For the past 30 years, Kathleen Hanna has made a career unapologetically — and often uncomfortably — speaking truth. Whether fronting bands like Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and Julie Ruin; raising money for the education of young girls in West Africa by selling screen-printed tees of her and her friends’ bands under the banner of Tees4Togo; or speaking plainly about her decades-long struggle with Lyme disease in the 2013 documentary The Punk Singer, she has always been brutally honest. But in her new memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, out May 14 from Ecco Press,...
- 4/29/2024
- by Elisabeth Garber-Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Kathleen Hanna returned to the hallowed space that is the Jeopardy! clue board, serving as part of an answer to a question that, ultimately, none of the contestants were cool enough to get.
The clue popped up during “Double Jeopardy” as the $1200 answer in the “Let’s Rock & Roll” category: “Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna was an early icon of this great 1990s movement, fusing feminism and punk rock.” After no one buzzed in to answer — what’s known in the biz as a “triple stumper” — host Ken Jennings quipped,...
The clue popped up during “Double Jeopardy” as the $1200 answer in the “Let’s Rock & Roll” category: “Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna was an early icon of this great 1990s movement, fusing feminism and punk rock.” After no one buzzed in to answer — what’s known in the biz as a “triple stumper” — host Ken Jennings quipped,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo has never been shy when it comes to expressing her love and admiration for Gwen Stefani.
The Grammy winner, currently in the middle of the “Guts World Tour,” recently opened up to Nylon about how the No Doubt vocalist has inspired her approach to music. “Gwen’s ability to evolve and explore different styles of music, songwriting, and aesthetic while still remaining true to herself is incredibly inspiring,” she shared.
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Speaking about Stefani’s artistic evolution, she continued, “To me, she’s a prime example of an artist who defies stereotypes and preconceived boundaries and just makes stuff that she thinks is cool… If that’s not a true artist, I don’t know what is.”
“She unapologetically sings about things ranging from wanting to make out with someone to fantasizing about having a husband and kids,” added Rodrigo. “There’s so much...
The Grammy winner, currently in the middle of the “Guts World Tour,” recently opened up to Nylon about how the No Doubt vocalist has inspired her approach to music. “Gwen’s ability to evolve and explore different styles of music, songwriting, and aesthetic while still remaining true to herself is incredibly inspiring,” she shared.
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Speaking about Stefani’s artistic evolution, she continued, “To me, she’s a prime example of an artist who defies stereotypes and preconceived boundaries and just makes stuff that she thinks is cool… If that’s not a true artist, I don’t know what is.”
“She unapologetically sings about things ranging from wanting to make out with someone to fantasizing about having a husband and kids,” added Rodrigo. “There’s so much...
- 4/9/2024
- by Mary Siroky
- Consequence - Music
Riot grrrl greats Bikini Kill will hit the road this summer with a North American tour scheduled to launch in August.
The run will begin with two shows at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, Aug. 15 and 16, with concerts scheduled through Sept. 11 at the Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore. Tickets for all shows will go on sale Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. Et/7 a.m. Pt. Full info is available on Bikini Kill’s website.
Prior to their North American leg, Bikini Kill will play a bunch of additional dates around the world.
The run will begin with two shows at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, Aug. 15 and 16, with concerts scheduled through Sept. 11 at the Baltimore Soundstage in Baltimore. Tickets for all shows will go on sale Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. Et/7 a.m. Pt. Full info is available on Bikini Kill’s website.
Prior to their North American leg, Bikini Kill will play a bunch of additional dates around the world.
- 2/5/2024
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Bikini Kill have expanded their 2024 tour dates with a newly-announced run of shows in North America.
The riot grrrl legends will kick off their 2024 tour dates in Mexico City on March 3rd, making stops across South America and Europe before returning to the United States with a show in Los Angeles on August 15th. From there, they’ll hit cities including San Fransisco, Denver, Chicago, Toronto, and more, before wrapping up in Baltimore on September 11th.
A ticket pre-sale is set for Wednesday, February 7th (use code Energy), with a public on-sale following on Friday, February 9th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. You can also check the secondary market at StubHub, where your order is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.
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On May 14th, Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna will publish her memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk.
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The riot grrrl legends will kick off their 2024 tour dates in Mexico City on March 3rd, making stops across South America and Europe before returning to the United States with a show in Los Angeles on August 15th. From there, they’ll hit cities including San Fransisco, Denver, Chicago, Toronto, and more, before wrapping up in Baltimore on September 11th.
A ticket pre-sale is set for Wednesday, February 7th (use code Energy), with a public on-sale following on Friday, February 9th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster. You can also check the secondary market at StubHub, where your order is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s FanProtect program.
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On May 14th, Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna will publish her memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk.
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- 2/5/2024
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Mary Weiss, who fronted the influential 1960s-era girl group The Shangri-Las, has died at the age of 75.
Hailing from Queens, New York, The Shangri-Las was composed of two pairs of sisters: Mary and Betty Weiss and Marge and Mary Ann Ganser. As teenagers (Mary was just 15 years old), the quartet signed a record deal Red Bird Records and were teamed with producer George “Shadow” Morton. They experienced almost immediate success, achieving a pair of hit singles in quick succession. Released in August 1964, “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” hit No. 5 in the US and No. 14 in the UK. The following month saw The Shangri-Las climb all the way to No. 1 with “Leader of the Pack.”
By the end of 1964, The Shangri-Las’ popularity had skyrocketed and the group found themselves sharing concert bills with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and James Brown.
The Shangri-Las continued to release music over the next several years,...
Hailing from Queens, New York, The Shangri-Las was composed of two pairs of sisters: Mary and Betty Weiss and Marge and Mary Ann Ganser. As teenagers (Mary was just 15 years old), the quartet signed a record deal Red Bird Records and were teamed with producer George “Shadow” Morton. They experienced almost immediate success, achieving a pair of hit singles in quick succession. Released in August 1964, “Remember (Walking in the Sand)” hit No. 5 in the US and No. 14 in the UK. The following month saw The Shangri-Las climb all the way to No. 1 with “Leader of the Pack.”
By the end of 1964, The Shangri-Las’ popularity had skyrocketed and the group found themselves sharing concert bills with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and James Brown.
