Artist: Bikini Kill

I'll never forget the first time I discovered Le Tigre, in the backseat of Alison Wipf's car outside of Chris Schwab's house when I was 16. At the time I was barely familiar with riot grrrl -something about chicks being mad and stuff- but I knew that I loved Kathleen Hanna's distinct voice and the fiery energy it emitted. I heard everything she said loud and clear. I just imagined her being so sassy, spunky, independent. It was like if Hot Hot Heat was a fucking punk band, can't get much cooler than that. Ten years later, [...]

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Riot grrrl hits you when you're young and impressionable; not only do you want to be the best feminist and punk you can be, but you also want to look and dress just like your ... read more �

Música y muchos colores parecen ser los protagonistas de CUADRANTE , un espacio dentro del festival Distrital Cine y Otros Mundos 2013 , dedicado a la convergencia que existe entre música y cine. Aquí convivirán personalidades sonoras provenientes de varios países, como Dinamarca, Canadá, Alemania, Estados Unidos y México entre otros. Artistas musicales con diferentes estilos pero unidas por el ritmo como un hilo conductor. Distrital comienza y termina con música, con la proyección de Peaches Does Herself como acto de inauguración y el concierto de clausura por parte [...]

The Punk Singer Directed by Sini Anderson (USA, 2013, 80 minutes) Festival Screenings: Friday, May 24, 9:30 PM at Harvard Exit Sunday, May 26, 1:30 PM at Harvard Exit The Punk Singer , director Sini Anderson's first feature-length film, is based on stories of Kathleen Hanna, feminist, activist, multimedia artist and performer, and band member of Northwest punk groups Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Unsurprisingly, the movie features a great soundtrack and incredible, hi-tension live footage, complete with [...]

The Punk Singer What was I doing in 1990? I'd just graduated high school and was entering my first year of university. I'd been a music fan (mostly the alternative British music scene of the 80's and John Hughes films) and hadn't really delved too much into the indie music scene. The next year, Nirvana's "Nevermind" would be released, grunge would go mainstream and well, the rest is history. Back then I never really gave it a second thought that the music scene had been much of a boys club. So when a band [...]

Tomorrow, Saturday, April 20th, is Record Store Day . Across the nation, droves of rabid music fans will swarm the remaining brick and mortar music retailers, drawn by the lure of in-store performances, special sales and, most importantly, limited-edition collectibles too numerous to count. My head swims as I survey the list of myriad goodies minted exclusively for RSD 2013 . What's on my wish list? One of everything. But that's just not practical. Tough decisions have to be made. Seriously, you'd think I was auditioning for a remake of Sophie's [...]

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Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Music Mike Coppola, Getty Some folks have been quick to label British musician Kate Nash 's recent leap from bubblegum pop to punk rock as a riot grrrl transformation. And while her latest release Girl Talk may share a message of female empowerment with acts like Bikini Kill and Sleater-Kinney , Nash wouldn't necessarily put that label on her current sound. [...]

Photo by Pat Graham Here is a cool clip of Bikini Kill from 1993 at Mercury Lounge here in NYC, as we catch up with everything Ethan Minkser has been up to. Vocalist Kathleen Hanna's biographical documentary, The Punk Singer , recently premiered at South By Southwest. Years ago I was making a film titled Anything Boys Can Do... It covered then little known female [...]

Filed under: News , Movies Astrid Stawiarz, Getty Images Carrie Brownstein 's career has taken her from the Riot Grrrl scene with Sleater-Kinney to "Portlandia" and back to the rock world with Wild Flag , becoming an inspiration to women and men all around the world. She sat down with the producers of " Makers: Women Who Make America ," a PBS and AOL documentary airing tonight. In it, Brownstein discusses [...]

Goodness at Mural Amphitheatre in 2008 / photo by Rich Britton It’s Friday again so it’s time for Friday on My Mind , our weekly blog post we look at videos centered around one common theme. This is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News. With a sound more accessible than, but derived from metal and punk, grunge took the world by storm during the early 90’s. The way was paved by bands like Green River and Soundgarden at the end of the 80’s and the commercial breakthrough of Nirvana in [...]

