Keidra Chaney A friend kindly sent me an invite to the new MySpace the other day, and being a serial social media network joiner, I…
So yeah, the next installment of TLF Heavy Metal Theatre is so far away from heavy metal it’s comical. But we like the name, so…
I’ve wanted to do this interview series for about a year now. The Space Between, for me, refers to the space between passion and profession,…
by Vivian Obarski and Keidra Chaney This conversation was on the heels of an in-person conversation that Viv and I had earlier this year, there’s…
K-pop has recently gotten on the radar of mainstream English speaking audiences, including two mentions on Nightline and a story on Planet Money. However, the…
Heavy music was dealt a huge blow this week, with the shuttering of independent label Hydra Head Records, a casualty of the recording industry and…
I had every intention of going to the AfroPunk Festival in Brooklyn this year. Last year’s stellar lineup was cancelled due to Hurricane Irene, this…
For some reason, heavy metal – the music, the musicians, the fan culture – has inspired a lot of great documentary films. One day I…
Until recently, Decibel Magazine was the only print music magazine that I had a subscription for, which was either a reflection of the sorry state…
I’ve written in the past about De Capo’s “Best Music Writing” book series, an annual purchase and usually one of my favorite reads of the…