Best New Bands » kathleen hanna http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Julie Ruin: Message in the Medium http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-julie-ruin-hit-reset/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-julie-ruin-hit-reset/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2016 17:39:39 +0000 http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=32143 London – Hit Reset is the follow up to The Julie Ruin‘s 2013 debut Run Fast and the documentary The Punk Singer, detailing frontwoman Kathleen Hanna’s career from the days of Bikini Kill through to Le Tigre and now The Julie Ruin. The original Riot Grrrl, former stripper, and would-be sexual-abuse-counsellor is back again with a band lineup that includes

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  1. The Julie Ruin Ends Tour Run In Los Angeles Kathleen Hanna smiles out at the crowd as she bounces around the stage handing out set lists.  “I wore my business outfit tonight.” she says. Dressed in a black and gold leotard accented with a touch of pink it’s time...
  2. Mixtape: The Last Internationale, The Julie Ruin And More New York – Our Mixtape column has hit the big 4-0! Dang, we gettin’ on. And the great tunes keep on coming. Our newest L.A. writer Katie reviewed The Last Internationale, a band who, when people ask why there isn’t...
  3. New Bands At Capitol Hill Block Party – Sunday Edition Seattle – Hacky sack circles, animal onesies, bubble machines, and electrical fires…just another typical day at the neighborhood block party. After two stellar days of music Friday and Saturday, Sunday closed out the annual Capitol Hill Block Party with blowout...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/the-julie-ruin-hit-reset/feed/ 2 The Julie Ruin Ends Tour Run In Los Angeles http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-julie-ruin-ends-tour-run-in-los-angeles/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-julie-ruin-ends-tour-run-in-los-angeles/#comments Sun, 22 Sep 2013 21:16:09 +0000 Kathleen Hanna smiles out at the crowd as she bounces around the stage handing out set lists.  “I wore my business outfit tonight.” she says. Dressed in a black and gold leotard accented with a touch of pink it’s time to go to work. The Julie Ruin is Hanna’s most recent project and serves as

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  1. Harriet Ends Its Echo Residency With A Bang   One of my favorite things about the Los Angeles music scene is its residencies. Every month, a few magical venues host Monday (or in some cases, Tuesday) night residencies, in which one lucky (and well-deserving) local act is graced...
  2. Festival Recap: Los Angeles’ Jubilee Music and Art Fest The annual Jubilee Music and Art Festival has become a community staple in Los Angeles, and though this year marked the first in its new Downtown location, the celebration retained (most) of the original charm it possessed from its days...
  3. Pollyn Performs at the Sunset Junction Street Fair in Los Angeles 8.21.10 I came across Pollyn when perusing the lineup for the Sunset Junction Street Fair. Held in Los Angeles Saturday August 21st through Sunday August 22nd, Sunset Junction features a full two days of artists, vendors, and bands (local, national, and...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-julie-ruin-ends-tour-run-in-los-angeles/feed/ 1 MEN’s “Talk About Body” Will Give You Something to Say http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/mens-talk-about-body-will-give-you-something-to-say/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/mens-talk-about-body-will-give-you-something-to-say/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:00:00 +0000 Fans of Le Tigre looking to relive the beautiful madness of their electro-punk/riot grrl days may not know what to make of MEN‘s Talk About Body. JD Samson, who joined Le Tigre when Sadie Benning left the band, is the first of their current lineup to put out a record, and while MEN is just

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  1. Land of Talk Rock the Bowery Ballroom I love when I realize a band I’ve just discovered is playing a show near me, so when I saw that Land of Talk was playing at Bowery Ballroom I thought, I know what I’m doing Saturday night! I arrived after...
  2. Talk About…Pop Music (with Van Go Lion) Van Go Lion, an exciting electropop duo from Portland, are in the process of recording their first full length album. Amy Paige and Josh Loerzel met a couple years back when Amy put an ad on Craigslist looking for a...
  3. TOMS Shoes and the Give Event: Doing It Big for the Little Ones and two of the Bands that Contributed to the Cause On July 24, the Give Event was hosted at the Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, Ca.  Sponsored by TOMS, Active, and Krochet Kids, there were numerous independent artists personalizing shoes with their talent as well as musical acts to supply the...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/mens-talk-about-body-will-give-you-something-to-say/feed/ 0 Three Cheers for Louisiana’s Hurray for the Riff Raff http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/three-cheers-for-louisianas-hurray-for-the-riff-raff/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/three-cheers-for-louisianas-hurray-for-the-riff-raff/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:00:00 +0000 Hurray for the Riff Raff are not your average folk band, and the story of how they came to be is certainly everything but. Alynda Lee Segarra was a 17 year-old girl fascinated by punk rock and the world outside of the Bronx in New York. She ran away from her aunt and uncle’s home

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  1. Loreta: No Stranger in Los Angeles Its been an interesting journey so far for Lithuanian born pop singer Loreta. Performing since the tender age of 4, Loreta has taken the stage at some of the biggest and most famous venues in Europe. Not too long ago,...
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