It's no secret that Kurt Cobain and godmother of riot grrl Kathleen Hanna were close friends (after all, Hanna is the one who wrote "Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the wall of his apartment- an act that lead to a sea change in '90s mainstream music). Still, it is interesting to hear Hanna detail her relationship with the late Nirvana frontman in the new Kathleen-centered documentary The Punk Singer. Read More »
I would never say this to her face because she would undoubtedly kick my ass but...Kathleen Hanna is GD adorable. And she only got more so in her 5-10-15-20 interview with Pitchfork. In the piece (which asks artists to talk about music that affected their lives, five years at a time) the riot grrrl pioneer revealed that she learned to sing from cornball TV mainstays Donny & Marie Osmond - of whom she was a huge fan Read More »