No Filter: Some Important Dogs
Welcome back to No Filter, where we keep our fingers firmly on the pulse of all the most important happenings in celebrity Instagram culture. This week, I’m on a mountain with a few hundred of my closest friends, so I can’t stay super up to date with everything going on in Lena Waithe’s life (unless she shows up at A-Camp and asks me to camp prom, in which case I say YES). In lieu of that, I present to you a collection of my favorite dogs. I hope you’re OK with that, and if you’re not, I don’t really have wifi on the mountain so complain allll you want.
Kate Moennig’s three-legged chihuahua Floyd ponders his own existence.
https://www.instagram.com/p/_eidTshFbS/
This is a pug puppy I don’t know staring at Laneia’s wife Megan the same way I often stare at Megan.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BE4KZDMCzNO/
Samantha Ronson adopted a brand new English bulldog puppy named Thunder, and Thunder is adorable and squeaks.
Classic Duncan.
One of Nylon Digital Editorial Director Gabrielle Korn’s dog Kimberly’s eyes is bigger than the other one and I think I have liked every single picture of her that exists on the whole internet.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BASQc0LRx4D/
Carrie Brownstein has easily the handsomest dogs of this entire post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBs0qh8p4-X/
Riese and her fiancée Abby got like, the smooshiest dog anybody has ever owned, and this is the only picture I could find where Fancy looked like she might be awake.
Pretty much all Ellen Page ever posts is pictures of her girlfriend and her dog Patter. I probably would too.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEcu4dEhFdU/
Laneia’s dog Penny is one of my favorite dogs of Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/9g1g8bKy2I/
I’m still trying to understand Snapchat, but my favorite thing on Snapchat so far is the saga of Yvonne’s dog Tungi trying to learn how to walk in dog shoes. Here he is adapting much more readily to life as a lion.
https://www.instagram.com/p/4N9e_fLmp_/
Remember when Angel Haze and Ireland Baldwin adopted this handsome wolf? I probably miss this dog more than I miss most of my exes. Has anybody seen him? Is he OK? Does he miss me too?
Join us next week, when we get back on track with up-to-date celebrity happenings.
No Filter: Leisha Hailey Is Here To Fix Your Shed
Welcome back to No Filter, your weekly dose of Instagram tabloid journalism covered with the utmost integrity. If you guys are A+ subscribers (and you really should be), you may have heard the senior editors asking me about Kristen and Soko’s relationship on their most recent A+ Inbox Live Podcast. When asked if I thought that Kristen Stewart had found her Samantha Ronson (as Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson remain my gold standard for all relationships everywhere), I said I wasn’t sure – but maybe I spoke too soon, because it looks a whole lot like Kristen has become the Samantha Ronson she wishes to see in the world. Beyond that, looks like Alicia is tweeting hopefully about maybe finding love again someday. If anybody would like to invite her to be their date to the A-Camp prom, now’s the time.
Here’s what your girlfriend Lena Waithe looks like cuddled up on the couch, ready for you to come over and catch up on The People vs OJ Simpson with her. She didn’t even skip ahead and watch the episodes you missed!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEEK_fcLmk1/
Angel Haze is hard at work on a sugar coma, as is their right as a goddamn adult.
Is this the gayest picture ever taken of Leisha Hailey? Probably not.
Is it just me or is Samira Wiley in that elevator that gets stuck all the time? Girl, get to work safe.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BECxEuliy2D/
Hari Nef’s pants, that is all.
Even the dogs can’t handle LA when it rains.
Haven’t checked in with Ellen and Samantha for a while, turns out they’re still disgustingly adorable.
Join us next week, when Hari Nef’s pants may have to save Samira from that broken-ass elevator.
No Filter: Tegan And Sara’s Cats Can’t Possibly Be Real
Welcome back to No Filter, where dreams come true and everybody’s pets are cuter than everything else on the whole internet. This was a big week for Kristen Stewart and Soko, so we’re talking about them in a separate post – this is just to discuss those famous queers who feel the need to express themselves solely through the power of Instagram. Sometimes there’s just too much going on in the world of homo tabloid journalism, and the only way we can really keep track of it is to focus our energy on carefully curated photos of Sara Quin’s cats. Without further ado, here are the most pressing issues of the day:
When the cutest part of the picture isn’t even Samira Wiley or Lauren’s sentiment but is actually the contented expression on the dog’s face, that’s pretty impressive.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDeF5c8Cy-p/
Hari Nef declared herself not straight this week, saw Carly Rae Jepsen in concert and drove around town with Miley Cyrus, so all in all she’s having a pretty queer week and it’s my pleasure to welcome her to this very important column.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDhHEhKrmoy/
Angel Haze, trying and failing with moves nobody but LL Cool J has ever pulled off. Sorry bud.
Laura Jane Grace, resplendent as usual.
I thought Jiz Lee was eating a burger with a lot of lettuce on it in thumbnail form but actually they are playing Go Fish with you, so.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDebTpNmFd6/
Shut the fuck up, Tegan and Sara, these cannot possibly be real cats.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDZgH5Qq6dr/
Look how fucking cute Brittani Nichols was this week. No, really.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDdmn0_q6Xz/
Brittani Nichols was so cute this week she gets included twice. Here she is as a Hot Cop. You can tell she’s a Hot Cop because I mean, look how hot they are.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BDgAwhqwqZL/
I don’t know how I feel about Kreayshawn’s haircut, it’s giving me ‘your elementary school friend’s mom who always made your sandwiches weird’ vibes.
Join us next week, when Brittani Nichols busts Tegan and Sara for adorable cat fraud.
No Filter: Lena Waithe Spends Valentine’s Day With Minnie Mouse And Maura Pfefferman
Welcome back to No Filter, a weekly gathering of the most adorable photographs posted by queer celebrities on this vast internet of ours. Valentine’s Day was this weekend, and a lot of these weirdos posted gooey, adorable things about their partners. I figured Holland Taylor would be all over this, but turns out she spent her Valentine’s Day giving this random Twitter follower advice on how to prepare for her Latin test:
@sarahislife__ make your own luck, too…. prepare calmly ahead of time, get extra sleep & eat well in the morning before the test. Be cool
— Holland Taylor (@HollandTaylor) February 14, 2016
Thanks Holland Taylor! Anyway, here are some pictures of goodlooking famous people doing important things.
Guess who figured out how to embed Ellen Page’s instagram this week?!?!? Anyway, Ellen Page’s dog is so cute I can’t actually handle it, and if he would like to join the A-Camp Family Band he is more than invited.
