On the Stereo: Guerilla Toss, Beverly, Mirror Travel, Clair Morgan

In heavy rotation this week:

New York City no wave is still alive and well : Guerilla Toss 

Stonewashed C86 : Beverly





A hypnotic boiling pot from New Mexico : Mirror Travel 





Backyard Report, from Richmond, VA : Clair Morgan make complex Pop.

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.

Throwback Thursday : Bush Tetras

Active on and off since the late '70s, this NYC post punk band never got quite the same kind of attention as bands like Blondie, The Ramones, or The Talking Heads did. Here is their first single and one of the best known Bush Tetras songs, "Too Many Creeps" from 1980.

Side note, whenever I DJ this song, at least one person thinks it is Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth singing - without fail.

Polyphonic Size

Almost exclusively produced by Jean-Jacques Burnel from The Stranglers, check out this synth wave band from Belgium that has been making music on and off since 1971. The line up has changed many times over the decades but they almost always had at least one woman in the band.