Le Tigre
As front woman of Bikini Kill, Kathleen Hanna's ferocious attitude, DIY punk
spirit and political activism made her one of the stars of the US alternative
scene in the 1990s and the ultimate Riot Grrrl. After their split in 1997, she
reappeared with Johanna Fateman and JD Samson as Le Tigre - an electro-pop trio
using synths, guitar riffs and lo-fi electronic beats to create strutting,
disco, party rousers. Describing themselves as "underground electro-feminist
performance artists", debut album Le Tigre (1999) was full of playful new wave
robotics and screechy 1980s pop and posit...
