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Jamila Aboushaca

Call her jams. Jersey native who spends her time staring at the clouds, listening to music while snacking on something glazed. You can find her work in The Aquarian Weekly and in all of her elementary and high school newspapers.

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Interviews

Nihiloceros Ponder the Human Condition on Wavy-Nominated LP Self Destroy

And until they connected with Totally Real Records for their...

Interviews

Death Valley Girls Go Back to the Beginning with Street Venom Reissue

When Bonnie Bloomgarden arrived in Los Angeles seven years ago, she had one thing in mind: she came to get sober and start a new chapter in her life. Making music wasn't part of that plan. Everything in her life was reactive, no motivation to think or be human. Told to bottle up her emotions as a...

Interviews

spill tab and Tommy Genesis Team Up for High-Speed Single "Indecisive"

But there's two things she's sure about: Oatly is the best oat milk, and she needed the perfect...

Interviews · Premieres

New Zealand's Georgia Lines Makes Directorial Debut with "Call Me By My Name" Video

” In a stylized split-screen video (her directorial debut), she stands knee -deep in the crystalline waters...

Interviews

Lenka Critiques Extreme Greed with Kitschy Video for Latest Single "Ivory Tower"

While the pandemic derailed tours and scrapped recording plans for many musicians, there's one performer that actually found a freeing feeling in the midst of this past year - Australian pop wonder Lenka Kripac, better known mononymously as the purveyor of hits like "The Show" and "Everything at...

Interviews

Karaboudjan Reaches the Seventh Stage of Grief with "Let Go"

For some time while writing his debut EP, Imago, and touring with Tycho, his studio was a little table at his now-wife’s apartment. He would miss...

Interviews

Alessia Labate Becomes One With Her Ego in new Video for "Conversations with Myself"

Italian singer-songwriter Alessia Labate had just finished writing her newest single, “Conversations with Myself,” in Bucharest as the pandemic began to loom large on the horizon, and she knew she was on the precipice of a "spiritual awakening." “I locked myself in my house before the official...

Interviews

Hunter Moreau Taps the Carefree Vibe of a Rooftop Party with "Hazy"

About two years ago, Hunter Moreau was lying in bed, recovering from a life-threatening surgery. During this time, she was also facing the obstacles of growing up. Was she going to college to pursue Public Relations, like she had planned on doing? While calculating her next steps in the midst of...

Interviews

Mat Weitman of Hotels On Mars Invites Us To Tour His "Grief Museum"

This past year had me glued to late night news channels and articles on my feed, nonstop. Most of it has been dreary, sometimes hopeless; it became second nature, sighing at my screen. Then came the positive takes, so optimistic about the inevitable change, promises of heading into some kind of...

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Valley Maker stays next to us When The Day Leaves

In late summer 2019, Austin Crane prepared to to say goodbye to Seattle—where he'd lived, gone to school, and created music under the moniker Valley Maker for ten years—to move cross-country to his hometown in South Carolina. While he didn't know that journey would be one of the last trips he would...

Interviews · Premieres

PREMIERE: Chel Duets with Stan Genius on Sweet New Single "By My Side"

It’s easy to get lost in the sea of highlight reels on social media. I’ll sometimes find myself scrolling and wondering if I’m living to the fullest. Then I get on a video call with blonde bombshell Chel, who excels in singing, modeling, and is an empowering force in the industry. Her demeanor is...

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Buzzy Lee Won't Cry Over "Spoiled Love"

Interviews · Premieres

After the Heartbreak, Greya Will Still "Thrive"

With a bright red jacket and vibrant orange eyeshadow, Greya stands out against the desolate, vacant backdrops in a new music video for latest single, "Thrive," about a one-sided relationship and the unrequited passion that comes along with it. “The song itself is pretty literal, so we wanted to...

Interviews

Pearl Charles Reflects on the Making of Magic Mirror

In the weeks leading up to Christmas, I found myself playing a song over and over, taking its melodic guitar tones and feeling some sort of warmth. I’m not religious, but something about the song instilled in me a sense of faith, or belief… something. Last year was filled with the opposite -...

