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Julia Kugel is embracing the future with excitement. Kugel breaks down the meaning behind her new moniker Julia, Julia and her new solo album ‘Derealization.’

In 1991, Anita Hill testified before a Senate Judiciary Committee about being the target of sexual harassment from African-American judge Clarence Thomas at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing. The hearings were televised, and Hill’s lurid testimony sent bolts of shock and disgust across an America yet to become completely tabloidized. When this all-white, all-male committee […]

The riot grrrl underground feminist punk movement began in the early ’90s in the Pacific Northwest before expanding to the rest of the world. Credited by some for kick-starting third-wave feminism, riot grrrl was a scene where women could express themselves through music.  Many bands were influenced and started because of riot grrrl, with the […]

Minus The Bear are celebrating their 10-year anniversary of their breakthrough third full-length album Planet Of Ice this coming spring. Read more: Riot Fest 2017 day 3: Interviews with Sleep On It, Minus The Bear and more The band will be playing Planet Of Ice in its entirety, among other selections from their expansive catalog. The spring tour will […]

Mastodon Once More ’Round The Sun For all the rave reviews that Mastodon’s 2011 album The Hunter snapped up, even their most ardent fans had to own up to the fact that there was something amiss with it. Maybe it was something to do with the Atlanta quartet aligning with Mike Elizondo, a producer better […]