Lavender Sound
Lavender Sound (Max Freedman), Max FreedmanAbout music, by and for LGBTQ+ people.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 74 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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Cancel Me, I’m Listening to Problematic Artists (But for Free)
Illustration by my friend Mary Beth Marler!
It was May 2013, and I was at a post-finals party with lots of folks from my college radio station, and one of the electropop songs of the time came on. I remember telling someone that this song,...
Is Kacey Musgraves Boring Now?
Album artwork for Kacey Musgraves’ sixth studio album, ‘Middle of Nowhere,’ released on May 1, 2026.
This is gonna mean a lot coming from me, someone who’s notably cynical toward most country music from 1990 onward1: Golden Hour, the third...
Are We Losing Beyoncé?
Album artwork for Beyoncé’s sixth album, ‘Lemonade,’ released exactly 10 years ago today on April 23, 2016.
When Beyoncé introduced her Lemonade era in February 2016 with “Formation” and its video, then performed as part of Coldplay’s Supe...
2010s Lesbian Indie Rock Hive Rise Up!
Left: Album artwork for Courtney Barnett’s fourth studio album, ‘Creature of Habit.’ Right: Album artwork for Snail Mail’s third studio album, ‘Ricochet.’ Both albums were released on Friday, March 27, 2026.
When I posted the following Sub...
I'm still changing how I listen to music
Yep, this post is partially about CDs. ‘90s kids assemble!
So far in 2026, I’ve spent three and a half times more money on music than I’d spent this far into 2025, and I have no regrets.
In March 2025, I had already spent $42 on accessin...
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