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Emily Daly is a Brooklyn based musician and writer who adores weird instruments, bodega cats and terrible puns. You can check out her dumb jokes at https://twitter.com/gatoazulo

Metal Musician Danica Roem becomes first transgender legislator in Virginia

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NEWS Roundup: Musical Candidates Win Big, Tswift's Reputation and More

Metal musician Danica Roem becomes first transgender legislator in Virginia The Musicians Who Won This Week’s Election On Tuesday, Danica Roem became the first openly transgender woman elected to state legislature with her win in Virginia, replacing a 13-year incumbent Republican who held an...

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NEWS Roundup: NYC Cabaret Law Repealed, CMA Gag Order and More

NYC Cabaret Law Officially Repealed Established in 1926 to prevent unlicensed dancing in NYC bars, New York's "Cabaret Law" is finally on its last legs after City Council voted Tuesday to end it. Many have been quick to point out that the antiquated law is like something out of Footloose,...

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NEWS Roundup: RIP Fats Domino, Alice Glass Alleges Abuse and More

Fats Domino Dies At Age 89 The singer and pianist from New Orleans penned a number of hits, like "I'm Walkin'" and "Ain't That a Shame," that defined 1950s rock ’n’ roll by blending occasionally the sounds of his hometown with R and B. His part in the genre was highly influential; Elvis referred to him...

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NEWS Roundup: Planned Parenthood Compilation, Ducktails Singer Assault Details and More

Sleater-Kinney has a new song on a Planned Parenthood Benefit Compilation. New Song from Sleater-Kinney on Planned Parenthood Benefit Compilation You can now stream 7 Inches For Planned Parenthood, a collection of 7 inch records that will benefit the organization, ahead of its November release...

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NEWS Roundup: Princess Nokia a Soup-Er Hero, Music Industry Assault Allegations and More

Princess Nokia Stands Up To Racist, Goes Viral This week, a viral video showed NYC commuters standing up to a drunk guy on the train when he started yelling racist insults at a group of teenagers. At the end of the video, as he’s pushed out of the train car, someone launches a container of soup at...

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NEWS Roundup: RIP Tom Petty, the Las Vegas Tragedy and More

RIP Tom Petty The well-loved songwriter passed away on Monday after suffering from cardiac arrest. He was 66, and less than a week before, gave a final interview where he discussed his recent 40th anniversary tour with The Heartbreakers, a new band he was producing, and more (read the full...

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NEWS Roundup: RIP Charles Bradley, #Takeaknee and More

RIP Charles Bradley Though he was able to tour up until the very end, even after battling stomach cancer, renowned soul singer Charles Bradley passed away over the weekend. He was 68. Nicknamed “The Screaming Eagle of Soul,” Bradley was inspired by James Brown from a young age but didn’t release...

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Shilpa Ray Triumphs Over NYC With 'Door Girl'

New York, the city that never sleeps, takes an especially hard toll on those who make its endless nights possible: the waiters, the bartenders, the ticket takers who silently put up with endless shit from drunken idiots. The service industry is favored by artists who need to pay their bills, but at...

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NEWS Roundup: Market Hotel Is Back, Nyc's Cabaret Law and More

Market Hotel Ends Their Hiatus Bushwick’s Market Hotel will host shows again starting on November 1st, with yet-unannounced special guests playing the grand reopening show. It's been out of commission while Todd P. and his crew secure the proper licenses t0 turn the longstanding DIY club into a...

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NEWS Roundup: RIP Grant Hart, Jessi Zazu and More

RIP Jessi Zazu RIP Grant Hart, Jessi Zazu and Josh Schwartz Grant Hart died on Wednesday, September 13 from cancer. He was the drummer and vocalist of Minnesota rockers Hüsker Dü. After Hart met Bob Mould in a record store, the two quickly became friends and songwriting partners. Their music...

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NEWS Roundup: RIP Walter Becker, Holger Czukay and More

RIP Holger Czukay Holger Czukay played bass in the groundbreaking Krautrock band Can, which he founded with keyboardist Irmin Schmidt, guitarist Michael Karoli, and drummer Jaki Liebezeit. He passed away on Tuesday at age 79 at the band’s Inner Space Studio. Can got their unique sound from...