The Shangri-Las continued to release music over the next several years,...
- 1/20/2024
- by Alex Young
- Consequence - Music
Olivia Rodrigo will never forget the first time she heard Lorde’s breakout single, “Royals,” because it changed her life.
“I remember hearing that song on the radio at the time… It was one of those ‘pinch me’ moments where you always remember, a snapshot memory, like, ‘Oh my God, what is this?!’ Changes the trajectory of your life,” said Rodrigo during The Hollywood Reporter’s recent Songwriter Roundtable discussion.
Talking to fellow songwriters like Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Jon Batiste, Rodrigo shared her experience hearing Lorde for the first time and reflected on Pure Heroine’s impact. “I remember listening to it as I first started writing songs and just being blown away by her lyrics that are just about being a teenager living in the suburbs,” Rodrigo said. “I just remember never hearing my life be put into a song like that where it just made being...
“I remember hearing that song on the radio at the time… It was one of those ‘pinch me’ moments where you always remember, a snapshot memory, like, ‘Oh my God, what is this?!’ Changes the trajectory of your life,” said Rodrigo during The Hollywood Reporter’s recent Songwriter Roundtable discussion.
Talking to fellow songwriters like Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa, and Jon Batiste, Rodrigo shared her experience hearing Lorde for the first time and reflected on Pure Heroine’s impact. “I remember listening to it as I first started writing songs and just being blown away by her lyrics that are just about being a teenager living in the suburbs,” Rodrigo said. “I just remember never hearing my life be put into a song like that where it just made being...
- 1/2/2024
- by Paolo Ragusa
- Consequence - Music
Punk great Kathleen Hanna will hit the road next spring for a special book tour supporting her upcoming memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, out May 14 via Ecco.
The book tour will begin May 14 in Brooklyn and include stops in Washington D.C., Cincinnati, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Boston, and Philadelphia. The May 22 event in Seattle will also be livestreamed for those unable to attend.
Tickets for all reading events go on sale today, Dec. 12, via Hanna’s website. A portion of proceeds will...
The book tour will begin May 14 in Brooklyn and include stops in Washington D.C., Cincinnati, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, Boston, and Philadelphia. The May 22 event in Seattle will also be livestreamed for those unable to attend.
Tickets for all reading events go on sale today, Dec. 12, via Hanna’s website. A portion of proceeds will...
- 12/12/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Kathleen Hanna is celebrating her upcoming memoir Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk with a run of book tour dates, scheduled for May 2024.
The Bikini Kill singer will kick things off on the book’s release day — May 14th — at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre. She’ll then make stops in cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, and more, wrapping up the 10-date trek with an event in Philadelphia.
Rebel Girl tracks Hanna’s evolution from a fledgling young punk into the incomparable feminist icon she is today. In addition to documenting Bikini Kill’s heyday, the memoir will dive into her friendships with the likes of Kurt Cobain, Ian MacKaye, Kim Gordon, and Joan Jett; falling in love with her now-husband, Ad-Rock of The Beastie Boys; her battle with Lyme disease, and more.
Tickets for Hanna’s book tour are on sale today, December 12th, and you can get yours here.
The Bikini Kill singer will kick things off on the book’s release day — May 14th — at Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre. She’ll then make stops in cities including Chicago, Los Angeles, Portland, and more, wrapping up the 10-date trek with an event in Philadelphia.
Rebel Girl tracks Hanna’s evolution from a fledgling young punk into the incomparable feminist icon she is today. In addition to documenting Bikini Kill’s heyday, the memoir will dive into her friendships with the likes of Kurt Cobain, Ian MacKaye, Kim Gordon, and Joan Jett; falling in love with her now-husband, Ad-Rock of The Beastie Boys; her battle with Lyme disease, and more.
Tickets for Hanna’s book tour are on sale today, December 12th, and you can get yours here.
- 12/12/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Screaming Females, the beloved DIY band, is breaking up. “After 18 years we have decided Screaming Females is coming to an end,” the band announced on social media Tuesday. “A lot has changed around us over those 18 years but at our core we operated pretty much the same throughout.”
Led by singer-guitarist Marissa Paternoster (whom Rolling Stone recently named one of the greatest guitarists of all time), the band began self-releasing records in 2006. The group arose out of the hardcore and punk scene in New Brunswick, New Jersey. “The first time...
Led by singer-guitarist Marissa Paternoster (whom Rolling Stone recently named one of the greatest guitarists of all time), the band began self-releasing records in 2006. The group arose out of the hardcore and punk scene in New Brunswick, New Jersey. “The first time...
- 12/5/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo has announced that she will release all four “secret” tracks from her latest album, Guts, as part of a Record Store Day exclusive vinyl via Jack White’s Third Man Records.
This will be the first time that every Guts bonus track — “Obsessed,” “Scared of My Guitar,” “Stranger,” and “Girl I’ve Always Been” — will be available on a single release. Previously, fans were only able to collect all four by picking up each limited edition vinyl variant at Rodrigo’s webstore: red, white, blue, and purple.
That the vinyl release comes via Third Man Records is no surprise. In late August, Rodrigo revealed that she turned to White, Kathleen Hanna, and St. Vincent as mentors while recording the album.
Plus, Rodrigo shared a photo of her with White backstage at Brooklyn Steel in her Instagram post announcing the vinyl release. Check that out below.
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This will be the first time that every Guts bonus track — “Obsessed,” “Scared of My Guitar,” “Stranger,” and “Girl I’ve Always Been” — will be available on a single release. Previously, fans were only able to collect all four by picking up each limited edition vinyl variant at Rodrigo’s webstore: red, white, blue, and purple.
That the vinyl release comes via Third Man Records is no surprise. In late August, Rodrigo revealed that she turned to White, Kathleen Hanna, and St. Vincent as mentors while recording the album.
Plus, Rodrigo shared a photo of her with White backstage at Brooklyn Steel in her Instagram post announcing the vinyl release. Check that out below.
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- 10/18/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Sound Unseen, the music documentary festival held in Minneapolis, is returning with a slew of rock docs including Alison Ellwood’s Cyndi Lauper film Let the Canary Sing and the North American premiere of Peter Doherty: Stranger In My Own Skin about the Libertines co-founder.
