TO CELEBRATE THE RECENT RELEASE OF OUR 33 1/3 ON DIG ME OUT, WE’RE PLEASED TO BRING YOU THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF SLEATER-KINNEY WEEK BY AUTHOR JOVANA BABOVIC!
As I prepared to write about Dig Me Out, I did a lot of background reading about punk, riot grrrl, and popular culture in the 1990s. For readers interested in learning more about the broader cultural context in which Sleater-Kinney formed as a band, I’ve curated a list of books, edited collections, compilations, and documentaries that I found most interesting.
Reading
- Michael Azerrad, Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 (2001)
- Mark Baumgarten, Love Rock Revolution: K Records and the Rise of Independent Music (2012)
- Lisa Darms, ed., The Riot Grrrl Collection (2013)
- Stephen Duncombe, Notes from the Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture (1997)
- Gina Arnold, Exile in Guyville (2014)
- Sara Marcus, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution (2010)
- Nadine Monem, ed., Riot Grrrl: Revolution Girl Style Now! (2007)
- Alison Piepmeier, Girl Zines: Making Media, Doing Feminism (2009)
- Andrew Ross and Tricia Rose, eds., Microphone Fiends: Youth Music and Youth Culture (1994)
- Daniel Stinker, We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet, the Collected Interviews (2007)
- John M. Ulrich and Andrea L. Harris, eds., GenXegesis: Essays on ‘Alternative’ Youth (Sub)Culture (2003)
Viewing
- Songs for Cassavetes, Justin Mitchell, 2001
- Don’t Need You, Kerri Koch, 2005
- From the Back of the Room, Amy Oden, 2011
- Grrrl Love and Revolution: Riot Grrrl NYC, Abby Moser, 2012
- GRRRL: 25 Years of Riot Grrrl, Vega Darling, 2013
- The Punk Singer, Sini Anderson, 2013
