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Tobi Vail

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Tobi Vail is a writer and musician based in Olympia, Washington, best known for her work in Bikini Kill and Jigsaw. Now the drummer of Knife in the Eye and the frontperson of Spider and the Webs, she has, since 1989, run the print zine, now blog, Jigsaw Underground and is currently preparing the first issue of SHAM PANTS, her first 21st-century print publication. She has contributed to NPR, Artforum, NME, Punk Planet and currently writes a regular column for Collapse Board.

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Interview: The Blow

The Blow’s new self-titled album is Khaela Maricich’s first r… more »

Who Are…Stillsuit

Oakland’s Stillsuit mix experimental noise rock with punk politics,… more »

Who Are…Broken Water

A few years ago, Olympia had a vibrant punk scene full of talented young … more »

Who Are…Ruby Pins

Ruby Pins is the recording alias of Lillian Maring, best known as the dru… more »

Interview: Unwound

Unwound was one of most influential and hardest-working underground group… more »

Who Are…Bleached

When women and girls listen to love songs written by and/or performed by … more »

Who Are…Golden Grrrls

I interviewed Golden Grrrls before their show with Brilliant Colors in Ol… more »

Who Is…Uncanny Valley

Oakland’s Uncanny Valley occupy a corner of the electronic undergro… more »

Interview: White Lung

Remember the first time you got wasted at a house party as a teenager? Le… more »

Interview: Corin Tucker

When Corin Tucker first appeared, fronting Heavens to Betsy 1991, her abi… more »

Perfecting Imperfection: On t…

20 years ago this October, Bikini Kill released our self-titled first EP.… more »

Interview: Gossip’s Bet…

In the late ’90s, an 18-year-old Beth Ditto moved to Olympia, Washi… more »

Interview: Chain and the Gang

I first met Ian Svenonius in 1989 after The Go Team (my band with Calvin … more »

In Praise of Moms Who Rock

I grew up with a rock ‘n’ roll mama. Even though my dad was t… more »

Free Pussy Riot, the Only Ban…

“A female sex organ which is supposed to be receiving and shapeless… more »

Getting The Band Back Togethe…

Few things spawn more ire from idealistic fans and music journalists than… more »

It’s a Mod, Mod, Mod, M…

When I was 16, Calvin Johnson (K Records) asked me to drum for Beat Happe… more »

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Kicking at the Boundaries of Metal

By Jon Wiederhorn, eMusic Contributor

As they age, extreme metal merchants often inject various non-metallic styles into their songs in order to hasten their musical growth. Sometimes, as with Alcest and Jesu, they develop to the point where their original… more »

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