The Slits

today in NYC * Questlove @ Cielo * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Teddy Thompson @ City Winery * Daniel Kitson @ St Ann’s Warehouse * Etta Place, Blow, Marra Barr @ Zebulon * Phillip Greenlief, Jon Raskin @ The Stone * Connie Crothers, Kevin Norton @ The Stone * Hannibal Buress & friends @ Knitting Factory * Moodrings, EULA, Im Turning Into @ Death By Audio * Stephane Wrembel Presents The Django Experiment @ Barbes * Right On Dynamite, Le Boum, Hiawatha, Delta Hotel @ Coco 66 * Mister Heavenly, Sun Airway, Little Shalimar @ Bowery Ballroom * Weasel Walter, Marc Edwards, Goblin War, Fossils @ Silent Barn * The Toasters, Royal City Riot, The Rudie Crew @ Knitting Factory * Blitz the Ambassador & the Embassy Ensemble featuring Baloji @ SOB’s * Doris Cellar of Freelance Whales, Mammal of Paradise, Baby Alpaca @ Glasslands * Tyvek, Fergus & Geronimo, Xray Eyeballs, The Gaming Commission @ Mercury Lounge * The Beatles Complete on Ukelele w/ Nat & Alex Wolff, Julian Velard, Deni Bonet and Terry Radigan & more @ Brooklyn Bowl * Neneh Cherry, members of The Slits, members of The Slackers, Brave New Girl, The Band Droidz, Bruce Smith from PiL (Ari Up Birthday Party) @ Music Hall of Williamsburg Just as a reminder, tonight at MHOW:WHAT: In honor of the memory of the legendary Ari Up a/k/a Ariane Forster, lead singer of the pioneering girl punk band the Slits, True Warriors and more, Dunia Best and Aram Sinnreich (Brave New Girl, Agent 99), NYU Punk Professor Vivien Goldman, Joly MacFie of Punkcast…

Since we last spoke, official word came back regarding Ari Up‘s untimely passing: it was cancer. In her memory and the memory of the tunes she left behind, Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg is hosting a show on January 16th called “Ari Up Punky Reggae Birthday Party” featuring appearances from members of The Slits, The Slackers, PiL, as well as Neneh Cherry and many others…

John and Nora have asked us to let everyone know that Nora’s daughter Arianna (aka Ari-Up) died today (Wednesday, October 20th) after a serious illness…

Quietus: What do you think it was about the recording environment that turned into such a great record? Ari Up: The Slits developed the Slits sound…

Friday’s gig‘s sold out, although in the new Knitting Factory this still means that we’re not feeling claustrophobic. Still room to move…

DOWNLOAD: Lee Scratch Perry – Pum Pum (MP3) Narnack is excited to announce the signing of “The Slits“… this pioneering all girl act is noted for it’s influence on many of music’s most acclaimed female musician’s and was espousing on the riot girl ethic before most of the movements artists had even picked up an instrument…

As part of the 2008 Howl Festival in NYC’s East Village, a panel discussion on the topic ‘Unrest in the 70s – US vs UK’ at Bowery Poetry Club, directly opposite the old CBGB premises, brought together a number of punk veterans from both sides of the pond…

Though free shows are becoming scarcer and scarcer in NYC as September approaches, September 6th now offers three all-day possibilities. This one is part of the annual LES Howl…

Red 7, Austin, TX – March 12, 2008 Our Wednesday day party got fucked up, or I should say DIDN’T get Fucked Up. It didn’t get the Slits either as you can see from the sign we had posted at the door of Red 7 last Wednesday in Austin (March 12, 2008)…