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Loud and Clear: There Is No Punk Without Black Women

A collage of the members of Big Joanie, Willow Smith, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe in black and white and in front of a red background and adorned with green leaves, roses, and an aux cord.
by Vanessa Willoughby
January 28, 2022 at 11:38am
The origins of rock ’n’ roll are whitewashed. Too often, white men are credited as the creators and innovators, overshadowing Black artists who birthed the genre and shaped its progression. 
Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry, surrounded by bandmates

Me Who?: Debbie Harry’s “Face It” and the Challenge of Addressing Outmoded Rape Narratives

by Noa Azulai
October 16, 2019 at 12:14pm
The urge to superimpose the cultural context of today on the difficult truths of the past risks erasing them. Read more »

Kate Nash DGAF About Your Agenda

by Dannielle Owens-Reid
July 12, 2017 at 11:37am
“I’m not the cookie-cutter pop star.” Read more »
SZA's Ctrl album cover

13 Albums That Will Pull You Through the Summer

by Evette Dionne
July 6, 2017 at 1:04pm
Summer is the perfect time to create soundtracks for meaningful memories. Read more »

New Music Monday: Mommy Long Legs

by Emma May
February 8, 2017 at 4:21pm
In their sparking, spitfire way, Seattle band Mommy Long Legs’ songs tackle topics like gentrification, gender norms, and catcalling. Read more »

New Music Monday: Wimps

by Sarah Mirk
February 1, 2017 at 4:22pm
The punk band’s frontwoman Rachel Ratner taught herself guitar solos from Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins songs as a teen.  Read more »
Durham Raleigh North Carolina Triangle Chapen Hill Punk Folk Kym Register Loamlands

Loamlands Makes Folk Songs for Punk Hearts

by Katie Presley
January 4, 2017 at 8:42am
Loamlands, with its ’70s-rock guitar and pastoral imagery, has given Register a platform from which to write songs about queer life and history. Read more »

BitchTapes: 2016 Favorites

by Katie Presley
December 30, 2016 at 8:13am
Bitch Music Editor Katie Presley highlights some of her favorite songs of 2016. Read more »

BitchTapes: Dilly Dally Takeover

by Katie Presley
December 16, 2016 at 8:15am
This week’s mix, by guest DJ Katie Monks of alt-rock band Dilly Dally, is all hope, claws, and raw power.  Read more »

Punks Against the Patriarchy: Hardcore Fans Organize to Stop Misogyny in the Music Scene

by Jenn Chavez
December 1, 2016 at 10:09am
New groups are popping up to help make more inclusive punk spaces.  Read more »

Hitting Home Run Feminist Pop: On "Slugger," Sadie Dupuis Infuses Pop With a Poetic Punk Ethos

by Emma May
October 27, 2016 at 10:16am
Speedy Ortiz vocalist Sadie Dupuis is striking out on her own with a new solo album called “Slugger.” Read more »

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