(photo by Christa Holka)
There is a flurry of activity surrounding The Raincoats right now, including rare live appearances, film projects and album re-issues.
The buzz began in March after a tantalizing preview screening for the band’s documentary/tour diary film, Fairytales, directed by Gina Birch at the BFI hosted 2009 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (LLGFF).
In April they followed up [...]
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The Raincoats
September 21st, 2009 · No Comments
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The Free Music Archive
June 8th, 2009 · No Comments
The Free Music Archive is a on-line database of pre-cleared music available for legal download and distribution. The project is directed by WFMU radio station in Jersey City, New Jersey - one of the foremost independent radio stations in the United States. Further curators and contributors include other stateside radio stations such as KEXP, dublab, [...]
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Lollipop Generation - GB Jones
March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment
GB Jones is a musician, filmmaker and artist based in Toronto, Canada and active in the queer/underground scene there since the early 80s. Her many projects over the years have included co-editing the seminal queer zine J.D.s with Bruce LaBruce and later Double Bill with friends and bandmates from her all-girl band Fifth Column. She has also appropriated [...]
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The revolution will be broadcast
March 9th, 2009 · No Comments
The 8th of March is International Women’s Day. To insure a good marching beat and help lay down the soundtrack to the revolution, I’m recognizing the day in the spirit of Emma Goldman (”if I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution”) by offering you links to a selection of radio shows [...]
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Tiger Beat Radio podcasts
September 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments
It was just about a year ago that I left Switzerland and moved to London. Unfortunately since settling here in a lovely house south of the Thames, I have not been able to continue my broadcasting endeavors…yet. Instead I offer you the complete digital archive from 2006 of my former radio show Tiger Beat on [...]
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Anattitude magazine and website
August 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Although the title above proclaims this to be a “women in punk” blog, I’m not adverse to stretching the limits now and again - enough so at least to introduce an excellent project focusing on women in hip-hop. Anattitude is a Belgian magazine and website started by German artist Jeanette Petri, a.k.a. Jee Nice, which [...]
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