#liz phair

BOOK REVIEWLiz Phair Lights Up the Dark Side in Horror Stories Memoir

Liz Phair photo credit: Elizabeth Weinberg Liz Phair is a badass and always will be. Time has not dulled this truth teller. Her vulnerability is a weapon – honed and aware – and the world is better for it. Earlier this month, she released her first book, Horror Stories, a raw, unexpected collection...

Vanessa Fenn

NEWS ROUNDUPRihanna Snaps Back, Lauryn Hill to Headline Pitchfork Festival and More

NEWS ROUNDUP: Rihanna, Lauryn Hill, Pitchfork and More By Jasmine Williams Rihanna Snaps Back Rihanna has publicly accused Snapchat of victim shaming after the social media app displayed an advertisement the referenced Chris Brown’s 2009 brutal assault of the mega-star. The ad, for online game,...

Jasmine Williams

ONLY NOISEOnly The Lonely

When Beyoncé so wisely instructed “All the single ladies” (ALL the single ladies) to “put your hands up,” it was a different time. It was 2008. A year of innocence. We had elected Obama. Beach House had released Devotion. And single ladies everywhere felt empowered by Queen B’s anthem for autonomy....

Madison Bloom

LIVE REVIEWThe Smashing Pumpkins @The Beacon Theatre

To say The Smashing Pumpkins performed at the Beacon Theatre Wednesday night would be a misnomer. As the band has reshuffled and frontman Billy Corgan has become a celebrity in his own right, accruing social media followers for his menagerie of rescue pets and making the tabloids for his son's...

Annie White