#Lou Reed

ONLY NOISE"Pale Blue Eyes" Reminds Me of a Friend I Had But Couldn't Keep

ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Taylor Ysteboe tries to reconcile platonic versus romantic love through Lou Reed, whose lyrics spoke to her when her own words failed. Her name was Alexandra, and I...

Taylor Ysteboe

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

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ONLY NOISEBack In The New York Groove

It was native New Yorker Lou Reed who sang, “Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor/I'll piss on 'em/that's what the Statue of Bigotry says” in “Dirty Blvd.” The wry piece of poetry was one of many city-centric tracks to grace Reed’s New York LP from 1989. While Reed’s lyrics sound hateful...

Madison Bloom

ONLY NOISELost and Found

I take the same path to the same coffee shop every week. Down DeKalb Avenue, a right on Franklin Avenue, a left on Greene Avenue, and a final right on Bedford Avenue. My gait is calculated and mechanical. A determined trudge. There is nothing romantic about this habit, and while I’d like to applaud...

Madison Bloom

NEWS ROUNDUPCoachella Controversy, Dirty Projectors, and More

AudioFemme's first news round-up of 2017, featuring Coachella controversy, Jenny Hval, and Lou Reed subway art.

Emily Daly

ONLY NOISEConey Island, Baby

Where else in the country does summer = hot garbage? Better yet: hot garbage juice, which I’m sure we have all stepped in, wearing sandals.

Madison Bloom

FLASHBACK FRIDAY"The Murder Mystery"

When I sat down to write my first entry for Audiofemme, I knew that I wanted to write about Lou Reed. While there are undoubtedly swarms of articles surfacing in memory of the late Lou Reed, I found that journalists mostly took one of two routes; some discussed Reed's life and his social impact in...

Rebecca Kunin

AF Month-in ReviewFEBRUARY

At Audiofemme, we don't exactly try to break music news; we're more about pontificating on the news after it has broken. In honor of that, here's our first monthly recap! It's true that we're a week into March, but this is a look back at some things that happened in February - and without mincing...

Lindsey Rhoades