Archive | July 23, 2012

With Bikini Kill’s Upcoming Reissues Scheduled, Here Are Four Other Riot Grrrl Releases That Deserve a New Look

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It’s been 25 years since Bikini Kill released its self-titled proper debut EP, a six-track offering that, in retrospect, as the closest thing to an official opening salvo of the riot grrrl movement as there ever was. (That’s how music history has been written, anyways — the band went to great lengths to explain they [...]

Deicide: A Primer (of Sorts)

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Like so many others, Deicide were one of the first death metal bands I really got into, alongside Cannibal Corpse and Morbid Angel. I remember 15-year-old me shoehorning “Bible Basher” and “Satan Spawn, The Caco-Daemon” onto the countless mix CDs I’d burn to listen to on the bus to school, couching them between less intense [...]