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Music of Olympia, Washington

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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.

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References

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  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. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016. 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. Archived from the original on November 14, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  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.