Julie Ruin

Music
August 28, 2013
Kathleen Hanna Puts the '90s Behind Her to Run Fast
Blogs
June 13, 2013
Our Picks For Northside Festival
It's unbelievable that Brooklyn's Northside Festival is just four years old. Since its DIY inception in 2009, the festival now showcases in 50-plus venue spaces for four straight days of interactive events, lectures from digital enterprises, film screenings and music showcases scattered across Brook ... More >>
Music
April 10, 2013
The Making of Mykki Blanco
Michael Quattlebaum Jr. takes rap beyond pronouns
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Kathleen Hanna Is The Set Designer for an Insane Clown Posse-Inspired Performance Piece
It's not the first place we'd expect to find Kathleen Hanna's name, but there it is, subtly tacked onto the credits for Neal Medlyn's Wicked Clown Love, a 2012 experimental work "built around the music and culture of hip-hop duo Insane Clown Posse, their devoted fan base the Juggalos, and other form ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2011
Q&A: Director Kerthy Fix on Her Endearing Film Who Took the Bomp? Le Tigre On Tour
DVD cover We are on the cusp of a riot-grrrl resurgence, or so we hope. Early last year, NYU's Fales Library announced that the institution had acquired Kathleen Hanna's 1989-1996 papers. Then in the fall, news of a Hanna documentary spread, with activist/poet/Sister Spit staple Sini Anderson at th ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2010
Was 2010 The Best Year For Music Ever? American Idol Wobbles, R&B Thrives, And The '90s Rise Again
Welcome to Sound of the City's year-in-review rock-critic roundtable, an amiable ongoing conversation between five prominent Voice critics: Rob Harvilla, Zach Baron, Sean Fennessey, Maura Johnston, and Rich Juzwiak. We'll be here all week! At least one song on this record is really good!Gent ... More >>
Blogs
December 13, 2010
Live: Kathleen Hanna And Friends (Kim Gordon! Amy Andronicus! Care Bears On Fire!) Invade The Knitting Factory
Murray Hill introduces the night's star attraction. The Kathleen Hannah Project The Knitting Factory Saturday, December 12 Better than: Any actual battle of the bands that I've ever attended. We are gathered here tonight at the Knitting Factory to praise Kathleen Hanna, not bury her. Though it ... More >>
Music
December 21, 1999
More, More, More
Music
November 9, 1999
African Connection II