Lost & Found: Raincoat Mix Dec. '15 by Becca Luce
*(link to playlist below!) When I turned 10, I was sure that absolutely everyone must have noticed.The excitement was coming off of me like steam so I'm not sure they could've missed it anyway. Was it my brand new ear piercings? (HAH Mom and Dad you said I had to be ten to get my ears pierced and now I am!) I was almost done with the fifth grade and was feeling like a top dog at the elementary school so it certainly could have been that. Probably it was just a newfound sense
Hold Still, You Fuck! :: Songs I’d Listen to if I Were a Demented Villain by Annelise Stabenau
“I’ll send you a love letter, straight from my heart, fucker! You know what a love letter is? It's a bullet from a fucking gun, fucker! You receive a love letter from me, you're fucked forever! You understand, fuck? I'll send you straight to hell, fucker!” A villain listening to catchy music temporarily raises a viewer's threshold for violence. You are inclined to drink more than you otherwise would and you feel exceptionally nauseous once it’s too late. This device has becom
Avocado Music by Winona Bechtle
Avocado Music (playlist) The greatest thing my father left me was his avocado recipe. Not written, but rather experienced and practiced until I have accomplished a pretty firm grasp of it. This is our guacamole and this is our music. (1. Al Jarreau- Imagination) INGREDIENTS -4 ripe avocados, you should know if they’re properly ripe. If not, I’m not sure you should be making guacamole. -A large spoonful of sour cream -Onion powder -Garlic powder -1 whole jalapeño -1 onion (any
"AIR CONDITIONING DANCE PARTY" by Nina Posner
AIR CONDITIONING DANCE PARTY Everyone warned me about the New York heat before I came out here but I rebuked them. I’m from Chicago, I think I know something about stagnant humidity. But now it's the end of July and it’s hot as fuck out here. The subways are something else, and the occasional rain just adds insult to injury. Here is a playlist for the times that I get home after work, lay in front of the air conditioner for an hour, and then gather the strength to dance. I ho
An Ode to the Earworm: a mixtape by Edie Adams
Here’s to you, earworm, you nastily beautiful creature, you. Sometimes when I think of you, I’d rather eat a quiche made of human hair than listen to your excruciating melodies. Yet, there’s something about you, earworm, that I just can’t quit. Maybe it’s the unfathomable way that you tow the line between dream and nightmare, occupying that bizarre liminal space between genius and banality. Or perhaps it’s your ability to titillate me with your sublime catchiness while si
THE PROCESS OF WEEDING OUT: "Beauty" with Ali Marks
Beauty has always been a hard subject for me. Beauty is strange, esoteric, and hard to grasp when I don’t always feel like I fit in my body; when I don’t really know what body I want to be in. Last year, cemented to my bed, hoping for someway to get up, my body just hurt and my beauty, my happiness, was hidden behind bipolar madness and gender dysphoria. During this time the only albums I could listen to were haunting, tense, and ethereal. Music that sent chills down my
BEAUTY: a mixtape by Edie Adams (& friends)
When I was first told that the theme of April’s issue would be beauty, I was torn. I knew immediately that I wanted to make a mix of the most beautiful songs I had ever heard, but it somehow felt wrong to compile the list by myself. After all, the way in which we perceive beauty is uniquely determined by our cultures, our upbringings, and our distinct individual experiences. And in the realm of music, these categories only become infinitely more complex. A piece of music
THE PROCESS OF WEEDING OUT with Ali Marks
This week I have prepared a playlist for those times when it just feel like the whole world is turning against you and telling you lies, lies, lies. Hopefully it encompasses your rage but also empowers you to get the fuck over it and continue being the badass human you are. 1. XTC Your Dictionary 2. Cake Friend is a Four Letter Word 3. Monks I Hate You 4. Delta 5 Mind Your Own Business 5. LCD Soundsystem Someone Great 6. Azealia Banks 212 7. MIA Bad Girls 8. Sex
"LIES, LIES, LIES: a mixtape" by Edie Adams
“All girls to the front! I’m not kidding!” - Kathleen Hanna For my playlist this month, I wanted to make the ultimate girl power mixtape, one that featured exclusively female-identifying musicians across all genres and decades. I especially liked the idea of focusing on artists who, upon being scorned by misogynistic attitudes, idiot boyfriends, or narrow definitions of femininity, used their music as a blazing middle finger to their oppressors. What I like in particular ab
"Okay Romances of the 21st Century" by Nicolette Yarbrough
Braces: Blonde, Canadian. We met when I was 12 and you sat in front of me in the camp orchestra. We kissed, my first, at night by the infirmary when you were picking up your acne meds. You had me at accutane. "Great Romances of the 20th Century" Taking Back Sunday (Today this is, truly, unlistenable) Oboe Face: Set the precident for my future relationships. You asked me out and I wasn't sure, and 3 months later I'm crying on the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk to the Killers albu