When the Slits played here, Ari Up was a bursting bundle of florescent pink alien awesomeness at the Echo. Not many people knew that Up was battling an illness because she chose to keep it private. Her death at 48 years old comes as a surprise. The Slits represent the days when underage topless girls [...]

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The Slits came up in a man’s world, overshadowed by their guy peers—but nevertheless they’ve left an imprint on the minds of many. We tried to break down reality with Ari Up & Tessa Pollitt. We went for full-on girl talk about boys, love, the future, knitting, and girls pooping into each other’s mouths on the internet. This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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It must have been absolutely strange, thirty years after releasing a mostly-ignored record on Rough Trade, to find themselves playing a packed basement in Los Angeles for an audience made up mostly of people who weren’t even around then. But here they were, with personalities beaming! Ana carried herself like a wisened journeywoman, arching over her guitar and occasionally staring coldly into the crowd, her wrinkled face looking like it came off the cover of a Johnny Cash record. Gina, on the other hand, was all ebullient joy as she buzzed through not only the set but between-song banter about her Ebay obsession and other cute idosyncracies.

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Stream: The Slits “Ask Ma” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] (off Trapped Animal out Oct 20th on Narnack Records)

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Download: A Certain Ratio “Shack Up” [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Part Time Punks‘ Mike Stock texts us that A Certain Ratio have confirmed to headline the Part Time Punks fest on Sun., Nov. 16! They will be joining an already really impressive line-up and pushing it toward the legendary! If you don’t [...]

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