The 24th iteration of the festival runs between November 8-12.
Let The Canary Sing will open the festival on Wednesday November 8 and Katia de Vidas’s Doherty film closes the festival on Sunday November 12.
“We’re thrilled to be bringing some of the best and most buzzed about music documentaries and fiction films of the year to Minneapolis”, said Sound Unseen Festival Director Jim Brunzell. “The entire team has done an incredible job and after the success of last year’s festival, we hope the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota audiences will bring the same energy and excitement to Sound Unseen more than ever.”
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The 24th iteration of the festival runs between November 8-12.
Let The Canary Sing will open the festival on Wednesday November 8 and Katia de Vidas’s Doherty film closes the festival on Sunday November 12.
“We’re thrilled to be bringing some of the best and most buzzed about music documentaries and fiction films of the year to Minneapolis”, said Sound Unseen Festival Director Jim Brunzell. “The entire team has done an incredible job and after the success of last year’s festival, we hope the Twin Cities and greater Minnesota audiences will bring the same energy and excitement to Sound Unseen more than ever.”
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- 10/4/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The boy band golden era and its biggest stars — ‘NSync, the Backstreet Boys, and New Kids on the Block — will be the subject of a new documentary on Paramount+.
As The Wrap notes, the yet-untitled documentary, which just got the green light, will purportedly examine the highs and lows of boy band superstardom, as well as the era these groups helped define. There will be interviews with key figures, including band members, and access to music and archival footage.
The movie will be directed by Tamra Davis, whose credits include...
As The Wrap notes, the yet-untitled documentary, which just got the green light, will purportedly examine the highs and lows of boy band superstardom, as well as the era these groups helped define. There will be interviews with key figures, including band members, and access to music and archival footage.
The movie will be directed by Tamra Davis, whose credits include...
- 10/2/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The woman who fatally shoved 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach Barbara Gustern in New York received a longer-than-expected prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty to manslaughter in August.
Lauren Pazienza was sentence to eight-and-a-half years behind bars during her sentencing hearing, which is six months more than what was recommended as part of the plea agreement she made with the Manhattan’s District Attorney’s Office.
In handing down a slightly more severe sentence, Manhattan state Supreme Court Judge Felicia Mennin said she was unconvinced that Pazienza had taken responsibility for...
Lauren Pazienza was sentence to eight-and-a-half years behind bars during her sentencing hearing, which is six months more than what was recommended as part of the plea agreement she made with the Manhattan’s District Attorney’s Office.
In handing down a slightly more severe sentence, Manhattan state Supreme Court Judge Felicia Mennin said she was unconvinced that Pazienza had taken responsibility for...
- 10/1/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo recently joined Sheryl Crow for a performance of “If It Makes You Happy” at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.
Rodrigo shared video of the performance on Instagram, writing: “pinch me! sang one of my favorite songs of all time with the greatest of all time @sherylcrow !!!! what an honor!!!”
Last year, Crow presented Rodrigo with the Woman of the Year Award at Billboard’s Women in Music Awards. “I am happy to celebrate her,” Crow said of Rodrigo in a pre-ceremony interview. “I think she’s gonna be around a long time. She deserves to be where she is celebrating this moment.”
Meanwhile, Rodrigo praised Crow in her acceptance speech. “Sheryl, I’m such a massive fan of you and your songwriting and I’m so grateful that you’re here,” she said. “It really means the world.”
Rodrigo has a vast array of musical influences beyond Crow.
Rodrigo shared video of the performance on Instagram, writing: “pinch me! sang one of my favorite songs of all time with the greatest of all time @sherylcrow !!!! what an honor!!!”
Last year, Crow presented Rodrigo with the Woman of the Year Award at Billboard’s Women in Music Awards. “I am happy to celebrate her,” Crow said of Rodrigo in a pre-ceremony interview. “I think she’s gonna be around a long time. She deserves to be where she is celebrating this moment.”
Meanwhile, Rodrigo praised Crow in her acceptance speech. “Sheryl, I’m such a massive fan of you and your songwriting and I’m so grateful that you’re here,” she said. “It really means the world.”
Rodrigo has a vast array of musical influences beyond Crow.
- 9/30/2023
- by Scoop Harrison
- Consequence - Music
Olivia Rodrigo has dropped the music video for “get him back!,” one of many highlights off her brand-new sophomore album Guts.
“get him back!” is as much about seeking revenge on a former partner as it is about wanting to kiss and make up with them. So, it’s fitting that the tune’s music video features no fewer than eight identical Olivias, almost as if they’re each representing one of the contradicting voices in Rodrigo’s head telling her to key this scumbag’s car — but wait, what if she can fix him?!?!
The surrealist clip was directed by Jack Begert, who’s also behind similarly eye-catching music videos like Doja Cat’s “Juicy” and Amine’s “Blackjack.” This one boasts no shortage of smashed car windows, trashed bedrooms, and thrown steak knives, but the good news it looks like no Olivia Rodrigos were harmed in its making.
“get him back!” is as much about seeking revenge on a former partner as it is about wanting to kiss and make up with them. So, it’s fitting that the tune’s music video features no fewer than eight identical Olivias, almost as if they’re each representing one of the contradicting voices in Rodrigo’s head telling her to key this scumbag’s car — but wait, what if she can fix him?!?!
The surrealist clip was directed by Jack Begert, who’s also behind similarly eye-catching music videos like Doja Cat’s “Juicy” and Amine’s “Blackjack.” This one boasts no shortage of smashed car windows, trashed bedrooms, and thrown steak knives, but the good news it looks like no Olivia Rodrigos were harmed in its making.
- 9/12/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Olivia Rodrigo recently revealed how she’s gotten into ’80s new wave bands like Depeche Mode and The Cure, and now, she’s named a more current favorite in Rage Against the Machine.
In a new cover story with Rolling Stone, Rodrigo opened up about some of the influences for her excellent sophomore album, Guts. While speaking about the opening track, “All-American Bitch,” she credited two bands as inspiration: Babes in Toyland and Rage Against the Machine.