St. Vincent so rarely posts photos of herself, but Shirley Manson met Annie (and Missy Elliott, I guess) and fangirled out. Apparently the Missy Elliott rendezvous was masterminded by Katy Perry, making this the first thing Katy Perry has ever done that I wholeheartedly approve of.
This is how overjoyed your girlfriend Lena Waithe was when you surprised her with a trip to Disneyland. You guys held hands on the teacups and shared a frozen lemonade, and she asked a stranger to take a picture of you two with Goofy.
And just because I will use any excuse to post more pictures of Lena Waithe…
THIS IS HAPPENING, EVERYBODY.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBx-AZxGFUZ
This is just the Canadian national pastime, I guess.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BByeaZ4MZXZ
We look at Ruby Rose’s face like every freakin’ week WILL YOU JUST LOOK AT THESE DOGS?!
Lea DeLaria is just so damn cute in her Miami get-up that I can’t actually handle it. Also, that cocktail looks horrific.
Brittani Nichols, you live in LA, there are no seasons there. Calm down.
I just thought you might like this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BB1LiSRrmnD
Angel Haze and DJ Kittens spent Valentine’s Day getting really hydrated.
Danielle Brooks and Janet Mock are SO POPULAR YOU GUYS.
Beth Ditto’s clothing line is so neat.
Laura Jane Grace crushin’ it at the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia.
Join us next week, when we finally crack the code to getting Evan Rachel Wood on Instagram and into our hearts.
No Filter: Gabby Rivera Is Two CVS Receipts Tall
Welcome back to another rousing edition of No Filter, where we dissect the week’s celebrity Instagrams and dream of a better tomorrow. This week, Samira Wiley didn’t post anything good and I feel like she’s messing with me on purpose. I solemnly swear that I will not rest until she has given us another week of glorious, beaming selfies. Anyway, some other famous people did some stuff, let’s check that out.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had my browser open on this photo for like 15 minutes.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBXSqaFMZci/
This dog looks like it shares my stance on people dyeing animals, but Ruby Rose seems unfazed. :/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBgETXILmhs/
Here’s Angel Haze signing some boobs, if you’re into that.
Julia Nunes, Dannielle Owens-Reid and Janet have perfected the coveted triple spoon.
Here’s Mey Rude with a physical copy of Juliet Takes A Breath by Gabby Rivera. Hey Mey, great idea!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBVOT5ksO17/
And here is the glorious author herself. Hey cool story, have you read this book yet? I just finished my copy and it’s beautiful.
I always wonder what the hell dogs talk about when they meet each other on the street.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBdZ_UKJTll/
It’s clear that in this marriage, Rhea is the order muppet and Cameron is the chaos muppet.
You’ll never believe what color Ruby Rose’s tongue is gonna be next week!
No Filter: Bette And Shane Celebrate Dana Being Miraculously Alive
Welcome back to No Filter, a weekly collection of Instagram posts by queers of note, tirelessly sifted through by yours truly. In an ideal world, we would mix it up every week and have different stories to tell, but if we’re getting real I want to know what Samira Wiley is up to every week, and I think you do too. That said, if anybody has suggestions for more nonbinary or trans women, particularly people of color, that we could follow for this column I would love you forever.
Also this week in Evan Rachel Wood Watch, our lady of Dubsmash posted this super cute video of herself with Alia Shawkat and Angela Trimbur lip syncing Miley Cyrus, so let’s not act like the internet hasn’t been generous. I just need this one thing.
https://twitter.com/evanrachelwood/status/694365077655302144
We’re going to take the time to appreciate Samira and Lauren looking incredible on the red carpet, while lamenting the perfect photo Samira posted and then deleted of herself luxuriating over a pile of fast food french fries post-award show. I like these two. I like their award show traditions.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBK9RpaRxxz/
Heather Hogan, this one’s for you.
This is what your girlfriend Lena Waithe looks like when you guys just kick back and relax on a Sunday afternoon.
Dana is ALIVE and hugging Shane and Bette is curiously undeterred by this visit from the undead.
One day I dream of a love so true that my person will celebrate my birth by posting pictures of cats, sandwiches and donuts. This tribute to Ingrid Nilsen from Hannah Hart is very sweet.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBNzGeCrmis/
Keep it classy, Angel Haze.
Jenny Owen Youngs’ hands perfectly capture how it feels to hear a story about Sex and the City from Carly.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBStOiFQqTk/
I don’t know, you guys, we haven’t checked in with Kreayshawn in a while – maybe it’s been too long (this is a video, worth watching).
Jenny Shimizu discovered the true spirit of Christmas.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBTU0DwJTvj/
Really into making new friends with this person at A-Camp, looks like we have a lot in common.
Join us next week, when Kreayshawn uses her time machine to figure out whose hair Jenny Shimizu found in the snow, among other mysteries.
No Filter: Ring In The New Year At Ruby Rose’s Onesie Party
Welcome to the first No Filter of 2016! For the uninitiated, this is where I spend hours of my life combing through the annals of celebrity Instagram accounts and present to you the very best pictures of the week. Usually they involve dogs. This week however, there’s a lot of attractive people cuddling their way into 2016, and only one weirdo who took her horse into the house to stand in front of her piano.
https://instagram.com/p/__FGfjJTg3/
Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher rang in the new year with appropriate levels of style and grace.
Samira Wiley and Lauren Morelli are ready to be adorable all year long.
https://instagram.com/p/BAHcs5CwTTG/
St. Vincent doesn’t post a lot of pictures of herself, so you can be sure that when she does it’s all gems like this one.
https://instagram.com/p/_yXeFyuIJq/
Laura Jane Grace takes her Kylo Ren skincare regime extremely seriously.
Were you wondering what Lady Gaga’s horse was up to? She’s working as a consultant on Gaga’s next album, I guess. I am sort of obsessed with the relationship between these two. Also, Sandy “Sex Sex” Nash has some strong feelings about it.
https://instagram.com/p/BABhSdTsZc8/
Ruby Rose had a onesie and Autostraddle’s own Molly Adams was on the scene.
On New Years, your girlfriend Lena Waithe was like, “Babe, let’s stay in tonight” and you were like “K,” so here you guys are snuggling under blankets and waiting for your Thai delivery to show up.
https://instagram.com/p/BADclIApqOt/
Danielle Brooks met John Stamos AND Titus Burgess and I’m so jealous I could explode. That’s really all I’ve got for you.
https://instagram.com/p/_8Qw8ahY0j/
I TOLD YOU THIS HAPPENED – anyway, I guess we can officially consider this Angel Haze/DJ Kittens thing to be Officially Happening. Here’s hoping Kittens goes the extra mile and tells Angel Haze to tie their damn shoes.
