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Musique Boutique · Reviews

TwinArt, Jill Kroesen, Autour de Lucie, Alina Bzhezhinska, Brandi and the Alexanders

Welcome to Audiofemme’s record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. The last Monday of each month, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Coxsackie, New York-based rarities reissue...

Gillian G. Gaar

Musique Boutique · Reviews

Blondie, Nora Brown, Faye, Dreckig, Bobbie Gentry

Welcome to Audiofemme’s record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. The last Monday of each month, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Blondie pulled off one of the greatest pranks...

Gillian G. Gaar

Musique Boutique · Reviews

JNA, Jaws of Brooklyn, Liza Minnelli, Student Nurse, Doris Troy

Welcome to Audiofemme’s record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. The last Monday of each month, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Put on JNA’s debut EP, I Have Good Taste But...

Gillian G. Gaar

The Beat Goes On

How We Mourn on the Dance Floor

In Audiofemme’s monthly column, The Beat Goes On, DJ Liz O. takes readers inside the booths of the dance clubs, bars and assorted L.A. events where she has been DJing for over 20 years. Depeche Mode circa 1987 The crowd inside the club thins as the last song for that Friday night, “Sorted for E’s and ...

Liz Ohanesian

Musique Boutique

Linda Martell, Petrol Girls, the Inflorescence, Diamanda Galás

Welcome to Audiofemme’s record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. The last Monday of each month, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. In 1970, Linda Martell made history when she...

Gillian G. Gaar

Musique Boutique · Reviews

Ann Wilson, Nancy and Lee, fanclubwallet, Stoney and Meatloaf

Welcome to Audiofemme’s record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. The last Monday of each month, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Ann Wilson has one of the most recognizable,...

Gillian G. Gaar

The Beat Goes On

DJing Means Rolling with Whatever the Night Brings, Even Tech Failures

In Audiofemme’s monthly column, The Beat Goes On, DJ Liz O. takes readers inside the booths of the dance clubs, bars and assorted L.A. events where she has been DJing for over 20 years. It’s after 1 a.m. on what is now, technically, Saturday morning, but the Friday night vibes are still swelling...

Liz Ohanesian

Musique Boutique

Oceanator, The Linda Lindas, Suzi Quatro, Flummox

Welcome to Audiofemme’s record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. The last Monday of each month, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Brooklyn-based musician Elise Okusami has...

Gillian G. Gaar

Musique Boutique

Juanita Euka, Beverly "Guitar" Watkins, Karen Dalton, Irma Thomas

Welcome to Audiofemme’s record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. The last Monday of each month, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Born in RD Congo, raised in Buenos Aires, and...

Gillian G. Gaar

Musique Boutique · Reviews

Spell Songs, Full Bush, Eva Gardner, Mary Wilson and a Bonus Book

Welcome to Audiofemme’s monthly record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. Every fourth Monday, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. Spell Songs II: Let the Light In (Quercus...

Gillian G. Gaar

Only Noise

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...

Bee Scott

Musique Boutique · Reviews

Dolphin Midwives, Anika, Olivia Newton-John in Toomorrow

Welcome to Audiofemme’s monthly record review column, Musique Boutique, written by music journo vet Gillian G. Gaar. Every fourth Monday, Musique Boutique offers a cross-section of noteworthy reissues and new releases guaranteed to perk up your ears. The new Dolphin Midwives album, Body of Water...

Gillian G. Gaar