The Julie Ruin | All photos by Agatha Donkar Girls Rock NC celebrated its tenth anniversary over the weekend, with a fabulous benefit concert on Saturday night, headlined by Kathleen Hanna’s The Julie Ruin and Mary Timony’s Ex Hex (Rips is out now on Merge Records, and it’s good, y’all) and supported by a slew of … Read more
Ex Hex, the new band of Helium and Wild Flag’s Mary Timony, is seriously my new favorite band. They’re loud, they’re fun, and every single song is two and a half minutes of churning guitars and howling vocals. Rips, their debut due out on Merge next month, is gonna be a hell of a record, … Read more
All photos by Agatha Donkar My favorite thing about Hopscotch Music Festival in Raleigh ever year is how it feels like a big family reunion in venues and photo pits all over downtown, and Merge 25’s big ol’ outdoor party on Saturday, hosted by Margaret Cho and finishing with a (no cameras or video or … Read more