Riot grrrl
Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker on Sleater-Kinney’s Dark, Emotional Little Rope
The two artists delve into the thought-process and origins behind the upcoming album. Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker on Sleater-Kinney’s Dark, Emotional Little Rope Consequence Staff
Bratmobile’s Allison Wolfe on How Bow Wow Wow “Inspired a Lot of Women in Music”
Wolfe discusses how the predominantly white, male music press of the time refused to take the band seriously. Bratmobile’s Allison Wolfe Re-Examines Bow Wow Wow Through a Feminist Lens: The Spark Parade Consequence Staff
Bikini Kill Announce 2023 Tour Support with Mannequin Pussy, HC McEntire, and More
Bikini Kill have expanded their 2023 North American tour with a new live date and a slate of supporting acts including Mannequin Pussy, H.C. McEntire, and more. The “Rebel Girl” band will embark on a 17-date tour in North America with several shows rescheduled from a previously planned 2022 outing. The trek will continue the reunion of the group’s core trio of Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, and Kathi Wilcox, while guitarist Sara Landeau will also return to the live lineup. Along with Mannequin Pussy and H.C. McEntire, Bikini Kill will be joined by Hurry Up, Brontez Purnell, CB Radio Gorgeous, Donkey Bugs, Soup Activists and Snooper for select shows. See the full itinerary and accompanying support below. The leaders of the ’90s “riot grrrl” revolution have also included an additional ...
Bikini Kill Announce Rescheduled 2023 Tour Dates
Bikini Kill have announced a run of rescheduled North American tour dates for Spring 2023. The trek makes up for shows from this June and July that were postponed due to a member testing positive for COVID and kicks off in Nashville on March 30th. It will include stops in Atlanta, Boston, Montreal, Toronto, Philadelphia, and more before closing out in Knoxville, Tennessee on April 23rd. See the full schedule below. Tickets go on sale Friday, September 16th at 12:00 p.m. ET via Ticketmaster. Related Video The tour will feature the iconic line-up Kathleen Hanna (vocals), Kathi Wilcox (bass guitar), and Tobi Vail (drums) playing alongside guitarist Sara Landeau. Bikini Kill initially reunited in 2019 for a series of concerts in the US and UK. A more extensive outing was postponed du...
The 20 Best Riot Grrrl Songs
“Even though I did punch her, I thought she was a genius,” Courtney Love said of Kathleen Hanna in 2002, while attempting to explain riot grrrl to The Strokes live on MTV. Twenty years later, and about 30 since the movement’s inception, trying to define it still feels fraught. Riot grrrl was always a nebulous concept, a label intended to be adopted and personalized by young feminist punks globally. But by the early aughts, once the revolution had become FUBAR from in-fighting, unwanted media attention, and accusations of racist and transphobic exclusion, it already felt like a dream of the past. In that sense, riot grrrl was a specific movement born out of a specific moment in time, and a handful of specific places (usually Washington, state and D.C.). It is not a catch-all label for ...
Young Rockers The Linda Lindas Resurrect Riot Grrrl for Viral Song “Racist Sexist Boys”: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-21T03:07:58+00:00“>May 20, 2021 | 11:07pm ET We aren’t living in the sunniest of times, but some of the best music comes out of the dark. Meet The Linda Lindas, a group of teen and pre-teen girls who responded to targeted harassment with the song “Racist Sexist Boys”. They performed the track during a May 4th concert at the LA Public Library, and the rawness of the footage has touched a nerve and made the track go viral. Lucia (14), Eloise (13), Mila (10), and Bela (16), are already veterans of the Los Angeles punk scene. Two years ago they had their first internet hit with a cover of “Rebel Girl” by Bikini Kill. It went far enough as to catch Bikini Kill’s attention, and the you...
Bikini Kill Reschedule Reunion Tour for 2022
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-04-28T19:43:06+00:00“>April 28, 2021 | 3:43pm ET Bikini Kill will return to the road in 2022 to resume their reunion tour. Kathleen Hanna (vocals), Kathi Wilcox (bass guitar), and Tobi Vail (drums), along with guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle, first reunited in 2019 for a series of concerts in the US and UK. They had planned to embark on a more extensive outing in 2020, but those dates were ultimately postponed due to the pandemic. The rescheduled tour spans 45 dates in total, including 13 newly announced shows. The band’s North American run is divided up into three separate legs, the first of which launches April 29th at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Following a run of shows in E...
10 Riot Grrrl Albums Every Music Fan Should Own
Editor’s Note: Crate Digging is a recurring feature in which we take a deep dive into a genre and turn up several albums all music fans should know about. This time, we celebrate Women’s History Month with a deep dig into the riot grrrl genre. Emerging from the deep forests of The Pacific Northwest, riot grrrl was a rasping rallying cry at a time when gender norms weighed heavily on the mosh pits and politics imposed itself dangerously on ovaries and queerness. With punk legends like Patti Smith and The Slits preceding them, the emerging DIY feminist punk movement of the ’90s brought with it grievances of the third wavers. Faced with no space in the existing punk-rock scene, attention was turned to tackling sexism and carving out a new underground alternative. A movement of rioting gi...
