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When searching a bookstore for music memoirs, it’s likely that the shelves are packed with men such as Kurt Cobain, Johnny Cash and Keith Richards. While it may seem that there are fewer books written by or about women musicians, they are growing in numbers. Women in the music industry refuse to be silenced, and, […]

Maxim Faster, aka the Venus In Scorpio, is an electro-pop star in the making. Powered by a battery of synthesizers and a voice that’s more rock god than pretty android, VIS is merging the synthetics of the ’80s with boisterous rock vocals. Described as the “mysterious and moody They next door,” the Venus In Scorpio’s […]

You can learn so much from musicians through their lyrics, playing style, personalities and more, but some are teaching people in more literal ways. Music isn’t a particularly well-paying career, so most artists end up picking another job to support themselves. While education isn’t a lucrative career choice either, it lets teachers gush about their […]

[Photo by: Taylor Swift/Twitter] Taylor Swift has had Twitter freaking out since her initial, hardcore-inspired announcement for her new album, Reputation, and last night she debuted her new song, “Look What You Made Me Do.” Twitter pointed out what appears to be confirmed: Her sampling of the Peaches track, “Operate.” Listen to the two tracks below and […]

Various Artists Take It Or Leave It—A Tribute To The Queens Of Noise: The Runaways   There are several problems with this two-disc tribute to the Runaways. The biggest is that it starts off almost too strong—the first disc opens with the Donnas’ version of “Queens Of Noise,” followed by Shonen Knife’s take on “Black […]