SOLIDARITY TIME – Word Up for Joanna Gruesome
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 […]
The original transcript of The Guardian Kathleen Hanna interview
Running meant we thought we were worth saving. That’s why the record is called Run Fast.
The Sweet Smell Of Success (chapter four)
Who would rather watch television than go out? I don’t understand the world.
Plan B Magazine #19 editorial
Plan B has always looked to the future, and we see a future where men are making music on equal terms with their female counterparts.
Song of the day – 612: Ballet School
I like the place Ballet School has taken this music to. A new ground for exploration. More new treasure maps and cornicing. A new fecundity.
The Sweet Smell Of Success (intro)
DIY touring is also this: sometimes you truly open a door to new thought for someone, and that’s the most beautiful thing I could ever do with my life, and so I guess I’m stuck with it.
“Cute for a while… but then it gets boring”
In summation, he mused, I was comparable to the vacant, mannequin-esque women in Robert Palmer’s video for ‘Addicted To Love’.