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MUSIQUE BOUTIQUELaura Love, Low, The Sweet Inspirations, The Beths

Welcome to Audiofemme’s monthly record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. Every fourth Monday, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Laura Love is the kind of performer who doesn’t...

Gillian G. Gaar

MUSIQUE BOUTIQUETele Novella, Lael Neale, Lau and Dusty Springfield

Welcome to Audiofemme’s monthly record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. Every fourth Monday, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Tele Novella hails from Lockhart, Texas (33...

Gillian G. Gaar

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PLAYING SEATTLETacocat Celebrate Friendship and Sub Pop Signing with "Grains of Salt"

Effervescent pop-punk band Tacocat released their new single, "Grains of Salt," on Valentine's Day, complete with a colorful music video featuring prominent members of the Seattle drag community. "Grains of Salt" is the first single teasing their third full-length album This Mess is a...

Alexa Peters

LIVE REVIEWChad VanGaalen @ The Empty Bottle, Chicago

With his Lynchian aesthetic and fondness for romanticized macabre, Albertan singer-songwriter Chad VanGaalen performed a simultaneously tender and surreal set to a buzzy crowd at Chicago’s Empty Bottle last Thursday. On tour with fellow Canadians COUSINS and Bry Webb of Constantines fame,...

Sandra Song

TRACK OF THE WEEKChad VanGaalen's "Where Are You"

Alberta, Canada's Chad VanGaalen is set to return with his fifth studio album, Shrink Dust (his first solo release since the 2011 record, Diaper Island) on April 29 via Sub Pop Records. "Where Are You" is the second track on the upcoming record. The song is lo-fi and a bit bizarre, as per...

Raquel Dalarossa