Beth Ditto is ready to do kick ass things in 2016.
Live from the set of Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Cara Delvingne is acting so hard.
Join us next week, when John Stamos and Annie Clark’s turtle finally get their invitation to Ruby Rose’s sweet onesie afterparty.
No Filter: The Force Is Strong With Laura Jane Grace
Welcome back to No Filter, a weekly gathering of the best celebrity Instagram posts the universe has to offer. This week, a bunch of famous people made cute faces while doing enviable things. I didn’t change out of my pajamas or talk to another living soul for two full days. Who wore it best?!??!!
I don’t usually cover Lady Gaga in here but this week her record company just up and gave her a fucking horse. Earlier this week, she dedicated multiple posts to her complex process of creating a ton of seriously delicious-looking homemade pasta. Lady Gaga is the MVP of this week…
JK, it’s definitely Laura Jane Grace, who somehow achieved levels of nerd previously unseen:
@LauraJaneGrace We'll be listening for it! #TrueTransForceRebel
— Star Wars (@starwars) December 20, 2015
…and now there’s a petition to get Laura a role in the next Star Wars film.
https://instagram.com/p/_j4FZDrmmJ/
An anonymous tipster recently asked us if Angel Haze and DJ Kittens are dating, since they seem to be flirting on Twitter an awful lot these days. Our current theory is yes, but it may be soon to tell. Do you have intel? Please talk to us.
https://instagram.com/p/_iE0MLmFV_/
No, you’ve been watching this video on a loop for ten minutes.
This week in Too Adorable To Live, Ellen took Samantha on a skiing trip for her birthday and all of these Ski Free references in the comments are perfect and amazing.
Aretha Franklin came to see Danielle Brooks in The Color Purple and allegedly spent the whole time taking pictures on her phone, but look how cute these two are here.
Are you sick of celebrities with puppies yet? Cos I could keep going indefinitely.
Cara Delevingne has had about enough of the paparazzi, and I can’t say I blame her.
Leisha Hailey and Camila Grey take in Star Wars in style.
Join us next week, when Tegan and Sara’s cats ride off into the sunset with Ellen Page’s dog on Lady Gaga’s horse. It’ll be beautiful.
No Filter: Annie Clark Crashes Cara Delevingne’s Family Christmas
Welcome back to No Filter, a romantic comedy about nine intertwined stories exploring the healing power of love, as experienced by a bunch of annoying British people over Christmas. Last week, we mostly looked at puppies, but this week we are finally prepared to celebrate real life attractive and famous human beings! It’s just as novel this week as it is every week. Let’s get to it.
Look, man, life is hard enough, why don’t we just enjoy this video of Lea DeLaria doing the world’s most amazing dance?
https://instagram.com/p/_VTEcBGFda/
I don’t want you guys to think this column is going dogs-only; here is a video of Tegan and Sara’s cat doing his best impression of me.
https://instagram.com/p/_QlsNQsZXe/
Ruby Rose is coping with her recent breakup the only way we know how: with Mariah Carey.
Look at adorable Annie Clark crashing the Delevingne Christmas photo, lookin’ like an actual Precious Moments doll?
https://instagram.com/p/_TwEpeK6XL/
Real talk, I thought Brittani needed glasses for real this whole time. I feel lied to.
https://instagram.com/p/_H5r9VizB1/
Samantha Ronson and her dog wearing these cool shirts featuring adorable portraits of themselves.
https://instagram.com/p/_FCXp5Lmp7/
Angel Haze is keeping it light and breezy around the holidays.
https://instagram.com/p/_K2u9TJqFM/
Because I am never done unpacking my feelings for the cast of Orange Is The New Black, how about this video of Poussey and Taystee’s adorable friendship happening in real life?
Join us next week, when this entire column is just videos of Lea DeLaria dancing and nobody can say anything because it will be amazing.
No Filter: Kate Moennig, Angel Haze, Ellen Page And The Dogs Who Love Them
Welcome back to a very special edition of No Filter, the most hard-hitting regular feature of Autostraddle dot com. Have you been reading the news? Have you gone outside? Are you currently experiencing winter? If so, you’re probably pretty depressed, so this week I’m pleased to present a No Filter comprised almost entirely of cute puppies. Don’t say I never did anything for you.
https://instagram.com/p/-3-Gvcrmin/
Really missing my feed being mostly a steady stream of Angel Haze gushing about their beautiful rescue husky, but this adorable pit sorta makes up for it.
I won’t tell you how many times I’ve watched this.
Please click on this picture to enjoy a video of Ellen Page’s dog Patter typing replies to Brendan and Stella.
Lauren Morelli’s dog Duncan presumably had his bar mitzvah pretty recently.
Does your dog ever look kind of embarrassed to be seen in public with you?
https://instagram.com/p/-0cSxwxx4m/
Carrie Brownstein has some truly adorable dogs, and Sleater-Kinney has a truly adorable touring guitarist.
https://instagram.com/p/_BSsvBq6XH/
Brittani and Bandit are my favourite couple on Instagram.
https://instagram.com/p/-2j2TbN12K/
Jamie Clayton’s dog is significantly less animated than the rest, I guess.
I searched far and wide for a recent post of Danielle Brooks with a dog but instead I found this adorable baby picture, which is just as good.
https://instagram.com/p/-4eYlPH_p4/
Mostly for the caption, really.
Beth Ditto is just really pretty, you guys. She needs no dog.
Join us next week, when this entire column becomes our first annual celebration of the myriad accomplishments of Tegan and Sara’s cats.
10 Super-Successful Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Celebrities With Depression
feature image via The Pop Hub
Our gal pal true love Kristen Stewart’s recent comments to The Daily Beast about the validity of mental health diagnoses and treatment rubbed a lot of fans the wrong way — and her comments are especially unfortunate considering the disproportionate numbers of LGBT folks who have some kind of psychiatric diagnoses. Like uh, most of the people who work here! And the women on this list.
