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10 Riot Grrrl Albums Every Music Fan Should Own
Editor’s Note: Crate Digging is a recurring feature in which we take a deep dive into a genre and turn up several albums all music fans should know about. This time, we celebrate Women’s History Month with a deep dig into the riot grrrl genre. Emerging from the deep forests of The Pacific Northwest, riot grrrl was a rasping rallying cry at a time when gender norms weighed heavily on the mosh pits and politics imposed itself dangerously on ovaries and queerness. With punk legends like Patti Smith and The Slits preceding them, the emerging DIY feminist punk movement of the ’90s brought with it grievances of the third wavers. Faced with no space in the existing punk-rock scene, attention was turned to tackling sexism and carving out a new underground alternative. A movement of rioting gi...
Emily Wolfe Unveils Epiphone Sheraton Stealth Guitar and “No Man” Performance: Interview + Giveaway
Singer, songwriter, and guitarist Emily Wolfe has been rising up the music ranks over the past few years, and now she has her own signature Epiphone Sheraton Stealth guitar. She puts the instrument on display in a new performance of her song “No Man” at the Gibson Showroom in Austin, Texas, exclusively premiering at Consequence of Sound along with a giveaway contest for the new guitar. As an up-and-coming musician, Wolfe makes history with her own signature Epiphone guitar, which she helped develop. The Sheraton Stealth offers thinline, double-cutaway, semi-hollowbody design similar to the Gibson ES-335. Wolfe’s model comes in a Black Aged Gloss finish, boasting an Indian Laurel fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and mother-of-pearl block inlays with abalone lightning bolts. The headst...
2022 Jeep Wagoneer vs. Chevy Tahoe, Ford Expedition: Power, Size, and Towing Compared!
Even though we haven’t had the chance to get behind the wheel of the new Wagoneer (or its Grander sibling), there’s already plenty of data we can dredge up and use to compare it with its American full-size competitors. Which SUV is the biggest? Which one has the most power? We parse all of this and more below, outlining how do the Wagoneer, Expedition, and Tahoe stack up on paper: Wagoneer vs. Tahoe, Expedition: Powertrains While both the Chevrolet Tahoe and the Jeep Wagoneer come with great big V-8s under their hoods (the Chevy’s optional diesel has no equivalent from the other two SUVs in this comparison), the Expedition can only be had with a twin-turbocharged V-6. That 3.5-liter twin-turbo Ecoboost V-6 makes a hearty 375 horsepower and 470 lb-ft of torque. Even though...
Chevy’s Gas-Turbine Express Concept Was an ’80s Take on Futuristic Mobility
Almost a decade before Chevrolet pinned the Express moniker to its full-size van, the American brand showed off the Express concept car. Designed specifically for use on a proposed government high-speed highway network, the bar-shaped gas-turbine-powered Express could theoretically cruise from point-to-point at 150 mph, at roughly 25 miles per gallon (of kerosene). Despite packing as little as 120 hp, the limited mass and aerodynamic shape of the Express (its coefficient of drag was less than 0.20), not to mention the powertrain’s healthy 350 lb-ft of torque, allowed the vehicle to reach and maintain triple-digit speeds with relative ease. See all 27 photos Although neither the highway network nor the powertrain of the four-seat Express would ever materialize, the concept s...
CERTIFIED FRESH: Day Sulan Talks 4Hunnid Compilation, Compton Roots & Finding Her Way
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Epic / EPIC Day Sulan came to win. The first lady of YG’s 4Hunnid collective asserts that victory is the only thing on her mind these days and with the recent release of the imprint’s first collaborative project, Gang Affiliated, the 24-year-old Compton native is primed and ready to go. The success of past hits like “Big” featuring Rubi Rose and her most recent single “Bailar” have provided the necessary momentum and the only way to go from here is up. Not bad for a girl who started off firmly under her parents’ thumb, relegated to the house where she spent much of her time with sketchbooks, paintbrushes and poetry. Day likens her youth to the story of Rapunzel but by the time she’d reached her adult years, she hit the ground running, even if the destinat...