Rodrigo remembered sleeping with a turntable next to her bed at the age of 14 and being awoken by her mom putting on Babes in Toyland’s sophomore album, Fontanelle, which she would listen to while getting dressed. “Rock in that feminine way, that’s just the coolest thing in the world to me,” she said about the Kat Bjelland-led band.
In addition to the punk energy of Babes in Toyland, Rodrigo tapped...
In a new cover story with Rolling Stone, Rodrigo opened up about some of the influences for her excellent sophomore album, Guts. While speaking about the opening track, “All-American Bitch,” she credited two bands as inspiration: Babes in Toyland and Rage Against the Machine.
Rodrigo remembered sleeping with a turntable next to her bed at the age of 14 and being awoken by her mom putting on Babes in Toyland’s sophomore album, Fontanelle, which she would listen to while getting dressed. “Rock in that feminine way, that’s just the coolest thing in the world to me,” she said about the Kat Bjelland-led band.
In addition to the punk energy of Babes in Toyland, Rodrigo tapped...
- 9/12/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz and Michael “Mike D” Diamond were both on hand Saturday as the corner of Ludlow and Rivington in New York City’s Lower East Side was officially renamed Beastie Boys Square.
“This is fucking weird,” Horovitz said immediately after taking the mic; he would later amend that to “fucking awesome.”
The intersection of Ludlow and Rivington was first immortalized on the cover of the Beastie Boys’ 1989 masterpiece Paul’s Boutique. In 2014, efforts to rename the area “Beastie Boys Square” were defeated by a 24-to-1 vote, but eight years later,...
“This is fucking weird,” Horovitz said immediately after taking the mic; he would later amend that to “fucking awesome.”
The intersection of Ludlow and Rivington was first immortalized on the cover of the Beastie Boys’ 1989 masterpiece Paul’s Boutique. In 2014, efforts to rename the area “Beastie Boys Square” were defeated by a 24-to-1 vote, but eight years later,...
- 9/9/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo woke up bright and early to celebrate her new album Guts with a live performance on Today Friday (September 8th). Along with the record’s lead single “vampire” (which we named Song of the Week), the singer debuted her new song “get him back!” and dusted off her 2021 tunes “drivers license” and “good 4 u.”
It might’ve been an early morning, but nobody on the Today Plaza looked tired — and even if Rodrigo had gotten a little too sleepy on stage, it sounds like the audience members would’ve gladly filled in the words for her alongside her all-female band.
Rodrigo also chatted with hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb about taking a poetry class to beef up her songwriting and the pressure of following up her debut album Sour. Watch clips of the episode below.
Guts is available to stream now. Rodrigo also recently revealed how Jack White,...
It might’ve been an early morning, but nobody on the Today Plaza looked tired — and even if Rodrigo had gotten a little too sleepy on stage, it sounds like the audience members would’ve gladly filled in the words for her alongside her all-female band.
Rodrigo also chatted with hosts Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb about taking a poetry class to beef up her songwriting and the pressure of following up her debut album Sour. Watch clips of the episode below.
Guts is available to stream now. Rodrigo also recently revealed how Jack White,...
- 9/8/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Olivia Rodrigo has revealed her anticipated second studio album, Guts. Listen to the project below via Apple Music or Spotify.
Featuring singles “vampire” (which we named Song of the Week) and “bad idea right?”, Guts was produced by Daniel Nigro, the boardsman who also helmed Rodrigo’s 2021 smash debut Sour.
Rodrigo blew up by delivering emphatic anthems all about teen angst — from watching your first love move onto someone new to simply existing in that weird phase of life where you’re gaining more autonomy, but also can’t even parallel park. From what she’s shared about Guts, you can expect her second album to do more of the same.
“For me, this album is about growing pains and trying to figure out who I am at this point in my life,” the artist said. “I feel like I grew 10 years between the ages of 18 and 20 — it was such...
Featuring singles “vampire” (which we named Song of the Week) and “bad idea right?”, Guts was produced by Daniel Nigro, the boardsman who also helmed Rodrigo’s 2021 smash debut Sour.
Rodrigo blew up by delivering emphatic anthems all about teen angst — from watching your first love move onto someone new to simply existing in that weird phase of life where you’re gaining more autonomy, but also can’t even parallel park. From what she’s shared about Guts, you can expect her second album to do more of the same.
“For me, this album is about growing pains and trying to figure out who I am at this point in my life,” the artist said. “I feel like I grew 10 years between the ages of 18 and 20 — it was such...
- 9/8/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Diamanda Galás, the powerful vocalist whose avant-garde compositions cry out for humanity, has penned a letter condemning Lauren Pazienza, the woman who last year killed Galás’ friend, Barbara Gustern. Gustern was a beloved, New York City vocal coach who tutored not only Galás but Debbie Harry, Kathleen Hanna, Taylor Mac, and many others.
A judge last month sentenced the 27-year-old Pazienza, who fatally shoved the 87-year-old Gustern while attempting to get a taxi, to eight years in prison followed by five years of supervision after she pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
A judge last month sentenced the 27-year-old Pazienza, who fatally shoved the 87-year-old Gustern while attempting to get a taxi, to eight years in prison followed by five years of supervision after she pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter.
- 9/5/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Like all of us, Olivia Rodrigo is not interested in The Idol. The singer discussed The Weeknd and Sam Levinson’s now-canceled HBO series in an interview with The Guardian, subtly arguing that their portrayal of the pop machine failed to depict womanhood in the same powerful way as, say, Barbie.
“I don’t have the desire to [watch it],” Rodrigo said. “I remember walking out of Barbie and being like, ‘Wow, it’s so long since I’ve seen a movie that is female-centred in a way that isn’t sexual or about her pain or her being traumatised.’”
The Idol, starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye), was originally pitched as a satire on the music industry that follows Depp’s pop star Jocelyn as she frees herself from a toxic relationship with Tesfaye’s club owner/cult leader Tedros. However, when Euphoria head Levinson took over the show...
“I don’t have the desire to [watch it],” Rodrigo said. “I remember walking out of Barbie and being like, ‘Wow, it’s so long since I’ve seen a movie that is female-centred in a way that isn’t sexual or about her pain or her being traumatised.’”
