Rock music has always been primarily a boys’ club. But this year a crowd of brilliant women have broken through. And 2008 promises to be just as exciting. Here Leonie Cooper speaks to five exciting new acts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2225852,00.html
The following women are the mothers of most rocker grrrls today. All of this music was too intense for the times and ignored, but now is the soundtrack of the current generation. Whether they know it or not. From these pioneers we get The Breeders, Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, Hole, Elastica, Cibo Matto, Garbage, Sleater-Kinney, Ladytron, Chicks On Speed, Lesbians On Ecstasy, Erase Errata, Boyskout, Peaches, Electrocute, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Metric.
The architects: LENE LOVICH (US/UK) and NINA HAGEN (Germany), updating Yma Sumac for the new wave; ARI UP and THE SLITS, exploring the wilds of world dub (UK); LiLiPUT, the best PostPunk band you’ve never heard of and equal to any (Switzerland); FATAL MICROBES, a teen band featuring two kids of Vi Subversa from the Poison Girls (UK); STINKY TOYS, who played the first all-Punk show ever with the Pistols and newcomer ‘Suzie and the Banshees’ (France); the minimalist robot synth of FLYING LIZARDS, featuring PATTI PALLADIN of Snatch(NY/UK); TINA WEYMOUTH and the TALKING HEADS, the fountainhead for indie dress, PunkFunk, and more styles than we’ve caught up with (New York); the collective PULSALLAMA, with Wendy Wild and Ann Magnuson, bringing polyrhthmic fun (NY); THE BLOODS with funky punk; LIZZY MERCIER DESCLOUX making dissonant guitar clang danceable (France/NY); THE MODETTES modeling impossibly catchy pop with reggae bounce (NY); JILL KROESEN with rhythmic skronk and chant (NY); The BUSH TETRAS, a funky punk band whose influence covers Romeo Void to Kim Gordan (NY); the brilliant spartan funk of E.S.G. by the Scroggins sisters (South Bronx); Her Mercurial Majesty of Goth and so much more, SIOUXSIE SIOUX (UK); the stripped edge of Young Marble Giants, whose ‘Credit In the Straight World’ was covered by Hole (Wales); Y PANTS forecast the bratty casualism of Bratmobile (NY); UT rode tribal drums and fuzzy chords through alien synths (NY); TINA WEYMOUTH and Chris Frantz of TOM TOM CLUB spun the NY scene’s punkfunk through hiphop and reggae to conquer the world with ‘Genius Of Love’ (NY); …while KIM GORDAN and SONIC YOUTH channeled the scene’s No Wave noise into a startling career (US); the punkfunk priests GANG OF FOUR converted bassist SARA LEE to the cause in their second revolution (UK/US); VANESSA BRISCOE emitted the bent transmissions of PYLON (Georgia); Throbbing Gristle had split nicely into the fresh folds of CHRIS & COSEY, with conceptual and sexual artist COSI FANNI TUTTI (UK); The SELECTER sure picked it right with lead singer PAULINE BLACK kicking tough ska (UK); EDITH NYLON made the synth pop and kick (France); ALICE BAG of the Bags now crusaded with the CAMBRIDGE APOSTLES (L.A.); SU TISSUE cut an askew swath through SUBURBAN LAWNS (L.A.); Native American DEBORAH IYALL serenaded in the ROMEO VOID (San Fran); DOMINATRIX predated Lords of Acid and Peaches with sexual dance music (NY); and LAURIE ANDERSON made the avant-garde fun and grooving (NY).
song: LiLiPUT, “Eisiger Wind”
(english here)
LADYFEST BUCURESTI
12-14 octombrie 2007
“Whatever your fight, don’t be ladylike!”