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NEWS Roundup: Bushwick's New Venue, St. Vincent's New LP and More

Elsewhere Photo by Sam Gold Glasslands Founders Debut New Venue, Elsewhere When Kent Avenue’s DIY hotspot Glasslands closed in 2014, its founders seemed to hint that they’d open another spot eventually. Turns out that spot will be Elsewhere, a warehouse in Bushwick that will double as a community...

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NEWS Roundup: Taylor Swift Goes Goth, Nyc's Night Mayor, and More

Looks like Taylor really loved Bey's "Formation" Taylor Swift Taylor Swift tried to overshadow the eclipse (while one artist was potentially blinded by it), by scrubbing her social media pages clean on Monday. The internet buzzed about the impending announcement of a follow-up to 2014's...

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NEWS Roundup: Reactions to Charlottesville, Prince's Pantone Purple and More

Music + Politics: Responses To Charlottesville The horrible events of last weekend show that change is necessary in this country. Here's some ways the music world reacted to Charlottesville: Spotify is cracking down on racist bands. Yeah, unfortunately, white supremacists make music too, and it...

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NEWS Roundup: RIP Glen Campbell, a Celebrity Reptile and More

Country Star Glen Campbell Dies After a tough battle with Alzheimer’s - chronicled publicly in heartbreaking 2014 tour documentary I'll Be Me - country and pop star Glen Campbell died on Tuesday, at age 81. He was heralded for his songwriting, vocal and guitar abilities, and many stars paid tribute...

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Lily and Horn Horse "Next to Me"

Lily Konigsberg is one third of Palberta, a confusing, experimental, instrument-swapping trio based in upstate New York. Matt Norman creates intricate, instrumental compositions under the moniker Horn Horse. Fate brought them together when Matt went to his former residence in search of a lost...

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NEWS Roundup: The 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...

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NEWS Roundup: What's up With Spotify + Soundcloud? and More

Are There Really Fake Artists On Spotify? This mystery began when Music Business Weekly reported that a number of artists only seemed to exist on Spotify playlists - mostly the generic, mood-based ones like “Chill,” “Focus,” “Sleep,” etc. Together with Music Ally, MBW discovered that the artists...

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Pine Barons Talk "Chamber Choir"

There’s a kind of yearning nostalgia in the songs of the Pine Barons, an earnestness that never feels forced even though it competes with an eclectic array of elements and influences. The Philadelphia-based band has a sound that meshes atmospheric rock and folk, with intricately layered vocals and...

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NEWS Roundup: Warped Tour Controversy, DIY in NYC and More

This year, founder Kevin Lyman explained why he thinks this is a cool, punk rock thing to do: "I use them to drag out the pro-choice groups… We...

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NEWS Roundup: Changes at Mtv, Rodents + Rush and More

MTV Ends Its "Era" Of Longform Journalism The site has laid off a sizable portion of their editorial staff in a (possibly misguided?) effort to give millennials what they really want, a.k.a. "short-form video content." An in-depth article by Spin breaks down this shift, and reveals MTV News'...

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Artist Interview: Friend Roulette Discuss 'the Matt Sheffer Songbook'

A well-worn cliche is that imitation is the highest form of flattery, but Brooklyn band Friend Roulette has taken it a step further: their latest release, The Matt Sheffer Songbook, Vol. 1, is a collection of songs an old friend wrote, but rejected, deeming them unworthy for the world to hear. To...

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NEWS Roundup: Goodbye Shea, Spotify Sponsorship and More

Shea Stadium Officially Closes All we’ll have left of 20 Meadow Street is fond memories, and the new nightclub that the landlord wants to open to replace the beloved DIY venue. Shea Stadium was going to have a few more closing events, but yesterday posted on Facebook that "It now seems impossible...

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NEWS Roundup: Yoko Ono's "Imagine" Credit, LCD Soundsystem Shows and More

Yoko Ono To Receive Songwriting Credit For 'Imagine" In a 1980 BBC interview, John Lennon admitted that his wife Yoko Ono deserved a co-credit for one of his most beloved solo songs, "Imagine," since much of the ideas and lyrics came directly from her poems. He denied her important role in its...

