Added on February 3, 2012
Everett True
Bikini KIll , Crass , feminism , punk rock , Pussy Riot , Riot Grrrl , Russia , sexism etc , Sonic Youth
“Revolt in Russia – the charisma of protest/Revolt in Russia, Putin’s got scared!”
Added on January 15, 2012
Bianca Valentino
Bianca Valentino Interview , Bikini KIll , feminism , Kate Nash , Rock 'n' Roll For Girls After School Club , Ryan Jarman , sexism etc , sexism in the music industry , The Receeders , zines
“The music that I listen to, I feel like it’s really something that saves me. It’s escapism. It’s comfort.”
Added on November 7, 2011
Lucy
Athens GA , Bikini KIll , Huggy Bear , Kristin Hersh , Lucy Cage , Mary Margeret O'Hara , Minima Moralia , Riot Grrrl , Sonic Youth , Swell Maps , Tanya Donelly , The Breeders , The Posies , The Stone Roses , Throwing Muses , Tunabunny
Wrongness is an underrated virtue. Tunabunny revel in wrongness with all the grubby enthusiasm of a puppy rolling in mud and, puppylike, they come up bouncing.
Added on November 1, 2011
Everett True
Al Larsen , Beat Happening , Beth Ditto , Bikini KIll , Calvin Johnson , Careless Talk Costs Live , Chainsaw , Courtney Love , Donna Dresch , Everett True , Girl Germs , Huggy Bear , Julia Downes , Kicking Giant , Kurt Cobain , Lois Maffeo , Melody Maker , Nation Of Ulysses , Nikki McLure , NME , Olympia , Plan B Magazine , Riot Grrrl , Rough Trade , Sally Margaret Joy , Seattle , Sonic Youth , Stella Marrs , Sub Pop , The Word , Tobi Vail
Riot Grrrl is a myriad of contradictions. And that’s to the good.
Added on October 7, 2011
tomfiend
all-female , Babes In Toyland , Bikini KIll , Brisbane , grunge , Hole , live review , The Boys , The Gits , Zoo
I’d prefer less Courtney Love between-song diatribes, more Mia Zapata rock and fucking roll
Added on July 4, 2011
Bianca Valentino
'80s dance , basement shows , Bianca Valentino , Bikini KIll , Bratmobile , Cyndi Lauper , D.I.Y. , Designer Imposter , Don’t Need You: The Herstory of Riot Grrrl , Grace Jones , Gunk zine , hip-hop , Jigsaw zine , Joan Jett , Johnna Fateman , Kathleen Hanna , Klub Kid Vintage , Lunachicks , New York City Music , New York City Police , Police Revolution Now , Poly Styrene , punk rock , punk zines , queen latifah , Ramdasha Bikceem , Riot Grrrl , Riot Grrrl zine , Run DMC , Santi White , teen punk , Theo Kogan , Tobi Vail , X-Ray Spex
Our first show was in somebody’s basement at their parents’ house. Their parents would let them have punk shows. I don’t even know if people do that anymore?
Added on April 26, 2011
Everett True
Bikini KIll , Chelmsford , Fixed Grin , Generation Indigo , Gold Blade , John Robb , Kathleen Hanna , Marianne Joan Elliott-Said , Poly Styrene , Poly Styrene R.I.P. , punk rock , The Day The World Turned Day-Glo , The Slits , X-Ray Spex
Poly Styrene was the fucking coolest singer ever. That was so much a given, it feels weird to offer any reasons even now.
Added on March 8, 2011
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All-female band , Aretha Franklin , Bikini KIll , chick rock , Courtney Love , feminism , girl band , Janis Joplin , Kurt Cobain , Music criticism , music critics , Riot Grrrl , sexism etc , Sleater-Kinney , The Bangles , The Dixie Chicks , The Like , The Spice Girls , Warpaint
Isn’t it about time that we stop pointing out the fact that the band members of The Like and Warpaint all have vaginas?
Added on March 7, 2011
Everett True
Bikini KIll , Bratmobile , Bumpidee Reader , Bust , feminism , femme-pop , Hell Woman , Huggy Bear , Morgan and the Organ Donors , Olympia , punk rock , Riot Grrrl , Tacoma , Talulah Gosh , The Stranger , Tobi Vail , Weekly Volcano , Weird TV
Jason Baxter sent me the following questions as part of his research for an article he was writing for the Tacoma/Olympia alternative weekly, The Weekly Volcano. The article has since been published, under the title Revolution Girl-Style: Then and Now. How did you hear about Morgan And The Organ Donors and Weird TV? Do you make […]