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Music, Music Feature Sep 5, 2019
Let’s talk Riot Fest

The Reader crew start some conversations about Chicago’s loudest punk-rock institution: its lineup, its location, its role in the community, and more.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest, Douglas Park, 2019, schedule, lineup, reunions, Bikini Kill, Village People, Ride, Slayer, Gwar, Andrew W.K., Patti Smith, Jawbreaker, Hot Snakes, Wu-Tang Clan, B-52s, Testament, Bloc Party

Music, Music Feature Sep 5, 2019
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Unsolicited advice for Riot Fest’s bookers

The festival has its traditions, and it’s hard to hate Andrew W.K. or Gwar—but here are some bands we’d like to see.
- By Salem Collo-Julin, Leor Galil, S. Nicole Lane, Jamie Ludwig, and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest, Douglas Park, 2019, Andrew W.K., Gwar, Village People, Taking Back Sunday, Die Antwoord, the Story So Far, Flaming Lips, Bikini Kill, Lando Chill, Mykele Deville, Why? Records, Girl Band, Drug Apts, Seratones, Tropa Magica, Big Joanie, Deafkids, Duster, Dirtbombs, White Mystery, B-52s, Wu-Tang Clan, Patti Smith, Amyl & the Sniffers, Oblivians, Gories, Surfbort, Foxing, Joyce Manor, Melvins, Om, Earth, Eyehategod, Power Trip, Killdozer, Orville Peck, Robbie Fulks, Caroline Rose, Mekons, Merle Haggard, Lucero, Electric Six, Pkew Pkew Pkew, Video

Music, Music Feature Sep 5, 2019
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Hopping the Riot Fest nostalgia train

Reunions and full-album sets are the festival’s specialty—so what does it have to offer this year, besides Bikini Kill?
- By Salem Collo-Julin, Leor Galil, Philip Montoro, J.R. Nelson, Brianna Wellen, and Anna White
- Tags: Music Feature, Riot Fest, Douglas Park, 2019, reunion, reunited, full-album set, album set, Bikini Kill, Dashboard Confessional, Against Me!, the Selecter, Blink-182, Enema of the State, Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Ween, The Mollusk, Bloc Party, Silent Alarm, Taking Back Sunday, Tell All Your Friends, Louder Now, Dashboard Confessional, The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, Avail, Over the James, Reinventing Axl Rose, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Glassjaw, Worship & Tribute, Senses Fail, Let It Enfold You, From the Depths of Dreams, Too Much Pressure, Jawbreaker, Weezer, Ergs!, Ride, Video

Music, Music Feature Jun 19, 2019
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How Homocore Chicago propped open the gate for queer punks

Today’s activist bookers face dramatically different hurdles, but Joanna Brown and Mark Freitas gave them all a running start with this 1990s concert series.
- By Micco Caporale
- Tags: Music Feature, Homocore, Homocore Chicago, Mark Freitas, Joanna Brown, Martin Sorrondeguy, Los Crudos, Limp Wrist, Fed Up Fest, Black and Brown Punk Show Collective, Black, Brown, and Indigenous Crew, Czar Bar, Fifth Column, Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, G.B. Jones, J.D.s, Bruce LaBruce, Preston Bradley Center, Pansy Division, Tribe 8, Lunachicks, God Is My Co-Pilot, Heterocide, Fireside Bowl, Empty Bottle, Autonomous Zone, Chris Kellner, Hook Torture, Defibrillator, Adele Bertei, Contortions, Lesley Woods, Au Pairs, Back Porch Video, Steve LaFreniere, SPEW, Team Dresch, Huggy Bear, Sleater-Kinney, Tobi Vail, Combating Latent Inequality Together Fest, CLIT Fest, Isabella Mancini, E. Ornelas, Sheer Queer, Mighty Hoopla, Whole Festival, Go West Fest, queer, Pride, LGBTQ+, Video

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 31, 2017
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The Homocore Chicago series puts its legacy on exhibit for its 25th birthday

Plus: Kenny Childers of Gentleman Caller and author Maryse Meijer pair songs with readings from the stories that inspired them, and Smart Bar hosts 23 hours of continuous DJ sets.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Joanna Brown, Mark Freitas, Homocore Chicago, Defibrillator Gallery, 25th anniversary, Fifth Column, G.B. Jones, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Los Crudos, Martin Sorrondeguy, Limp Wrist, Thalia Zedek, Scott Free, God Is My Co-Pilot, Sleater-Kinney, Pansy Division, Jenny Urban, DJ Larissa, Ed Varga, queer, punk, queer punk, Chris Kellner, Jane Danger, Gentleman Caller, Kenny Childers, No One’s Daughter, Heartless, Pilsen Community Books, Maryse Meijer, Smart Bar, 23 Hour Party People, Derrick Carter, Miss Kittin, Robert Hood, Justin Long, Olin, Eris Drew, DJ Heather, Video

