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Friday, August 19, 2016

Feminist Friday Music News: August 19th, 2016

There are a lot of disturbing yet fascinating perceived notions about women that simply are not true. These "truisms" are all wrong yet they are still setting us back in the world, from art to our careers. And no, Yoko did not break up The Beatles.

There is another brilliant record on Sister Polygon Records. Check out Post Pink from Baltimore.

Carol Kaye is among the most important American bass players. Discogs wrote a little piece on the most sought after records she plays on. And speaking of Discogs, they have a crowdfunding type idea for getting rare records repressed. It seems like a licensing nightmare to me so good luck with that.

Shaun White is best know for his snowboarding and skateboarding skills but he also plays in a band and is facing a lawsuit from an ex member for sexual harassment.

Light in the Attic is doing a series of reissues for the French painter/poet/post punker/painter Lizzy Mercier Descloux and Quietus wrote a really nice overview on all of her diverse and many talents.

Another long time record store closes down, this time Disc Exchange after 20 years of serving the Knoxville music community. What does it take for an indie record store to survive these days anyway? Weird, I would have guessed being independently wealthy was the answer.

Women are kicking ass in the Olympics this year so let's celebrate with a mix of brilliant feminist music from Brazil.

The band Fea is Latina punk at its finest.

I recently worked on an Alice Bag interview and spent a lot of time with her new album that is heavily inspired by '60s Girl Groups so this article about new bands influenced by this style couldn't be timed any better for me. I saw Midnight Snaxxx play a few years ago at Goner Fest and really loved them so while I don't know the other groups in this article, I stand by that band 100%.


So how do we stop sexual assault from happening at music festivals. It starts with education says David Huggins.

The problem with being a record nerd who is given a list like the story of feminist punk in 33 songs is I can't stop thinking about what I would change about it. In fairness though, this list is pretty darn great.

Oh boy! Another music industry race to the bottom. There are some important lessons to be learned in the demise of a sync music company in Chicago.

An old co-worker of mine Glenn Peoples wrote this piece about music marketing and the heart of the point really surprised me. Did you know that an artist's voice + new music = a serious click through rate?

Making music can be one of the most empowering and self confidence building tools in the world. A London engineering and design company is working on creating musical instruments for people with physical disabilities that may have otherwise been excluded from the gift of making music.

And in the name of a flashback Friday, check out Snatch, an obscure female punk duo from the late '70s.


Friday, May 13, 2016

Feminist Friday : A Weekly Round Up

Snowboarder Shaun White is also apparently very good at sexually harassing a band member. Real talk. I didn't even know he played in a band.

This spotlight on one of my favorite bass players on the planet, Kim Coletta (Jawbox), reminds that I really need to do an interview with her for the site this summer.

There is no such thing as a "typical girl" (The Slits shout out) which is the very point of this outstanding collection of 16 female fronted indie bands - out now!

Listen to a track from it here.




The New York City '70s No Wave music and film community included a large number of fascinating women. Marc Master's will fill you in.

This op-ed on breaking the wheel of silence is worth your time. We don't have to accept that parts of the music industry still treat women like shit.

I can't stress this enough. If you think sexism sucks, wait until agism gets added into the mix. Radio personality Lisa G agrees.

Netflix has this feminist documentary streaming right now and I enjoyed it thoroughly.



There is a right way to promote a new album and there is a wrong way. Yacht blew it this week. Faking a sex video exploit ignores the fact that when this happens for real, it is actually a disgusting crime.

And this story just snuck out there quietly. A longtime member of the Brian Wilson's backing band has been convicted of rape.

Did you know the first airline founded by a black women started up last year? It is called Fly Blue Crane and their story should inspire all of us to crash glass ceilings.

Speaking of inspiration, meet the mothers of Motown.

Anyone else excited about the Twin Peaks reboot? I am! And this playlist of what we can expect from the soundtrack is intriguing to say the least. We all know the music is as important as the show itself!

This really does feel like a celebrity death in my world. Legendary NYC record store Other Music will be closing.

A look at punks then and now rates high among my favorite things my eyes set eyes on this week.

Bethany from Best Coast talked about the plight of women in music on The Daily show.