#U.S. Girls

MUSIQUE BOUTIQUENatalia King, Bitch, and Songs of Yoko Ono

Welcome to Audiofemme’s record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. The last Monday of each month, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. “Well, they call me a hard-headed woman/I tell...

Gillian G. Gaar

Carlyn Bezic of Ice Cream Launches Solo Project As Jane Inc.

It had a disco vibe and Bezic, best known as one half of Canadian duo Ice Cream, is a fan of the genre anyhow, so she had a "vague idea" of what the song...

Liz Ohanesian

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Even With the Clubs Closed, 2020 Has Been a Stellar Year for Disco

I don't think I've ever listened to as much disco as I have in 2020. That's saying a lot for someone whose regular listening habits include a decent dose of the dance floor singles of the 1970s and the many grooves that have spun off from it in the decades that follow. This year was different, for...

Liz Ohanesian

ARTIST INTERVIEWSlim Twig

We've all been a bit dizzied by Toronto song man Slim Twig lately. He's been on a roll reissuing his pop-opera opus A Hound at the Hem, touring the mid and North Easts of the country, and never letting the creative juices run dry. We had a chance to catch up with Slim (or Max Turnbull if you prefer...

Madison Bloom

LIVE REVIEWSlim Twig + U.S. Girls @ Cake Shop

Despite my polite efforts and hacking cough, something of greater urgency than a breathing statistic of flu season needs tending to. The bartender zips along the length of the counter...

Madison Bloom

VIDEO REVIEWSlim Twig's "Hover on a Sliver"

Given his pedigreed rearing in all camps of the art world-musical, celluloid, and illustrative-it’s no surprise that his most recent one is more of a scored...

Madison Bloom

ARTIST PROFILEEmily Pelstring

If the videos of Emily Pelstring were suits they’d be cut from outlandish cloth, but they would fit perfectly. Between her recent work with Meghan Remy, a.k.a U.S. Girls, and Canadian song-man Slim Twig, Pelstring has perfected the ability to depict artists as exaggerated forms of themselves,...

Madison Bloom

SHOW REVIEWEric Copeland and U.S. Girls

As a founding member of Black Dice, Eric Copeland has been melting my face for years. I'd seen them live a handful of times in the early- and mid-aughts and had fond memories of sweaty thrashing and abused cilia. I was overjoyed when they were announced as openers for Animal Collective's Celebrate...

Lindsey Rhoades