Nicki Minaj

  • Eilen Jewell on the Pandemic, Playing Live, and Gangster Rap… (10/19 at WCL)

    For the past decade and a half Eilen Jewell has been kicking out jams that she has come to describe as, “Hillbilly-Rock n’ Roll-Noir,” a blend of the origins of alt country, Rock N’ Roll, and garage, that pay homage to the kinds of music celebrated by the Mystery...
  • Miss Madeline: “My music is so…extra…”

    Miss Madeline is every pop star you’ve ever wanted to be rolled into one.  She’s decadently raunchy, unapologetically nasty, ineffably gorgeous, and inexpressibly fabulous.  She’s what your parents pray you won’t become and what your boyfriend (or girlfriend) prays you will.  Her “megasuperstarprincess” style is a candy-coated, TRL-inspired take on...
  • AZRA Talks “Substance Pop” (Headlining Koreatown 3.0 documentary tonight in LA)

    “I actually created the word.  I created my own genre,” says AZRA, founder and ambassador of “substance pop.”  Last month I got a chance to chat with the LA-based Korean-American artist (who actually lived in Queen Village in 2016 and 2017), who tells me, “I always have to have...