Tag: music
Leah Carroll: Beyoncé and the Real Girl
February 2013How do you solve a problem like Beyoncé? With her autobiography pic and some drag artists from the ’80s.
Sex & Death
February 2013Matt Korvette of the punk band Pissed Jeans on pain, fashion fetishes, and redirecting the male gaze
Jess Engebretson: Hipco—the Living Art of Liberia
January 2013Amid violence and devastation, a thriving, transgressive music.
Chad Wys: Artist’s Playlist
September 2012Artist Chad Wys gives us a peek into the music he listens to while he works.
Aaron Leaf: Pussy Riot’s Closing Statements
August 2012Instead of using her closing statement to express remorse, Yekaterina Samutsevich of the Russian feminist punk band Pussy Riot talked about Putin, power, and the subversive potential of images.
Lois Beckett: Pandora Asks Listeners to Share Their Emails With Romney
August 2012Don’t harass me on my email, don’t stalk me on the apps that I use, says Crystal Harris after receiving a pop-up message asking her to share her email with the Romney campaign.
Carmen García Durazo: M.I.A.’s Controversial “Bad Girls” Video Will Do Nothing For Saudi Women
March 2012M.I.A. likes to portray herself as a revolutionary, but if the “Bad Girls” video is any indication, she’s more interested in pandering to Western stereotypes of Arab countries.
Listen to the Banned
December 2010Just in time for the holidays, a new CD compiles a who’s who of banned musicians from around the world.
Event: Haiti Benefit at The Living Room
December 2010
Guernica Celebrates 6!
October 2010 |
Join Guernica for an evening filled with food, drinks, music, readings, auctions, celebrities, honorees, and more fun than should be allowed at a benefit. |
Wise Latina
October 2009The genre- and language-blending Mexican-American singer discusses “Indian-ness,” making music in the land of cultural chameleons, and says she may never be hip in the U.S. But her songs might be the most eloquent response yet to the likes of Joe “You Lie” Wilson.