Look! It's my 5-pound CD book from the 90s! STFU, Tom Shane. No one wants to hear you hawk diamonds. It’s almost Valentine’s Day and we’re tired of the constant assault that we’ve been under since before Christmas. Anyone out there that really loves their lady (and hates perfunctory holiday obli-gifts like diamonds and those awful chalk hearts that now shout at you in tween-text-abbreviate and make you feel like the Rock Biter from The NeverEnding Story ) oughta’ surprise their sweetheart with tickets to The Breeders’ Last Splash [...]

Let's get this out of the way right from the start.  Carmen Villain  used to be a very successful model. Her face has appeared on the covers of Vogue and Nylon, and high profile cosmetic ad campaigns. But as the shutter clicks and the palm trees sway, what's a cover girl really thinking? Most models are expected to remain mutely anonymous, mere ciphers of a commercial brand. But it turns out, behind the scenes, Carmen Villain (aka Carmen Hillestad) was channeling her frustrations into a set of songs with a defiantly DIY underground free-rock sound. Now at last, she's stepping off the glossy page [...]

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In 2010, Kathleen Hanna expanded her solo project The Julie Ruin to a full-band effort, teaming with her former Bikini Kill bandmate Kathi Wilcox, Kiki and Herb member Kenny Mellman, Carmine Covelli, and Sara Landeau. Until today, their activities have been limited to a performance at a 2010 Kathleen Hanna tribute concert in Brooklyn. But now, as Pitchfork points out , Hanna and co. have released their first song together as part of a series inspired by author T. Cooper's new book Real Man Adventures . The Julie Ruin's contribution, "Girls Like [...]

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Filed under: News , Video , News Today, Oh Boy! Shawn Brackbill Led Zeppelin 's concert film "Celebration Day" is all about the band's last reunion show back in 2007. And boy did they still have it! Check out the crew playing "Black Dog" right here. [ Antiquiet ] Former Girls lead singer Christopher Owens is striking out on his on and going on tour. Is your city on [...]

photo by James Bailey While on her third extensive tour of the United States of the year, the apparently tireless Laura Marling found time to not only have a custom resonator ukulele made for her, but to also write a song on it to promote her model. Appropriately titled "Not Done Traveling", the song is about wearily traveling from coast to coast, so it's probably about Marling's travels this year. Watch a video of her playing the song below: [...]

Earlier this year, riot grrrl foremothers  Bikini Kill  launched their eponymous new record label,  Bikini Kill Records . The band also announced plans to reissue their entire catalog on the label, and will kick off the whole campaign with their debut EP,  Bikini Kill, due out November 20th. According to Pitchfork , the EP reissue will include a new fanzine/poster with archival photos, liner notes by Skinned Teen's Layla Gibbon, pages from Bikini Kill's zines, and interviews with Ian MacKaye (who recorded four of the EP tracks) and Bratmobile's Molly Neuman. Check out the tracklist and [...]

Gayle Wald goes from riot grrrl DJ to college professor. Gayle Wald, a professor of English at George Washington University in Washington, DC, has spent a good part of her career writing and teaching about ... read more �

Son günlerde Rusya'da yaşanan bir olay müzik camiasının en çok konuşulan olaylarından biri haline geldi. Yaşam felsefeleri ve yaptıkları müziğe bakınca her hallerinden Riot Grrrl akımından etkilendikleri belli olan Rus feminist punk grubu Pussy Riot üyeleri şubat ayında tutuklanmıştı. Grubun tutuklanmasına sebep olay ise, Rus Ortodoks Kilisesi'nin kutsal mekanı Kurtarıcı İsa Katedreli'nde Rusya Devlet Başkanı Putin ve kilise aleyhinde söyledikleri şarkılar. Grup gösterilerine ilk olarak Putin'in kadınlara yönelik politikalarını protesto etmek amacıyla Moskova metrosunda başlamıştı. Ocak ayında Kızıl Meydan'da Putin karşıtı izinsiz bir gösteride yer alan grup üyelerinden 8'i tutuklanmış ve [...]

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Yesterday, the trial of three members of Russian female punk collective Pussy Riot began in Moscow. Charged with “hooliganism motivated by religious hatred or hostility" for performing an anti-Putin song on the altar of the ... read more �