Ruby Rose, Actress / DJ / Model
photo by Rush
Ruby Rose, who has bipolar disorder and is a survivor of sexual abuse, attempted suicide at the age of 12 and, in 2013, announced on twitter that “it is with great sadness that despite everything I have tried in the short time I was given, I am still losing my battle with depression,” before canceling tour dates and taking time off to get healthy. “Being honest about being bullied in school and my bipolar was not so much of a ‘do I or don’t I?’,” she said, “it was waiting for the right time. Even before I knew what making a mark on the world meant, I knew I wanted to make a difference.” She’s an ambassador for digital health platform Headspace, which focuses on mindfulness and meditation, and copes by staying sober and taking medication, admitting “Sometimes you take it for so many years and then it doesn’t work and you’ve got to find a new one – and that period is a really crazy period.”
Mary Lambert, Musician
Mary Lambert, photo by Mike Ruiz
Lambert’s recent single “Secrets” starts out with the singer coming out as bipolar — a decision she made during one of her “funnest nights ever.” She told DAME magazine that being open about it felt freeing, noting that “we talk about bipolar disorders, or mental disorders in general, usually in a negative light, like Oh, she has bipolar disorder, she went to the mental hospital, or something. But we don’t often talk about functioning people who are successful that have bipolar disorder.” She’s also spoken openly about being a survivor of physical and sexual abuse, hoping her willingness to talk about trauma can be used for “a tool rather than sympathy.”
Angel Haze, Musician
“Mental health problems are like a stain, once they happen in your life you’re scarred by it forever,” pansexual rapper Angel Haze wrote in their Vice magazine column. “You have to wake up every single day and make the decision to be better, and that’s not easy.” Haze was raised in a cult-like religion and is a survivor of sexual abuse and an eating disorder. Haze is open about suffering from depression and the loneliness of not feeling like they have a family, but says they’re doing much better these days. Haze doesn’t hold back from addressing depression and suicide in their music.
Kristy McNichol, Actress
McNichol was a wildly famous young actress just getting started in her career when she walked off the set of a movie under mysterious circumstances. It turns out that the stress of fame and the industry was too much for her to handle on top of her recently diagnosed bipolar disorder, especially during a time when not much was known about the condition. Eventually, McNichol decided that acting just wasn’t her passion anymore and has led a relatively private life ever since, aside from a brief return to the spotlight when she came out in 2012.
Heather Matarazzo, Actress
Actress Heather Matarazzo has worked with the advocacy project Half of Us and The Mental Health on Campus conference, sharing the story of her personal struggles with low self-image and depression.
Me’shell Ndegocello, Musician
Meshell Ndegeocello. Photo credit: Charlie Gross. Via dukeperformances.duke.edu.
The crippling lack of self-esteem and sadness that haunted her childhood resurfaced after the release of her first album, when she fell into a depression — further complicated by the daily oppressions she experienced as a black bisexual woman. The pressure she was under while recording her album in 1993 drove her to a drug addiction, and she credits her son with giving her the strength to get past it. Despite her desire to leave the industry in the ’90s, she is still going strong, recording and touring today.
Rosie O’Donnell, Actress / Comedian
Rosie has been very open about her lifelong struggle with major depressive disorder as well as the profound grief she suffered after her mother’s death when Rosie was only 11. Depression runs in Rosie’s family and her Aunt once attempted suicide before recovering with lithium. She first sought treatment for depression in 1999, and in doing so has employed methods including yoga, giving up alcohol, medication (including Prozac and Effexor), therapy, and, apparently, “inversion therapy” — hanging upside down for 15 to 30 minutes a day.
Alice Walker, Author
Walker on set of Beauty In Truth
During her senior year of college, Walker learned she was pregnant, and considered suicide before eventually getting an abortion — an experience that led her to another depressive episode. She published her first short story, “To Hell With Dying,” while recovering. She discovered meditation as a coping mechanism after her emotionally exhausting divorce.
Laura Jane Grace, Musician
Laura Jane Grace spent much of her life struggling with depression and feeling isolated, and those themes are abundant in her punk band Against Me!’s album “Transgender Dysphoria Blues.” Grace told Grantland, “Dealing with depression is really what a lot of that’s about. On the surface level, the album may be transgender-themed, but underneath it, there are those universal themes — alienation, depression, not being happy — that I think that everybody can really identify with.” Although coming out as transgender had a radical impact on Grace’s mental well-being, she’s open about the fact that it wasn’t a “cure-all.” (However, she’s also found getting tattoos to be therapeutic for her.)
Margaret Cho, Actress/Comedian
photo by robin roemer
The outspoken comedian and actress has been through a whole lot — including depression, alcoholism, anorexia, and drug addiction. In 2001, she appeared on the cover of Rosie magazine for a story entitled “The Faces of Depression.” Cho has also recently come out as a survivor of sexual abuse — an issue she’s addressing head-on in her new song “I Want To Kill My Rapist.” Music, humor and advocacy have been transformative coping mechanisms for Cho, who considers no topic off-limits.
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No Filter Hit The Red Carpet With Laverne Cox, Ellen Page And St. Vincent
Welcome back to No Filter, where I keep my finger on the pulse of the hottest stories in the 24-hour news cycle. This week, it was New York Fashion Week I guess? Everywhere I went, everyone was convinced that Rihanna was partying somewhere nearby. I haven’t seen any Rihanna. What I have seen is a great deal of Instagram pictures of various celebrities looking amazing in outfits I cannot afford! Let’s get to it.
This week, we’re here to celebrate Ellen Page’s relationship with her hot surfer girlfriend Samantha Thomas — but we’re also here to celebrate Into the Forest, a brand new film starring Page and my girlfriend, Evan Rachel Wood. Here they all are, with Alia Shawkat lurking in the background for bonus queermo vibes. Nobody is tall enough to kiss Samantha from a standing position — Ellen only comes up to the base of her neck. My heart exploded when I saw this picture. Take a deep breath before you move on.
I can’t believe Bette Porter is still hanging out with Ilene Chaiken, even after it became glaringly obvious that she’s the one who murdered Jenny — on Bette’s property, no less, thus making Bette a primary suspect. I’d probably never speak to her again, but maybe Bette is more forgiving than I am.
Laverne Cox met noted fashion photographer Nigel Barker, and she smiled with her eyes the whole time.
https://instagram.com/p/7l5kqHsZW_/
Here’s Ruby Rose hanging out with this goddamn adorable couple. Everybody’s so attractive. What filter is this?
https://instagram.com/p/7i5wD-wTX6/
Feeling great about Annie Clark’s fashion week look.
