Lolicat's Femmepunk Compilation

A selection of a few of my favourite female-fronted punk bands. Not all are strictly feminist, and there's a nice enough mix of anracho-punk (Crass), Riot Grrrl (Bikini Kill, Excuse 17), queercore (Team Dresch, Sleater-Kinney) and plain old punk rock (The Gits, Patti Smith). I haven't labelled them as an album in iTunes, sorry, but otherwise the labels are fine.

Track Listing:

1. Bratmobile, Shop for America
2. The Gits, Another Shot of Whiskey
3. Crass, Systematic Death
4. Bikini Kill, Carnival
5. Sleater-Kinney, Night Light
6. Excuse 17, We're the Seniors (And We Rule the School)
7. Patti Smith, Ask the Angels
8. Team Dresch, 107
9. Team Dresch, Don't Try Suicide

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Hüsker Dü and Amebix

Hüsker Dü was an influential alternative rock band, which began as a hardcore punk band, from Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, United States, active from 1979 to 1987 and comprising guitarist/vocalist Bob Mould, bass guitarist Greg Norton, and drummer Grant Hart. Mould and Hart split the songwriting duties. Hüsker Dü was never widely popular, but had an impact much larger than sales would indicate. “Husker Du” is Danish/Norwegian for “Do You Remember,” a popular children’s game. Hüsker Dü first gained notice as a punk band with thrashing tempos and screamed vocals, but also with a melodic, soulful edge that became more pronounced in the band’s mid-career, as they drifted away from their early sound.

01 husker du - all tensed up
02 husker du - divide and conquer
03 husker du - bed of nails
04 husker du - diane
05 husker du - whatever
06 husker du - hardly getting over it

Amebix, formed in 1978, was an important UK punk band that many consider to have started the subgenre “crust punk”, by mixing heavy metal with hardcore punk. They established crust as being separate from thrash metal by mixing punk music with metal tempos, as opposed to thrash bands’ mixing of metal music with punk tempos. Influential in the anarcho-punk genre, Amebix’ song “No Gods, No Masters” became a slogan for the movement worldwide. They were originally called The Band With No Name, and shared a squat in Bristol for part of their career. Their music, heavily influenced by Motörhead (and to a lesser extent Lemmy-era Hawkwind), Black Sabbath and early Killing Joke, combined with an ethos and worldview akin to Crass, represented their non-traditional lifestyles.

01 amebix - last will and testament
02 amebix - the power remains
03 amebix - drink and be merry
04 amebix - the darkest hour
05 amebix - right to ride
06 amebix - coming home

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I Was A Teenage Riot Boi

Saying things like.. "At twelve I was so disturbed to be a boy - and wanted to be a girl so much" is a good way to get into therapy but nonetheless. Hearing Bikini Kill for the first time just blew me away. I loved everything about it - it was so intense, so meaningful and I wanted to be a part of everything about the scene that surrounded them.

Riot Grrrl - or what does or does not fit into the genre - is one of those areas that can be quite difficult to get a firm answer for. For the first of what will likely be three packs, I've opted to go with the strictest interpretation. Feminist minded music that is directly related to the scene and culture.

Four 'songs' in this pack are sung by Kathleen Hanna, or as I like to think, the most amazing woman on the planet. Le Tigre is perhaps the furthest from the strict interpretation of Riot Grrrl but it is hard to deny their presence with her fronting. Julie Ruin was a solo project and obviously she was the lead for Bikini Kill.

Bratmobile is similarly tied to the formation of the movement, and I don't want my emphasis on Bikini Kill to take away from that either.

The next pack in the series will be a mix of progenitors (Girls who were rocking loud and aggressively before the scene existed) and peers who were not technically part of the movement but share a common thread.

• Bikini Kill - Sugar
• Le Tigre - Fake French
• Julie Ruin - Valley Girl Intelligentsia
• Kathleen Hanna - Rockstar
• Heavens to Betsy - Stay Away
• Bratmobile - Girl Germs
• Sleater-Kinney - I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone

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The Replacements

I was extremely pleased, when following the pulse of the rockband forums, to witness an evolution. The song, "Alex Chilton" was offered by many before the game came out, as one of the songs people were not looking forward to. Some even referred to the song as "filler." Once the game came out, that doubt and indifference blossomed up into actual admiration, with many claiming that "Alex Chilton" was the song that they were most pleased with. This made the music gods (and me) very happy.

