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 am so incredibly EXCITED about the Portland and Washington DC-based band Wild Flag!—four independent thinking, strong musicians that work very, very hard at their craft. They make me want to pick up my guitar and start a new band! Drummer Janet Weiss was lovely enough to chat with me recently about female musicians that [...]

Tags: Carrie Brownstein, Charles Barkley, Coachella, David Letterman, Exene Cervenka, Janet Weiss, Jimmy Fallon, Olympia, Tobi Vail, Wild Flag

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

I believe that Drea Smith is destined for greatness. One half of indie duo PYYRAMIDS, along with OK Go’s Tim Nordwind; previously fronting the genre mashing He Say, She Say with best friend Million Dollar Mano; currently working on a solo project with Doc McKinney (Santigold, The Weeknd, K-OS + more)—this lady is a creative [...]

Tags: American Horror Story, Bratmobile, Chanel, Clayton Hauck, Doc Martens, Doc McKinney, Drea Smith, Givenchy, He Say She Say, Janet Jackson, kanye west, Lupe Fiasco, Million Dollar Mano, PJ Harvey, PYYRAMIDS, RES, Ruby Woo lipstick by MAC, Santi White, santigold, sexism in music industry, The Weeknd, Tim Nordwind, Tyler Curtis

Rainbow Arabia – husband and wife team Danny and Tiffany Preston – is another favourite find for me this year (I included Tiffany on my Top Music Makers for 2011 list). They’re inspired by “the purchase of a Lebanese synthesizer playing microtonal scales and lo-fi Eastern drum patterns” so the story goes. The UK’s Guardian [...]

Tags: Bianca's Top 12 Music Makers for 2011, bjork, Christian Death, Danny Preston, Future Pigeon, global pop, Neil Young, Omar Souleyman, Part Time Punks, psychedelic tribal beats, Rainbow Arabia, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Slits Tribute band, The Cure, The Ramones, Tiffany Preston

  Australian artist Pom Pom and I first bonded over our mutual love of band Felinedown and admiration for their kick ass frontlady Brodie-Ann Wright. After a little correspondence I found out that Pom Pom makes music herself that she describes as “a distorted crossbreed of Trent Reznor, Fever Ray and Peaches.” When not making [...]

Tags: Blackbird, Brodie-Ann Wright, Cyndi Lauper, felinedown, gwen stefani, IAMX, In The Gaps Between, lady gaga, Lost Girl (Canadian Sci-Fi), Michael Jackson, Pom Pom

  I fell in love with Melbourne’s Teeth & Tongue earlier this year when I heard their second record Tambourine. Jess plays guitar, bass, keyboards and rocks a drum machine as well as vocals on the album. Rolling Stone has called her a combination of Patti Smith, Kate Bush & PJ Harvey… have a listen [...]

Tags: beyonce, David Bowie, Jes Cornelius, Labyrinth, Lou Reed, Marc Regueiro-McKelvie, New Estate, Popolice, Teeth & Tongue, The Chills

I super love UK electro-pop duo Robots In Disguise! You might know them from their appearances in The Mighty Boosh! Here’s my Q&A with Dee… What do you wear on stage? At the mo[ment] a black playsuit I customised with help from my flatmate It’s got chains all over it to promo our single Chains. [...]

Tags: Dee Plume, Fay Milton, Psycho Delia V The Ward, Robots In Disguise, the Mighty Boosh

Readers of ConversationsWithBianca.com will know that I love print magazines. A little while ago I posted my favourite magazine covers of 2010. With the year drawing to a close I thought it was time for a post of my favourite covers from 2011. All the covers I’ve chosen feature female musicians. Once again for the most part, [...]

Tags: Adele, Amy Winehouse, Artrocker Magazine, Atari Teenage Riot, best magazine covers 2011, beyonce, bjork, Black Book, Debbie Harry, Eleven Magazine, Elle Magazine, Fault Magazine, gwen stefani, interview magazine, Katy Perry, Kylie, lady gaga, Lovefoxxx, M.I.A, madonna, Natalia Kills, nicki minaj, Out Magazine, PJ Harvey, rihanna, Rolling Stone magazine, Status Magazine, Teri Gender Bender, The Gentlewoman, United Rock League Magazine, V Magazine, Vanity Fair, vogue, W Magazine, Yoko Ono