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After the Heartbreak, Greya Will Still "Thrive"

With a bright red jacket and vibrant orange eyeshadow, Greya stands out against the desolate, vacant backdrops in a new music video for latest single, "Thrive," about a one-sided relationship and the unrequited passion that comes along with it. “The song itself is pretty literal, so we wanted to...

Jamila Aboushaca

CrowJane Flexes Her Visual Art Skills in Music Videos For Her First Solo Album

In her video for "The Pharmacy," singer CrowJane appears as a demon with blank eyes and a mouth oozing black goo as she writhes in chains, her long, sharp fingernails nearly scratching herself as her shackled hands clench and release. CrowJane (sometimes also credited as Heather Galipo) is best...

Liz Ohanesian

Samantha Tieger Illuminates the Power of Human Connection with Premiere of "You Light Me Up"

“I really have this strong desire to connect with other people, whether it's through language or music,” the Cincinnati-born, now Nashville-based singer professes. She marries these two passions on her debut...

Cillea Houghton

Blake English Connects Gender and Body Horror In “Sad Girls Dance Party” Video

Blake English channels monsters of his past directly into his visuals. It also helps that he has a deep love for horror films. As far as the new clip for “Sad Girls Dance Party” goes, he incorporates his tenuous, very complicated relationship with his father as the emotional base while exploring...

Bee Scott

INTERVIEWIntroducing Julia Wolf

Perusing through Julia Wolf's Instagram, the combination of quirky photoshopped selfies, documentary style videos shot with her younger sister, and peeks into her songwriting process made her feel instantly familiar to me - like someone I may have grown up with, or met at the classical music...

Michelle Rose

PREMIEREAlex McArtor Critiques Celebrity Worship in "Biggest Fan" Visualizer

Credit: Lexi McArtor Growing up in Austin, 18-year-old singer, songwriter, guitarist, and pianist Alex McArtor would often attend concerts and music festivals as a kid. These were the earliest inspiration for her music career - and they also led her to reflect on the mystique surrounding musicians....

Annie White

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PREMIEREEvangeline Gentle Celebrates “Ordinary People" with Acoustic Performance Video

That's what queer, gender-fluid Scottish-Canadian...

Annie White

PLAYING MELBOURNEViolinist Xani Kolac Learned to Embrace Pop for Forthcoming LP

Pop musician Xani Kolac is a rare, prodigious creature. Best known for touring the festival circuit throughout Australia with her her violin-and-drums duo The Twoks, Kolac has been steadily releasing solo EPs that blend strings, electronics, and her beguiling voice since 2017. Her third EP, a...

Cat Woods

Teddi Gold Honors Two Fathers With Bombastic Pride Anthem, 'Boom Boom'

Teddi Gold was six years old when her biological father came out. Little changed within the very modern family dynamic, but folks in the community began to see him differently. “All of a sudden, some parents would not let their kids come to my dad's house,” Gold tells Audiofemme. Throughout her...

Bee Scott

PREMIEREAm Taylor Offers Therapeutic Space-Rock on "Bright Yellow Sun"

Am Taylor's music is rich and contemplative, with intricate, dreamy guitar layers that mirror the lyrics' multiple meanings. Formerly the lead singer of the Atlanta band Sexual Side Effects, Taylor recently took a hiatus to launch their solo project, and today, they're releasing their second...

Annie White

Sarah Hollins Reframes Queer Anthems with Personal Coming Out Story on “Starlight”

Los Angeles-based nondenominational megachurch Mosaic has a storied history in how it handles LGBTQ+ issues. Many queer individuals have professed an inviting and warm environment ─ but for singer-songwriter Sarah Hollins, and countless others, the experience was downright toxic. “[My friends and...

Bee Scott

Kat Meoz Perseveres Through Rejection With "Back for More"

Kat Meoz's gritty, high-energy rock is as motivational as it is catchy. On "Royalty," the title track off an EP released last year, she sings about refusing to settle for less than royal treatment. "Whatever I Want," from the same EP, declares her unwillingness to follow others' rules, and on "Are...

Annie White