A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up at Locklistener level and you’ll get this plus a bunch of other stuff, all while supporting the podcast. This week: BOG-SHED, FROM THE STUBBLE TO THE RUBBLE. www.patreon.com/backlisted

Thanks to the majestic @twatunion. They have the best props (giant tub of Sudocreme) and magnificent songs. Another great @loudwomen.org gig

LOUD WOMEN Fest London 2025 – earlybird tickets on sale Tuesday 3 June, 10am LOUD WOMEN Fest London is a global showcase of the very best new female and non-binary talent rising up from the grassroots and alternative music scene.

Posted this vid recently but here it is again. It made my day. Ari Up dancing to funk, late 70s. Filmed by Don Letts www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSE_...

Elsie dog was not happy with the sofa rehearsal for this gig tomorrow

I can't get to this fundraiser tomorrow, but it does look good. @hagarthewomb.bsky.social and Dread Messiah plus much more...

Updated flyer for our Palestinian benefit party in London this Sunday. We're so sorry Spanner can't join us (get well soonest Ben ❤️) but huge thanks to Lori May Spear for jumping in at such short notice to add some punky reggae acoustics to the fun 👏🥰🙏

Scoop: Washington Post editor Ruth Marcus says she’s resigning after a column on Jeff Bezos’s Wall Street Journal-like opinion pivot was rejected by Will Lewis

#NowPlaying @hagarthewomb.bsky.social - Hagiography #HagForLife #IWD2025 Anarchopunkers still going strong.

Live music is in crisis Not at the top, where profits are booming but further down the food chain I spoke to an expert who advises mayors and governments around the world on creating resilient music cities and how mayors are helping to empower music communities youtu.be/7tFg7WCVMt8

Our next gig is on the 23rd March with Spanner, Dogshite and Dread Messiah. A benefit for @gazasoupkitchen.bsky.social and Aida Youth Centre

Only 41 years ago we were in the indie charts with New Order and the Three Johns

Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.

Libraries are vanishing – but Essex fought back. Now, they're evolving into vibrant community hubs for the 21st century. There have been 800 library closures nationally since 2010 – nearly a fifth of the total. In Essex, however, vigorous public campaigning stopped it. ❤️🙌

I still remember the excitement of reaching #9 in the indie charts 41 years ago. Especially at the same time as New Order and Joy Division

Cannot wait to play at #Beardedtheory festival. On the Something Else Tea Tent. Hope to see you there ❤️

Fancy a ‘Golden Ticket’ to all the LOUD WOMEN gigs in 2025? Auction in aid of Resonance FM Resonance FM – the community Radio station that's now home to our weekly LOUD WOMEN show – is holding a charity auction to raise fund to support its brilliant work. The station brings a mind-blowing variety…

We had an absolute blast at the Hope & Anchor this weekend! On Saturday we hosted the gig of the year – and it's only February! A beautifully sold-out night at the Hope & Anchor with Hagar the Womb, Wench, I, Doris and Pushy Pushy Pushy brought enormous fun and the loudest of loud women.

Well this might be my favourite review of a LOUD WOMEN gig ever. Author Tony Fletcher happened to turn up, and has summed up last Saturday's gig perfectly over on Substack - some videos in there too, grab a cuppa. tonyfletcher.substack.com/p/loud-women

Tickets on the door if you fancy a top night out tonight at the @hopeandanchor with the Hags, @idorisband.bsky.social #pushypushypushy and #wench @loudwomen.org

Helle: Manchester Punk Festival preview 2025 marks the ten-year-anniversary of Manchester Punk Festival. Once again, LOUD WOMEN will be there to cover as many of the amazing women-led bands on the line-up as possible. I'll also be highlighting some of the must-see bands here in the lead-up to the…

They really did throw piss at us

💋📻 @sukiesmith.bsky.social plays live in the studio on the LOUD WOMEN show today at 6pm on Resonance 104.4FM 💋📻 PLUS we’ll be talking to Ruth, Karen and Lorna from legendary punk band @hagarthewomb.bsky.social ahead of their gig with us on 8 Feb at the Hope & Anchor, Islington

Lots of hand waving and eating Percy Pigs at our rehearsal for our @loudwomen.org gig on the 8th Feb with @idorisband.bsky.social Pushy Pushy Pushy and Wench. Tickets here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/loud-women...

LOUD WOMEN Radio Show on Resonance FM – Modern Liv live in session – now on Mixcloud! On Tuesday 21 Cassie Fox flew solo to present the LOUD WOMEN show on Resonance 104.4FM.

