Combining the musical prowess of Death Valley Girls and Le Butcherettes, Suicide Squeeze Records have released a special two-song EP featuring a cover song and a new single, available for digital steaming now with a 7-inch vinyl available on February 11. The mash up features Le Butcherettes covering “The Universe,” originally a Death Valley Girls […]

The old Hollywood Palladium was ripped a new one this past Wednesday night, kicking off night one of two back-to-back At The Drive-In performances. For many fans, this was the first time they had ever seen the band live. The group broke up in 2001, a year after the release of their third studio album, Relationship Of […]

This week’s best concerts in Los Angeles are looking good. Shake off that Memorial Day weekend lag and go catch some live music. At The Drive In and Le Butcherettes have two nights at the Hollywood Palladium, Brian Jonestown Massacre will also pull a double at Teragram Ballroom, Yeasayer will play the Fonda Theatre, and […]

Last night, fans at the Echoplex were treated to a mind blowing and empowering concert led by Los Angeles’ Kim and The Created and Le Butcherettes: two underground powerhouses that never cease to amaze us. The evening was a celebratory event for Kim and The Created’s 7-inch record release, as well as a homecoming. The […]

There’s an almost infinite amount of killer women fronting bands these days. We’ve done our best to put together our list of our 20 favorite bad asses that currently front their own bands, while also including some of our favorite lesser-known acts that have the potential to grow into being some of the better known […]

At The Drive-In have added a second Los Angeles date at the Hollywood Palladium! If you didn’t score tickets to their March 23rd Fonda Theatre gig, you’re in luck! At The Drive-in will now headline a second LA date at the Hollywood Palladium on Wednesday, June 1st!  To top it all off, Le Butcherettes will […]

Le Butcherettes have come barreling down the door with their latest album A Raw Youth, which drops tomorrow, September 18 via Ipecac Recordings. Their previous record Cry Is For The Flies was an emotional rollercoaster, and while the band has lost none of that signature intensity, on A Raw Youth, the overall feeling is more […]

Babes In Toyland A little piece of herstory was made last night at The Regent Theater in Downtown Los Angeles when Riot Grill Fest took over for an all-femme punk, comedy and food extravaganza, with partial proceeds going to support Human Rights Campaign and LGBT causes. Upon walking in and literally almost running into badass […]

Babes in Toyland Presented by Spaceland and Bitchin’ Kitchen, the all femme music and food takeover known as Riot Grill Fest will be taking place at The Regent Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, August 7th. Kick your weekend off right with live performances by the recently reunited Babes In Toyland, Le Butcherettes, Slutever, […]

2015 has surely been the year reunion shows for women in rock; from Babes In Toyland, Sleater-Kinney and L7, the females have been dominating the rock world. And it looks like the excitement continues to grow! Just announced comes Riot Grill Fest! Presented by Spaceland and Bitchin’ Kitchen, the all femme takeover will take place […]

Last night, the chaotically glorious Le Butcherettes took the stage at the Troubadour in West Hollywood for a thrilling performance that will never be forgotten. Opening with up with “Dress Off” from their 2010 album, Sin Sin Sin, the ferocious duo unleashed a hurricane of rivetting rock ‘n’ roll on the crowd. Lead singer Teri Gender Bender was […]

Photo By Dan Wilton Teresa Suarez, perhaps better known as Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes, is one of the most enigmatic young musicians to hit the rock scene in quite awhile. Perhaps this is why she’s been sometimes referred to as the “Latina Bjork”. After conducting an interview with the Denver-born but Guadalajara-raised beauty, […]

Photo By Dan Wilton With carnal howls and emotionally-fueled vocals, Le Butcherettes are back with their sophomore album, Cry Is For The Flies. The Mexican garage rock band fronted by the explosive Teri Gender Bender (also of Bosnian Rainbows and Kimono Kult) have delivered a fiery new record filled with 11 tracks that drip of […]

The always political heavy Dead Kennedys frontman, Jello Biafra, is back and politically loud as ever with his side project Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine. After celebrating Iggy Pop’s 60th birthday show, Biafra along with Ralph Spight and Jon Weiss became inspired to form a new band empowering the same political spirit […]

After The Mars Volta decided to go on hiatus, guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López decided to form Bosnian Rainbows with Teri Gender Bender (from Le Butcherettes). Last night at the First Unitarian Church, Bosnian Rainbows had their Los Angeles debut and it was riveting. Teri’s rich and throaty vocals complemented her unique (and amusing) dance moves. At times she looked like she was convulsing, although it […]

Do you like it when hot chicks and super-fun, talented musicians make albums about your inner-most personal thoughts (even the ones you’ve never really admitted to having, not even to your therapist, for fear that they would report you to a higher authority)? Bosnian Rainbows’ debut album (of the same name) will make you wish […]

On Friday, March 16, 2011 fans of garage punk were treated with both a legend and a relative newcomer, demonstrating how the genre is changing, yet essentially remaining the same. Le Butcherettes, led by Teri Gender Bender, opened the show at The Echo with a short, wrenching monologue, her eyes wide and her voice strained. […]

Curiosity, it seems, drew many to Spaceland Tuesday, July 20, 2010. What could we expect from a side project by two members of The Mars Volta, and a duo born from the ashes of The Sound of Animals Fighting? What would notorious show(wo)man Teri Gender Bender have planned for Le Butcherettes‘ west coast premiere? In […]