The Honda Ridgeline Type R Performance Pickup: So Cool, It Doesn’t Exist
We know this is likely to be a polarizing fantasy. Honda’s Type R models, and the badge they wear, represent the soul of the company’s sporting heritage. Slapping it on a truck? Sacrilege, or worse. But when our talented artist Abimelec Arellano whipped up these Honda Ridgeline renders, resplendent in a variant of the 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition‘s Phoenix Yellow paint, it seemed a little less sacrilegious and a lot more fun. Fun trucks are having their heyday right now, aren’t they? The Ford F-150 Raptor, the steroidal Ram 1500 TRX, the Chevy Colorado ZR2. Why not let Honda owners get in on the fun, and burnish the Ridgeline’s “actually, it is a truck” cred? A Type R would be the loudest, most outrageous way to call attention to a sport...
My Laura Nyro Confession
The first time I put Laura Nyro’s album, Eli and the Thirteenth Confession on a plastic grey turntable of the cheap record player (a toy with a plug), it wasn’t enough time to hear everything the music was doing. I had to play the record every day for a week or more to learn how to listen to it. Nyro’s songs, other than the ones that became hits for other people, are richly unclassifiable–meshing pop, gospel and even 20th century music influences and all delivered by a singing voice that has an otherworldly three-octave range and seems to unfold with the urgency of someone confessing. As a burgeoning singer-songwriter myself who was also drawn to the autobiographical, I wanted her music to seep into my DNA. Eli and the Thirteenth Confession was released in 1968, the year before ...
How to Create a Culture of Cybersecurity
Sourced from IDG Connect Security. This is a word that can make a grown CFO tremble and an entire SOC crumble. It is the word that captures a complex landscape littered with complexity, cybercriminals and technology. It defines how well an organisation adheres to a growing body of legislation – GDPR, POPIA and other data protection regulations – and how its reputation fares when a breach is revealed and information exposed. Security should be on every boardroom agenda, in ongoing employee training, and an investment into the right tools and solutions. But, perhaps most importantly, security should be an inherent part of the company’s culture because it is this factor that ultimately determines its security risk and posture. “There is a clear link between security culture and secure behavio...
INTERVIEW: 5 Tips for Women in Tech
Over the next decade, a new wave of digital technologies is set to reshape how we live and work. It is imperative that women play an equal role in shaping their impact. Not only should the new opportunities these technologies create be open to all, but it is also critical to tap into diverse experiences and perspectives to unlock their full value. To help women take a leading role in driving the adoption of technology, ITNA‘s Jenna Delport spoke to Sandra Fraga, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer at SYSPRO. Here’s what transpired: According to a PWC article on women in technology, women currently hold 19% of tech-related jobs at the top 10 global tech companies – what kind of opportunity does this present to women interested in this kind of career? There is no doubt that the world we l...
New Artist Spotlight: Tiscore and His Journey from a Small German Town to the Viral Charts
Like many of his predecessors before him, Tiscore‘s journey to becoming a DJ and music producer began as a means to an end. Growing up in a small town in Germany, he started to take interest in music through the guitar, joining various bands throughout his youth. He started DJing at birthdays, weddings, and private events and, well, the rest is history. His passion developed in full force when he was introduced to Pulsedriver. The established DJ and producer showed him the world of electronic music and he never looked back. From there Tiscore went on to release on his labels, Aqualoop Records and Feed My Beat Records, all before even graduating high school. In 2018 the release of his collaborative single “One to Make Her Happy” with Pulsedriver, skyr...
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EDM.com Presents Synth Sisters, Vol. 9 [Women’s History Month Takeover]
There is so much talent within the electronic music community that it’s difficult to keep a finger on its pulse. To assist you on your music discovery journey, EDM.com’s monthly “Synth Sisters” series illuminates releases from brilliant women of all genres and sizes with the hope of celebrating their contributions. In honor of Women’s History Month, EDM.com reached out to WHIPPED CREAM, Lucii, CloZee, and more to curate this month’s volume. WHIPPED CREAM Jora Frantzis “I love the production, energy and the words, I think this song is so iconic! FUCK, LIKE WHAT IS GOIN’ ON? The switch up halfway through gets me. This record deserves 100+ million plays.” Lucii “I really love this song because of the pop elements and how it flows. I&...
Song of the Week: Lucy Dacus Delivers a Wrenching Ballad with “Thumbs”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Lucy Dacus delivered a wrenching ballad that left all of us speechless. Some songs end and sit in the pit of your stomach for the rest of the day, so visceral and affecting that they can’t be shaken. Lucy Dacus’ raw, devastating new release, “Thumbs”, is such a song, offering a gothic revenge fantasy that lingers long after the four and a half minutes have passed. Extremely minimal in production, “Thumbs” is also nearly formless, unfolding more like a whispered secret, twilight confession, or piece of local mythos than traditional...