I don’t know how to make leggings and I’m probably never going to learn, but I find this video of Jasika Nicole dancing in these leggings she made strangely hypnotic.
https://instagram.com/p/7inQIdLmlU/
Angel Haze posted pictures with a lot of good celebrities this week, but this one was the most exciting for me. Spotify just told me that their new record Back to the Woods is available there now, so you know, you should give it a listen.
You guys. You guys.
Join us next week, when I’ll probably still be watching that Jasika video.
No Filter: These Women Are Gay Right?
Welcome to the third-ever installment of No Filter, where we examine the Instagram activity of a bunch of very famous people and try to figure out what coffeeshops they frequent so we can super-casually stop by for a latte every single day for the rest of our natural lives. This week, we travel to Cannes with Cara Delevingne, dance awkwardly in a circle with Ireland Baldwin and slice up our t-shirts with Julia Nunes. What kind of filter do you think Evan Rachel Wood would use? I’m feeling Hudson.
https://instagram.com/p/2eY5YJK6RK/
Brittani Nichols has a very good shirt and we are all very proud of her life choices.
https://instagram.com/p/2yzKjHNf5F/
Ali Liebert posted this extremely cute picture of her mom and some other women pretending to be in prison. Ali Liebert’s mom was such a Piper.
Samira Wiley googled a P for you. Accent à droite, bitch.
https://instagram.com/p/22pRnrEoPu/
Ireland Baldwin posted this video of herself dancing to Lana Del Rey, which reminds me so much of the Lana Del Rey dancing gif Tumblr that I had to share it with you. Ireland Baldwin is some kind of Lana Del Rey, I suppose.
Julia Nunes understands pants surgery about as well as I do.
Imagine if you were getting your car out of the garage and saw Laverne Cox kiki past you in all her luminescent glory.
Cara Delevingne and Zoe Kravitz are getting weird in Cannes. And lastly:
https://instagram.com/p/2r2Z9YLmow/
We’ve all been thinking it, but Angel Haze had the guts to say it out loud.
Join us next week as we expand our library of queer celebrities. Anybody we haven’t followed yet who you wish we did? Please let us know in the comments!
No Filter: In Which We Survey The Week In Celesbian Instagram
In our endless quest to bring you more celebrity gossip that does not matter (but matters so much), we have developed this weekly series to share the latest in celebrity Instagrams. How was Tegan Quin’s hair this week? Did Samira Wiley drink a particularly fancy latte? Will we ever get Evan Rachel Wood to join us and post a bunch of 15-second videos of herself singing Natalie Imbruglia into a hairbrush in her bedroom? These are the questions which plague us as we dive boldly into this uncharted ocean.
https://instagram.com/p/2TUI0cCQFO
The baseball team that Kate Moennig apparently plays on with Camila Grey and Leisha Hailey lost once again to whatever team Managing Editor Rachel Kincaid is on, apparently. Probably some A League Of Their Own shit went down and Moennig caught a fly ball in her hat while doing a split. Afterwards, Leisha’s mom probably picked up the whole team in her minivan and took everybody out to Pizza Hut to celebrate.
Samira Wiley lived out my actual dream and got to hang out with Detective Benson, maybe got to touch her hair.
https://instagram.com/p/2IZGXbrmib/
Newly single Angel Haze gave everybody a heart attack with this very heartfelt message to their very good friend Noomi Rapace, the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Anyway, they aren’t dating I guess, since it’s tagged #friend and not #galpal…?
https://instagram.com/p/2R0bY-koBV/
In the meantime, her ex Ireland Baldwin reportedly was pretty bored in rehab (for emotional issues apparently, not drugs) and dyed her hair dark, which looks pretty excellent. She’s since left the rehab facility and is back to taking pouty selfies in her car.
https://instagram.com/p/2NRJzWK6Xt/
No clue why Brittani Nichols was home taking selfies when she could have been at the Met gala in her little brother’s 8th grade graduation blazer.
https://instagram.com/p/1-vPUnwTW0/
Annie Clark posted this glorious fan art of all of her recent hairstyles.
Our Lady Of Eternal Eyebrows Cara Delevingne reminisced about the time she stood next to Rihanna at the Met Ball last year. This year, Rihanna stood next to NO ONE.
JK, Rihanna allowed Cara to be photographed with her. Rihanna was maybe a little drunk.
https://instagram.com/p/2SRVdWH_rR/
Anyway while Rihanna was dragging that giant yellow thing up the stairs, Janelle Monae was sneaking around looking like a goddamn queen.
https://instagram.com/p/2SmpmYwzMY/
Miley Cyrus put her hand on Zoe Kravitz’ butt.
So obviously Cara Delevingne jumped in the middle of that sandwich.
https://instagram.com/p/2P8CBFmFc6/
Tegan and Sara found this cat.
Lastly, nobody wanted to sit next to Samira Wiley on this plane, I guess.
Join us next week, when we hope to get Kristen Stewart and Evan Rachel Wood on the Instagram train.
UPDATED: Love Is [Kinda] A Lie: St Vincent and Cara Delevingne DIDN’T Break Up, But Angel Haze and Ireland Baldwin Are Still Over (Again)
Earlier today, we reported that the romance between modeling/acting/glaring triple threat Cara Delevingne and the actual blazing sun Annie Clark had ended. Since then, we have been corrected by Ms. Delehooha herself via her Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Caradelevingne/status/590968369500717056
With her film debut imminent and her modeling career continuing to skyrocket, Delevingne had been theorized to have ended the relationship due to “work commitments,” one of the most bullshit reasons to end a relationship short of “I just really need to work on myself right now.” Yahoo reports that Delevingne had real, heartfelt emotions for Annie Clark (don’t we all) and that she had been truly gutted to have dumped her. Lucky us, their flame continues to burn bright as they gaze lovingly into each others’ eyes, rubbing their skeletons against one another with great panache. Just last week, they were spotted together at a Burberry event at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, looking fashionable and important, rubbing elbows with Jamie Hince and the Beckham family. Cara wore her best marching band uniform and proudly showed off her eyebrows to the rabid throngs of paparazzi. As we mentioned earlier, the pair had already met each others’ families, and Cara is said to have gotten a small tattoo of the initials AC. The pair have only been linked since about February, so I sincerely hope that tattoo is commemorating Cara’s deep love for Aaron Carter or Alice Cooper or something.
As far as we know, Cara Delevingne has been Instagramming pictures of sad quotes and cartoons, one of the oddest coping mechanisms of our time. In our dreams, Annie Clark has been thinking about calling Autostraddle contributing editor Cara Giaimo and inviting her to lunch. The best thing to come out of their brief pairing so far is the birth of my Cara Delevingne paper doll, which I hope to get extensive use out of in the future.
