Recently, glitch-noise auteur Kid 606 reimagined Kathleen Hanna as a
circa '93 riot grrrl disco queen with a bootleg remix of Bikini Kill's
classic anthem "Rebel Girl." And though she wasn't quite that far ahead of the
curve, Hanna foreshadowed the current synth/electropunk revival by a couple
years when she taught herself to program drum machines and samplers for her
post-Bikini Kill solo album as Julie Ruin. With her trio Le Tigre, she's
embarked on a course of new-wavy bubblegum agitprop that's several steps ahead
of the current electroclash moment. The group just released a remix disc, and
they hit Easthampton Town Hall (413-527-9800) tonight (August 29) and the Roxy
(617-931-2000) in Boston on Friday. |