Friday 4/15, Seattle: Laina Dawes Takes Metal to the 14th EMP Pop Conference

The upcoming 14th annual EMP Pop Conference is shaping up to be a jam-packed four days “bringing academics, critics, musicians, and dedicated fans into a collective conversation.” The free conference is open to the public, April 14-17 at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, and will include intriguing panels such as “The Racial Publics of Siouxsie Sioux” and a talk on “Good Bad Singing and Bad Good Singing.”

Notably, the “Noise Breeding Silence-Heavy Metal Voices” roundtable will be mode...