Added on May 4, 2015
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2015 , Alanna McArdle , album review , Dave Sandford , Fortuna Pop , George Nicholls , joanna gruesome , Max Warren , Owen Williams , Peanut Butter , Perfect Pussy , Slumberland Records , Weird Sister

By Stephanie Phillips Despite what many a cantankerous punk will tell you it really doesn’t take too much to start a DIY band. It’s easy enough to find like minded, rough and ready members with a similar disliking for authority; it’s easy to put a middle finger up to the concept of the music business […]
Added on November 10, 2014
Lee Adcock
Cabaret Voltaire , joanna gruesome , Lee Adcock , My Bloody Valentine , Perfect Pussy , Sonic Youth , Swirlies

Stop. Breathe in for four counts, hold for two, out for six. Repeat until you’re calm enough to lay the ad hoc dagger on the table. OK. Focus. Let’s talk about Joanna Gruesome and Perfect Pussy. a) Trust Fund outclassed Joanna Gruesome on their previous split. The latter stuck to their discordant guns and handed […]
Added on May 14, 2014
Lee Adcock
Athens , Cars Can Be Blue , Drowned In Sound , Eureka California , feminism , hardcore , joanna gruesome , Lee Adcock , misogyny , New Sound of Numbers , Tunabunny

Today, kids, we are going to stand up and applaud. So Drowned in Sound interviewed Alanna McArdle lately. It’s an innocuous, friendly chat really, with ordinary journo-to-band questions about songwriting, live performances vs. recording, “the volatile state of guitar music” (which both interviewer and interviewee agreed was a load of BS), the huge corporate sham […]
Added on December 24, 2013
Erika Elizabeth
best of 2013 , Bunny's A Swine , Cold Beat , Erika Elizabeth , Ethical Debating Society , Good Throb , Household , joanna gruesome , Kicking Giant , La Luz , Ruby Pins , Skinny Girl Diet , The Courtneys , Woolen Men , Zebra Hunt

I’m really glad that I took my goddamn time putting together this list, because the mad dash to the finish line that has so many music journalism/criticism outlets cranking out their year-end roundups earlier & earlier in a vain attempt to one-up their peers would more than likely leave this one in the dust.
Added on June 13, 2013
Everett True
Everett True , HHBTM , Huggy Bear , joanna gruesome , Pleasantly Surprised , Song of the day

Everyone’s smiling. Everyone’s hugging themselves. What a glorious mess of a noise to be a part of. What a glorious sense of community.
Added on July 6, 2012
Mike Turner
best of 2012 , Broken Water , Cat Power , Cheap Time , future twin , Hive Dwellers , joanna gruesome , laetitia sadler , Lambchop , lou ragland , Magnetic Fields , Mike Turner , Orca Team , Savages , september girls , Skinny Girl Diet , sourpatch , Standard Fare , summer girlfriends , The School , the tuts , Trailer Trash Tracys , Woollen Kits , younger lovers
I mainly checked this band out due to Pitchfork not being into them.