Anyway,
To further push the "The Replacements are amazing " cause, i decided to put together a mix that showcases the many styles of music The Replacements covered during their strange career. They started out a pure punk band, as evidenced by songs like "Kids Don't Follow" and "We're Coming Out", moving their way through 80s alt pop rock, like the aforementioned "Alex Chilton", as well as classics like "Bastards of Young" and "Anywhere is Better than Here."
they evolved into a singer-songwriter/alt-country band.

Live, they were a force. They were completely unpredictable, mainly in part to the massive quantities of alcohol they would consume before, during, and after their sets. They could be amazing or sloppy, their set lists could include "The hits" or random covers.

Paul Westerberg (vocals,guitar) still records solo albums, most notably 14 Songs, which contained 2 songs that stood out on the Singles movie soundtrack,"Waiting for Somebody" and "Dyslexic Heart." He also pulled off writing and performing the songs on the "Open Season" soundtrack, including "Love You in the Fall" (check it out!)

Bob Stinson (guitar) passed away within the last few years

Tom Stinson (bass) , his brother, is known for being the bass player in Guns N Roses 2.0, despite getting into a public feud with Axl at a show.

Chris Mars (drums) is currently an artist, doing art shows and galleries and art-type arty things.

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tracklist
can't hardly wait (tim version)
left of the dial
anywhere is better than here
i will dare
we'll inherit the earth
kids don't follow
we're comin' out
answering machine
asking me lies
kiss me on the bus
unsatisfied

Ink & Dagger: Devil Children, Unite!

With Halloween right around the corner...

Ink & Dagger were a Philadelphia post-hardcore band during the late 90s. Crossing The Misfits and the Damned with Victorian Goth themes over Fugazi/DC -inspired churning post hardcore, Ink & Dagger took the scene by storm with a compilation of their 7" singles, called Drive This Seven-Inch Stake Through my Philadelphia Heart...

Their careers took off as they moved out of basement shows to headlining large clubs and playing even bigger shows with the likes of the reformed Misfits (ugh...) Many were eager to see this combination of frantic, original music with a stage show consisting of corpse-painted band members covering clubs with fake blood spit everywhere.

As their career progressed, they released the album The Fine Art of Original Sin, which was a big departure. Lyrically, the album was very similar, but due to lineup changes and a progression in style, the band became more experimental; incorporating electronics and psychedelic guitar textures.

Right before the release of their self-titled 3rd album, lead singer Sean McCabe was found dead in an Indiana hotel room, presumably of a drug overdose, but their has never been official word. The band ceased to exist after this.

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comments, suggestions, and requests are greatly appreciated!

tracklist
the road to hell
shadowtalker
the fine art of original sin
full circle
the changeling
cut throat tactics
vampire fastcode ver. 1.5
bloodlust
my lady love

Lifetime: New Jersey's Favorite Sons

Probably my favorite band of all time, Lifetime was/is a melodic hardcore punk band from New Brunswick NJ, rising out of the same area that gave us bands like Bouncing Souls (who they frequently toured with) and You and I. They bounced around the early 90s playing a heavier. more metallic style before refocusing into the lineup that produced the albums Hello Bastards and Jersey's Best Dancers. Both albums featured songs that combined energetic, hyperspeed drumming, with dual guitars, and Ari Katz's distinctive interestingly enunciated english language, with each song containing 4 of 5 different parts, with few songs lasting more than 2 and a half minutes. What really separates Lifetime from their compatriots is the quality of their lyrics. Lifetime rarely had a typical verse-chorus-verse arangement, with each song almost coming off as a diary entry from a literate diary (in a good way)

springsteen meets husker du meets rites of spring meets bad religion?

This mix i assembled includes things from all of their albums, including their self-titled comeback record. also included is their excellent cover of Billy Bragg's "New England"

Lifetime Mix
1. all night long
2. rodeo clown
3. francie nolan
4. somewhere in the swamps of jersey
5. irony is for suckers
6. knives bats new tats
7. starsixtynine
8. turnpike gates
9. a new england

If it isn't stiff....

Stiff records was a brilliant record studio that flickered in and out of the world. Featuring a primarily punk and new wave featured lineup, they had some amazing artists such as Elvis Costello, The Damned, The Pogues, Madness and Motorhead for periods of time. But this selection is some of their lesser known or more often forgotten bands.