– arta si activism grassroots pe teme de gen
[1 RON sugestie donatie in timpul zilei]
[10 RON intrare la show-uri / 25 RON pass pentru tot festivalul]
>> ATELIERE, ACTIUNI, DISCUTII, PROIECTII
@ H.arta
str. Pictor Arthur Verona nr. 19, sector 1
(intrare de pe B-dul Magheru)
* Vineri (12/10)
13-14:30 Strategii anti-rasiste
14:30-16:30 Self-defense – gender attacks
20:00- “Granitele tranzitiei”… discutie D MEDIA despre tranzitie si postcomunism
ACTIUNE
18:00-20 Take Back the Night rally (pentru toti) si mars (women-only)
[cu plecare din Piata Constitutiei]
FILME D MEDIA
20:00 “Commonplaces of transition”; “Border diaries”
* Sambata (13/10)
10-12 Vegan baking
12-13 Discutii pe “femei si stiinta/tehnologie”
13-14:30 Identitati queer vs. heteronormativitate
14:30-15:30 Discutie/atelier despre comunicare non-ierarhica, feminista, non-violenta si organizarea in grup
15:30-17:00 Maternitatea si implicatiile sale sociale si politice
17:00-19:00 H.arta: cum adresam teama & radical reading
20:00- “Munca femeilor”… discutie/masa rotunda D MEDIA despre situatia muncii in romania si discriminarile care inca mai exista impotriva femeilor
FILME D MEDIA
20:00 “Made in Italy”; “Eden”
* Duminica (14/10)
10:00-11:30 Gen si wikipedia/prezenta femeilor in spatii pe internet
11:30-13 Atelier/forum/panel pe prostitutie, trafic, violenta impotriva femeilor
13-14:30 Video activism
14:30-16:00 Corporalitatea feminina, corporalitatea noastra
16:00-18 “Turul radical” al Bucurestiului [prin oras]
16:00-17:30: Idei preconcepute: o zi in media.
18:00-19:00: Intro to open source software
19:00- “Vieti precare”… discutie D MEDIA despre conceptul de precaritate
Pe tot parcursul festivalului:
ZINE-MAKING, ACTIVIST FAIR, TRAVELING ZINE LIBRARY
PROIECTII din videoteca Ladyfest: “Ladyfest Grenoble”, “female+queer words+beats”, “Bought and sold”, “Behind the labels”, “If hope were enough”, “War zone”, “Mami”, “Hot and bothered – feminist pornography”, “Grrlyshow”, “Clitfest 2004 – the documentary”, “Born in flames”, “Market this!: queer radicals respond to market assimilation”, “The art of hollering”, “Barely audible”, “Flori de mac”
>> CONCERTE & EXPO
@ PUNKOTECA,
str. Atelierului nr. 14
(langa Gara de Nord)
* Vineri (12.10) de la ora 22:00:
STACEY CAPOOT – acoustic / indie (San Diego, S.U.A.)
NOT YOURS – rock (Deva, Romania)
DJ: K* (Bielefeld, Germania)
* Sambata (13.10) de la ora 21:00:
HEADPHONE KICKS – funk / ska / alternative (Bacau, Romania)
THE FITS – pop (Orebro, Suedia)
DJ PINKTROL (Poland/Stockholm, Suedia)
* Duminica (14.10) de la ora 21:00:
VIVE LA NOIZ – alternative / ska / punk (Bistrita, Romania)
MEANOX- aternative / rock / indie (Bucuresti, Romania)
DJ IF (Munchen, Germania)
Pe tot parcursul festivalului:
ART EXPO
—-fotografie: Mira Marincas (Cluj); Luiza Puiu (Timisoara); Elena Stoehr (Köln, Germania); Adina Rafaila (Brasov)
—-pictura: Iulia Nicolaie (Brasov); Maria Ivan Gurzu (Bucuresti); Ana Maria Dinescu (Bucuresti); Eliza Gereanu (Bucuresti)
—-gravura/pictura: Laura Partin (Iasi)
—-gravura/colaj: Olivia (Bucuresti)
Cosponsori: ACCEPT, Alert Fund, D Media, Indymedia Romania, Komunitas, Ladyfest Frankfurt, Ladyfest Mannheim, Project Space, XminY Solidariteitsfonds
++++++++ Detalii: https://fia.pimienta.org
++++++++ Contact: ladyfest-ro@lists.riseup.net
LADYFEST BUCHAREST
12-14 october 2007
“Whatever your fight, don’t be ladylike!”
