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Bee Scott

Bee Scott is a freelance writer covering music, gender, healthy living and horror movies. Itching for creative freedom, they founded their own music-discovery and horror-centric site called B-Sides and Badlands in June 2017.

AF 2021 in Review: A Year of Divorce, Heartache, and Grief

Carly Pearce // Photo Credit: Allister Ann The world might have opened back up in 2021, but it was still a year branded with heartache, sorrow, and grief. Even if you didn’t endure the death of a loved one, you likely knew someone who did 一 or perhaps you wandered through some of the biggest...

How Jetty Bones' 'Push Back' Saved My Life in 2021

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Dylan Dunn Works Through Loneliness and Anger on Blue Like You EP

"I'm dead in the...

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Sarah Elizabeth Haines Reaches Out to Reconnect With "in the Morning" Video

The seed for her new song "In the Morning" had burrowed into her mind, inspired by several "failed relationship attempts," and eventually, its...

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Ziemba Grieves for Her Father on Christmas-Tinged LP Unsubtle Magic

" That's the single word René Kladzyk says best encompasses her experience after the death of her father and through rising flood waters of grief. The singer-songwriter, best known under her musical pseudonym Ziemba, lost her father in early 2020 after he...

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Mimi Oz Goes Under the Microscope in "Hate" Video

The Toronto-based singer-songwriter thrives on "being alone," she says, as a "highly creative" person. With a strong support system, she adds, "I can’t say that loneliness is a...

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Adele Threads Together Regret and Growing Older From 25 to 30

ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. In this installment, Jason Scott soothes their growing pains with the balm of everyone's favorite siren singer, who released her fourth studio album last week. I can’t listen...

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Dyan Valdés Lights the Fuse With Premiere of "Be My Revolution"

After a wine-soaked evening out with her BFF and frequent creative collaborator Jess Sweetman, singer-songwriter Dyan Valdés found herself reflecting on just how important those...

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Sulene Crashes Her Own Party in "We Go Hard" Video

Well, it's actually a little more complex than that, as she attests with her latest single "We Go Hard." Through a claustrophobic wall-to-wall sound, the indie-electronic artist embraces "every aspect of being a woman" and screams...

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Amy Jay Readies New LP Awake Sleeper With "Monster" Single

An indie-folk musician based in New York, Jay finds that “everything leading up to the stage” sends jitters throughout her body. It's only once she's planted firmly centerstage that those rattling nerves dissipate, and...

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Carissa Johnson Premieres Game-Changing New Album Blue Hour

Little did she know her life would be completely upended. “I was out of my world and not feeling the same inspiration,” she admits....

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Quiet Takes Weathers Wondrous Dreams on 'Weekly, Weakly' EP

Quite recently, the Quiet Takes singer/songwriter imagined herself singing backup for Wilco, but "I didn't know all of the words," she recalls. Guitarist Nels Cline turned to her "with a big smile on his face and said, 'It’s okay—we’re...

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Vakili Band Call for Compassion With Reworked "Dreamy Dreamer"

"I want you to be a compassionate human being," she told...

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The Writing's on the Wall for Mmeadows in "You Should Know by Now" Video

In the early days of a new relationship, second guessing is second nature. Singer-songwriter Kristin Slipp, known for her work as keyboardist in Dirty Projectors, wonderfully captures the unease and doubt that creeps in like a sinister force with "You Should Know by Now." As one-half of mmeadows, a...

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Maggie Gently Delivers Very Gay Pop Punk Anthem “Hold My Hand”

With her 2020 EP Good Cry, Bay Area singer-songwriter Maggie Gently addressed and packed away some personal trauma. Healing is a never-ending process, but as evidenced with her brand new single “Hold My Hand,” from her forthcoming Refresh Records debut Peppermint, it was time to move forward. “Even...

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Olivia Penalva Lights up With Star Power in "Ex's" Video

Olivia Penalva is typically the sort of songwriter to write from deeply personal experiences, but with “Ex’s,” she stretches her wings to tell a seductive story about lust and betrayal. “I know so many people who have been in situations like this. Based on those experiences, I could find myself...

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Christian Lopez Flexes Versatility and Pines for Appalachia on the Other Side LP

“I need West Virginia like a daily vitamin in a way. If I don't take it for too long, I get funky and I gotta go and refresh,” reflects Christian Lopez. Born and raised in Martinsburg, Lopez still owns property among the sweeping, serene Appalachian Mountains. Now residing deep in southwestern New...

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Kiss the Tiger Prove Representation Matters With "Grown Ass Woman" Video

“I teeter back and forth between feeling very empowered and then just being totally thrown off by little things that happen in everyday life," she says, "just behaviors that have been normalized by...

