Never one known for her eagerness to submit to interviews, Kathleen Hanna was happy, she admitted on a recent afternoon, to be talking to anybody at all.
And a few boys, too. When riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill played their first New York show in 22 years, these are the fans who showed up — one as early as noon and two who hadn’t told their parents. Hi mom and dad!
“As a kind of pied piper for the blog crowd, Mr. DeMarco, with his trademark gaptoothed smile and disarming baby blues….but on-the-ground, grass-roots outreach via nonstop touring and direct human connection.”
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, from Australia, clearly don’t take themselves entirely seriously, but they tore into their hopped-up boogie drone, topped with blues harp. Immigrant Union revived the folk-rock wing of psychedelia.
“He acknowledged that another motive was a desire for vindication. Four years ago, the festival declined his application for a showcase spot. “I played house shows and slept in my car the whole time,” he said…”
“For a few hours in the afternoon (mostly) young and (mostly) off-kilter garage and punk bands, including Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees, took the wheel,” states Jon Caramanica of the New York Times. “Just prior, on a smaller stage, Milk Music played impressive, slightly sludgy punk that felt insular, a rarity.”
