The good news: Corin Tucker (of Sleater-Kinney fame) released a new single today. The bad news: You have to go to Pitchfork to download it. “Groundhog Day” is very much a return to fighting form. As much as I enjoyed…
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…
My biggest complaint about Melissa and Paul is that it’s inconvenient to get to their music. Some of us just aren’t cool enough to have turntables. I guess that means we have to turn to Bandcamp. Punknews has a stream…
I’m not a huge Ani DiFranco fan. I don’t know why; probably because the places she goes are too dark for me, even when I’m at my darkest. But I streamed a few tracks from her latest release, Which Side…
Concluding our week of drrrty blues is the best thing to come out of British Columbia since Stargate. (I set the bar really high. I’m serious.) The Pack A.D. is not especially bawdy in terms of its lyrics, but all of…