Big Joanie / GHUM / Fräulein @ The Garage – photo galleries and live review

Keira Anee took her camera to witness an herstoric night last night. Three bands we know and love from the DIY scene – Big Joanie, GHUM and Fräulein – taking over one of London’s foremost mid-size venues, The Garage. And, by all accounts, blowing the roof off it. Check out these stunning photos … Continue reading Big Joanie / GHUM / Fräulein @ The Garage – photo galleries and live review

GHUM: Some People – video of the day

Our video of the day today comes from London’s beloved GHUM. Latest single ‘Some People’ – a post-punk belter with big Siouxsie and the Banshees vibes – comes with a hugely entertaining video which sees the GHUM gang as music biz suits, conducting X-Factor style auditions for a series of colourful characters, before eventually coming to the rightful decision that they’ll just do the punkrocking themselves. Damn straight, GHUM, DIY forever! Continue reading GHUM: Some People – video of the day

24 hours of LOUD WOMEN!

What a great weekend for LOUD WOMEN … first of all, our awesome new t-shirts arrived on Friday and they look spectacular! Then we kicked it off at a new-to-us venue, The Unicorn Camden Live on Friday with four stonking bands: Ghum, WITCH FEVER, Ghum, Think Pretty, The Noise & the Naive and Witch Fever and Think Pretty. It was a really fun and friendly … Continue reading 24 hours of LOUD WOMEN!

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 interview musicians about their inspiration, beginnings and career in the DIY scene. Here, Sophie from Little Fists gives us a glimpse at a riot grrrl scene linked to much missed bands such as Candy Panic Attack and Actual Crimes, as well as current LOUD WOMEN: Bugeye, Ghum, Little Fists, The Ethical Debating Society … Continue reading UK riot grrrl: a second wave snapshot

29 Sept 2017: Ghum, Glue, Think Pretty and Witch Fever

A night of awesome punk/pop/rock/awesome, at Camden’s beloved The Unicorn. Live music from: GHUM Atmospheric dark pop https://www.facebook.com/pg/ghummusic GLUE London alt trio. Album ‘Blatant Lies’ out now https://itsglue.bandcamp.com/releases https://www.facebook.com/itsglue THINK PRETTY Art rock duo from Cardiff https://www.facebook.com/thinkprettyband/ WITCH FEVER Manchester all-girl punk grunge band. “Making noise with their big muffs” https://www.facebook.com/witchfever/ Doors 7 pm FREE entry All welcome! LOUD WOMEN is a DIY collective that … Continue reading 29 Sept 2017: Ghum, Glue, Think Pretty and Witch Fever