by snoadmin | Sep 25, 2014 | Archives-old
Courtesy of Creative Head/E Online/Paste. Last week, I talked about how important positive representation is and explained where my love for Yuna came from. This week, I’ll talk about some other great women in music who have also been positive influences in my...
by snoadmin | Sep 24, 2014 | Archives-old
For this week’s edition of the Tough Crowd interview series, I sat down with APO member and best roommate ever Rebecca Pittore to talk about her musical firsts through playing an instrument. Being the talented woman that she is, Rebecca plays both the guitar...
by snoadmin | Sep 23, 2014 | Archives-old
Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band’s 1969 double album, Trout Mask Replica occupies an interesting artistic niche. Depending on who you ask, the work could be anywhere from one of rock music’s crowning achievements or an hour of the most nauseating,...
by snoadmin | Sep 22, 2014 | Archives-old
Courtesy of Consequence of Sound. With the release of Lemonade’s Minus Tide, what we encounter is a certain rebirth of Lemonade as a sophisticated pop act. With a broad reduction of the experimental and inexpressible qualities present on Diver (2012), Lemonade...
by snoadmin | Sep 22, 2014 | Archives-old
Courtesy of BABYMETAL. Did you hear about what Japan just did? The country’s most recent oddity was BABYMETAL, the fusion of cheery, upbeat J-Pop and Metal. Baby Metal works to fuse the genres in appearance ÛÒ the band consists of three pretty girls in frilly,...