Bikini Kill

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Bikini Kill
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah (Anniversary Reissue)

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Black Punk, Feminism And LGBQT+ Values: Big Joanie Interviewed

From touring with Bikini Kill to conversing with the Raincoats, Big Joanie explore in depth their personal experiences between the nexus of black feminism and punk, says Laviea Thomas

Books

The Quietus’ Top 40 Books About Music

From New Orleans rap to noughties New York rock, via krautrock, jazz, riot grrrl and the story of political pop, we asked Quietus contributors to pick out forty of the finest music books ever written

Film

Kill Your Idols: The Punk Singer Reviewed

Val Phoenix reviews Sini Anderson's documentary about Bikini Kill and Le Tigre's Kathleen Hanna

Black Sky Thinking

Riot Grrrl: A 20 Year Retrospective By Petra Davis

Petra Davis looks back across two decades at the liberating musical and political movement and assesses what its legacy is today

Film

From Queercore To The Future: Miranda July Talks Independent Art

Ahead of the UK release of The Future on November 4, Val Phoenix met Miranda July at the London Film Festival

News 4

Kathleen Hanna Reveals Memoir, ‘Rebel Girl: My Life As A Feminist Punk’

The new book will be published next year

Bikini Kill To Play Further Shows In 2020

The group reunited for an initial run of shows earlier this year

Bikini Kill Announce London Show

Bikini Kill will play live in London for the first time in over 20 years this June

Bikini Kill To Reunite For US Live Shows

Bikini Kill are to play their first full shows together in over 20 years this year

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The Strange World Of… William S Burroughs

Ahead of the UK edition of his book, William S. Burroughs And The Cult of Rock ‘n’ Roll, author Casey Rae selects ten sonic artifacts featuring literature’s most iconic outlaw

Anniversary

To The Heart Of The Nightmare – Madonna’s Ray Of Light 20 Years On

Lucy O’Brien posits that, in the tradition of the 1970s-style concept album, Ray Of Light is Madonna’s Dark Side Of The Moon

New Weird Britain

New Weird Britain in Review for July by Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner delivers another guide to the sound of New Weird Britain, taking in 16rpm street soul, the dub/folk connection, gothic ambience responding to a 14th century manuscript and more

Rum Music

Rum Music for September Reviewed by Jennifer Lucy Allan

From swampy squalls of Floridian grot rock to wriggling and stuttering cello, Jennifer Lucy Allan returns with your latest dose of Rum Music

Black Sky Thinking

Beyond the Black Eyed Dog: Why Nick Drake Deserves more than ‘Indiefication’

On the fiftieth anniversary of Nick Drake's death, Rob Chapman argues that his legacy has been let down by a culture that allows his mental health struggles to overshadow his art, and that turns his songs into fodder for wellness-adjacent twee whimsy

Album of the Week

Falling Into Place: Xiu Xiu’s 13” Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips

It may be the duo's most accessible album in years, but it sacrifices none of their signature weird intensity, finds Claire Biddles

Anniversary

The Rhythm Divine: Running Up That Hill, 40 Years On

As 'Running Up That Hill' turns 40, Matthew Lindsay takes a deep dive into how was it made, what it means and why it's connected so strongly with a younger generation. This feature was originally published on 23/06/2022

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Low Culture Podcast

Low Culture Podcast: Metallica’s The Black Album

In this month’s podcast, John Doran and Luke Turner let their ears submit to the heftily roving riffs of Metallica’s 1991 colossus, a record that changed the trajectory of American mainstream rock

News

INTERVIEW: Supersonic’s Lisa Meyer on the Festival’s 2025 Edition

Ahead of this year's Supersonic, we catch up with founder Lisa Meyer to discuss the intensifying challenges facing independent festivals like hers, the picks from a brilliant lineup they've put together in spite of them, and more

Strange World Of...

The Strange World of… Mike Vest

From demon-riffing drone-lords Bong to gruelling, piledriver punks Drunk In Hell, power trident-pronged psych outfit Blown Out, experimental soundtracking with Artifacts & Uranium, the atomic noise rock of Melting Hand and the crushing cosmic doom of 11Paranoias, plus a plethora of collaborations with luminaries from the Japanese psych underground, Mike Vest’s discography over the last decade is as dizzying as it gets. Ryan Walker attempts to deliver a guide to the 10 best points of entry

A Quietus Interview

Terrifying Elation: An Interview With feeo

feeo speaks to Jasmine Khan about how longing, overindulgence, the sublime space inbetween are captured on her two latest EPs

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Reviews 1

Bikini Kill Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah (Anniversary Reissue)

Articles 5

Black Punk, Feminism And LGBQT+ Values: Big Joanie Interviewed

The Quietus’ Top 40 Books About Music

Kill Your Idols: The Punk Singer Reviewed

Riot Grrrl: A 20 Year Retrospective By Petra Davis

From Queercore To The Future: Miranda July Talks Independent Art

News 4

Kathleen Hanna Reveals Memoir, ‘Rebel Girl: My Life As A Feminist Punk’

Bikini Kill To Play Further Shows In 2020

Bikini Kill Announce London Show

Bikini Kill To Reunite For US Live Shows

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