in between. Last April The New York Times...

Kat Tingum