The Idol, starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd (Abel Tesfaye), was originally pitched as a satire on the music industry that follows Depp’s pop star Jocelyn as she frees herself from a toxic relationship with Tesfaye’s club owner/cult leader Tedros. However, when Euphoria head Levinson took over the show...
- 9/3/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Barbara Gustern, the Manhattan vocal coach who at 87 years old would teach students nearly every day in her Chelsea apartment before attending their concerts at night, had gained a clientele that included Blondie’s Debbie Harry, avant-garde heroine Diamanda Galás, Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna, Broadway performers, and anyone who wanted to learn how to sing.
On Thursday, Harry responded to the sentencing of Lauren Pazienza, 27, who fatally shoved Gustern and pleaded guilty to a first-degree manslaughter charge. Pazienza will be sentenced to eight years in prison followed by five...
On Thursday, Harry responded to the sentencing of Lauren Pazienza, 27, who fatally shoved Gustern and pleaded guilty to a first-degree manslaughter charge. Pazienza will be sentenced to eight years in prison followed by five...
- 8/24/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Rodrigo might most often be labeled a pop star, but her rock tendencies are indisputable. So it makes sense that she’d turn to Jack White, Kathleen Hanna, and St. Vincent as mentors while making her upcoming album Guts, as she revealed in a new profile with The New York Times.
Rodrigo has long gushed about White — her “hero of all heroes” (and Consequence’s July 2022 cover star) — and she found his advice particularly helpful when she was feeling the pressure of following up her debut album Sour: “He wrote me this letter the first time I met him that said, ‘Your only job is to write music that you would want to hear on the radio,’” she said. “I mean, writing songs that you would like to hear on the radio is in fact very hard.”
But Rodrigo also takes inspiration from some less radio-friendly acts, one being Bikini Kill,...
Rodrigo has long gushed about White — her “hero of all heroes” (and Consequence’s July 2022 cover star) — and she found his advice particularly helpful when she was feeling the pressure of following up her debut album Sour: “He wrote me this letter the first time I met him that said, ‘Your only job is to write music that you would want to hear on the radio,’” she said. “I mean, writing songs that you would like to hear on the radio is in fact very hard.”
But Rodrigo also takes inspiration from some less radio-friendly acts, one being Bikini Kill,...
- 8/24/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The woman who fatally shoved 87-year-old Broadway vocal coach Barbara Gustern in New York pleaded guilty to a first-degree manslaughter charge.
Lauren Pazienza, 27, will be sentenced to eight years in prison followed by five years of supervision after her release under the terms of the plea, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 29.
“Lauren Pazienza aggressively shoved Barbara Gustern to the ground and walked away as the beloved New Yorker lay there bleeding. Today’s plea holds Pazienza accountable for her deadly actions,...
Lauren Pazienza, 27, will be sentenced to eight years in prison followed by five years of supervision after her release under the terms of the plea, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. She is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 29.
“Lauren Pazienza aggressively shoved Barbara Gustern to the ground and walked away as the beloved New Yorker lay there bleeding. Today’s plea holds Pazienza accountable for her deadly actions,...
- 8/23/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
The world suffered an enormous loss earlier this May when it was announced that Tina Turner had passed away, and again last week when Tony Bennett died at 96. And now, one more extraordinarily bright musical light has been snuffed. The radical, pioneering Irish musician Sinéad O'Connor has died at the age of just 56.
She burst on the scene bald, brazen, and with unmatched lyrical ferocity in 1987 with her debut album "The Lion and The Cobra." The album became an overnight international sensation, and with "Nothing Compares 2 U," the Prince-penned lead single of her 1990 follow-up "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got," she became a star. The world hadn't seen anyone like Sinéad O'Connor before her time, and it's hard to imagine her ever being replaced. From tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II live on the "Saturday Night Live" stage to becoming an enrobed priest to...
She burst on the scene bald, brazen, and with unmatched lyrical ferocity in 1987 with her debut album "The Lion and The Cobra." The album became an overnight international sensation, and with "Nothing Compares 2 U," the Prince-penned lead single of her 1990 follow-up "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got," she became a star. The world hadn't seen anyone like Sinéad O'Connor before her time, and it's hard to imagine her ever being replaced. From tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II live on the "Saturday Night Live" stage to becoming an enrobed priest to...
- 7/26/2023
- by Ryan Coleman
- Slash Film
"I've been trying to get out more, and put myself out more." This short film premiered years ago but it's just now showing up online and it's worth a watch - it's just under 15 minutes. Some really impressive puppet work for the main character. Myrna the Monster is written and directed by Ian Samuels, who went on to make the feature films The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (which I really enjoyed) for Amazon, and Sierra Burgess Is a Loser for Netflix. Myrna first premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and it also played at the SXSW, Dallas, Nashville, and Montclair Film Festivals. A heart-broken alien dreamer from the moon named Myrna transitions into adult life in Los Angeles like any other 20-something. It's actually a touching little story about loneliness and connection. With the voice of Kathleen Hanna and Victor Yerrid as the puppeteer for Myrna, and animation by Ethan Clarke.
- 7/26/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Myrna the Monster, Ian Samuels’s 2015 short film that secured him a spot on our 25 New Faces of Film list that same year, is finally available to watch online via the filmmaker’s personal Vimeo account. The titular monster is voiced by Kathleen Hanna and embodied by an elaborate puppet that Samuels, a former Sesame Street employee and graduate of CalArts’s puppetry program, crafted himself. Filmmaker editor-in-chief Scott Macaulay penned Samuels’s 25 New Faces profile, describing the plot of the 14-minute short as follows: Hovering just around 3 feet, Myrna — […]
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- 7/20/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Myrna the Monster, Ian Samuels’s 2015 short film that secured him a spot on our 25 New Faces of Film list that same year, is finally available to watch online via the filmmaker’s personal Vimeo account. The titular monster is voiced by Kathleen Hanna and embodied by an elaborate puppet that Samuels, a former Sesame Street employee and graduate of CalArts’s puppetry program, crafted himself. Filmmaker editor-in-chief Scott Macaulay penned Samuels’s 25 New Faces profile, describing the plot of the 14-minute short as follows: Hovering just around 3 feet, Myrna — […]
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- 7/20/2023
- by Natalia Keogan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Many a Riot grrrl books and documentaries have been made over the years, but now, Kathleen Hanna, one of the founders of the ’90s feminist punk movement, is ready to tell her story in her own words. Hanna’s memoir Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk arrives May 14th, 2024 via the HarperCollins imprint Ecco.
