- 1. BUST's Perfect Fall Playlist is Here: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Big Joanie, and Other New Music to Listen To Right Now ...
- (Music)
- ... pops of pop. It’s an album that’s complex, creative, and beyond classification, much like the artist herself. – Cindy Yogmas Dry Cleaning Stumpwork (4AD) After their debut album New Long Leg landed ...
- Created on 11 November 2022
- 2. New Bold Music From Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Plus 2 More Albums You Need To Listen To This Fall
- (Music)
- ... too heavy, though, and is securely cradled in the capable arms of catharsis-amped, scuzzed-up guitar rock. This is one that will help get you through to the other side. – Erin Wolf The Bobby ...
- Created on 01 November 2022
- 3. Kehlani Sounds Off On Latest Album "Blue Water Road," Coming Out As A Lesbian, And The Role Motherhood Plays In Their Life ...
- (Music)
- ... that space. “Although I am Black, I don’t think anybody in my entire life has ever really categorized me as a Black woman, which is why I’ve had to also do so much inner work regarding my use of language ...
- Created on 31 August 2022
- 4. Jewel Is Back With The R&B and Folk-Influenced "Freewheelin' Woman," Her First Album in 7 Years ...
- (Music)
- ... terms. If you only know Jewel from her hits, you may be surprised to discover how diverse her catalog is and also how inspiring her resilience is on a purely human level. After taking some time ...
- Created on 02 May 2022
- 5. Cat Power Dishes On Her 11th Studio Album, "Covers," How She Re-Imagines Her Old Songs, and On Being a "Difficult Woman" in the Music Industry ...
- (Music)
- Indie rock icon Cat Power—aka Chan Marshall—released her first album in four years into a COVID-weary world thirsty for the kind of emotive energy only she can provide. Here, the revered singer/songwriter ...
- Created on 14 March 2022
- 6. Galentine's Day Was Ours: Remembering How The Fake Holiday Became Something Special For Me and My Mo
- (Living)
- ... my mom’s bed because I was in love with my best friend who didn’t reciprocate the feelings. There was the Galentine’s where she came to my USC apartment and joined the "women empowerment" party I threw ...
- Created on 10 February 2022
- 7. The Choice is Ours: This Year's 10 Best Musical Releases, according to BUS
- (Music)
- ... morphs into a magician, a witch, and an alchemist on the bilingual La Loba—dedicated to her recently deceased brother—in order to translate this devastating loss more clearly. Header photo by Lovefreund ...
- Created on 30 December 2021
- 8. The Princess of Pop-Punk Avril Lavigne is Back With a New Single, "Bite Me" ...
- (Music)
- ... early hits like “Girlfriend” and “Complicated,” using playful phrases like “I bet you taste me on the tip of your tongue / I fell fast when I know I should’ve run” to create a tongue-in-cheek “f*ck you” ...
- Created on 12 November 2021
- 9. Halsey Gets Vulnerable, Explores Motherhood and Childbirth on Provocative 4th Album, If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power: BUST Revie
- (Music)
- ... in love. Celebrity, lover, and now parent: are these categories forms of love, or forms of power? And are they ultimately worth it, in the end? If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power asks, but for the most ...
- Created on 16 September 2021
- 10. How Sarah Baartman’s hips went from a symbol of exploitation to a source of empowerment for Black women
- (Feminism)
- ... who, in the early 1800s, was something of an international sensation of objectification. She was paraded around Europe, where spectators jeered at her large buttocks. With celebrities like Beyoncé recognizing ...
- Created on 20 August 2021
- 11. HBO's New Documentary "TINA" Mishandles Tina Turner's Farewell To Life In The Public
- (Movies)
- ... manages to rise above their seemingly insurmountable circumstances. In Tina Turner’s case, however, the public’s obsession with her triumph over domestic violence has both catapulted her into mainstream ...
- Created on 30 March 2021
- 12. Lana Del Rey's "Chemtrails Over the Country Club" Is Her Least Controversial Album — And One Of Her Be
- (Music)
- ... Bazaar, Iman Sultan wrote that “the persona that catapulted [Del Rey] to success is built on the appropriation of music, aesthetics, and storylines conceived in low-income neighborhoods populated by people ...
- Created on 24 March 2021
- 13. Alt-Pop Artist Tei Shi Talks New EP, "Die 4 Ur Love," and Music During Quarantine: BUST Intervie
- (Music)
- ... of me stepping a little bit more into the pop world, trying to make these bigger songs that are really catchy and more direct. The EP points back a little bit more to the early music I made that was more ...
- Created on 08 July 2020
- 14. Madame Gandhi's "Waiting For Me" Is The Perfect Protest Track For Right N
- (Music)
- Madame Gandhi has made a name for herself as an artist, lyricist, percussionist, and an outspoken advocate for gender liberation. After the Women’s March in 2017, her song “The Future is Female” shot ...
- Created on 25 June 2020
- 15. Rock Out Your Lockdown Angst With The Lippies’ New “On My Mind” Lyric Video: BUST Premiere
- (Music)
- ... latest lyric video for the catchy sing-along ode to Trump, “On My Mind.” All hope is not lost! I suggest you immediately crank it up, punch the crud out of that pillow, and really let out a primal deep-down-in-your-belly ...
- Created on 17 April 2020
- 16. Cameron Esposito's New Memoir Offers Two Words of Advice — Save Yourself: BUST Interview ...
- (Books)
- ... recalls being cross-eyed and awkward, wearing an eyepatch over her glasses, and growing up very, very Catholic. Like, went to Boston College and studied theology Catholic. More than just a book that will ...
- Created on 27 March 2020
- 17. On “Manic,” Halsey Captures The Highs And Lows Of Young Adulthood
- (Music)
- ... the acoustic, catchy, country stylings of “You should be sad,” where Halsey nearly spits out, “You’re not half the man you think that you are / And you can’t fill the hole inside of you with money, drugs, ...
- Created on 24 January 2020
- 18. Week Of Women: January 17-23, 2019
- (Entertainment)
- ... from Epic Magazine’s column of the same name. All 8 episodes will be available January 17, and stay tuned for coverage on BUST.com. Sex Education The first season of British comedy-drama Sex Education was ...
- Created on 16 January 2020
- 19. Alice Smith Wants You To Trust Yourself: BUST Interview
- (Music)
- ... than making music videos. As a result she’s gained something of a mythic aura— the proverbial, elusive sprite—leaving those who catch the latest NYC or LA show rapturous at the rare sighting. Those who ...
- Created on 10 January 2020
- 20. 10 Female Artists Your Boomer Dad Probably Doesn’t Know About Yet
- (Music)
- ... catchy rhythmic hip-hop beats. She’s been featured in Vogue, has landed her own magazine covers, and has amassed millions of listeners and followers. She’s certainly an artist on the rise. 3. Kali Uchis ...
- Created on 04 December 2019
