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TYF Music Crash Course: The Legacy of the First Trans Rock’n’Roller

In recent years the pop cultural landscape has been shifting to a point where it is becoming more accessible for queer people in the digital age to tell their own stories through art. But if you think that this is…

‘Heaux Tales’ review: Jazmine Sullivan gives an exclusive peek into the realities of modern woman

Drawing inspiration from the kind of complex and raw feminine energy that modernity set off as an antithesis to the masculinity and overt sexualism that has shaped mainstream hip-hop, Jazmine Sullivan gives an exclusive peek into the realities of modern…

‘The Bridge’ review: Sting makes an anticlimatic return as he sits on the verge of creative bankruptcy

Exploring a multitude of concepts and themes, Sting bundles up his established interests in pop, R&B, folk and jazz while featuring his quintessential pop-rock sound on the contemplative remotely recorded new album The Bridge. Written in the year of pandemic, The Bridgehas…

10 Badass All-Female Bands to Check Out (in case You Haven’t Already)

In the past few decades, it’s kind of been a man’s world when it comes to hearing a female voice especially in certain scenes like many rock and heavy metal subgenres due to their inherently formed brotherhood of male fans.…

‘In These Silent Days’ review: Brandi Carlile finds a new meaning in the otherworldy haze of introspection

From the outside, it seems like it’s been a hell of a three-plus years for the Washington stater Brandi Carlile, both as a human and an artist: the rip-roaring success of the country supergroup The Highwomen, multiple Grammy nominations and…

TYF Music Crash Course: Rozz Williams, Christian Death, and the Origins of Goth Rock

When the 80s rolled around, and punk was starting to pass its commercial peak, post-punk and goth rock bands in the US were starting to emerge in popularity.

‘Star-crossed’ review: Kacey Musgraves gives a sincere dialogue on what happens when love fades

Great art doesn’t necessarily come from great pain, but it is tough to deny that some of the greatest creative outputs does come from the complexities of greatest sufferings.