Punk legend Alice Bag (of The Bags and more) was joined by comparatively younger but just as legendary punks Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, etc) and Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, etc), along with Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes), for her pay gap-battling song ”77” in LA.
Also: read an interview with the band by Katie Alice Greer of Priests.
The Raincoats appeared at NYC's historic non-profit performance arts space The Kitchen on Thursday (11/2) and Friday (11/3) for a live Q&A with Jenn Pelly. Then on Saturday there was a special "The Raincoats & Friends" show where they played (joined by Palmolive), and Bikini Kill surprise-reunited to open!
The list is being celebrated with a free NYC show tonight, headlined by Rickie Lee Jones, who will perform Pirates in full (#49 on the list).
Peaches' band included members of Bikini Kill, Lunachicks, Ex Hex and more.
This week's show features tracks by Vagabon, PJ Harvey, Alex Lahey, Girlpool, Frankie Rose, Downtown Boys, Sleater-Kinney, Priests, St. Vincent, Angel Olsen and more.
BrooklynVegan Blog Radio airs Wednesdays at noon and midnight on SiriusXMU (Ch. 35).
Kathleen Hanna's current band The Julie Ruin is of course a band angered by this week's election results, and they discussed that on stage at Irving Plaza. They also played Bikini Kill's "Rebel Girl" (!), which they hardly ever do...
BrooklynVegan Blog Radio airs Wednesdays at noon and midnight on SiriusXMU (Ch. 35), which meant this week's edition aired the day after the election. We chose an all-female playlist...and we made a Spotify version for those who aren't SiriusXM subscribers.
Some very cool items up for bid, all for a worthy cause.