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The Blue Iris Premieres "Stressed and Depressed" Ahead of Limited Edition 7" Release

The pandemic was particularly hard for The Blue Iris. “It left me without a job, afraid to go outside, and generally scared for the future,” they confide. Feeling tremendously “stressed about too many things to name and depressed past anything I had felt in years,” the singer-songwriter grabbed a...

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Sweetlove Grapples With Grief on Goodnight, Lover EP

In the span of a year, she lost three of the most important people in her life; with her new EP, Goodnight, Lover, out Friday March 26, she sifts through the craggy, ashy rubble of death and tragedy to rediscover hope and what it...

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Raine Hamilton Moves Mountains With Reflective New Song “Try”

Scaling up a mountain, either on-foot or in a vehicle, can feel as if you’re teetering between this world and the next. That’s what chamber-folk storyteller Raine Hamilton experienced, at least, as she began ruminating on “the beauty of the potential of being incarnate on the earth ─ of being a...

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Oakland Duo Brijean Vibe Out With Moody Debut Album 'Feelings'

Working toward greater self-love and self-nurturing, she turned the smaller, foundational building blocks of that practice into songs - alongside collaborator Doug Stuart...

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Al Riggs Commemorates the Birth and Death of the “Emo Revival” on Latest Single

Like any music scene, the Emo Revival of the early 2010s was littered with problematic men wielding power over others. Durham, North Carolina-based singer-songwriter al Riggs returns to that era, not to wallow upon those treacherous slopes, but rather to share honest stories of pain and heartache...

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Adeem the Artist Reclaims Identity With Cast Iron Pansexual LP

There are few albums that capture such an array of the queer experience quite like Cast Iron Pansexual, the new LP from Adeem the Artist. Officially out Friday but premiering via Audiofemme today, the record bursts with personality, marked with deep moments of personal retrieval and reflection on...

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Indigo Sparke Surrenders to Time With Debut LP Echo

Instead of us moving...

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Toledo Foster Empathy via New EP Jockeys of Love

“It just happened,” admits band member Jordan Dunn-Pilz. “It kept us busy, and we were able to have fun together. I’m thankful for this opportunity to come back into our own.” He is speaking about their recently-released project...

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Jocelyn Mackenzie Connects With Her Purpose on Debut Solo LP PUSH

It’s not a goal,” stresses Jocelyn Mackenzie. The New York singer-songwriter, formerly of acclaimed indie-folk trio Pearl and the Beard, speaks emphatically about her solo work and the long, winding road it took to get here. Her debut album, PUSH,...

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Bel Holiday Conjures up Healing Incantation With “Mama Mountains”

Bel Holiday needed to heal. While “dealing with insufferable loss and depression for ages,” the singer-songwriter hopped on a plane bound for Arizona, hoping to find solace within its rugged landscape. She soon “not only fell in love with, but felt an indescribably spiritual shift in self from...

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Jessye Desilva Heals From Traumatic Religious Upbringing on ‘Hover’ EP

Jessye DeSilva never intended for religion to emerge as a thread in their songwriting. With their new record, Hover, a five-track project bubbling with witchy incantations and soul, DeSilva was able to “channel some of that hurt” born out of their youth growing up in the church. “All the things...

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Cari Hutson Defines Emotional Limits With “Take the Day”

Cari Hutson is stepping out into the world as her most authentic self. Her new EP, Salvation and Soul Restoration, arrives next month (Feb. 12) and captures her grit, resilience, and tremendous growth since the release of 2018’s Don’t Rain on My Sunny Day. The singer-songwriter works through the...

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Raye Zaragoza Paints a Vivid Self-Portrait on Woman in Color

Pre-pandemic, the folk musician had been on the road for three years, nonstop ─ and like many, coping with suffocating isolation in lockdown was a challenge. Forced to reckon...

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How Miley Cyrus Became the Soundtrack of My Life

Vice Versa was a safe haven in my college years. Nestled among the rolling hills of West Virginia, and situated snuggly in downtown Morgantown, interwoven with the WVU campus, the gay club offered safety, glitter, and endless midnight thrills. My friends and I would head out on the town almost...

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Cherishes Explore Death, Grief, and "Gaslighting" With Debut Video Premiere

Even the name of his new creative endeavor, cherishes ( a self-described “synonym for keepsakes”) relishes in such grandeur, as a mechanism for him to remain grounded. “The name is present. It’s not something...

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Nainnoh Enlists Dancers Kristine Bendul and Abdiel Jacobsen for Stunning “Run” Video

Originally from Georgia, formerly a USSR-held territory, she came to America nearly 20 years ago ─ to not only escape a restrictive government but to fulfill her childhood dream. Her song “Run” celebrates...

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That Brunette Celebrates Friendship With “Platonic” Premiere and Merch Line to Benefit Black Drag Queens

She finally shed her past, discarding a previous stage name, and has since flourished in her craft. Her new song “Platonic,” premiering today, displays an artist continuing to discover...

