Does a city have a sound? Arguably, yes. But what creates that sound—people, weather, history? On this episode, we delve into the Boston music scene with tracks from artists like Palehound, Lina Tullgren, Sidney Gish, Crumb, and more. Tracklist […]
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Episode 94: Company of Thieves Returns with New Inspiration
Company of Thieves formed over 10 years ago, but they took a break in 2014. Now the band is back together with a new EP and new inspiration from their time apart and their new city: LA. The band’s Genevieve Schatz […]
Episode 93: Pronoun Examines Old Wounds with New Sound and Perspective
Alyse Vellturo aka pronoun wrote her first EP just after a breakup, and you can hear the resulting emotions on the EP. Now, two years later, she is releasing new music that examines the same events with new perspective. She […]
Box of Paints: 2.20.18
This episode is a special femchord x Female Frequency collaboration. Every third Tuesday, Sarah Tembeckjian and Cabrea Casey will be bringing you the tunes on #femchordfm with Box of Paints. Listen to their first episode hitting the femchord airwaves. Tracklist Leyya – Zoo L’Impératrice […]
Episode 92: femchord in love
What does a modern love song sound like? We explore love songs of all kinds from women and nonbinary artists in honor of Valentines Day—from all-encompassing passion to crushes to self love. Hear ballads to electronica devoted to love in […]
Episode 90: Lido Pimienta Delivers Strong Messages in Beautiful Packages
Lido Pimienta makes beautiful music with complex, lush sonic landscapes. She also makes music that reflects her strength in her womanhood, in her activism, and in her independence. These two aspects are necessarily intertwined in her work. In this episode, […]
Episode 89: Jackie Mendoza Adds Power to Gingerlys’ Shoegazy Pop
When Jackie Mendoza joined Gingerlys, she brought a vocal strength to the band’s shoegaze songs—breathy is not her style. She brings the same powerful pop vocals and creative instrumentation to her solo work. On this episode, we talk to Jackie […]
Episode 88: DJ Duo BeatFantasia Combines Music They Love with the Energy of the Crowd
After many people told Marsha and Anastasia separately that they should become DJs, the two women joined forces as DJ BeatFantasia. When they play together, they take turns with one focusing on the music and the other feeling out the […]
Episode 87: Pecas Undertakes a Transformation
Sandy Davis talks about Pecas’ newest record VOWS as the end of an era. The album—filled with epic grandeur—is the last of the kind of songs that Davis had been writing as Pecas before shifting genre, mood, and band members. […]
Episode 86: femchord’s Top Tracks of 2017
We’re closing out 2017 with a collection, in no particular order, of our favorite songs released this year. Some of the artists, like Vagabon, Kalbells, and L’Rain, we had the privilege of talking to on femchord. Others, like Black Belt […]