Melissa Rakshana Steiner

Total Leatherette

Sleight Of The Third Eye

Total Leatherette get rough on their self-released new cassette

Family Trio: Big Joanie’s Sistahs

The debut album from London-based band Big Joanie is a fresh and rich take on DIY punk, but its resonance extends way beyond that

Moor Mother Interviewed

Ahead of tomorrow's gig at LCMF, Moor Mother speaks to Melissa Rakshana Steiner about regaining power and making connections.

Fruity, Creamy, Squelchy: Lone Taxidermist & Aja Ireland Reviewed

A damp, dark basement is filled with custard, cream and oozing thudding bass. Melissa Steiner reports back from the launch gig for Lone Taxidermist's new album

Total Leatherette

For The Climax Of The Night

Reverberating, irregular beats from the amyl-soaked dancefloors of Glasgow.

‘Life Is Ridiculous’: An Interview With Ravioli Me Away

Ravioli Me Away discuss their new album, plans for an opera and facial surgery through the prism of Ravioliphilosivision with Melissa Rakshana Steiner

Various Artists

C-ORE

“It’s Music That Makes You Dance” – ESG Interviewed

Melissa Steiner talks to Renee Scroggins of seminal South Bronx, New York City punk funk outfit, ESG

Sleater-Kinney

No Cities To Love

FESTIVAL REPORT: Wysing

The Wysing Festival in rural Cambridgeshire last weekend saw a female-artist-focussed line-up on a thrillingly diverse date out that ranged from abstract experimentation to shouty indie and gothic disco jams. Melissa Steiner reports on great sets from the likes of Holly Herndon, Nik Colk Void, Helena Hauff, Woolf, Trash Kit, and various Raincoats.

Various Artists

I Know Why The Caged Girl Sings

LIVE REPORT: Chicks On Speed

Melissa Steiner finds the music-art collective high on glitter paint but low on challenging inventiveness at the UK launch of their single Utopia last week

PREVIEW/INTERVIEW: ScumFest

We talk to the organisers of the annual punk and hardcore weekender ahead of this year's event, featuring UK Decay, Las Otras, Raw Noise and more

Bikini Kill

Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah (Anniversary Reissue)

Shopping

Consumer Complaints

Slushy Guts

A Host Of Freakish Others Revolving In The Future

The Julie Ruin

Run Fast

Body/Head

Coming Apart

Queercore U Kno The Score: She Said Boom – The Story Of Fifth Column

Melissa Steiner reviews She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column, a documentary on Toronto's legendary Queercore innovators

Peepholes

The Overspill!

Roseanne Barrr

Repulsion