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Interviews

Drew Citron Gets Free on Debut LP

Calling on the old phantoms of your recent sorrow. Nostalgia we sometimes want to revisit, and sometimes we only write about. Brooklyn babe and Public Practice member Drew Citron released some of that anguish on October 9th, with her solo...

Interviews

INTERVIEW: Taylor Grey on Debut LP Space Case

California dreamer Taylor Grey may not be old enough to legally drink yet, but she is more mature and graceful than anyone I ever went to college with. She selflessly helped raise money for victims of the recent hurricanes by reaching out through her social media channels. And she's also super...

Upcoming Events · Interviews

INTERVIEW/SHOW PREVIEW: Dinowalrus

Pete Feigenbaum spoke to me for about an hour about this thing, that goes on in New York City. People play instruments on stage, sometimes for near to no money—but the action of it is rewarding enough.

Interviews

Artist Interview: Big Eyes

Kaitlyn Eldridge is the ultimate momma bear to the music she's created her whole teenage and adult life. She was always that cool girl (although she might not think so) that played in adolescent bands, while the rest of us expressed our teenage angst with black jelly bracelets and charcoal...

Interviews · Premieres

ARTIST INTERVIEW + VIDEO REVIEW: Cocovan "Chic (Someone To Love)"

Part French, part Iranian Cocovan disappeared for about a year—leaving her fans in the art and music world wandering through empty social media sites. Then, like the reincarnations of Madonna's various styles, Cocovan reemerged as the glam-pop empress that she is now. She then released "Mirage Of...

Album Review

Daniel Grinberg "Short Stories"

Daniel Grinberg's full-length is just a pure, and melodic album. Daniel, along with vocalists Aveva Dese, Alex Moshe, and Yoav Arbel, create Short Stories. Each track is a brief, yet delicate peek into Grinberg's illustrations of life. Produced by Maor Scwartzberg off of Green Tone Music, the...

MUSING · EP Review

Joseph Sant "Sea White Salt"

Joseph Sant just released Sea White Salt, and it's a pure string of ambient tracks. His new EP includes the single "Nor'easter," which can possibly relate to his voyage from Seattle, to right here. He now seems to like Brooklyn, performing at places like Pete's Candy Store, with no shortage of...

MUSING · EP Review

Chrystyna Marie "Loaded Gun"

At first click, I saw visions of Janis Joplin singing "Loaded Gun," the single off Chrystyna Marie's upcoming EP (also named Loaded Gun). She's a Toronto-native chick and sultry vocalist—also super stunning. She's no alien to performing and making music; she has won the Kiwanis Music Festival a...

Track Review

Fried Monk "Heartbeats"

One thing I’ve learned from musicians like Steve Choi from RX Bandits, is that there are entertainers… and then there are true artists. While musicians can intertwine both elements, it’s rare to truly find an artist at core—not focusing on making a brand in music, but rather making music a brand....

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MUSING · Track Review

BECOME X NoMBe’s "Miss Mirage"

Another glorious mold, another captivating remix. BECOME has turned NoMBe's "Miss Mirage" into a chillwave sound. Recently released, it has been transformed into a repeat-friendly track. I'll hold on to the last few moments of summer with this. In between the chorus blocks, it's not hard to find...

EP Review

Milhaus "The Graduate"

When Milhaus isn't paying homage to that classic late 60s film, Paulina Mandeville, Charlie Kaplan, and Ian Wayne are making some sweet music. Their debut EP released in May, "The Graduate," is only a mere four-track ensemble. You won't grow tired of hearing it over and over, though. Milhaus has...

MUSING · Track Review

CAPPA "Killin' It"

Out of Nashville, CAPPA is about to drop her debut EP on May 18. The songwriter is totally cool and down-to-earth, and also really into cookie butter, her dog, and listening to The Used. She also really wants you to chill. CAPPA recently released a seriously fueled single, "Killin' It." "We got all...

