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Anger is an energy! Stars and writers on the songs that define punk spirit

As Patti Smith’s debut single turns 50, punk musicians and music writers pick the songs that define the genre’s resistance, rebellion and refusal

The Guardian - UK

“I can’t get into somebody else’s mind and decide what their problem is.” Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna was close friends with Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, but she still doesn't know why Courtney Love hated her so much

Kathleen Hanna on that one-sided 'feud' with Courtney Love

Louder

Riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill: ‘There is nothing more punk than a menopausal woman’

The band’s feminist swagger and on-stage rage fuelled a Nineties rock revolution. Helen Brown speaks to frontwoman Kathleen Hanna and bassist Kathi Wilcox about balancing soundcheck and misogynists, navigating interband friction, and an infamous brawl with Courtney Love

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“The promoter came in and told us a bomb threat had been called in.” Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna lays bare the violence, abuse and misogyny directed at her fearless feminist punk band in brutally honest memoir Rebel Girl

Bikini Kill vocalist Kathleen Hanna shares her truth in raw, unflinching and unforgettable memoir Rebel Girl

Louder

Kathleen Hanna on being a "Rebel Girl"

In her memoir "Rebel Girl," the singer of Bikini Kill writes about finding joy in music, despite all the oppression

Salon

First Thing: US threatens to block more arms sales to Israel over Rafah assault

Shipments of high-payload bombs have already been halted, and Blinken said the sale of further weapons systems may be stopped if a full-scale offensive goes ahead. Plus, the growing threat posed by drug-resistant superbugs

The Guardian - UK

Riot grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna: ‘A lot of men really get off on watching a woman get angry’

The feminist punk coined the phrase ‘girl power’ and was responsible for the name of Nirvana’s biggest hit. She reflects on activism, illness, and never letting abuse define her

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“I wish that he would’ve seen us live past the stupid Nineties, you’re-a-sellout thing.” Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna on the enduring impact of Nirvana and the loss of her friend Kurt Cobain

Bikini Kill / Le Tigre vocalist Kathleen Hanna shares her memories of Kurt Cobain in her upcoming memoir Rebel Girl

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"It was a lot of work writing this book. I'm not gonna say it was easy. I was a mess": Bikini Kill/Le Tigre's Kathleen Hanna announces 'raw and insightful' memoir Rebel Girl

Bikini Kill / Le Tigre icon Kathleen Hanna to publish Rebel Girl memoir next year

Louder

'Glastonbury has reminded us what is at stake for music in the 2020s'

June 2023 gigs in Manchester, reviewed

Manchester Evening News

Le Tigre review – fun meets fury in an unmissable feminist pop reunion

Longtime musical activist Kathleen Hanna and her inspirational US party band return with a joyous yet fulminating set that takes no prisoners

The Guardian - UK

'Parklife will take centre stage in Manchester - but its supporting cast are equally good'

Strikes scuppered your Parklife plans? There are plenty of great shows to see in Manchester in June 2023

Manchester Evening News

Kathleen Hanna’s feminist party band Le Tigre reunite: ‘It’s depressing our lyrics are still relevant 20 years later’

They got back together for a one-off show on Hanna’s doorstep. Then they realised they had unfinished business: to affirm their place in the punk canon and get warring feminists offline and revelling together

The Guardian - UK

Thirty years of raging by Peaches, Bikini Kill and Björk, and they are still going strong

Bikini Kill rampages through hits such as Suck My Left One. Across town the next day, Peaches comes out wearing breast-shaped slippers.

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Bikini Kill last played in Australia in 1997. They reflect on 25 years of feminism, and the social media age

In 2023, Bikini Kill will return to Australia for the first time since 1997. Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail and Kathi Wilcox reflect on what's changed since then, and why the band "wouldn't have lasted more than a few months" in the social media age.

Evening Standard

Sky Ferreira: “I was desperate. Miserable. I got down on my knees”

Poised for a comeback years in the making, Sky Ferreira tells Susannah Butter how creating music has always been an ordeal and why she’s ready to make her 30s better than her troubled 20s

Tribune News Service

Bikini Kill returns to Northwest, its riot grrrl music and message more relevant than ever

SEATTLE — There wasn't really a script. But it'd be tough to write a better one.

Los Angeles Times

Kathleen Hanna on the return of Le Tigre, 'gross' fans who won't mask up and the summer of Beyoncé

Never one known for her eagerness to submit to interviews, Kathleen Hanna was happy, she admitted on a recent afternoon, to be talking to anybody at all.

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Salon

87-year-old NY woman shoved to her death

Barbara Maier Gustern was a friend and mentor to Debbie Harry, Kathleen Hanna and many others

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