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Bikini Kill 2022 dates, confirmed

Posted in Tours on March 22, 2022

Following a host of reschedulings in an unpredictable world, we have a newly finalized set of dates of Bikini Kill's 2022 international tour, which includes 38 dates in North American and 13 in the EU/UK.

The reformed band initially intended to tour in 2020 with the original lineup of Kathleen Hanna on vocals, Tobi Vail on drums, and Kathi Wilcox on bass (along with guitarist Erica Dawn Lyle), but the pandemic repeatedly changed plans. New dates are listed below.

Check out our "History 101" piece on the Kill Rocks Stars label, which includes additional Bikini Kill-related insight.

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Bikini Kill 2022 International Tour Dates

4/26: Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy + Harriet’s w/ Bleached
4/29: Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre w/ Bleached
5/2: Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre w/ Hunx and his Punx
5/4: Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater w/ Hunx and his Punx
5/5: El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace w/ Hunx and his Punx
5/7: Austin, TX @ The Mohawk w/ Hunx and his Punx
5/8: Austin, TX @ The Mohawk w/ Pleasure Venom
5/9: Dallas, TX @ The Factory in Deep Ellum w/ Hunx and his Punx
5/27: Miami, FL @ The Ground at Clubspace w/ Glass Body
5/28: Miami, FL @ The Ground at Clubspace w/ Las Nubes
5/29: Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live
5/31: St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre
6/3: Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera
6/5: Bologna, Italy @ Arena Puccini w/ Big Joanie
6/6: Milan, Italy @ Magnolia w/ Big Joanie
6/8: Paris, France @ Trabendo w/ Big Joanie
6/9: Paris, France @ Trabendo w/ Big Joanie
6/10: Brussels, Belgium @ Le Botanique w/ Big Joanie
6/12: Glasgow, United Kingdom @ O2 Academy Glasgow w/ Problem Patterns
6/13: London, United Kingdom @ Roundhouse w/ Snoozers
6/23: Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle w/ H.C. McEntire
6/24: Charlottesville, VA @ The Jefferson Theater w/ H.C. McEntire
6/25: Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel w/ H.C. McEntire
6/27: Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine w/ Hurry Up
6/28: Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall w/ Hurry Up
6/30: Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works w/ Hurry Up
7/1: Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern w/ Hurry Up
7/3: Oakland, CA @ Mosswood Meltdown
7/8: New York, NY @ Rooftop at Pier 17 w/ Ribbon Stage
7/11: Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring w/ Brontez Purnell
7/12: Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
7/13: Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall w/ Brontez Purnell
7/15: Boston, MA @ Boch Center Wang Theatre w/ Brontez Purnell
7/16: South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Burlington w/ Brontez Purnell
7/18: Montreal, QC @ M Telus w/ CB Radio Gorgeous
7/19: Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall w/ CB Radio Gorgeous
7/20: Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall w/ CB Radio Gorgeous
7/22: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre w/ Donkey Bugs
7/23: Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre w/ XV + CB Radio Gorgeous
7/24: Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theater w/ Pineapple RNR
8/5: Katowice, Poland @ OFF Festival
8/7: Berlin, Germany @ Astra Kulturhaus w/ Snoozers
8/8: Hamburg, Germany @ Gruenspan w/ Snoozers
8/10: Oslo, Norway @ Øya Festival
8/11: Gothenburg, Sweden @ Way Out West
8/12-14: Helsinki, Finland @ Flow Festival
9/8: Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom w/ Table Sugar
9/9: Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom w/ Lithics
9/11: Olympia, WA @ Capitol Theater w/ Table Sugar
9/12: Olympia, WA @ Capitol Theater w/ Mecca Normal
9/15: Victoria, BC @ Distrikt Victoria w/ Mecca Normal
9/17: Redmond, WA @ Marymoor Park w/ Table Sugar

Captain Asshole on the way

Posted in Records on March 21, 2022

Captain Asshole will release a new album called Successfully Not Giving Up, coming next month. The album will be released via SBÄM and Say-10 Records on April 15, and the German melodic punk band gives us an early take now in the form of "Apocalypse Now? Apocalypse Later? Apocalypse Whenever!" … Read more

Mobile Homies Season 1: the record

Posted in Records on March 21, 2022

Inspired by his Mobile Homies podcast, rapper Lyrics Born has an upcoming collaborative record called Mobile Homies Season 1, available on April 15. “Mobile Homies is a podcast that I started during quarantine just so I could stay in touch with my friends,” says Lyrics Born. “We had some of … Read more

Pressure Cracks: "Cancel Couture"

Posted in MP3s on March 21, 2022

Southern California hardcore band Pressure Cracks shared a new song and new album news this week (and just played live dates in San Fernando and Anaheim over the weekend). The band, featuring Jason Aalon Butler (Fever 333/letlive) and former members of Scars of Tomorrow draws from late '90s-early '00s metal/hardcore … Read more

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Pyrithe's Monuments To Impermanence

Posted in Records on March 20, 2022

Pyrithe, a collaborative and experiemtnal trio form Pittsburgh, will soon release their debut album on Gilead Media. The record comes to us on LP, cd, cassette, and digital formats with eight heavy, genre-bending tracks in total as is to be titled Monuments To Impermanence. The group formed in 2017, first … Read more