Arts & Culture, Performing Arts Feature Aug 2, 2017
Brave Like Them, The Bricklayers of Oz, and ten more new stage shows for the dog days

A "queer as f**k riot grrrl musical" and Chicago Dance Crash's latest story-length hip-hop showcase are among this week's best bets.
- Tags: Performing Arts Feature, An American in Paris, Christopher Wheeldon, George and Ira Gershwin, Gene Kelly, I Got Rhythm, Craig Lucas, McGee Maddox, Jerry Mulligan, Ryan Steele, About Face Youth Theatre, riot grrrl movement, Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill, 90s punk, Ali Hoefnagel, Kieran Kredell, Kyle Norton, Erin Kilmurray, Nicholas Davio, Brave Like Them, The Fair Maid of the West, Oak Park Festival Theatre, Thomas Heywood, 17th-century comedy, Amanda Forman, Zach Livingston, Kevin Theis, swordplay, Bobby Bowman, Teatro Vista, La Havana Madrid, Sandra Delgado, Latin nightclub, Carpacho y Su Super Combo, Latino immigrants in Chicago, Goodman Theatre, Lakeview, the Comrades, In the Wake, Lisa Kron, Rose Sengenberger, Alison Plott, Mike Newquist, Rachel Rauscher, Bush v. Gore, 2000 presidential election, Hurricane Katrina, 9/11, Ground Zero, Alex Mallory, Black Ensemble Theater, Rueben Echoles, Deverin Deonte, Last Dancer Standing (More Than Hip-Hop), Black Lives Matter, Huggable Riot, sketch comedy, Judgmental Institutions, the Annoyance, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare in the Parks, Marti Lyons, The Vagina Monologues, The Aleatoric Theatre Company, Eve Ensler, Refugee Alliance Group, transgender, Joette Waters, Sandy Smith

Music, Pitchfork Jul 15, 2015
Pitchfork gives it up for riot grrrls

Sleater-Kinney and Kathleen Hanna helped light a flame that still powers the likes of Waxahatchee and Courtney Barnett.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Pitchfork, The Julie Ruin, Kathleen Hanna, Sleater-Kinney, Riot Grrrl Manifesto, Bikini Kill, Mary Timony, Ex Hex, Courtney Barnett, Waxahatchee

Blogs, Bleader Jul 2, 2015
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Star Pimp played bizarre, infectious sludge that's worth cleaning off 20 years of dust to hear

Of all the relics of noise-rock's 90s golden age, Bay Area band Star Pimp might be the most unjustly forgotten.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, 12 O'Clock Track, Star Pimp, Treasure Trail, Seraphim 280Z, Docudrama, Tom Flynn, Fang, Duh, Boner Records, Kill Rock Stars, Mighty and Superior, Richie, Richard Ramirez, Greatest Hits of Love, Carpenters, Jamie Spidle, Eric Grotke, Shit Matrix, Nguyens, Marcelle Poulos, Ronnie Burns, Bikini Kill, Thrones, Video

Arts & Culture, Theater Review May 20, 2015
InFusion Theatre delivers a female-driven punk rock masterpiece

Riot grrrls come to terms with the past in Another Kind of Love, with music from Crystal Skillman and Heidi Rodewald.
- By Chloe Riley
- Tags: Theater Review, Another Kind of Love, Chopin Theatre, InFusion Theatre Company, riot grrrlPassing Strange, Family Album, Kurt Cobaib, Kathleen Hannah, Bikini Kill, Unwound, Wild, Crystal Skillman

Music, In Rotation May 5, 2014
In Rotation: Metro publicist Jenny Lizak on a punk documentary to give teenage girls for Christmas

Plus: Smart Bar booker Marea Stamper on the best bathhouse party in Pittsburgh and Reader music editor Philip Montoro on French black metal that's mad for Lovecraft
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: In Rotation, Metro, Smart Bar, Philip Montoro, Chicago Reader, Godflesh, Justin Broadrick, The Breeders, Amazon, Steve Albini, The Great Old Ones, black metal, documentaries, Kathleen Hanna, Music Box, Netflix, iTunes, Le Tigre, Bikini Kill, Questlove, essays, Vulture, CHIRP Record Fair, Alvin & the Chipmunks, Jenny Lizak, Black Madonna, Hi-NRG disco, Frankie Knuckles, Pet Shop Boys, remixes, Neil Tennant, Pittsburgh, Jerry's Records, film, records, Marea Stamper, Patrick Cowley

Film, Movie Critic's Choice Dec 11, 2013
Recommended Video
Kathleen Hanna: Grrrl interrupted

