Queercore shows became more than just entertainment — they became places to cruise, to network, to take self-defense lessons. (via Queer to the Core )

Queercore artists oral history/interview at OUT mag. Bruce La Bruce, Kaia Wilson, Vaginal Davis, Tribe 8 etc.

Liz Phair - Flower - Girlysound [by snesjenn]

Poly Styrene interview 1978 (by chatham43)

i cant believe the interviewer asks her about wearing braces and compares her negatively to Linda Ronstadt. OTOH discusses her approach to style and punk being as derivative as any other genre, which was a big part of her appeal re: not being sidetracked by the more insular ‘uniform anti-conformism’ aspects of punk.

thetouristzine:

Fatima Al Qadiri was born in Dakar, raised in Kuwait City and is now based in Brooklyn. Working across a bunch of mediums, Al Qadiri is both a visual artist and a producer. With regards to visual art, she takes photographs and collaborates with other artists (she’s a member of the K48 Kontinuum collective) on site-specific installations to which- if we’re not mistaken- she contributes sound designs. With regards to music, she has released several electro albums that are eclectic and feature music that, according to Pitchfork has, centered around the “spectral chanting of traditional Islamic songs in Arabic.” Al Qadiri has created soundtracks for several films and created scores for collaborations with fashion designers. Having exhibited her work around the world, Al Qadiri often uses Middle Eastern customs and rituals as the basis of her work yet reconstructs them with altogether different meanings- both subverting them while simultaneously celebrating them. Make sure to check out her amazing website here (it has awesome Mac-like functionality) and read her great column on global music here.

hassibah:

So I had no idea that somebody uploaded the full bbc doc with Poly Styrene after she died.  To watch later.

ditto, never seen it in full before.

konekotablets:

“Herstory Repeats:” Kathleen Hanna
Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA
March 30, 2011

I love you for posting this!

pocoparty:

O.G. Indian Chick in a Punk Band, Anjali Bhatia - frontwoman of the Voodoo Queens.  

1992. Anjali quits as drummer for British Riot Grrl band Mambo Taxi to start her own band with sister Rajni, cousin Anjula, former bandmate Ella Guru, and friend Sunny.  It only took one concert for BBC’s most influential DJ, John Peel to take notice and invite the Voodoo Queens to record a Peel Session.  They went on to record two more sessions with John Peel and had a few memorable TV appearances before splitting up for good in 1999.  

Download the Voodoo Queens first Peel session here

(via deafmuslimpunx)

via Poly Styrene, Lost & Found - Page 1 - Music - New York - Village Voice)

It was meant to be a delicious comeback for the transgressive girl whose defiant 1977 single, “Oh Bondage! Up Yours!” fired up Afro-Punk, riot grrrl, and every punk worth their peroxide.

Instead, the return of Poly Styrene became one of pop’s most poignant ironies. Generation Indigo—a bubbly, cuddly, insightful record, her first in seven years—was released on the day her death was announced last week.

The loss of 53-year-old Poly Styrene six months after the death of 48-year-old Ari-Up, the dreadlocked singer-songwriter of the Slits, is a reminder: how few were those brave women who shattered all pre-existing models during U.K. punk’s first wave.

This ragtag crew was the first self-determined generation of women musicians, and their influence is incalculable; today, their giddy progeny have stormed the malls with their camouflage, neon fishnets, and combat boots worn with gowns. And while their sounds may resonate differently, today’s alpha women—Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Pink—still ride the whirlwind of independent female energy that shook mid-1970s London.

A nice article, but I didn’t know she’d died. About to cry now.

women in punk (via zhoel13)

The ‘Women In Punk’ segment of  Don Lett’s  Punk Attitude documentary.

“Punk rock gave me a platform to put a band together, and do it my way. And that was good for an 18 year old kid, at the time I think it was pretty much unheard of for a girl, at that age, not to just be a groupie in somebody’s band” - Poly Styrene of X Ray Spex.

Also Ari Up, Roberta Bayley, Chrissie Hynde etc…artists from that nascent era of UK/USA punk

via Julie Fogarty’s blog, The legend of Petra Flurr Berlin, 2010

Ni-Hao! - Look at that (Peach) (via hexadecibel)

Japanese all-girl experimental punk band Ni Hao formed in Kyoto where the three initial members, twin bassists Yukari and Ariko, and drummer Reo, were at university, releasing their first homemade cassettes in 2000. The band carved a distinctive visual image for themselves, with each member adopting a color-coded stage name (Yukari Blue, Ariko Red, and Reo Green) and dressing accordingly when playing live. From the start, their sound drew comparisons with fellow Kansai experimentalists OOIOO, who shared Ni Hao’s playful yet nonsensical vocal utterances from numerous female singers, as well as their often avant-garde song constructions, which had their roots in Yukari’s studies of modern classical music.

boystown:

Kim Gordon Interview Part 1 (1988)

The Slits - In Conclusion

Ari Up [far left] with Neneh Cherry and other members of The Slits and Rip, Rig and Panic before they all got famous. 

Linked interview with Tessa Pollitt of The Slits, on how connecting with the Cherry family also connected The Slits to jazz influences [re: Up’s involvement in jazz and dub that gets overlooked sometimes for her fame as an early punk artist]