EXCLUSIVE: A jubilant Cara Delevingne celebrates her thriving relationship.
In the meantime, despite having publicly declared themselves gal pals this past Valentine’s Day, it seems that the epic love affair between Ireland Baldwin and Angel Haze has finally come to an end. In a post on their Tumblr, Haze addressed a fan’s questions concerning the death of their relationship, which seemed really sweet and sincere and which I will probably mourn forever despite not actually knowing either of these people in real life. The fan asked, “Do you think you and Ireland will reconcile? Your relationship was so special and gave me hope as an agendered person that true love exists and is possible. That we can thrive and survive in a relationship. I hope so, because she truly made you happy.”
Haze replied, “Ah, im very happy to hear that the love we shared was able to give you hope. The dope thing about love is that because it is abundant and forever and completely unaffected by any malice, it never leaves. Ireland and I will always be friends, she is a light in more ways than anyone can understand right now. Dont lose hope for yourself, though; especially not based off my failures. Wait for the person who will need the love you have, you’ll be fine then.”
They also explained that playing “Candlxs” (their super-gooey ode to Ireland) has been “a bit difficult” but that the breakup shouldn’t affect their ability to play the song in the future. While all of this sounds really healthy, they’ve also been writing short, kinda heavy Tumblr posts here and there that definitely didn’t make me a little bit weepy:
i know that wishing is irrational
they all say i am better off
i know that missing you is natural
i really wish you never left.
i killed it for good.
im sorry.
but i did find some
relief in your eyes tonight.
thank you.
EVERYBODY DIES ALONE.
Never before have two gal pals plucked at my heartstrings in such a particular way, and I can only hope that somewhere out there, Kristen Stewart and Alicia Cargile are spending today in a very friendly way. I hope they are buying matching Best Friends necklaces at Claire’s and making friendship bracelets on Kristen’s couch. They may be all we have left.
Playlist: F*ck Humility
feature image via shutterstock
This is a playlist for those times when you need a chorus of outrageously, outlandishly confident lady-types in your ears. I use it as my “fake it ’til you make it” pump up music. Because fuck modesty, y’all. Unless your name is Kanye West, I can pretty much guarantee you there are still people in the world who need to hear more about how great you are.
Blast it.
F*ck Humility
Let Me Blow Ya Mind – Eve, Gwen Stefani
Electric Lady [feat. Solange] – Janelle Monae, Solange, GianArthur
Feeling Myself – Nicki Minaj, Beyonce
Echelon (It’s My Way) – Angel Haze
We Run This – Amended w/o Manicure Interlude – Missy Elliott
I Look Fuckin Cool (feat. Alaska Thunderfuck) – Adore Delano, Alaska Thunderfuck
I’m Every Woman – Radio Edit/C + C Club Mix – Whitney Houston
Want to suggest a playlist theme? Hit Stef up and someone on the team might make it for you.
Let’s Celebrate GalPalentines Day With Kristen Stewart, Taylor Swift, Angel Haze, Carrie Brownstein and Their Gal Pals
Happy 14th of February, bitter herbs! While sure, some of you will be spending your Saturday gazing lovingly into the eyes of your one and only as you slurp opposite ends of a strand of spaghetti Lady and the Tramp-style while “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” plays softly in the background, some of us are existing on an entirely different plane. Some of us mark this vicious holiday by celebrating our adorable relationships with our “gal pals,” laughing it up for the TMZ photographers who swell around us as we sunbathe resplendently on our extravagant yachts. Even if you and your gal pal are celebrating this year by eating chocolate on the couch and watching Netflix, we’re still excited about you. Assembled below are some of our favourite, most-speculated-about sets of affectionate gal pals, doing gal pal stuff all over town.
Angel Haze and Ireland Baldwin
Yo seriously you two, what the hell are you trying to pull? One minute Angel Haze releases “Candlxs,” the most sentimental love song we’ve all heard in a minute, and the next day they’re tweeting that they’ve broken up. I was legitimately more upset about this breakup than I’ve been about some of my own! Mere hours later, they’re Instagramming photos of the couple snuggling and videos of them dancing affectionately. Nothing can stop the infinite power of these two dedicated gal pals, or the ridiculous adorableness of their rescue dog. You guys had us so scared! Can you chill?! Can someone call Autostraddle HQ next time an emergency like this happens? This whole situation has given me heart palpitations.
https://twitter.com/AngelHaze/status/566441987516022784
Miley Cyrus and Joan Jett
I don’t know what exactly is going on here, but I support all of it. In my imagination, Miley is like, “Joan! I made you this delicious pot of red lentil soup and I’m really excited for you to try some!” and Joan is like, “Miley! That’s so thoughtful!” Later on, as they dip slices of pita bread into the soup, Joan will tell Miley all kinds of hilaaaarious stories about her youthful shenanigans in the Runaways. Oh, how they’ll laugh.
Taylor Swift and Karlie Kloss
These two scoundrels! At it again! I admit I don’t know a whole lot about Taylor Swift besides the fact that she probably didn’t make out with this person at a 1975 concert a few months ago, but here she is in Vogue, going on an intimate road trip with her bestie! They bake cookies! They snuggle! They try on outfits! They drive around taking photos of themselves! These look like obnoxious engagement photos, but really it’s just Taylor and Karlie, having the time of their lives, reveling in the awesome power of their friendship! Stars: they’re just like us.
Typical.
Carrie Brownstein & Taylor Schilling
Questions have been pouring in lately about these two, mostly because it flew under the goddamn radar for so long. While the universe exploded over the revelation that Orange Is The New Black‘s Samira Wiley was dating one of the show’s writers (the resplendent Lauren Morelli), Taylor Schilling just strutted right into black-tie events on Carrie Brownstein’s arm, cool as a cucumber. What do you talk about when you’re dating really good friends with Carrie Brownstein? Wouldn’t you just stare adoringly into her perfect face and stumble over your words? Maybe you’d play it fast and loose like Yael Stone:
Yael Stone’s all “HEY GUYS! WHATCHA DOIN?!?! COUPLE STUFF?!?!? OH THAT’S COOL, I’LL JUST SLIDE IN RIIIIIGHT OVER HERE…”
Kristen Stewart and Alicia Cargile
The golden standard of gal pal-dom themselves, Kristen and Alicia have been spotted all over the place lately, chummy as ever! The UK’s Daily Mail took the time to admire Kristen and Alicia for just how goshdarn friendly they appeared walking through LAX, holding hands, probably discussing a trip to Claire’s for matching “BEST FRIENDS FOREVER” heart necklaces! Honestly, the way they describe Kristen’s outfit (using great pains to never refer to it as obviously homosexual) reminds me in a charming way of the way the Babysitter’s Club used to describe Claudia Kishi’s ensembles. Their special, intimate friendship is a beacon of hope for those of us who also hope to one day befriend Kristen Stewart… repeatedly.
