Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
U2 seems to enjoy forcing their music on people unexpectedly, and yesterday, straphangers navigating Grand Central’s subway labyrinth were coerced into attending a concert with Bono & Friends, who performed “Angel of Harlem” by the 42nd Street S shuttle. Cute that you thought you’d be able to read in peace. Stereogum reports the surprise concert…
Lauren Mayberry has been confronting misogyny head-on since her band Chvrches first rose to prominence. In late 2013 she penned an op-ed for the Guardian about the sexist abuse she’d endured during her then-brief stint in the internet’s spotlight, and called for an end to this kind of behavior. By publicly taking a stand, Mayberry…
Joan Jett. Christopher Polk/Getty Images hide caption itoggle caption Christopher Polk/Getty Images Joan Jett. Christopher Polk/Getty Images Of the 726 artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since the ceremony began in 1986, only 65 have been women. But on Saturday night in Cleveland, Joan Jett will be inducted along with The…
I was painfully shy growing up. I’d flush when I had to get up in front of the class, and shook in fear of getting called on by the teacher. As I grew up, the anxiety subsided, somewhat. Echosmith’s glamorous frontwoman Sydney Sierota seems like the last person who would deal with isolation. But at…
Entry Text Azealia Banks did not hold back during her interview with Playboy for the magazine’s April 2015 issue, discussing topics like pervasive racism, her sex life and even Kanye West. The 23-year-old Harlem native, known for her no-holds-barred tweets, began her career sharing songs on Myspace and emailing producers for beats. In November, she…
Entry Text Last week Trinidad James found himself in the midst of the controversy surrounding a viral clip showing a University of Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house mother repeating the N-word several times as his 2012 single “All Gold Everything” played in the background.Immediately following the backlash, the former Def Jam Records signee said…
The MP3, the file type of most songs you listen to on a computer, is compressed. Part of the reason people love vinyl records so much (even though they don’t necessarily sound “better” than digital formats), is that they are closer in format to the way you would actually hear a song if you were standing…
Razing Williamsburg Who pulled the plug on America’s hippest music scene? “Peak Brooklyn” is what they’re calling it: the ubiquitous saturation of Kings County-related prose blanketing the internet. Brooklyn has become a touchstone for comparison with places the world over, based on superficial qualities like the presence of busking musicians or so-called “artisanal” retailers. And…
“Jazz is dead” has long been one of the less controversial assertions in the legions of thought pieces about waning musical genres. Jazz has a pretty homogeneous, older fan base, and a well-established reputation for being “safe.” But jazz isn’t dead at all — it just isn’t always called jazz anymore. Often, the best and most…
Grace Jones is greeted with laughter at her duet with Pavarotti (then she blows them away) I’ve been attempting to track down the entirety of Luciano Pavarotti’s Pavarotti and Friends, a 2002 benefit concert for Angolan refugees, ever since I saw his brilliant duet with Lou Reed on “Perfect Day.” There’s just something so absurd…