Rebel Girl traverses Hanna’s upbringing and introduction to feminism and recounts her groundbreaking formation of Bikini Kill, the band whose “Revolution girl style now” ethos inspired the likes of Ian Mackaye and Kurt Cobain while making Hanna peers with Sonic Youth. The book also details her relationship with husband, Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys, her work in later bands Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin, and her battle with Lyme disease. Pre-orders are ongoing.
Hanna’s memoir comes as her music career enjoys a renaissance of sorts. Bikini Kill re-formed right before the...
Rebel Girl traverses Hanna’s upbringing and introduction to feminism and recounts her groundbreaking formation of Bikini Kill, the band whose “Revolution girl style now” ethos inspired the likes of Ian Mackaye and Kurt Cobain while making Hanna peers with Sonic Youth. The book also details her relationship with husband, Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys, her work in later bands Le Tigre and The Julie Ruin, and her battle with Lyme disease. Pre-orders are ongoing.
Hanna’s memoir comes as her music career enjoys a renaissance of sorts. Bikini Kill re-formed right before the...
- 7/13/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Kathleen Hanna will look back on her turbulent formative years and success as the singer for Bikini Kill and Le Tigre in a new memoir, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk, out May 14.
The book will chronicle the tumult that surrounded Hanna’s childhood, as well as her epiphanies at Olympia, Washington’s Evergreen College where she launched a fanzine called Bikini Kill and later a like-named band with drummer Tobi Vail and bassist-singer Kathi Wilcox. She’ll also recall how hard it was to tour, especially when,...
The book will chronicle the tumult that surrounded Hanna’s childhood, as well as her epiphanies at Olympia, Washington’s Evergreen College where she launched a fanzine called Bikini Kill and later a like-named band with drummer Tobi Vail and bassist-singer Kathi Wilcox. She’ll also recall how hard it was to tour, especially when,...
- 7/13/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
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Riot girrl pioneers Bratmobile will reunite this summer for their first performance in more than 20 years.
Bratmobile will headline the 2023 Mosswood Meltdown festival in Oakland on July 2, with a lineup that features original vocalist Allison Wolfe and drummer Molly Neuman, alongside Rose Melberg on guitar, Audrey Marrs on keys, and Marty Key on bass. In a statement, Wolfe and Neuman noted that original Bratmobile guitarist Erin Smith would...
Riot girrl pioneers Bratmobile will reunite this summer for their first performance in more than 20 years.
Bratmobile will headline the 2023 Mosswood Meltdown festival in Oakland on July 2, with a lineup that features original vocalist Allison Wolfe and drummer Molly Neuman, alongside Rose Melberg on guitar, Audrey Marrs on keys, and Marty Key on bass. In a statement, Wolfe and Neuman noted that original Bratmobile guitarist Erin Smith would...
- 2/22/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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Le Tigre will return to the road for their first tour in 18 years.
The electro-punk trio will play a lone show in Philadelphia on May 27 before heading over to Europe and the U.K. The North American leg of the tour will officially begin July 1 with a set at the Mosswood Meltdown Festival (hosted by filmmaker John Waters) in Oakland, California. Le Tigre will criss-cross North America the rest of the month,...
Le Tigre will return to the road for their first tour in 18 years.
The electro-punk trio will play a lone show in Philadelphia on May 27 before heading over to Europe and the U.K. The North American leg of the tour will officially begin July 1 with a set at the Mosswood Meltdown Festival (hosted by filmmaker John Waters) in Oakland, California. Le Tigre will criss-cross North America the rest of the month,...
- 1/24/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
In “Darby and the Dead,” the promise of its premise outweighs the delivered product. Director Silas Howard demonstrates his deft capabilities bringing an energetic irreverence and aesthetic buoyancy to the unfurling feature, which is centered on a tormented teen cajoled into helping a recently deceased mean girl get a new life in the afterlife. Unfortunately, despite the film’s undeniable charms and strong lead performances, the fabric it weaves frays as it wears on, undone by clunky character development, trite sentimentality and rushed resolutions.
High schooler Darby Harper (Riele Downs) sees dead people. But unlike Haley Joel Osment’s “Sixth Sense” character, she knows exactly how to help the deceased with their unfinished business. She’s turned it into a full-fledged job, paid only in gratitude, playing spiritual counselor to those she affectionately calls “Deados” who’ve passed away and are stuck in limbo. This special gift was bestowed on...
High schooler Darby Harper (Riele Downs) sees dead people. But unlike Haley Joel Osment’s “Sixth Sense” character, she knows exactly how to help the deceased with their unfinished business. She’s turned it into a full-fledged job, paid only in gratitude, playing spiritual counselor to those she affectionately calls “Deados” who’ve passed away and are stuck in limbo. This special gift was bestowed on...
- 12/1/2022
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
They might come from different genres, but both Syd and Kathleen Hanna are both rebels who do things their own way. In the latest episode of Rolling Stone‘s Musicians on Musicians podcast, the two artists break down their personal definitions of rebellion as they bond over their star signs and “being rejected” by people they wish embraced them.
“I think some of the saddest times in my life was feeling torn down by my own community, when I was trying to build community and be welcoming and make something really positive,...
“I think some of the saddest times in my life was feeling torn down by my own community, when I was trying to build community and be welcoming and make something really positive,...
- 11/15/2022
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
“Do Revenge” brought colorful chaos to Netflix screens last weekend in more ways than one. Eleanor Levetan (Maya Hawke) and Drea Torres (Camila Mendes) team up to do each other’s revenge, switching targets so that Drea goes for Eleanor’s bully while Eleanor goes for Drea’s ex-boyfriend Max Broussard (Austin Abrams). The film, directed by Jennifer Kaitlyn Robinson, also stars a host of young Hollywood personas including Talia Ryder, Rish Shah, Alisha Boe, Jonathan Daviss, Ava Capri, Paris Berelc, Maia Reficco, Sophie Turner and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
High school is the setting for the riff on Alfred Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train” (1951) — Rosehill Country Day in particular — with Sarah Michelle Gellar (“Buffy” herself) as headmaster, and in keeping with the teen vibe the “Do Revenge” soundtrack is full of pitch perfect songs.