• Any Trouble - Trouble With Love
• Humphrey Ocean & The Hardy Annuals - Whoops-A-Daisy
• Ian Drury & The Blockheads - What a Waste!
• Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen at Parties
• Kirsty MacColl - A New England
• Lene Lovich - Lucky Number
• Lew Lewis Reformer - Win or Lose
• Makin' Time - Here Is My Number
• Nick Lowe - Heart of the City
• Tenpole Tudor - Three Bells in a Row
• The Belle Stars - Sign of the Times
• The Passion Puppets - Like Dust
• The Untouchables - Wild Child
• Theatre of Hate - The Hop

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The Dickies

Described by AllMusic as the "clown princes of punk rock", The Dickies stood in stark contrast to their more serious peers in California's punk scene: juvenile, kitschy, and party-conscious, although they were rarely offensive. The band never attained widespread popularity in the states, but were warmly received in the UK during the late 1970s punk boom, with their cover of the Banana Splits theme song even denting the UK's Top Five.

• Banana Splits
• Gigantor
• Give It Back
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space
• Nights in White Satin (Moody Blues cover)
• Stukas Over Disneyland
• Toxic Avenger

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Moss Icon & The Wipers

i'm going to try doing some duo-uploads... the bands themselves will likely be totally unconnected, but i'm going to focus on my absolute favorite bands of all time that most have overlooked.

tracklisting:

01 moss icon - guatemala
02 moss icon - i'm back sleeping, or fucking, or something
03 moss icon - what they lack
04 moss icon - divinity cove
05 moss icon - happy (unbounded glory)

01 the wipers - is this real
02 the wipers - mystery
03 the wipers - alien boy
04 the wipers - don't know what i am
05 the wipers - telepathic love

Moss Icon was an Annapolis, Maryland emo band from 1986 to 1991. The original members were Jonathan Vance, Tonie Joy, Monica DiGialleonardo, and Mark Laurence. Moss Icon are most known for their influence on the splinter genre of punk known as Emo, and affiliation to the original DC bands born in the so-called "Revolution Summer" of 1985, including Rites of Spring, Gray Matter, Embrace, and Maryland's The Hated.

The Wipers were a punk rock group formed in Portland, Oregon in 1977 by guitarist Greg Sage, drummer Sam Henry and bassist Dave Koupal. The Wipers were one of the earliest American purveyors of the genre, and the group's tight song structure and use of heavy distortion has been hailed as extremely influential by numerous critics and musicians including Nirvana who covered many of their songs.

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Billy Bragg - The Revolution's Just A T-Shirt Away

Billy Bragg is a wonderful British Singer-Songwriter with a long history behind him of providing some amazing music and being an outspoken voice of a progressive theory. Heavily influenced by both British folk and some of the American luminaries, he also combines a punk aesthetic - one which has combined with some impressive performances over the years. Choosing six songs from various points was a bit of a challenge.

The first two tracks comprise a historical and worker ethics song and a general lack of real promises fufilled, one a very stripped down guy with his guitar and the other a little more 'traditional' rock song. The third was performed life in the USSR on one of his many trips during the eighties. We move onto a song from the early nineties that made it onto the UK singles chart. The fifth though is from Mermaid Avenue - the one place most Americans who have heard him would know him from. Woodie Guthrie's daughter approached Bragg about bringing some of her father's unpublished songs to the public with a more modern relevant tone. He then approached Wilco to provide the band behind him, as well as doing a few numbers with Natalie Merchant who he had collaborated before. The final is with a new 'allstar' backing band The Blokes off his 2002 release. I've avoided his newest couple CDs, if you are interested you can see where he has gone from there.

1. Billy Bragg - The World Turned Upside Down
2. Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Forward
3. Billy Bragg - Help Save The Youth of America
4. Billy Bragg - Sexuality
5. Billy Bragg & Natalie Merchant with Wilco - Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
6. Billy Bragg and the Blokes - Take Down the Union Jack

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Eve 6

Eve 6 was an Alternative/Punk Rock band from California during the 90s most remembered for their songs Inside Out and Here's to the Night. Their self-titled debut album is easily one of the best of the 90s, but after that they went downhill and disbanded. They have a good driving punk sound and are great road music. Here's to the band once known as Eve 6!

How Much Longer
Tongue Tied
Open Road Song
Friend of Mine
Good Lives
Here's To the Night
Promise

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Punk

Instead of focusing on punk's trifecta - The Clash, The Sex Pistols, and The Ramones - I chose to spotlight bands that aren't so well-known. While first wave bands like The Jam and The Pretenders are represented, New Wave (punks not so distant cousin), post-punk, and hardcore are included to show the many facets of punk rock.

1. The Jam - The Eton Rifles

2. Joy Division - Warsaw

3. The Pretenders - Precious

4. The Rezillos - Flying Saucer Attack

5. Devo - Smart Patrol/Mr. DNA

6. Black Flag - Six Pack

7. The Dead Milkmen - I Walk The Thinnest Line

8. Television - Little Johnny Jewel (Parts 1 & 2)

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