Openers Hurry Up weren’t really on my radar, but upon realizing the trio featured Kathy Foster and Westin Glass of The Thermals and Maggie Vail of Bangs, I was stoked to see them in action. Which is why this very such show is one I’ve been counting down the days to since 2020, and why it was even more special and unforgettable than that bigger, grander outing in Chicago. I was able to catch their headlining appearance at Chicago’s Riot Fest late that year, and though it was an amazing sight to witness, and would’ve been enough just to see them that once, it did leave me wishing to really experience the band in a more intimate setting with an audience made up of strictly their fans. I’ve seen singer Kathleen Hanna’s post-Bikini Kill outfit The Julie Ruin a handful of times, and though they do feel something like a spiritual successor, I was floored and surprised when out of nowhere, Bikini Kill themselves announced a handful of reunion shows in 2019. Read on for our full review and photos!īikini Kill Marathon Music Works – 3.30.23 // Photo by Mary-Beth BlankenshipĪs a child of the late ’80s, Bikini Kill are one of many seminal ’90s bands who split just as I became aware of them, and throughout my teens and twenties seemed like an act whose moment had passed, who I’d never get to see live. We’ve been eagerly awaiting this show- which also featured fellow Pacific Northwest punks Hurry Up– for the three years since it was first announced, so of course we were there to witness the iconic band in all their glory and intensity. Good things are worth waiting for though, as the punk outfit finally recently made it back to Music City for the first time since 1994 to kick off their latest tour with a headlining show at Marathon Music Works a dazzling, fierce, and inspired performance which felt like it picked up right where the band left off when they split more than 25 years ago. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship.Īnnounced mere weeks before Covid closures began, reunited riot grrrl legends Bikini Kill were initially set to make their return to Nashville in the fall of 2020, a show eventually rescheduled to last summer, only to be pushed once more due to a Covid outbreak amongst the crew.
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