The music of the 2001 film ‘Josie and the Pussycats’ defined the girl-power pop sound that would come to influence a generation of millennial musicians. Read more
Author: Annie Fell
The first Liz Phair song I ever loved was “Rock Me” from her 2003 self-titled album. My best friend at the time had included it… Read more
For the series premiere of 'The Greatest', Annie Fell explores the darkness—and the light—surrounding Cat Power's 1998 masterpiece, 'Moon Pix'. Read more
Speedy Ortiz is not a ‘90s band, no matter how much you wanna compare them to Dinosaur Jr. Front-demon Sadie Dupuis grew up between Connecticut… Read more
It's too late for Amazon Prime, so pour yourself a hefty glass of Two Buck Chuck, spark up a Yankee Candle, and enjoy our Mom… Read more
I cannot fathom why anyone would want to listen to sad music when they’re depressed. I’m generally just not the type to want to exacerbate… Read more
To paraphrase Kim Gordon—England didn't invent punk rock, girl groups did.
In the early 1960s, teenage sisters Veronica and Estelle Bennett and their cousin, Nedra Talley… Read more
Learning to play a guitar as a kid would’ve probably been a lot more fun if it hadn't required tirelessly stretching and blistering tiny kid… Read more
Is crying in class punk rock? Mental health crises are integral to punk, from the Ramones wanting to be sedated to depression taking hold of… Read more
Wherein a modest Superchunk observer tries to get into the band's new album, with mixed results. Read more
Lip syncing is a fundamental part of drag, whether in the sacred tradition of a shake-n-go wig-clad queen mouthing along to Gloria Gaynor in a… Read more
When Robert Plant sang of a modern Promised Land that was home to “a girl out there with love in her eyes and flowers in… Read more