Viv Albertine Archives

Words, not guitar: Viv Albertine on the book she never thought she’d write

Cazz Blase24 September 2015

Cazz Blase speaks to Viv about her book Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys...

New review: The Culture Show

Holly Combe6 July 2014

Stephanie Phillips enjoys rare footage on The Culture Show's Girls Will be Girls episode but is left wanting more than talk of fashion, women's sex appeal and l...

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Girls: meet your punk foremothers

Stephanie Phillips6 July 2014

Stephanie Phillips enjoys rare footage on The Culture Show's Girls Will be Girls episode but is left wanting more than talk of fashion, women's sex appeal and lingering concerns over the survival of the female punk spirit ...

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Punk, grunge and riot grrrl women: Coming to a venue near you

Cazz Blase14 October 2012

Next month sees the official cinema release of the music documentary Hit so hard: The life and near death story of Patty Schemel The UK film distributor Pecc...

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New review: Viv Albertine, Gina Birch and Helen McCookerybook live in Hyde

Holly Combe12 April 2012

Punk pioneers Viv Albertine (The Slits), Gina Birch (The Raincoats) and Helen McCookerybook (The Chefs) each form an important part of feminist musical histor...

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Celebrating Sisterhood! Viv Albertine, Gina Birch and Helen McCookerybook perform in Hyde

Cazz Blase12 April 2012

Three punk pioneers reunite for an evening of rage, honesty, playfulness and sound experiments. Cazz Blase attends the show and talks to the acts backstage ...

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Music paste up: Punk women in Manchester, Riot Grrrl in Russia, and Bradford 1 in 12 club under threat

Cazz Blase13 February 2012

Those of you who read and enjoyed the Punk Women series may have been wondering about what some or all of the women I interviewed for it have been up to latel...

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