LW Politics & Music – Part 1: Ren Aldridge (Petrol Girls)
The media regularly bemoan a lack of politics in music, compared to a mythical 60s/70s/80s 'good old days' - only…
UK riot grrrl: a second wave snapshot
Interview by Kris Smith As an occasional feature we promise not to call ‘How I became a Loud Woman’, we…
LOUD WOMEN Hercury Music prize Shortlist announced
For this – the very first LOUD WOMEN Hercury Music Award – we’ve honoured most of the criteria of our…
review: ‘We’re Not Ovaryacting’ by The Menstrual Cramps
by kris smith We’re Not Ovaryacting by The Menstrual Cramps (LP, Feb 2017)The debut album ‘We’re Not Ovaryacting’ from London-via-Bristol…
record reviews by kris smith
Deux Furieuses – Tracks of Wire LP (May, 2016) This is an album that probably can’t be done justice without…
Review: Typical Girls Volume One (Emotional Response Records)
by kris smith 16 tracks here, coming straight from the underground, and a very high hit rate for a compilation.…