Bikini Kill, courtesy Debi Del Grande. Mosswood Meltdown photos: Roman Gokhman/STAFF. Riot grrrl originators Bikini Kill didn’t purposefully wait three decades to make their late-night TV debut. They weren’t holding out on principle of not selling out or due to their ethos as a punk band. In fact, drummer…

Tom Petty, courtesy. As regular readers of my column and anyone who’s sat near me for any length of time know, my musical tastes are stuck in the ’90s, along with my fashion sense. It’s the second best decade of music in American history behind the ’60s, and I…

Rachel Goodman’s favorite shows of 2022 include Wu-Tang Clan, LCD Soundsystem, Bikini Kill, Girl Talk, The House of Love, Trace Mountains, The Airborne Toxic Event and The War On Drugs. I was convinced I didn’t see many shows this year, but looking back I was dead wrong! So after…

Bikini Kill performs at Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland on July 3, 2022. Roman Gokhman/STAFF. OAKLAND — “It’s like we’re partying at the end of the world,” said Kathleen Hanna, the lead singer of Bikini Kill, too a sea of fans at Mosswood Park, midway through the final set of the…

Neal Casal and Johnny Irion, courtesy. Young punks The Linda Lindas, a lost (and found) track by Neal Casal and Johnny Irion, the prog-heavy guitar riffs of Pink Mountaintops and the genius lyrics of Kathleen Hanna, Erica Dawn Lyle and Vice Cooler make up our favorite tracks of the…

Joan Jett, courtesy. Last Tuesday, March 8, was International Women’s Day. That means I get to list women who rock. I mention women who rock fairly often in this column, so it deserves some explanation: It doesn’t necessarily have to be women who perform rock music. Being a rock…

The Linda Lindas will perform at Mosswood Meltdown, courtesy. Bikini Kill will finally play its first Bay Area show in nearly three decades at Mosswood Meltdown, the music festival formerly known as Burger Boogaloo, in July. The festival also includes Kim Gordon, and the Bay Area debut of young…

Bikini Kill performs at a recent concert at The Hollywood Palladium. Courtesy: Debi Del Grande. Following a postponement from this summer to Halloween weekend, Burger Boogaloo appears to be on the move again, this time to July 2021. “I hope we’ll have the [COVID-19] vaccine available,” event organizer Marc…

Dead Boys perform at Burger Boogaloo at Mosswood Park in Oakland on July 6, 2019. Oakland’s two-day music festival Burger Boogaloo has moved to Halloween Weekend. It will now be held Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at Mosswood Park. “While we’re disappointed to have to change dates, we hope…

Bikini Kill performs at a recent concert at The Hollywood Palladium. Courtesy: Debi Del Grande. Recently reunited seminal riot grrrl band Bikini Kill have announced a 2020 tour, which includes an appearance at Oakland’s Burger Boogaloo festival on July 11. It’s the band’s first tour since 1997. Bikini Kill’s…