Bikini Kill was more than a band. When the group formed in Olympia in 1990, they had a purpose, bringing feminism and inclusion to a punk scene that had become macho and violent. In a lot of ways, the band’s zine, also called Bikini Kill, was just as important to the early riot grrrl scene as their music.

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The Oakland-based festival Mosswood Meltdown will have its inaugural edition this summer after two years of pandemic-related delays. The fest, which is put on by Total Trash Productions, is a replacement for the once-annual Burger Boogaloo — the organizers dropped the name and their association with Burger Records after the label&#...

Miley Cyrus loves doing covers. Just since the beginning of the year, she’s debuted new covers of Mazzy Star, Bikini Kill, Queen, Cher, Madonna, Metallica, Cocteau Twins, and the Pixies. Over the weekend, Cyrus played the Napa Valley festival BottleRock. And, guess what, she did another cover.

The veteran black metal wanderers Wolves In The Throne Room formed in Olympia, a beautiful little college town that also happens to be Washington’s state capital. Olympia has a lot of thrift shops and seafood restaurants. It’s a bougie place with hippie signifiers and a vague sense of encroaching methiness. K Records and Kill...