Kathleen Hanna’s The Julie Ruin Critically Acclaimed Run Fast Debut LP Out Now
“Right Home” (YACHT Remix) MP3 Drops w/ Rolling Stone
The Punk Singer Documentary Film Out Nov 29
International Tour Continues Through 2014
Legendary Riot Grrrl pioneer Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, Le Tigre) recently released a critically acclaimed debut The Julie Ruin record titled Run Fast. Featuring dream-team Kathi Wilcox on bass (Bikini Kill bandmate), Kenny Mellman on keys (’Kiki and Herb’), Carmine Covelli on drums (actor, filmmaker and musical juggernaut) & Sara Landeau on guitar (met Kathleen mentoring at Rock Camp for Girls), the band will wrap up a US tour and then head to Australia for a short stint in January 2014.
The Julie Ruin provides a tight musical backbone to Hanna’s iconic vocal style. The band previously shared album cuts “Ha Ha Ha” and “Oh Come On” (video) and “Just My Kind.” Today, they reveal a brand new album track remix from DFA’s YACHT, which premiered with Rolling Stone. Download the “Right Home” (YACHT remix)MP3 HERE.
Kathleen Hanna is a celebrated, outspoken figure at the forefront of feminist punk. The Punk Singer is a documentary film directed by Sini Anderson and produced by Tamra Davis which follows Kathleen for a year and reveals why she had been absent from music for several years prior to The Julie Ruin album and tour. It will be released theatrically in NYC & LA and available on VOD on November 29, 2013.
Run Fast and is out now via TJR Records, distributed via Dischord.
“In The Julie Ruin, Hanna is still the woman so many have admired, even idolized; but she’s also fully herself, quirky and vulnerable, less a role model than a three-dimensional best friend.” ~ NPR
“Hanna is one of America’s greatest living rock performers.” ~ The New Yorker
”…the inclusive titular invitation– plus featherlight sing-song notes and masculine shouts by her bandmates — puts the song square in 2013.” ~ Pitchfork
“Kathleen Hanna has one of America’s toughest punk voices – somewhere between a Johnny Rotten sneer and a Valley-girl shrug.” ~ Rolling Stone
“…the new song harkens back to Hanna’s days in Le Tigre, with its catchy keyboard line and surf-dance beat…” ~ SPIN
“Now more than ever, Hanna’s voice and music resonate and inspire.” ~ Alternative Press
DATES:
11/2: Colorado Springs, CO @ Cornerstone Arts Center (Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival) *
11/8: Olympia, WA @ The Capitol Theatre
11/9: Olympia, WA @ Olympia Film Festival *
11/10: Austin, TX @ Fun Fun Fun Fest
11/16: New York, NY @ DOC NYC *
11/21: New York, NY @ MoMa, DJ Set (at Body/Head show)
1/15: Melbourne, Australia @ The Corner
1/17: Sydney, Australia @The Factory Theater
1/18: Hobart, Australia @ Mona Foma
* = The Punk Singer screenings