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Sad Baxter "Doubt"

When I was first introduced to the music of Sad Baxter, via 2016’s Weirdy, I realized they filled a void I didn’t even know existed: here was a band that was not afraid to go full grunge, and the payoff was great. Dirty guitars, heavy backbeats, and a Cobain-like growl mixed with a delightfully...

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NEWS Roundup: Northside Festival, Metal + Politics and More

via NorthsideFestival.com In Case You Haven't Noticed, Northside Is Happening You may have already seen 20 amazing shows! Or you may be like me: someone who bought tickets to one event and won them for another, but went to neither because they managed to get deathly sick in June (thanks, universe)....

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NEWS Roundup: Spotify Celebrates Pride, Meet Bot Dylan and More

Palehound made a Pride playlist on Spotify. Spotify Announces Pride Month Playlists From the streaming service’s press release: “In celebration of Pride Month, Spotify is proud to present The Spotify Pride Hub, a series that highlights queer icons and music of hope, self-acceptance and...

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NEWS Roundup: Tragedy in Manchester, Biggie Mural Saved and More

What makes the crime particularly heinous, besides the fact...

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Psymon Spine "Eric's Basement and Secret Tunnels"

The star of Psymon Spine’s latest video, however, is not a person, but a blank canvas. As...

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NEWS Roundup: RIP Chris Cornell, More PWR BTTM Controversy and More

RIP Chris Cornell Chris Cornell, the frontman of Soundgarden and Audioslave as well as one of the most important figures in the Seattle grunge scene, was found dead yesterday morning. By the afternoon, his death was reported as a suicide by hanging. Though it seems like an endless stream of...

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NEWS Roundup: Allegations Against PWR Bttm, Aclu's Rockstar and More

PWR BTTM Cancel Release Show Following Allegations Over the past few days, allegations of predatory behavior and sexual abuse were made against Ben Hopkins of PWR BTTM, and an anti-semitic photo of Hopkins from 2011 has again resurfaced. While the former was previously addressed by the band, many...

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Artist Interview: Monograms Discuss New 'Silencer' EP

Originally a solo project created by Brooklyn musician Ian Jacobs, Monograms is now a fully fledged band. Their latest release, Silencer, explores a grittier side of hook-filled pop music by distilling it with elements of lo-fi garage rock. There’s a sense of dreaminess that hangs over the entire...

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NEWS Roundup: Fyre Festival Debacle, Grandaddy Cancels Tour and More

This Fyre Festival Situation Keeps Getting Weirder First came the memes, then the first-hand accounts from attendees and former staff. Then came the offer to give guests VIP tickets for next year in lieu of a refund - an offer that people are actually taking them up on, even though the organizers...

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NEWS Roundup: Secret Project Robot, the Radiohead Ant and More

The sculpture garden in Secret Project Robot's former space on Melrose. The new location's "smaller but more intimate" sculpture garden is under development with the help of Kathleen Dycaico and Monica Mirabile. Bushwick’s Secret Project Robot Is Reopening The DIY venue will reopen on Broadway in...

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NEWS Roundup: Prince Ep, Shea Stadium Updates and More

Shea Stadium Update: Venue Needs New Location The team behind the venue announced an unfortunate setback to their efforts to go legit: they can’t file their first round of paperwork because the landlords at 20 Meadow Street have refused to sign the documents. In lieu of a vibrant DIY space, they...

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NEWS Roundup: Tokyo's Octogenarian Dj, Killer Pink Floyd Shrimp and More

Coming Soon: The Creative Independent’s 7-Inches For Planned Parenthood Brandon Stusoy of The Creative Independent has curated a boxset of 7” singles with all proceeds going to Planned Parenthood. Artists that contributed tracks include Chvrches, Mitski, Foo Fighters, St. Vincent, Laurie Anderson,...

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NEWS Roundup: BK Steel Opens, Synth Pioneer Dies and More

RIP Ikutaro Kakehashi Ikutaro Kakehashi passed away last Saturday at age 87. He founded Roland in 1960, meaning without him, we’d be way behind in drum machine and synthesizer technology. After leading the company for decades, he founded the electronic instrument company ATV Corporation in 2014 and...