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Emily Weisband Pens Point-Blank Pop on Not Afraid to Say Goodbye EP

A prolific songwriter whose cuts include Camila Cabello’s “Consequences” and “Boy with Luv” by BTS and Halsey, she knows what she’s talking about. But in song, one person’s honesty can be someone else’s...

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Jazzy Ash Duets With Real-Life Partner Pam Rocker on "Honey" Single

“Fight for your rights, and dance your socks off,” proclaims Ashli St. Armant, who has been performing - mostly under the stage name Jazzy Ash - for more than two decades. The singer-songwriter and arts educator has always been an avid student of Black American music, flipping through iconic...

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The Danberrys Sever Toxic Ties With Haunting "Undertow" Video

“Why does love telling a lie sound so sincere?” Dorothy Daniel asks on “Undertow,” a song lifted from folk duo The Danberrys’ latest record, Shine. The singer-songwriter sifts through the wreckage of a now-dead toxic relationship. She must do so in order to finally see the truth. The accompanying...

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Tallia Storm Displays Tantalizing Duality With "Kinda Savage, Kinda Sweet"

Tallia Storm has always been fascinated by duality, a concept depicted in one of her favorite gothic novellas, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. "It’s the fact that we never truly know a person," she says. The London-based singer-songwriter pins such truth to a corkboard of silky production...

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The Dumes Dish up Sweet Rock 'N' Roll Elixir With "Liquor and High"

High as a kite, The Dumes front-woman came to have several epiphanies about life, love, and her...

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Thebandivory Delve Into Queer, Indigenous Identity on Anthropocene LP

“Seeing that came with a sense of responsibility to have my voice be heard,” he says. He made a vow to finally finish Anthropocene, his debut full-length as...

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Dead Method Unpacks Generational Trauma on Debut LP Queer Genesis

Lloyd Best is fearless. He hasn’t always been, but there came a time when he needed to look himself in the mirror and confront his trauma. In order to conquer it, he peeled back his bandages and attended to wounds he had long forgotten ─ or simply suppressed. As any queer individual can relate,...

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Kären Mccormick Shatters Genre Constraints on Debut EP

Genre boxes mean very little when it comes to creating true art. Kären McCormick had to give herself permission to leap beyond those expectations. Once she did, the rising singer-songwriter bounded away from strict musical constraints to settle upon a healthy country, pop, and soul mix. Her debut...

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Jeni Schapire Reclaims Her Sense of Self With "What's in a Name"

Jeni Schapire woke up one day and didn’t recognize her own life. Formerly known as Jennifer Rae, a professional moniker she had been using since she was 15 years old, the Nashville-based musician started to feel suffocated. Her stage name no longer felt true to who she had become, so she shed it...

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Caroline Culver Revels in Reckless Dating With ‘I Went Out With a Man’

There’s a special kind of heart-pounding thrill that comes with dating in your 20s. You can get a little reckless, stay out way too late, and perhaps make a few mistakes. Originally from Atlanta, singer-songwriter Caroline Culver captures such abandon with her magical new single “I Went Out with a...

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Nadia Vaeh Premieres "Anxiety" to Benefit Musicares and Obliterate Mental Health Taboos

On her new song “Anxiety,” Nadia Vaeh draws the listener into a dark, sticky web that not only taps into her own inner turmoil, but our collective unease as well, as the pandemic and quarantine have continues to threaten many Americans' mental health. “Here comes the paranoia,” the pop...

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NIKO Revisits Euro Roots With Provocative New Love Song "Try"

NIKO’s love for his partner runs very deep. So much so, he decided to write a song about it. His new single, called “Try,” throbs from the inside out, a euro-pop filter glistening the edges, and his voice glides along as smooth as ever. “Been a lot of places/Wearing different faces,” he sings. “I...

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How Vardaan Arora Turned Heartbreak Into an EP That Champions Queer South Asian Voices

A three-year relationship came to a crashing halt, and Vardaan Arora had some wounds to mend. The India-born singer-songwriter collected the pieces of his broken heart and went on a month-long songwriting bender. When he came out on the other side, he had a handful of dance-pop songs, culminating...

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Wolfi Confronts His Toxic Ego With “Ugly” Video

One such moment inspired indie singer-songwriter Emerson Vernon, who releases music as wolfi, to write his latest song, "Ugly." "I really wish I wasn’t such a liar," he...

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Daniel Donato Conceives Cosmic Country on Debut LP

“Guitar is the great lighthouse of my life,” says Daniel Donato. The musician speaks with gusto about his work ─ and for good reason. On his debut album, A Young Man’s Country, he invites the listener into what it must be like for his live shows, and he dazzles not only with his thoughtful...

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