(“Kiss From A Rose” plays in the distance) via INFPhoto.com
Love Is A Lie: Angel Haze And Ireland Baldwin Break Up
Just a few short days, nay hours ago, I presented to you Angel Haze’s first sneak peek at the first track off her upcoming EP, In The Winter Of Wet Years (ed: that’s what she said). It was a gooey, heartfelt ode to her forever-snugglebunny, acclaimed tall person Ireland Baldwin. Those two have been absolutely gross all over the internet for the better part of a year, brandishing matching tattoos and proudly declaring their love to anybody who’d listen. They skipped hand-in-hand through Silverlake, enjoying delectable frozen desserts with their adorable rescue dog. They were even spotted wearing intriguing matching rings. It’s been really intense, and really precious.
Nothing is real.
Proving once and for all that there is no such thing as love, Angel Haze tweeted (and then promptly deleted) the following late Tuesday night:
How does anyone react? Well, first of all:
Hope you enjoy your Valentine’s Day, because happiness is fleeting and every single one of us is going to die alone.
OK, what do we do? Do we call her? Do we give her some space? Do we show up at her apartment with a box of tissues and a case of wine? One time after I got dumped, Geekery Editor Ali sent me an edible arrangement and it sorta helped…? Is it going to be weird if we’re still friends with Ireland? Is everything OK?
Ireland Baldwin’s personal online presence has all but disappeared in recent months; in fact the only way I’ve had any idea what she’s been up to has been through her girlfriend’s adoring iPhone lens. Her twitter has recently been reborn as an account that meticulously discusses acne medications in Japanese, and her Instagram appears to be gone.
The tweet’s deletion can mean several things:
1) They’re getting back together! Everything’s gonna be OK!
2) Angel decided that posting so publicly about her breakup was immature and unbecoming, as if there was any other way to behave on the internet.
3) Mercury is in retrograde and everything is fucked.
4) It isn’t real it wasn’t real nothing is real lalalalalala
This morning, Haze tweeted the following:
Oh, muffin.
If you are reading this, darling, I highly recommend reading through the best breakup advice you’ll ever get. Beyond that, the only remedy for a broken heart that I’ve found that works involves pizza, the most recent Sharon van Etten record, Waiting to Exhale on DVD and several bottles of cheap red wine. If you wanna talk, I’m here to listen.
Let Angela and Whitney guide you on this emotional journey.
Captain’s Log: Angel Haze Wrote You A Love Song, Babe
Good afternoon, truffle fries! Welcome to another exciting edition of the Captain’s Log, where we talk about all the hottest new traxxx. My initial instinct was to make this entire column a series of 90s-era Missy Elliott videos (as I yearn to do just about every month), but today the internet exploded with a diverse range of new releases from a bunch of iconic queer and queer-friendly artists. Onwards and upwards, I suppose.
Angel Haze – “Candlxs”
OMG Angel Haze, we get it. You really like your girlfriend, model and heir to Jack Donaghy’s microwave oven fortune, Ireland Baldwin. She promised us recently that her new album would be a major departure from Dirty Gold, and this song is certainly more melodic and markedly more… romantic than anything on her previous albums. It’s also catchy as fuck and mushy as all get-out. I implore you to check out the artwork for the track, a painting by Ms. Haze herself of the happy couple sitting in a field of flowers, staring at their own matching “we can be heroes” tattoos hovering in a sunset. I’m not crying, everything’s fine. Is that a subtle homage to Ozzy’s “Crazy Train” in the beginning? This lady is nothing if not full of surprises.
Erase Errata – “Watch Your Language”
San Francisco queer post-punk superstars Erase Errata haven’t released any new music in four years, but since 2015 is apparently the year for awesome all-girl bands to make their ferocious comebacks, here we are. Their new record Lost Weekend is a solid batch of jagged rock songs. I guess I’m supposed to tell you about the lead single “My Life In Shadows,” but I’d rather talk about my favorite track on the record, the bluesy “Watch Your Language.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPH16KLTFgk
Giorgio Moroder f/ Kylie Minogue – “Right Here, Right Now”
The other day I heard “Love At First Sight” in Trader Joe’s and was like, damn, I haven’t thought about Kylie Minogue in forever. I wonder what that perfect angel is up to these days. Now we know; she’s heading up this lead single from super-producer Giorgio Moroder’s new record, 74 is the new 24. You might know Moroder from oh, basically any Donna Summer single you’ve ever loved (“Bad Girls,” “On The Radio,” “Hot Stuff,” “Love To Love You Baby,” among many others) and essentially pioneering synth disco. You might know Kylie Minogue from being a gorgeous, grinning glitter bomb from outer space. Together, they are basically magic — this song is an effortless classic.
D’Angelo – “The Charade” (Live on SNL)
I don’t usually talk about straight dudes in this column unless there’s a damn good reason, but I think we need to talk about D’Angelo’s performance on SNL this past Saturday. Not only is the song (and album) an absolute masterpiece, he also made a political statement by performing in a hoodie while his backup singers wore t-shirts emblazoned with “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe.” If you haven’t listened to Black Messiah yet, now’s the time, if only for this fantastic guitar solo.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/744931
Captain’s Log: All The Things I Want To Hear In 2015
Hello watermelon radishes, I’m so sorry I have neglected this column for as long as I have! I have been very busy feeling a lot of feelings about Kristen Stewart’s beach vacation. In 2015, I resolve to pay better attention to the Captain’s Log and work hard to actually seek out new tracks for Autostraddle’s collective enjoyment. As a primer for the new year, I’ve assembled a small collection of records due out this year that I think you might be interested in – a list which is by no means complete, but which I invite you all to contribute to. Let’s get started.
Björk – Vulnicura
I’m having a hard time keeping myself from reading this hand-written note Björk bestowed upon us in the voice Kristen Wiig uses when she does her Björk impression on SNL. None of the songs have leaked yet, but I feel confident that this album will contain lots of fishing, dragons and screaming.