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NEWS Roundup: Kendrick Lamar, Brexit's Musical Consequences and More

Kendrick Lamar Releases “Humble” “Wicked or weakness, you gotta see this.” Last night, the rapper released “Humble,” a visually stunning video that features Lamar dressed as a pope and recreating the last supper, among other things. The songs itself is full of low-key bravado, instructing other...

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NEWS Roundup: Shea Stadium, Northside Festival and More

Shea Stadium Is Raising Money To Reopen Shea Stadium, after closing to avoid fines and fees “related to the legal use, zoning and licensing of [the] building,” is on its way to reopening in a more legal, permanent manner. As of today, the DIY venue has raised tens of thousands more than the...

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NEWS Roundup: Don Pedro, SXSW and More

Don Pedro Is The Latest Venue To Close The Brooklyn venue will be closing after May 6th, the owner of the Ecuadorean-restaurant-turned-DIY space stated earlier this week. The building that includes Don Pedro has been sold to a limited liability company, but the venue’s manager, Danielle Giaquinto,...

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NEWS Roundup: Nyc's Music Industry "Thriving," SXSW Updates and More

Shea Stadium Closes Again The venue cited “increasing pressure from the local authorities” and the fines that come along with getting permits to keep the beloved DIY venue open as the reason for closing again. The Facebook post that broke the news stated the team behind Shea Stadium hoped to reopen...

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Vagabon "Infinite Worlds"

Vagabon press photo by Ebru Yildiz Laetitia Tamko opens her debut record with “The Embers,” painting herself as “a small fish” in a world of fiercer creatures. “You’re a shark that hates everything,” she repeats. “You’re a shark that eats every fish.” In the music video, Tamko sits on a bus,...

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NEWS Roundup: Sxsw's Deportation Clause, Rihanna and More

SXSW’s Troubling Deportation Policy Yesterday, artist Told Slant announced he was canceling his SXSW performances after discovering the something alarming in the artist contract - there's a clause stating that "foreign artists" performing on certain visas may not participate in unofficial showcases...

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NEWS Roundup: Grace Slick, Fighting Misogyny in Music and More

Grace Slick Trolls Chick-fil-a We all know Chick-fil-a is notoriously anti-LGBTQ. You’d think this would make it hard for them to find a musician willing to allow their song in a television ad, but Grace Slick saw their offer as an opportunity. She’s donating all of the money she makes from the ad...

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NEWS Roundup: Prince, the Grammys and More

Prince’s Music Is Now Streaming It’s something that was impossible just a week ago: As I write this, I’m listening to Around The World In A Day on Spotify. Prince’s music was formerly streaming only on Tidal, but his estate sued to release it on other streaming services starting last Sunday. On one...

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NEWS Roundup: Bandcamp, the State of Indie Rock and More

In New York this week, we've learned that there are no snow days for the humble musician. Bandcamp Made it Rain For The ACLU After the site announced it would donate its share(about 12%) of all purchases last Friday, music fans bought about $1,000,000 worth of music. According to Bandcamp, that’s...

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Artist Interview: Jack Killen Taps New York Noir for "Dangerous Lunch Crowd"

It was a dark and stormy night when I met Jack Killen at the TriBeCa bar Nancy’s Whiskey Pub. The rain outside, and the bustling, old fashioned environment inside, made it a fitting time and place to discuss his latest EP. Dangerous Lunch Crowd is largely inspired by his love of detective novels....

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NEWS Roundup: Bandcamp Donates to Aclu, Shea Stadium and More

com Today, 100% of Bandcamp Proceeds Go To ACLU While many artists are already pledging that the profits from their album purchase will be donated to a charity, Bandcamp has one-upped them all (not that philanthropy is a contest, because as long as people are contributing,...

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Rosie Carney "Awake Me"

“My whole life just seemed like a cloud of fog,” Rosie Carney states frankly on her website, sharing explicit details about the pain she's experienced: bullying, sexual assaults, an eating disorder, being dropped from a major label at the age of seventeen. Now twenty, it’s no wonder Carney, who...

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NEWS Roundup: Missy Is Back, Lily Allen Protests, and More

Missy Elliott Is Back With New Video, Documentary Last night Missy Elliott released “I’m Better,” a new song and video featuring the song's producer, Lamb. The sparse, downtempo track creeps along with clinks of keys and surges of bass, while the video is vintage Missy, depicting backup dancers in...

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