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International Girl Gang Underground zine (2011)

2011/04/27 – 6:56 pm

Are you mad at me? I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be away so long. It’s just that I’ve been really caught up launching the International Girl Gang Underground compilation zine, co-edited by Kate Wadkins. It’s been a frigging dream come true! I’m really proud of it, and I’ve been putting a majority of my [...]

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Hunx (and his buttcheeks) & The Punkettes : “U Don’t Like Rock N Roll” [Video]

2010/04/04 – 12:03 pm

Hunx & The Punkettes finished up a whirlwind week at SXSW (which I’ve heard described, not at all disparagingly, as the “all Hunx all the time show”) in late March and haven’t come up for air yet: they recently embarked on a European tour and also just released a video for “U Don’t Like Rock [...]

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Fleabag : s/t EP (2009)

2010/02/18 – 6:17 pm

Fleabag is a queer-fronted pop punk band from Oakland. They’re cranking out some really good, earnest, and catchy songs that remind me (and some other rad dudes) of everything I didn’t hate about high school: house shows, eating candy and, you know, really feeling stuff. In about a month’s time, you can catch them on [...]

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