Hole

Pretty On The Outside: Hole’s Celebrity Skin 20 Years On

Hole’s third album was staggeringly sleek and shiny compared to what had come before. But, Ben Hewitt says, there was something defiant about its power and polish

Talking Drummers: Patty Schemel & Barrett Martin Books Reviewed

Ned Raggett reads and compares the autobiographies of two grunge era drummers from the bands Hole and Screaming Trees

An Exceedingly Female Space: Hole’s Live Through This Revisited

25 years since its release, Amy Pettifer examines a classic album, in part driven by the conflicts between its riot grrl roots and its mainstream feminist agenda, and in part (unwittingly) driven by tragedy

From Despair To Here: Courtney Love Interviewed

Ahead of her solo tour of the UK, Petra Davis talks to Courtney Love about Hole, the importance of place in her songs and carceral feminism. Photographs courtesy of Hedi Slimane

Why Courtney Love Was Kurt Cobain’s Lyrical Equal

The Reaches of Peaches: Peaches’ Favourite Albums

Ian Wade meets Peaches in Soho to discuss the 13 records that have shaped her life and work, from Lil' Kim to Laurie Anderson, disco to krautrock

Driving Home: Anika’s Favourite Music

In this week’s Baker’s Dozen, Anika guides Stephanie Phillips through the records that made her, from the power of Grace Jones, Courtney Love and PJ Harvey, to the soothing effects of Goldie and Guru

Denial Of The Species: Lee Buford Of The Body’s Favourite Albums

With the UK leg of their European tour drawing to a close with sets in Bristol tonight and on the Quietus' Desertfest stage tomorrow, Lee Buford of the none-bleaker American sludge duo picks out 13 all-time top records and pens us his own Baker's Dozen