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Posts tagged "Kathleen Hanna"
The Julie Ruin, Run Fast: Album Review
For more than two decades, Kathleen Hanna has been a central figure in the marriage of activism, music, and politics. By now it seems to go without saying that together with her bandmates in Bikini Kill, Hanna helped an unapologetically feminist discourse to bubble into the mainstream, fomenting the Riot Grrrl movement of the 1990s. The aughts saw Hanna incorporate more electronic elements into her music with Le Tigre, a power trio whose lyrics were no less political, continuing to […]
Review: Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre on Tour
(2011, Oscilloscope) When they released their self-titled debut in 1999, Le Tigre quickly established themselves as one of the most interesting and unapologetically feminist bands of the coming decade. The three piece is comprised of Kathleen Hanna (formerly of Bikini Kill) JD Samson (of New England Roses, as well as Peaches’ touring band) andJohanna Fateman. They’re often referred to as “electropunk,” the I’m not sure how useful that label is. Their music is an amalgam of punk, pop and sample-laden, […]