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Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney in Olympia, between 1994 and 2001

The port city of Olympia, Washington, has been a center of post-hardcore, anti-folk, and other youth-oriented musical genres since the late 1970s. Before this period, Olympia's The Fleetwoods had several Billboard chart successes between 1959 and 1963. Olympia saw a rise in feminism in the music industry, where artists commonly addressed rape, domestic abuse, sexuality, racism, patriarchy, classism, anarchism, and female empowerment in their songs.[1] It was a center for the riot grrrl movement of the early 1990s, which featured Bikini Kill and Bratmobile.[2]

Olympia's downtown Capitol Theater hosted the punk and indie-rock International Pop Underground Convention in 1991 and the Yoyo-A-Go-Go festival in 1994, 1997, 1999 and 2001.[3] The city has several record labels and companies, including K Records and Kill Rock Stars; Kill Rock Stars has signed Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Unwound and Elliott Smith.

Notable musicians and groups

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Music festivals and events

References

  1. Lowndes, Sarah (2016). "Rebel Girl You Are my World: Riot Grrl in Olympia Washington after 1991". Routledge.
  2. Schilt, K (2004). "Riot Grrrl is…': Contestation over meaning in a music scene. Music scenes: Local, translocal, and virtual" (PDF). Bennett Peterson Music.
  3. van Horn, Teri (June 25, 2001). "Bratmobile, Need, Gossip Playing Yoyo A Gogo Festival". Mtv.com. MTV. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  4. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Fleetwoods". Allmusic. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  5. Shaffer, Claire (11 May 2021). "Sleater-Kinney Return With New Single 'Worry With You'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  6. Rose, Cynthia (July 5, 1996). "The Return Of Vinyl Frenzy – Seven-Inch Singles Are The Hot New Item For Rock's Underground". Seattle Times.
  7. Lord, Mary Lou (2011). "About Mary Lou Lord". Kill Rock Stars. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  8. "Sisters Outsiders: The Oral History of the 'Bikini Kill' EP". Spin: 3. November 15, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  9. Hunt, El (27 August 2019). "A brief history of Riot Grrrl the space-reclaiming 90s punk movement". NME.
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