Wiretap adds Mexico City's Camiches

Posted in Labels on March 20, 2022

Wiretap Records has added another band to its growing roster, Camiches, from Mexico City. Formed in the early 2010s and drawing comparisons to Basement, Touche Amore, and others, the band will release a self-titled record on their new label home later this year, which will be the first non-English language … Read more

"Addition By Sedition" from Cathedral Ceilings (more in May)

Posted in Records on March 20, 2022

May 27 will bring us a new album from New Jersey punk band Cathedral Ceilings. To be titled Summer Of Misguided Dynamite, the record comes courtesy of Dromedary Records. Two months ahead of time, the band is sharing the lead single, "Addition By Sedition," a melodic punk song described by … Read more

Outbreak Fest 2022 feat. Deafheaven, Turnstile, Ceremony+

Posted in Shows on March 20, 2022

The tenth anniversary of Outbreak Fest, and first set in Manchester, continues to add to its heavy lineup -- announcing Deafheaven and Touche Amore in addition to Turnstile, Ceremony, Militarie Gun, Drug Church, Terror, and many more, in the final round of announcements. The festival takes place June 24-26 at … Read more

Adam Gnade + Planet B

Posted in Records on March 20, 2022

Three One G is now selling a limited cassette featuring Adam Gnade and Planet B. Limited to 100 copies, the EP cassette is titled Life Is The Meatgrinder and, with features Gnade's storytelling over a minimalist backdrop of jazz percussion and sweeping, windy ambience by Planet B, which sets the … Read more

Lawbreaker asks "Dear Who?"

Posted in Records on March 19, 2022

Jawbreaker is currently on the road celebrating a milestone anniversary for their Dear You album. Now, we get a collaborative tribute concept featuring members of Far, Heavy Seas, Middle-Aged Queers, Sarchasm, Lousy Advice, and Nobody's Baby, reworking the original tracks to show their influence while making them their own. Two … Read more

Cave In is officially back on May 20

Posted in Records on March 19, 2022

Cave In will release their Relapse Records debut on May 20. Titled Heavy Pendulum, it's the first studio album from the quarter in over a decade, with Stephen Brodsky, Adam McGrath, and John-Robert Conners joined by new addition Nate Newton (Converge, Doomriders, Old Man Gloom) on bass and vocals. The … Read more

Interrupters & Flogging Molly tour plans

Posted in Tours on March 19, 2022

Flogging Molly has made it through another St. Patrick's Day and now they'll hit the road for a full summer tour across the US on a co-headlining tour with The Interrupters, joined by Tiger Army and The Skints along the way. Both bands are currently working on new material, Flogging … Read more

A Go-Go's Tribute is a Go

Posted in Records on March 19, 2022

The Go-Go's tribute, If You Gotta Go-Go, Go-Go Now, from Sympathy for the Record Industry is due to release this month. Joining the list of artists paying tribute to The Go-Go's are Kitten Robot Records alum, Josie Cotton and Hayley & The Crushers. You can check out Hayley & The … Read more

Cycotic Youth is still cyco after all these years

Posted in Bands on March 19, 2022

Back in action after roughly 30 years, Cycotic Youth shared a new song this week, "Cycofied." Formed in the Venice, CA skate scene alongside Suicidal Tendencies, the band is reborn now under the wing of vocalist Jason Brown and a new lineup, while continuing the punk-meets-thrash-meets-metal hybrid sound. Speaking of … Read more

5 from Hand Model

Posted in Records on March 19, 2022

Hand Model, the solo project of Ignat Frege (Wreck and Reference) has an EP out next month, a new single now, and an upcoming show on April 7 at Genghis Cohen (Los Angeles, CA). The new 5-song EP will be titled Game Changers and releases on April 29 via The … Read more

Pkew Pkew Pkew fires again

Posted in Records on March 19, 2022

Pkew Pkew Pkew continues a productive streak with a new album coming soon. On May 13, the Canadian punk band will released Open Bar on Dine Alone Records, which once again draws classic rock influence and support from Craig Finn (The Hold Steady). The band has shared a single now, … Read more

Ufomammut is reborn on upcoming album

Posted in Records on March 19, 2022

Album number nine is forthcoming from Ufomammut, Fenice, set for release on May 6 via Neurot Recordings/Supernatural Cat Records. In Italian, "fenice" translates to "phoenix," symbolic of rebirth as the band features a new drummer, Levre, in their three-piece lineup. “I think we lost our spontaneity, album after album,” Urlo … Read more

Wrack's third EP

Posted in Records on March 19, 2022

Wrack, a one-person project by Bay Area producer/multi-instrumentalist Tyler Cox, is back with a new release called Repulsive Gravity. At times post-metal, but also featuring soundscapes, math rock riffs, noise rock, and more, Repulsive Gravity is Wrack's third EP, and follow's 2018's Hollow Sun. Prior to Wrack, Cox played with … Read more

Arcade Fire no. 6

Posted in Records on March 19, 2022

Arcade Fire, looking mysterious in the photo next to us, is back with a new single and an upcoming new record. The band shared "The Lightning I, II" earlier this week on digital platforms to precede the May 6 release of their sixth studio album, WE. Produced by Nigel Godrich, … Read more

Graduation Speech in May

Posted in Records on March 19, 2022

Graduation Speech, a project from Kevin Day (Aspiga) is back with a new EP called Controlled Burn, out on May 13 via Jetsam-Flotsam. The project released an EP last April as well. Day plays the majority of instrumentation on the new EP, which was tracked in one session at New … Read more