La vendetta delle punk. Una storia della musica femminista da Poly Styrene alle Pussy Riot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTfgW... This fucking song. The bombastic sound, the angry vocal, the ironic, funky saxophone. It’s perfect. And its meaning has only gotten stronger over the years. I’ve read a few books about women in the punk subculture, and while they were commendable efforts, they Leggi tutto

Histories of music and musicians often seem to boil down to a lot of cliched narratives of drug-use, loss of identity to fame, and then sometimes a kind of personal redemption and acceptance of fame. This book thankfully is none of that. Vivien Goldman gives her reader a fascinating oral history mix Leggi tutto

3-3.5 stars. I appreciated that Goldman covered such a wide range of artists, several of whom I’ve never even heard of, and I look forward to listening to their music. However, the structure of this book is a bit formulaic: awkward paragraph trying to connect the band she just talked about with the Leggi tutto

o punk, Robert Pattinson, o comunismo e estar putopillado son, xenuinamente, as grandes invencións da raza humana.

Rather than a staid history, Goldman is interested in how feminist punk remains relevant. She interviews pioneers like The Raincoats, The Slits, Au Pairs, Delta 5, and Bush Tetras to discuss their artistic processes, their paths through the industry, and which elements of their radical art echo most Leggi tutto

Even if you're not that interested in punk music, this is a good read!