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"Frenzee is an outburst of adrenaline." Meet the Greek-Australian siblings running on red wine, darts and very high acid reflux

Fired up musically and politically, the Frenzee siblings blend punk, metal and rock

Louder · Aug 31

“Music has always been my first language. Justice has always been my inheritance. Contra-ICE is where those two lineages meet”: Ad-Rock, Tom Morello, Kathleen Hanna and others team up for Anti-ICE benefit album

Plus there’s a live event in LA in October

MusicRadar · Aug 13

On tour with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth and Foo Fighters: raw music documentary captures Australia’s ‘best summer’

In 1995, US film-maker Tamra Davis travelled to Australia to capture the one-off Summersault tour on her camcorder. Thirty years on she has made The Best Summer, an intimate snapshot of an era that can never be repeated

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31

What’s cooler than sex, drugs and pashing models? I found out from 3 rock memoirs

At the height of his success, Evan Dando was notorious for his good looks, heavy drug use and flaky personality. As his memoir, Rumours of My Demise, effectively attests, the Lemonheads frontman was also a shameless rock’n’roll caricature whose addictions and puerile hedonism repeatedly sabotaged his friendships and relationships, along…

The Conversation · Jan 13

Olivia Rodrigo Explains Why She Uses Her Platform to Oppose MAGA and Speak on Palestine and Reproductive Rights

Olivia Rodrigo slams the Trump administration for using her music in 'hateful' propaganda and opens up about the duty of artists to defend reproductive rights.

International Business Times UK · Dec 17, 2025

Girl power and girl bosses might be ‘feminist’ – but we can’t consume our way to equality

In Girl on Girl, journalist Sophie Gilbert crafts a compelling narrative about how movies, TV, celebrities and pop stars construct a culture that encourages women to internalise misogyny – and even rewards them for it. She traces how this manifests over time, from the 1990s to now, through the sexualisation…

The Conversation · Jun 2, 2025

"If Kurt Cobain and Chris Cornell were to decorate their shared home in heaven, they would use our Dirty Collection." Flexing an imaginary endorsement from two dead rock stars must surely be the weirdest and most random product launch idea ever

"These hues are our grunge heroes with a sexy AF personality." Of course they are hun

Metal Hammer · Jan 23, 2025

Anger is an energy! Stars and writers on the songs that define punk spirit

As Patti Smith’s debut single turns 50, punk musicians and music writers pick the songs that define the genre’s resistance, rebellion and refusal

The Guardian - UK · Nov 8, 2024

“I can’t get into somebody else’s mind and decide what their problem is.” Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna was close friends with Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, but she still doesn't know why Courtney Love hated her so much

Kathleen Hanna on that one-sided 'feud' with Courtney Love

Louder · Jun 21, 2024

Riot grrrl pioneers Bikini Kill: ‘There is nothing more punk than a menopausal woman’

The band’s feminist swagger and on-stage rage fuelled a Nineties rock revolution. Helen Brown speaks to frontwoman Kathleen Hanna and bassist Kathi Wilcox about balancing soundcheck and misogynists, navigating interband friction, and an infamous brawl with Courtney Love

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2024