– art and grassroots activism on gender themes
[1 RON suggested donation for during the day]
[10 RON concert entrance / 25 RON pass-par-tout]
>> WORKSHOPS, ACTIONS, DISCUSSIONS, SCREENINGS
@ H.arta
str. Pictor Arthur Verona nr. 19, sector 1
(entrance from B-dul Magheru)
* Friday (12/10)
13-14:30 Anti-racist strategies
14:30-16:30 Self-defense – gender attacks
20:00- “The borders of transition”… D MEDIA discussion on transition and post-communism
ACTION
18:00-20 Take Back the Night rally (for all) and march (women-only)
[leaving from Piata Constitutiei]
D MEDIA FILMS
20:00 “Paint Romanian”; “Border diaries”
* Saturday (13/10)
10-12 Vegan baking
12-13 Discussions about “women and science/technology”
13-14:30 Queer vs. heteronormative identities
14:30-15:30 Discussion/workshop on non-hierarchical, feminist, non-violent communication and group organizing
15:30-17:00 Maternity and its social and political implications
17:00-19:00 H.arta: how to address fear and radical reading
20:00- “Women’s work”… D MEDIA discussion/round table about the work situation in romania and the discrimination that still exists towards women
D MEDIA FILMS
20:00 “Made in Italy”; “Eden”
* Sunday (14/10)
10:00-11:30 Gender and wikipedia/women’s presence in internet spaces
11:30-13 Workshop/forum/panel on prostitution, trafficking, violence against women
13-14:30 Video activism
14:30-16:00 Feminine corporeality, our corporeality
16:00-18 “Radical Tour” through Bucharest
16:00-17:30: Preconceived ideas: a day in the media.
18:00-19:00: Intro to open source software
19:00- “Precarious lives”… D MEDIA discussion about the concept of precarity
During the entire festival:
ZINE-MAKING, ACTIVIST FAIR, TRAVELING ZINE LIBRARY
SCREENINGS from the Ladyfest videotheque: “Ladyfest Grenoble”, “female+queer words+beats”, “Bought and sold”, “Behind the labels”, “If hope were enough”, “War zone”, “Mami”, “Hot and bothered – feminist pornography”, “Grrlyshow”, “Clitfest 2004 – the documentary”, “Born in flames”, “Market this!: queer radicals respond to market assimilation”, “The art of hollering”, “Barely audible”, “Flori de mac”
>> CONCERTS & EXPO
@ PUNKOTECA,
str. Atelierului nr. 14
(near Gara de Nord)
* Friday (12.10) from 22:00:
STACEY CAPOOT – acoustic / indie (San Diego, U.S.A.)
NOT YOURS – rock (Deva, Romania)
DJ: K* (Bielefeld, Germany)
* Saturday (13.10) from 21:00:
HEADPHONE KICKS – funk / ska / alternative (Bacau, Romania)
THE FITS – pop (Orebro, Suedia)
DJ PINKTROL (Poland/Stockholm, Suedia)
* Sunday (14.10) from 21:00:
VIVE LA NOIZ – alternative / ska / punk (Bistrita, Romania)
MEANOX- aternative / rock / indie (Bucharest, Romania)
DJ IF (Munchen, Germania)
During the entire festival:
ART EXPO
—-photography: Mira Marincas (Cluj); Luiza Puiu (Timisoara); Elena Stoehr (Köln, Germany); Adina Rafaila (Brasov)
—-painting: Iulia Nicolaie (Brasov); Maria Ivan Gurzu (Bucharest); Ana Maria Dinescu (Bucharest); Eliza Gereanu (Bucharest)
—-engraving/painting: Laura Partin (Iasi)
—-engraving/collage: Olivia (Bucharest)
Cosponsors: ACCEPT, Alert Fund, D Media, Indymedia Romania, Komunitas, Ladyfest Frankfurt, Ladyfest Mannheim, Project Space, XminY Solidariteitsfonds
++++++++ Details: https://fia.pimienta.org
++++++++ Contact: ladyfest-ro@lists.riseup.net
another must read: “Ignorance abounds… on Youtube” @When She Speaks I Hear the Revolution – it’s really about a very common attitude towards female musicians… about how male-centric almost all rock music is (and more importantly is assumed to be), STILL!
ps: alison (vv) from the kills used to be in the punk band discount… and she was awesome!
zimbabwe, lithuania
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siren, netherlands
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cinica, brazil
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skilla, sweden (who can’t make it to bucharest)
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dj combustion, sweden (who sadly also can’t make it)
short film “combustion, 5 years of kicking ass”:
music by these artists in right order (they have played live at combustion)
http://www.myspace.com/postplay
http://www.myspace.com/aliceinvideoland
http://www.myspace.com/chickhabit
http://www.myspace.com/lapumasweden
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trash can entertainment are
http://www.myspace.com/combustion_sthlm
http://www.myspace.com/cyberiacityproduction