BRIGHTON! LOUD WOMEN Presents: TWAT UNION – 27 April at The Prince Albert with Shallow Honey LOUD WOMEN is delighted to be bringing London’s riotous feminist-punk-pop 6 piece Twat Union to the city of queer chaos and downright debauchery for the first time – 27 April at the Prince Albert, matinee.

Treat yourself to a ticket for our @loudwomen.org gig on 8th Feb at the #hopeandanchor with #pushypushypushy and #wench dice.fm/partner/loud...

South London music venue to re-open. Resurrected by the Piehouse Co-op (a group of ex-staff, resident artists, and staff from other local grassroots venues who've formed a new workers co-op), with help from the @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social Crowdfunder is live! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/the-piehou...

Meta has ‘heard the message’ from Trump, says whistleblower Frances Haugen

🔥Two weeks today🔥 Come and experience the magic of 🐝Rites of Hadda‼️Yur Mum‼️Dissent‼️Cherry & Peesh‼️at this FTMBRB benefit #punk #solidarity #FreeTheMBRBeagles

Really looking forward to returning for another great #growyourown festival on 8th November in Hastings. Make this your fireworks night

#HappyNewYear! Lovely Dan has made a very entertaining #playlist of many of the #gigs he's been to this year, we feature often. Have a flick through this enjoy some of the best (and worst) the #DIYpunk scene has to offer! Here's to another great year of DIY #punk. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Bands start at 6pm There's a game before - kick off at 2pm!

Happy Hagmas and here’s hoping 2025 is a good one

'There has of course always been a beautiful languorousness to the work of Galaxie 500, but on this collection of unreleased and rare that quality shines even brighter than usual.' #Galaxie500 - Uncollected Noise New York ’88-’90 is No 85 in tQ’s Reissues Etc. of 2024 http://buff.ly/4f4psxL

TODAY could be Overdrive Studios final #gig! Let's make it a good one, in case it's good bye. Doors 7pm £5 Entry. Music starts 7pm! Short Straw // Redeeming Features // P.I.G // Wokerati Party // Us Cash only bar!!! They may be able to drive us from our spaces but the can't gentrify #DIYpunk spirit!

Gisèle Pelicot stood with her head held high in a courtroom in Avignon, France, on Thursday as the verdicts in the four-month rape trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men were read. Her image has become a symbol of female strength around the world, our critic writes. Read more: nyti.ms/49MwR3U

We give strength to and take strength from this remarkable person, Gisèle Pelicot. Power to you. #strength #ladyjustice #fightthepatriachy #womenarenotobjects #deadmendontrape

Boxing Day is the biggest day of the year for fox hunts across the country. RT this and follow us if you stand against the cruel tradition of fox hunting. Support wildlife this Boxing Day.

LOUD WOMEN Presents: Hagar the Womb + I, Doris + Pushy Pushy Pushy + WENCH! 8 Feb 2025 at the Hope & Anchor – tickets on DICE and Eventbrite 💋Hagar the Womb – anarcho-punk legends risen from the 80s

Cheer up your February by grabbing a ticket for this great @loudwomen.org gig on 8th Feb with us, Pushy Pushy Pushy and the Wenches link.dice.fm/1Kg6sdRSjPb?...

This is a really great essay on the interconnected issues with the music industry and cost of living crisis. Overlaps with some of the pieces I've written recently for the @drownedinsound.org newsletter.

Spotted in the window of the Hope & Anchor, a poster for our first @loudwomen.org gig of 2025 on the 8th Feb with Pushy Pushy Pushy and Wench

Yay Brexit!

43 years ago Hagar played their debut gig at the Autonomy Centre and this magnificent plaque celebrates this site in Wapping

Want to lose money at work? 🤔 Steve Hunting writes about the dire situation facing the UK's touring musicians – and the novel workaround found by 'Foundations' singer Kate Nash. @musicvenuetrust.bsky.social

🚨FOR NEW PATIENTS NHS DENTISTRY HAS EFFECTIVELY CEASED TO EXIST Government’s own shocking data shows a staggering 97% of new patients who try to get an NHS appointment fail to get one People forced to pull out their own teeth with pliers is not Victorian it’s medieval youtu.be/UtqAtGAnuC0?...

UK Music research reveals that the UK music industry contributed a record £7.6 billion to the UK economy in 2023 - but earnings for musicians affected by Brexit continue to fall 👇

Value of UK music industry hits record £7.6bn thanks to superstar tours

The LOUD WOMEN Australia radio show hosted by Elle Cee – new show on Mixcloud We're heading down under on the LOUD WOMEN Show – with a LOUD WOMEN Fest Australia special hosted by DJ Elle Cee in Perth. Previewing the upcoming first LOUD WOMEN Fest in Melbourne, and spinning some of the hottest new…