Rachel Cholst

Rachel Cholst

Pride Month 2012: Sleater-Kinney

No celebration of queer rock is complete — nay, valid — without a nod to Sleater-Kinney. As far as I’m concerned, they’re the heartbeat of riot grrl.   Part of that is because they’re the first riot grrl band I…

Pride Month 2012 — High Dive (Redux)

Howdy, readers! In case you haven’t noticed, it’s June. And June is Pride Month. For our first Pride Month entry I’m re-posting my review of High Dive. Why? The long and the short of it is that even though things…

The Successful Failures — Here I Am

Something happened in the ’90s. I guess as a reaction to grunge, slacker-rock bands like the Refreshments made bank. The songs should have been sad — they were about alcoholism, service economy-induced unemployment, and dysfunctional relationships. But things were going…