Music
Pop Life: Candy Darling and the New York of Yesteryear
Candy Darling never gave up the fight to be the truest version of herself, even in the darkest moments of her life.
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New Music Monday: Tkay Maidza
Australian rapper Tkay Maidza’s music hearkens to MIA and Icona Pop, has features from Killer Mike, and claims Nicki Minaj and Santigold as influences. The result is a high-energy hodgepodge, and it’s pop hip-hop gold.
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Record Scratch: Justin Bieber Crashes Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car"
Stick to the questionable-but-danceable jams about failed communication with your romantic partners, Biebz. Sing what you know.
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New Music Monday: Trishes
Producer and singer Trishes incorporates her West Indian roots into what she calls “indie pop with a hip-hop influence.”
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"Midwest Farmer's Daughter" Makes Good: Singer Margo Price's Golden Year
If you’ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of this generation’s Tammy Wynette, you’ll be pleased to know that the wait is finally over.
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New Music Monday: Tunde Olaniran
Tunde Olaniran wants you to be present, open and joyful at his shows. And he really wants you to dance.
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New Music Monday: Kelsey Lu
Kelsey Lu is a singer, guitarist, cellist and songwriter, and somehow manages to be even greater than the sum of even those impressive parts.
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Cut & Paste: Zines About Women Musicians
From Yoko Ono and the Supremes to punk and hardcore, check out these four zines about highlighting women in music.
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Backtalk: bell hooks on Beyonce & Yacht's Hoax
This week we chat with Bitch contributor Zoe Samudzi about bell hooks's recent criticisms of Beyonce's Lemonade in “Moving Beyond Pain,” and how we can both respect and be critical of works by people we admire. Plus Sarah talks about how disappointing it was to learn about indie... Read more »
Backtalk: "Lemonade" + Marketplace Feminism
This week, we talk about Beyonce's visual album Lemonade with writer and photographer Margaret Jacobsen, who wrote “What Beyonce's Lemonade Means to Me As a Black Woman,” and talk about the themes of... Read more »