#women in music

For Single Moms In The Music Industry, The Battle For Respect Is Real

Vick Bain, Director of The F-List and Parents in Performing Arts A recent report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth radio station, Triple J, indicates that women are still underrepresented at almost every level of the music industry, including festival lineups, the boards of major...

Cat Woods

Larkin Poe Tell Empowered Stories on New Album ‘Self Made Man’

Describing themselves as “first generation music makers” of their family, the sister duo of Rebecca and Megan Lovell were originally part of...

Cillea Houghton

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ONLY NOISEThis Is A Man's World

Luci Turner performing on stage with her band, BEAU + LUCI, in 2018. Photo by Alexandra Scuffle. ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Luci Turner takes stock of the trials, tribulations and triumphs...

Luci Turner

ONLY NOISEA Woman Like Your Kind

Today is International Women’s Day, and people are celebrating in many ways. This American Life devoted their entire show on Tuesday night to listening to the stories of five women who were sexually harassed by media executive Don Hazen, giving individual voice to members of the #MeToo movement....

Madison Bloom

NEWS ROUNDUPThe End Of The iPod, Required Listening and More

Read This: The 150 Greatest Albums Made By Women The list was compiled by various writers on NPR. The outlet calls it "an intervention, a remedy, a correction of the historical record and hopefully the start of a new conversation... it rethinks popular music to put women at the center." Starting...

Emily Daly

A Female-Fronted FutureThoughts on SXSW 2017

Snail Mail at SXSW 2017. Photo by Lindsey Rhoades I didn't even have to break out my "The Future is Female" t-shirt to sound the alarm; at South by Southwest last week, the message was loud and clear. In a whirlwind five days, I saw dozens of acts - mostly emerging or signed to small labels - and...

Lindsey Rhoades

MORNING AFTERCoffee And Omelettes With Dahl Haus

“Hey, you’re Blaise, right? Can I talk to you outside for a second?” It's Goth Prom at Footlight and I'm ambushing Dahl Haus's leading lady Blaise Dahl with zero chill and a nervous peppiness out of place for the event. We look (unintentionally) identical; blonde hair, sheer top (can’t lose?) but...

Mary Grace Garis

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TRACK OF THE WEEKBleached "Can You Deal?"

Jennifer Clavin has a stern message for rock critics, and it comes in the form of the latest single from her band Bleached, "Can You Deal?" It's the title track from a forthcoming four-song EP (which will be out on Dead Oceans March 3rd), and it was inspired by Clavin's frustration with a music...

Lindsey Rhoades

TRACK PREMIERESara Curtin "Careless"

Sara Curtin, one half of the DC folk-pop duo The Sweater Set just released the single “Careless” from her forthcoming sophomore solo album Michigan Lilium, and AudioFemme is pleased to premiere it. Strummed like the folk star she is, the song both sounds pretty yet carries some seriously...

Sophie Saint Thomas

ARTIST INTERVIEWPINS

In an age where genres seem to only exist as a conduit for music journalists to flex their encyclopedic knowledge of rare stratified sub-genres or inventing hollow multi-hyphenated descriptors: PINS is a breath of fresh air. The red-hot Manchester quartet are putting out straightforward punk with...

Anne Alexander

VIDEO REVIEWThe Jane Doze "Lights Go Down"

When music's spun by women, it just sounds better. The Jane Doze is not one, but two beautiful - and more importantly, stupidly talented DJs. The duo has shared the stage with legends such as Calvin Harris and Diplo, although we think the real stunners here are Jane Doze. These heart-breakers also...

Sophie Saint Thomas

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TRACK PREMIERELed to Sea “Breathe Some”

Elevate your Friday with the premiere of Led to Sea's new track "Breathe Some." It's the first song from the upcoming album, The Beautiful Humming of Ms. Fortune, set to drop May 5. Led to Sea is the solo project from the Seattle-based violinist, violist and singer Alex Guy. In a sea of recycled...

Sophie Saint Thomas