I first came across Berlin-based Ella’s music via her project Jools Hunter (she was also in Go Die Big City along with label-mate Monsterheart’s Anna Attar). Ella’s music is electronic, experimental, whimsical and at times intense. She’s currently focusing on latest project UMA, with her husband. What kind of music would you say that you [...]

Tags: alien reptiles, Anna Attar, Austria music, Berlin music, Drop Your Soul, Enraptured Records, Flower Goth music, Jools Hunter, Mirapuri, Monsterheart, Red Bull Music Academy, Seayou Records, UMA

Perth-based indie act Voltaire Twins are one of my picks for ‘must see’ at this year’s SXSW Music festival (along with Indian Handcrafts and Tashaki Miyaki who will have Sneakpeek’s Dora Hiller performing with them). You can follow Voltaire Twins’ US/Canada tour adventures and SXSW journey on twitter, which they’ve already been updating direct from [...]

Tags: 80's/new wave/electro/synth pop/indie, Animalia, bjork, Caroline Polachek, Chairlift, Nylon magazine, Perth Music, Romulus EP, SXSW music, The Kate Bush (song), Voltaire Twins

Recently I did interview with an inspiring Portland-based lady creator, Nadia Buyse. Nadia kicks ass in bands: Ghost Mom, Tombstalkers/Bloodbraid and most recently the Adrian Piper Cover Band. She works with “images, sounds, puppets, insecurities and regrets. Experimenting with adaptations of gender and sexuality.” She also teaches at the Rock n Roll Camp For Girls. [...]

Tags: A Director Prepares (book), Adrian Piper Cover Band, Anne Bogart, bikini kill, Bloodbraid, Bratmobile, Ghost Mom, Grace Slick, Maya Kiko Stoner, Nadia Buyse, Rock n Roll Camp For Girls, The Raincoats, Tombstalker, x-ray spex

Monsterheart a.k.a. Anna Attar is one of my new favourite musical crushes. Her debut EP out on boutique indie label Seayou Records was written in Berlin, Tel Aviv and Vienna – she currently resides in Roma, Italy. As ConversationsWithBianca.com readers know, I love finding new music and I love sharing it with you! I knew [...]

Tags: Anna Attar, Go Die Big City, graveyard pop, Monsterheart, Seayou Records

Tobi-lea is a musician originally from Western Australia now living in Tasmania. I find her story inspiring and her music honest and straight from the heart. Her story, in her own words: “I ran away from my hometown Tom Price (a small mining town in the Pilbra, Western Australia) with dreams of starting a punk [...]

Tags: Aaagh Bats!, Blazin Entrails, Chainsaw Hookers, Tobi-lea, Western Australia Punk

I recently had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Kathleen Hanna!! She was so honest, candid and all-round lovely. I’ve been waiting to speak with her for over a decade! Here’s a little of the chat: Didn’t you go to a Babes In Toyland concert and that experience opened things up for you and you realised [...]

Tags: Art by Jhonny Russell, Babes In Toyland, bikini kill, collapse board, Kat Bjellend, Kathi Wilcox, kathleen hanna, le tigre, Riot Grrrl, The Julie Ruin, Tobi Vail

Fiona Horne is a rock goddess, best-selling author, Wiccan priestess, actress, TV writer-producer and more! This year sees her back in the spotlight in a big way as her band Def FX gear up for a reunion tour, the first in 15 years. In her first interview since announcing the tour dates last week on [...]

Tags: Ant Banister, Australia Celebrity Survivor, big day out, Clan Analogue, Crass, Dave Stein, Dead Kennedys, Def FX, Def FX reunion tour, Even Witches Get The Blues (book), Fiona Horne, Harry Potter, Harvard University, iggy pop, Mad Mad House, majick, Marty Basha, Mary Kay, Metropolis Touring, Mindy McTaggart, PADI, Paul McDermott, PETA, Rolling Stone Australia, Sean Lowry, veganism, Wiley Cochrane, Witch Web (album), Witch – A Summerland Mystery (book), Witch: A Magical Year (book), Witch: A Personal Journey (book)

I used to go see Kellie’s band Screamfeeder play when I was in my teens, along with bands like Powderfinger, Custard and (my favourites) Fur. Kellie was one of the first local female musicians I ever saw play, it was definitely inspiring. I was stoked when Rolling Stone Australia’s editor asked if I wanted to interview Kellie [...]

Tags: Brisbane bands, Dean Shwereb, Kellie Lloyd, Magnetic North (album), Rollings Stone magazine, Screamfeeder, Tim Steward, Your Heart Is A Hunter

I’ve listened to Le Butcherettes practically every single day since I first discovered them last year. There are not many bands that have made my daily playlists, especially so quickly. I get the same feeling listening to Le Butcherettes’ Kiss & Kill and Sin Sin Sin records as I did when I first discovered Hole’s [...]

Tags: Courtney Love, Hole, iggy pop, Jung, Le Butcherettes, Mario Kart, Nirvana, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Rodriguez Lopez Productions, Sargent House, Sonny & Cher, Spice Girls, Teri Gender Bender, The Beatles, The White Stripes

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to UK musician Kate Nash. We spoke about music, feminism, sexism, online criticism, empowering young women, zines, her Rock N Roll For Girls After School Club, Brazil, Dubai … a whole load more, as well! Here’s a snippet of our conversation: I know that you’re really proud to [...]

Tags: collapse board, Feminism, Kate Nash, Rock N Roll For Girls After School Club, Sexism in the music industry