MUSING · Album Review

Bitter's Kiss "Self-Titled"

Chloe Baker is a young, yet courageous artist, who isn't afraid to say what other girls are thinking. Although she may appear to be in her innocent and naive youth (namely, still in high school), her self-titled release delivers a different persona. The album is an eight track anecdote twisting...

MUSING · Track Review

EXGF "We Are The Hearts"

Ethereal rhythms and unceasing electronic sounds make for EXGF's "We Are The Hearts." Much like a beautiful natural disaster, the song starts with a mission to put you into a reverie (it succeeds). What's already great is then embellished with a chaotic chorus. The track's melodic trance pairs with...

MUSING · Premieres · Track Review

Ryley Walker "Sweet Satisfaction"

Fingerpicking patterns and Chicagoan Ryley Walker's slightly mumbled, yet melodic and crouched angelic voice make for his latest premiere, "Sweet Satisfaction." By way of Dead Oceans, listen to the some of the most amazing guitar work fleshed into a little over six minutes. His rarity is artfully...

MUSING · Track Review

Turn To Crime "Prince of Slackers"

We've learned from Can't Love that the Detroit-based triad, Turn To Crime, can make even muffled white noise into a rhythmic invention. They're back with a new single from their upcoming album, Actions (out on April 28). "Prince of Slackers" embodies that similar darker electro-kooky,...

Album Review

Aradia "Citizen of Earth"

Aradia embodies a style similar to 90's electronic freestyle without being dreadfully cheesy. Perhaps it's because she is a multi-instrumentalist, a unique song-writer, and a woman of many sounds. She may be originally from New York City, but she is now based out of Seattle, where she released...

Video · Video Review

Satellite Stories "Heartbeat"

Similarly like a younger Chris Martin singing "Yellow" and endlessly walking the dead shore-line, Esa Mankinen of Satellite Stories is instead revealing to the world their new single "Heartbeat" along a snowy winding road. Part of the quartet that is also Marko Heikkinen, Jyri Pesonen, and...

MUSING · Album Review

The Maravines "Distelfink"

I remember my friend was explaining to me that she needed to listen to EDM music when life became too chaotic for her, that these concerts provided the setting for her to let go. While this may be true for some people, I've always found solace in listening to music that would almost- if not...

EP Review

Anne-Simone "Bittersweet"

What goes into the making of a single song? Aside from writing the lyrics and instrumentals, you have to record-mix-edit every second of each recording. Mixing software and code are all things foreign to me. What if there was somehow to see the code in a way that we could understand and actually...

Album Review

The Great Escape "The Great Escape"

I have spent my last few years trying to dissect New York City. And while I was learning that a train schedule isn’t as accurate as it ought to be, I was engulfed in the music culture that the city is notoriously known for. The sheer amount of bands that come out of New York is incredible, so...

OUT AND ABOUT · Live Review

Temples @ Irving Plaza

If a monster spit out the color wheel across the sparkling night sky, you would see what it was to experience Temples live. Before they travel back to tour in Europe for the winter, the band graced Irving Plaza Monday with an excessively stellar performance. Hailing from Kettering, England, the...

MUSING · Video Review

Sevdaliza "Backseat Love" (NSFW)

At its outset, "Backseat Love" seems to be the start of a movie montage, the kind of montage where a provocative woman sets out to assassinate her ex-lover. Turns out Sevdaliza was cruising around in her vintage Impala for opposite reasons. Coming out of The Netherlands, the Iranian-born singer's...

MUSING · Video Review

Pet Sun "Gimme Your Soul"

Toronto-area garage rockers Pet Sun released the excellent Feel Like I'm Going Away, their debut EP for Sleepless Records, last September. Now, there's a new video for "Gimme Your Soul," equally seizure-inducing and psychedelic. The video flashes back with 90's MTV illustration-style bats, flying...