The film features hits from Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Rosalìa, Muna feat. Phoebe Bridgers and Haley Kiyoko,...
High school is the setting for the riff on Alfred Hitchcock’s “Strangers on a Train” (1951) — Rosehill Country Day in particular — with Sarah Michelle Gellar (“Buffy” herself) as headmaster, and in keeping with the teen vibe the “Do Revenge” soundtrack is full of pitch perfect songs.
The film features hits from Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish, Rosalìa, Muna feat. Phoebe Bridgers and Haley Kiyoko,...
- 9/23/2022
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
The Linda Lindas link up with Bikini Kill’s Erica Dawn Lyle, Kathi Wilcox, and musician/filmmaker Vice Cooler, in the video for their new collaboration, “Lost In Thought.” The song appears on Lyle and Cooler’s new benefit album, Land Trust: Benefit for North East Farmers of Color, out today, June 3, via Bandcamp.
“Lost In Thought” is a breathless punk blast that clocks in under 90 seconds and features the Linda Lindas leading a riotous call-and-response vocal performance: “I’m not here/Just a big mess/Noting is clear/No more,...
“Lost In Thought” is a breathless punk blast that clocks in under 90 seconds and features the Linda Lindas leading a riotous call-and-response vocal performance: “I’m not here/Just a big mess/Noting is clear/No more,...
- 6/3/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Kim Gordon has linked up with Bikini Kill’s Erica Dawn Lyle and musician/filmmaker Vice Cooler for a scathing rebuke of a growing crisis in land and real estate, “Debt Collector.” The track will appear on Lyle and Cooler’s upcoming album, Land Trust: Benefit for North East Farmers of Color, out June 3.
“Debt Collector,” with its crashing drums and gnarled, industrial synths, packs a brutal instrumental punch that pairs perfectly with Gordon’s quintessential disaffected vocal delivery. “You’re not welcome/To the gated community,” Gordon says, “We...
“Debt Collector,” with its crashing drums and gnarled, industrial synths, packs a brutal instrumental punch that pairs perfectly with Gordon’s quintessential disaffected vocal delivery. “You’re not welcome/To the gated community,” Gordon says, “We...
- 5/20/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Kathleen Hanna sings lead vocals on a new song for the first time in nearly five years with “Mirrorball,” the first single from the upcoming benefit album Land Trust: Benefit for North East Farmers of Color.
The self-released LP, out June 3 via Bandcamp, is the brainchild of Bikini Kill guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle and drum tech Vice Cooler (also of the Raincoats), with the pair penning Land Trust’s music during the pandemic. The quarantine also allowed them to recruit an all-star guestlist — including Hanna, Kim Gordon, the Linda Lindas,...
The self-released LP, out June 3 via Bandcamp, is the brainchild of Bikini Kill guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle and drum tech Vice Cooler (also of the Raincoats), with the pair penning Land Trust’s music during the pandemic. The quarantine also allowed them to recruit an all-star guestlist — including Hanna, Kim Gordon, the Linda Lindas,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Barbara Gustern seemed invincible. At 87 years old, the Manhattan vocal coach had more stamina than the average college student. Nearly every day, she would teach students in her Chelsea apartment for eight hours before attending their concerts at night. Over the years, her clientele included Blondie’s Debbie Harry, avant-garde heroine Diamanda Galás, Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna, Broadway performers, downtown firebrands, and anyone who wanted to learn to sing. When it was time to hit a show to see her pupils, she’d walk up to a mile and a half.
- 3/29/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Scattered pennies glistened along the pathway and steps leading into the Church of the Holy Apostles, an episcopal church in midtown Manhattan, where a memorial service for Barbara Maier Gustern was held on Saturday afternoon. During her lifetime, Gustern — a beloved vocal coach who was killed at age 87 in a senseless act of violence — loved finding pennies on sidewalks. She would give the coins to her students and ask them to place them in their right shoes for good luck before performances.
“She was kind of sad there weren’t...
“She was kind of sad there weren’t...
- 3/27/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Update (3/22): A Long Island woman turned herself in and was arrested on a manslaughter charge in the death of Broadway singing coach Barbara Maier Gustern, NBC New York reports. Lauren Pazienza, 26, turned herself into the NYPD one day after Gustern’s death was classified as a homicide. Authorities had been trying to track down Pazienza for almost two weeks after releasing detailed surveillance footage of her.
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Kathleen Hanna has called on the public to help identify the woman who pushed her singing coach Barbara Maier Gustern on the streets of Manhattan,...
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Kathleen Hanna has called on the public to help identify the woman who pushed her singing coach Barbara Maier Gustern on the streets of Manhattan,...
- 3/22/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Red Rocks, the famed amphitheater outside of Denver, Colorado, will no longer use Amazon’s palm-scanning technology following an artist-led protest that included Tom Morello and Kathleen Hanna.
Denver Arts and Venues, the agency that operates Red Rocks and several other venues and theaters in the Colorado capital, confirmed its decision to the advocacy group, Fight for the Future. “[W]e haven’t been in touch with Amazon in several months and this isn’t a planned activation at Red Rocks,” the Denver Arts and Venues communication director told the group in a letter.
Denver Arts and Venues, the agency that operates Red Rocks and several other venues and theaters in the Colorado capital, confirmed its decision to the advocacy group, Fight for the Future. “[W]e haven’t been in touch with Amazon in several months and this isn’t a planned activation at Red Rocks,” the Denver Arts and Venues communication director told the group in a letter.
- 3/10/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
At 23, Sinéad O’Connor was a chart-topping international superstar. By the time she turned 26, she was fodder for jokes. She was hardly the first and wouldn’t be the last female pop artist to be derided for coloring outside the lines, but as a sympathetic and perceptive new documentary reminds us, O’Connor wasn’t vilified simply for being erratic or unclassifiable, though that surely didn’t help.