Warmthness? Worminess? Either is likely.
Britney Spears – TBA
Any day now, Brit Brit is going to drop her brand new single from her upcoming record, which she apparently recorded in-between gigs at her residency in Las Vegas. Her last album Britney Jean was pretty solid, and Britney genuinely seems to be on a great track professionally. Here’s the thing though – the new single is going to be a collaboration with Iggy Azalea, which some corporate dudes in a boardroom probably thought sounded like a really solid decision a few months ago. Now? Ehhhh. Still, I’m curious to see what the rest of the album looks like, and hoping Britney will stay in Vegas long enough for me to save up the cash and actually go.
Sleater-Kinney – No Cities To Love
The New York Times already named No Cities To Love the first great album of 2015. You can listen to it over at NPR. You should.
Purity Ring – Another Eternity
There’s always the worry that a band’s second record won’t be quite as good as the first, that their success was a stroke of luck and they’ll never match their previous success. Purity Ring’s 2012 debut Shrines is a near-perfect record, swirling Megan James’ reverb-soaked, peculiarly phrased vocals over Corin Roddick’s otherworldly synths. This new track is just as haunting and gorgeous as anything we’ve heard from them before, but it seems a little bigger somehow – like they’re growing in the proper direction. Another Eternity is out March 3 on 4AD.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr5mtKSbd7M
Julia Nunes – TBA
A long time ago, I used to be really into seeking out strange ukulele covers on YouTube, and when I found this pleasant-looking blonde girl playing a really excellent cover of Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor,” I finally decided that it was time I picked up a uke of my own. Nowadays, Julia is a star in her own right, recording her own songs with her own band. She’s in the middle of a fundraising campaign for her new record that’s already reached twice her goal amount, which features a pretty adorable video explanation for her crowdsourcing efforts.
Angel Haze – TBA
According to her Twitter, Angel Haze has been working on some new shit that will blow 2013’s Dirty Gold out of the water. As she told NME earlier last year, this record won’t be a rap album – she cites Amy Winehouse and Adele as inspirations for her new direction.
Grimes – TBA
As legend has it, Grimes spent a great deal of time writing an entire new album’s worth of songs to follow up her breakthrough record Visions, and then ultimately scrapped the whole thing. She’s since started over, and although there hasn’t been much to go on since she dropped “Go” (a song she’d originally written for Rihanna), she did contribute to this excellent Christmas song to enrich all of our lives:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bc27oFFJo4
Mal Blum – TBA
Forever friend of Autostraddle Mal Blum recently signed to Don Giovanni Records, home of some of the best rock bands working in music today. Along with this news came the revelation that their upcoming record would be helmed by Screaming Females singer/guitarist Marissa Paternoster, aka an incredible miracle. At press time, no information was available regarding Mal’s decision to name their album Malware, Maleficent, Malennium or any of our other (excellent) suggestions.
Screaming Females – Rose Mountain
It bears noting that the Screaming Females also have a new album due out Feb 24. They are one of the most excellent bands in the business, hands down. According to this video, “Criminal Image” is a song about proper dental hygiene.
Christina Aguilera – TBA
I have fervently loved Christina Aguilera ever since Stripped and I don’t even care that none of her subsequent albums have even come close. Even Bionic — which included collaborations with Sia, Peaches, members of Le Tigre, Ladytron — fucking Bionic, which on paper sounded like it was going to be the greatest album of all time — it was just awful. That said, I am goddamn stoked for Christina’s upcoming album, primarily because producers Da Internz have described its sound as “caviar ratchet.” You heard me. Caviar. Ratchet. What could go wrong?
The Soft Moon – Deeper
File under “things I’m pretty sure nobody cares about but me,” the Soft Moon have traditionally been a fairly dark post-punk band from Oakland who sound like they sleep with a Joy Division album under their pillows. This new track “Black” is a little different – described by Fact Mag as an “industrial march,” it uses vocals as percussion in a way that’s mildly hypnotic. I’m well aware this doesn’t fall under the “queer lady music” oeuvre but I’m more excited about this record than I am about most things this year.
Mark Ronson – Uptown Special
If you aren’t listening to “Uptown Funk” 24/7, you don’t make any sense and you can go home.
A Place To Bury Strangers – Transfixiation
Another record I’m pretty sure nobody is as excited about as I am. At any rate, the loudest band in New York are preparing to release their latest collection of uplifting tracks called things like “Fill The Void” and “I Will Die.” Transfixiation is due Feb 17.
https://soundcloud.com/deadoceans/sets/aptbs-transfixiation
Adele – TBA
Somewhere out there, Adele is working on a whole new album of songs that will come on the radio while you’re at CVS and it’ll strike just such a nerve that you’ll start tearing up in the toothpaste aisle and wonder why this is happening to me? Why now? Why here? Ugh, thanks again Adele.
Garbage – TBA
These guys spend so much time in the studio that this will only be their sixth studio album in twenty years. I have loved this band for twenty years. What have I done? Why are we here? What’s going on? Shirley Manson sold her soul the devil and will never age.
Ellie Goulding – TBA
For her third album (following 2010’s Lights and 2012’s Halcyon), Ellie Goulding is recording some songs. That’s about all I could find out, sorry. She made two albums already. This is going to be another one. Here’s a brand new song she put on the Fifty Shades of Grey soundtrack for some reason.
Drake – View From The 6
Everything Drake does is important. It’s worth noting that Ellie Goulding has also apparently contributed some vocals to at least one track on the upcoming album. “We converse,” she cryptically informed Capital FM.
Fleetwood Mac – TBA
There’s not a great deal of information about Fleetwood Mac’s upcoming record, but the world is certainly waiting with baited breath (especially ever since Christine McVie rejoined the band). As Mick Fleetwood morbidly informed Mojo, “Look at where we are right now. It’s sort of magically being given back. I don’t want to be maudlin [but] Fleetwood Mac, we’re here for maybe five years [more] or whatever. We’re able as a band to get our house in order before the book is closed.” If you’re feeling particularly ambitous, you could also pick up the Rockabye Baby album% featuring lullaby versions of Fleetwood Mac classics like “Go Your Own Way,” “Dreams” and “Gold Dust Woman,” out Feb 10.
Finally, this isn’t off an upcoming album, but check out this new video for FKA Twigs’ “Pendulum” off last year’s record LP1. The video is a metaphor for what it’s like to date the guy from Twilight.
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If there are any records you’re excited about this year that I’ve missed, please let us know in the comments!