The Punk Singer profiles a feminist rocker who walked away.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Critic's Choice, Bikini Kill, Kathleen Hanna, the Punk Singer, Riot Grrrl, Sini Anderson, Joan Jett, Kim Gordon, Sonic Youth, Corin Tucker, Sleater-Kinney, Le Tigre, Julien Temple, Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Feb 20, 2013
Reader's Agenda Wed 2/20: Wonder Women: The Untold Story of American Superheroines, Vacation Dad, and From Jail to Yale

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, February 20, 2013.
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Columbia College, Hokin Hall, Feminism Flatlined: The New Girl Series, Wonder Women: the Untold Story of American Superheroines, Gloria Steinem, Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, Andrew Todryk, Vacation Dad, Burlington, Leor Galil, Bones, Hunter Husar, From Jail to Yale: Serving Time on Stage, University of Chicago Logan Center for the Arts

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Thu 11/15

What's on the Agenda for Thursday, November 15, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Chicago Food and Film Festival, Kendall College, DePaul Art Museum, Richard Cahan, Michael Williams, Vivian Maier: Out of the Shadows, Punk Rock Karaoke, 2013 Chicago Zine Fest, Beauty Bar, Ramones, Bikini Kill, Dead Kennedys

Blogs, Bleader Jul 18, 2012
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Revolution girl-style, now available digitally via Bikini Kill Records

Bikini Kill starts own label, starts reissuing its complete discography
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Boom!, Music, Bikini Kill, Kill Rock Stars, Bikini Kill Records, Frumpies, Casual Dots, punk, DIY, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 21, 2010
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Kathleen Hanna on Teen Spirit and Stripping

The former Bikini Kill front woman talks about her part in the Nirvana legend.
- By Miles Raymer
- Tags: Crickets, Music, Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill, Nirvana, Smells Like Teen Spirit, alternative rock, Video

News & Politics, Miscellany Sep 24, 1992
Revolution Girl-Style Now!

Notes From the Teenage Feminist Rock 'n' Roll Underground
- By Emily White
- Tags: Miscellany, FeatureRIO Girl, girlcore, Nikki McClure, Riot Girl Olympia, Olympia, Washington, Bikini Kill, Hole, Babes in Toyland, Calamity Jane, fanzines, Jigsaw, Sister Nobody, Chainsaw, Girl Germs, Riot Girl manifesto, Riot Girl Olympia, Candice Pedersen, Calvin Johnson, K Records, Sub Pop, International Pop Underground, Heavens to Betsy, Allison Wolfe, Molly Neuman, mosh pits, Barbara Kruger, Tobi Vail, Kathleen Hanna, punk, femininity, contradictions, patriarchy, Washington, D.C., Ian MacKaye, Fugazi, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, Rolling Stone, Gloria Steinem, Sonic Youth, Kim Gordon, Jean Smith, Mecca Normal, David Lester, Bratmobile, girlcore zines, homocore zines, zines, Kristy McNichol, G.B. Jones, Donna Dresch, Carol Gilligan, Kat Bjelland

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The Reader crew start some conversations about Chicago’s loudest punk-rock institution: its lineup, its location, its role in the community, and more.

The festival has its traditions, and it’s hard to hate Andrew W.K. or Gwar—but here are some bands we’d like to see.

Reunions and full-album sets are the festival’s specialty—so what does it have to offer this year, besides Bikini Kill?

Today’s activist bookers face dramatically different hurdles, but Joanna Brown and Mark Freitas gave them all a running start with this 1990s concert series.

Plus: Kenny Childers of Gentleman Caller and author Maryse Meijer pair songs with readings from the stories that inspired them, and Smart Bar hosts 23 hours of continuous DJ sets.

A "queer as f**k riot grrrl musical" and Chicago Dance Crash's latest story-length hip-hop showcase are among this week's best bets.

Sleater-Kinney and Kathleen Hanna helped light a flame that still powers the likes of Waxahatchee and Courtney Barnett.

Of all the relics of noise-rock's 90s golden age, Bay Area band Star Pimp might be the most unjustly forgotten.

Riot grrrls come to terms with the past in Another Kind of Love, with music from Crystal Skillman and Heidi Rodewald.

Plus: Smart Bar booker Marea Stamper on the best bathhouse party in Pittsburgh and Reader music editor Philip Montoro on French black metal that's mad for Lovecraft

The Punk Singer profiles a feminist rocker who walked away.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Wednesday, February 20, 2013.

What's on the Agenda for Thursday, November 15, 2012

Bikini Kill starts own label, starts reissuing its complete discography

The former Bikini Kill front woman talks about her part in the Nirvana legend.

Notes From the Teenage Feminist Rock 'n' Roll Underground

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