“Everybody felt it was Ok to kick the shit out of me,” O’Connor recalls in a new interview for Kathryn Ferguson’s Nothing Compares. “I regret that I was so sad because of it,” she adds, her crystalline voice deepened by the years. The fallout from what she endured, and her retreat from the limelight and ensuing struggles, are alluded to but not explored here; the focus of Kathryn Ferguson’s first feature-length film is O’Connor’s ahead-of-the-mainstream courage, and her outrage.
“Everybody felt it was Ok to kick the shit out of me,” O’Connor recalls in a new interview for Kathryn Ferguson’s Nothing Compares. “I regret that I was so sad because of it,” she adds, her crystalline voice deepened by the years. The fallout from what she endured, and her retreat from the limelight and ensuing struggles, are alluded to but not explored here; the focus of Kathryn Ferguson’s first feature-length film is O’Connor’s ahead-of-the-mainstream courage, and her outrage.
- 1/26/2022
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following the death of Sinéad O’Connor’s teenage son earlier this month, the debut of the documentary Nothing Compares about the lionhearted singer at the Sundance Film Festival today has a distinctly lugubrious element hanging over it.
However, premiering in the World Cinema Documentary Competition section of the virtual 2022 fete, the Kathryn Ferguson directed offering is a full-throated battle reclamation of one of most compelling and prophetic artists of the past few decades. Or to quote Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna in the documentary on O’Connor’s infamous 1992 child abuse protest fueled ripping up of a photograph of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live: “We were all like applauding and cheering, and we’re like, feminist performance art on TV, when does that ever happen?”
Studded with archival footage, soft focus recreations and interviews with the likes of the singer herself, Hanna, Peaches, and Public Enemy’s Chuck D,...
However, premiering in the World Cinema Documentary Competition section of the virtual 2022 fete, the Kathryn Ferguson directed offering is a full-throated battle reclamation of one of most compelling and prophetic artists of the past few decades. Or to quote Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna in the documentary on O’Connor’s infamous 1992 child abuse protest fueled ripping up of a photograph of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live: “We were all like applauding and cheering, and we’re like, feminist performance art on TV, when does that ever happen?”
Studded with archival footage, soft focus recreations and interviews with the likes of the singer herself, Hanna, Peaches, and Public Enemy’s Chuck D,...
- 1/22/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
It started with a bang, the sound of metal crashing down on the sidewalks of Washington, D.C. as hundreds of Trumpers stormed the Capitol. It continued into another pandemic year; for every two steps we took forward with vaccines and testing, we were knocked back one by variants and those who valued personal freedom over societal health. We went further into the internet, the metaverse, the cryptosphere — remember a time before NFTs? — and came out the other side feeling perhaps a little less connected to our humanity.
But there...
But there...
- 12/26/2021
- by Tim Dickinson, EJ Dickson, Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Andrea Marks and Lisa Tozzi
- Rollingstone.com
Over 200 recording artists, including Tom Morello, Mannequin Pussy, Speedy Ortiz, Bikini Kill’s Kathleen Hanna, and Jeff Rosenstock, have signed off on an open letter demanding that Denver’s famed Red Rocks Amphitheater, ticketing company Axs, and its parent company Aeg Worldwide, cancel its contracts to begin implementing palm-scanning technology from Amazon for entry at the venue.
Aeg and Axs announced the addition of the Amazon One Palm Recognition service for Red Rocks in September, touting the concept’s potential as a more convenient, secure, and hygienic alternative for concertgoers...
Aeg and Axs announced the addition of the Amazon One Palm Recognition service for Red Rocks in September, touting the concept’s potential as a more convenient, secure, and hygienic alternative for concertgoers...
- 11/17/2021
- by Ethan Millman
- Rollingstone.com
Update (11/1): Le Tigre’s Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman have settled their lawsuit against Barry Mann, Pitchfork reports. Mann had previously filed a cease-and-desist complaint claiming Le Tigre’s “Deceptacon” infringed on the copyright for the 1961 hit Mann cowrote, “Who Put the Bomp (in the Bomp, Bomp, Bomp).” The parties reached a confidential settlement agreement without any public admission of liability. The suit was subsequently dismissed without prejudice.
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Le Tigre issued a statement Thursday regarding the legal action they recently took against singer Barry Mann, who previously filed a...
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Le Tigre issued a statement Thursday regarding the legal action they recently took against singer Barry Mann, who previously filed a...
- 11/2/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The U.K. group Solidarity Not Silence has enlisted Kathleen Hanna for a new song, “This Is Sisterhood,” which is raising money to combat a defamation suit filed by a man who’s been accused of being a “sexual predator” and inflicting emotional abuse.
Solidarity Not Silence comprises members of the Tuts, as well as Petrol Girls’ Ren Aldridge and Personal Best’s Katie Gatt. “This Is Sisterhood” features an introduction from Hanna, then finds the band recounting the ongoing legal saga over chugging guitars and drums before a whole...
Solidarity Not Silence comprises members of the Tuts, as well as Petrol Girls’ Ren Aldridge and Personal Best’s Katie Gatt. “This Is Sisterhood” features an introduction from Hanna, then finds the band recounting the ongoing legal saga over chugging guitars and drums before a whole...
- 5/4/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
For a young teenager steeped in grunge, Britpop, and the Beatles, the discovery of 1970s UK punk rock was tantamount to a swift slap in the face—and a glorious one, at that. And one of the crucial pieces of pre-internet background information was England’s Dreaming, Jon Savage’s indispensable study of the era. The book is full of memorable figures—none more so than Poly Styrene. She is only a minor player in Savage’s text, but few resonate more. The author explains that “Poly was a star, with her dayglo clothes, multi-racial background, teeth braces, and surreal songs which wittily commented on that very process of consumption and packaging that she was at once celebrating and transcending.”
All of these elements and many others are represented in the long-in-the-works documentary Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, which makes its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs 2021. The timing is apropos.
All of these elements and many others are represented in the long-in-the-works documentary Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché, which makes its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs 2021. The timing is apropos.
- 4/30/2021
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
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