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Net als generatiegenoten X-Ray Spex, besluiten één van pionierende meidengroepen uit het uitgesproken mannelijke punkera van 1976 - uiteraard na een hoop line-up wissels - terug keet te schoppen. U... Lees meer

Someone once told me he didn’t think politics and music worked together. I responded that he should listen more closely to the Clash and the Dead Kennedys. I might’ve added the Slits.In case you’r... Lees meer

Considering that punk was one of the monumental touchstones of 20th century feminism, it was pretty depressing watching it all regress back into ape-ish doodism (Lollapalooza). But the ferocious re... Lees meer

Trapped Animal lacks the raw energy, sense of youth, and naivete that make the original Slits albums appealing. The band, upgraded from a trio to a quintet with the addition of some young talent, a... Lees meer

The Slits never were much ones for standing on convention. The (mostly) all-girl outfit might be associated with 70s punk rock, but they were always way more anarchistic and fun than the norm.Their... Lees meer

Back in the day, a long way back in the day, 1977 approximately, The Slits were a force to be reckoned with, a bunch of angry young women with guitars, drums and p.m.t., they frightened the hell ou... Lees meer

Back in the day, The Slits wonderfully combined chilled-out Jamaican rhythms and a fierily off-kilter punk rock animosity, and they did it especially well for a couple of white girls from England. ... Lees meer

If it's surprising that post-punk legends The Slits have made an album as fresh as this after a 25-year hiatus, remember that they were, famously, very young to begin with. (Ari Up, Johnny Rott... Lees meer

There can be no doubting the Slits pedigree. Ari Up, Tessa Pollitt, Viv Albertine and Palmolive (the classic line-up) simultaneously invented riot grrl and lo-fi and merged punk and reggae before e... Lees meer

To hear the history books tell it, The Slits were one of London's trailblazing, all-important punk acts in the mid-'70s. To hear Trapped Animal tell it, you'd think the act was a shantytown legend ... Lees meer