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My Top Album of 2020 was Room on Fire by The Strokes

The Strokes in 2003. Photo Credit: Colin Lane Whose culture is this and does anybody know?/I wait and tell myself, life ain't chess/But no one comes in and yes, you're alone/You don't miss me, I know The date was March 16, 2020. I got a text from my boss. He said he was really sorry but not to...

Mandy Brownholtz

RSVP HERECombo Chimbita and Sun Ra Arkestra Play Knitting Factory + MORE (Holiday Edition)

Welcome to our weekly show recommendation column RSVP HERE – your source for the best NYC shows and interviews with some of our favorite local live bands. This week we've doubled up and listed the best shows from 12/20-New Years! My favorite show of 2019 was Combo Chimbita at Ace of Cups in...

Tarra Thiessen

NEWS ROUNDUPSt. Vincent Producing Sleater-Kinney LP, Woodstock Returns, and More

sleater-kinney and st. vincent, hollywood, ca, jan 2019. photograph by jonny cournoyer New Year, New Music By Lindsey Rhoades Sleater-Kinney is in the Studio... Producing an Album with St. Vincent If this tweet didn't warm your riot grrl heart, we don't know what will. Though details are scant (no...

Lindsey Rhoades

NEWS ROUNDUPMusic In Space, Prophets Of Rage, and The Strokes

It’s been a busy month for Jack White. After being named to Nashville’s new Council On Gender Equity, he and Third Man Records are planning to put a record player into the cosmos to be the first to play one in space.

Emily Daly

FESTIVAL REVIEWHighlights of Governor's Ball 2016

At Governors Ball, New Yorkers prove that rain goes hand in hand with rock and roll. Highlights from Beck, Christine and the Queens, the Strokes and more.

Ysabella Monton

NEWS ROUNDUPNew Singles, Bob Dylan, and Mitski

There was a ton of great new music released this week. Here’s four of the best singles we heard.

Emily Daly

LIVE REVIEWAlbert Hammond, Jr. @ Bowery Ballroom

Ysabella Monton for AudioFemme. Any fans of The Strokes can recognize early on that Albert Hammond, Jr.'s rhythm guitar was a heavy influence on driving the band's distinct garage rock sound, so it's great to see him have room to shine on his own. Since he last performed in New York City two years...

Ysabella Monton

INTERVIEWAlbert Hammond Jr.

Seven years since his last full-length release, Albert Hammond, Jr. has returned with more introspective lyrics, not lacking in memorable guitar riffs he might be best known for in both his solo efforts and his work with The Strokes. As the band takes the back burner, Momentary Masters brings a...

Ysabella Monton