OUT AND ABOUT · Live Review

Christopher Owens @ Music Hall of Williamsburg

all photos Jamila Aboushaca I remember my first experience listening to Christopher Owens. A few years back, I had the likes for a guy I was working with. We grew a relationship over talking about music that we loved and discovered. He told me in the middle of May to listen to a song called...

OUT AND ABOUT · Live Review

Mutual Benefit @ Bowery Ballroom

What started off as a raging race around Lower East Side for a parking spot turned into a placid, serene anchorage at Bowery Ballroom. Bellows, Soft Cat and the halcyonic Mutual Benefit played a hell of a show at one of our favorite spots on Delancey. It was beyond remarkable to see the whole live...

OUT AND ABOUT · Live Review

The Jane Shermans @ Mercury Lounge

I've been wowed at Mercury Lounge on many an occasion, but seeing The Jane Shermans' forty-five minute set last Monday easily topped the list of performances in the tiny venue that have blown me away. Powerhouse frontwoman Eulene Sherman owned her Explorer bass through the nine song set....

OUT AND ABOUT · Live Review

Royal Blood @ Mercury Lounge

Only a band as rambunctious and buzzworthy as Royal Blood can make a New York City debut with a force as colossal as your favorite heavy metal band. Coming out of Brighton, UK, the outfit consists of only two players - Michael Kerr on bass and Benjamin Thatcher on drums. We've experienced raucous...

Track Review

Haley Bonar's "Kill the Fun"

All great stories often start with an open mic; Haley Bonar's included. What's more inspiring than a nineteen year-old on a quest for musical discovery? One who actually finds it. Haley is here years later, with an eagerly awaited album, Last War (via Graveface Records), set for May 20th. With a...

OUT AND ABOUT · Live Review

Juana Molina @ LPR

Juana Molina hails from Argentina, and, like the rich, full-bodied Malbecs her homeland is known for, Molina's tunes sit robustly on any musical pallette. Molina is just as intoxicating, too, an experienced live performer with five records of material to cover, she managed to hit every sensitive...

OUT AND ABOUT · Live Review

Flagship, Terraplane Sun and Little Daylight

A couple things I recall from Santos Party House include Maker's Mark and Jack Daniels being the same price (win!), two floors of pure musical craziness, and the fact that the place is known for filling up in .5 seconds for live performances. The venue lives up to its name; by the end of the night,...

EYE CANDY · Loud and Tasteless

Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem

Every Thursday, AudioFemme profiles a style icon from the music world. This week our icon is Brian Fallon, who embodies Johnny Cash plus tattoo sleeves. He can wear the same white t-shirt one hundred different ways, all while keeping a lit cigarette in his mouth during a photo shoot. Despite being...

OUT AND ABOUT · Live Review

Jack and Eliza, Total Slacker, Miniature Tigers, Bear Hands

An incredible line-up in an equally marvelous venue to complete a Wednesday night that felt more like a New Year's Eve party—Music Hall of Williamsburg hosted a full ticket of four amazing musicians: Jack and Eliza, Total Slacker, Miniature Tigers, with headliners Bear Hands. I was fascinated by...

Video · Video of the Week

The Naked and Famous, "i kill giants"

You'd think The Naked and Famous would be too nice to proclaim they kill giants. Frontwoman Alisa Xayalith tweets in the sweetest fashion, not to mention the whole band seems undoubtedly awesome. In November, TNAF had to cancel a show in Birmingham due to fellow bandmate, Thom Powers, falling ill....

EYE CANDY · Loud and Tasteless

Sigur Rós

Every Thursday, AF profiles a style icon from the music world. This week, check out the beautiful boys of Sigur Ros, whose inimitably dark and mysterious ethos have ladies (and gentlemen) across the globe swooning. I've honestly never read 50 Shades of Grey, despite the swarm of girls flocking to a...

MUSING · Track Review

Blondfire "Young Heart"

Kin duo Bruce and Erica Driscoll formed into Blondfire only recently, yet the band has already trailblazed the path for the indie scene, recently hitting the number 1 spot on iTunes Alternative. But get this- they did it without a record label. Nothing more galvanizing than that. In the interim...

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