Of all the relics of noise-rock’s 90s golden age, Bay Area band Star Pimp might be the most unjustly forgotten.
Tag: Kill Rock Stars
Kurt Braunohler is clear to land
Kurt Braunohler isn’t shy about taking a good joke to the streets (or to the sky).
Revolution girl-style, now available digitally via Bikini Kill Records
Bikini Kill starts own label, starts reissuing its complete discography
The Bad Bitches of South by Southwest
From the “return” of Hole to the paradigm-busting hip-hop of Thee Satisfaction
Ripple effects from the Touch and Go calamity
What the shuttering of Touch and Go’s distribution operation means for some of the labels that have been a part of it
The sound the people slept on
Maybe it’s okay that everyone missed the boat on the last Kill Rock Stars comp.
Beyond Reason
Is there something valuable about the way things sound when they sound like they’re going wrong? …. it’s a whole way of making music, not just challenging but gut-level exciting, and people can actually get good at it.