Read: Got a Girl Crush Zine

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Listen: Wild Flag - Wild Flag

I write this sat in bed, recovering from the carnage that was Reading Festival at the weekend. I swore I'd never go back, but seven years is a long time away & a free ticket was way too tempting to pass up. I feel like I've been smacked in the head with a welly boot for three days straight.

My saviour in this horrible little hungover rut I've got myself into today is WILD FLAG. After months of waiting for a full album, it has arrived, and we are not worthy. I know they don't want to be called a super group, but this record is proof that the tag is well deserved. Very different from anything Sleater-Kinney produced, but bold, showing off both their technical talent and creative energy and resulting in a fiery garage rock record that channels some Patti Smith (I know they cover 'Ask The Angels', but the are definate parallels in Carrie's commanding, jumpy vocals). It's the debut I think everyone had been hoping for; this is what the new era of guitar music should sound like.

Click HERE to stream at NPR

Wild Flag - Romance by MergeRecords

Watch: Grass Widow at the Zoo

Grass Widow "Milo Minute" from what rabbit on Vimeo.

I'll avoid some pun about monkey business... Grass Widow play for the gorilla's at the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston, Massachusetts.

Band: Cool Moms

Not to sound like too much of a suck up, but after doing some more digging around Gunilla Mixtapes links yet AGAIN I came across Cool Moms. With nothing but an empty Soundcloud page to go on and also an unGoogleable name, I went in knowing nothing about them except for the music they were making was a fuzzy joy of basement recordings and riot grrrl-borrowed vocals. Simple but super catchy and fun.

Then I head to Facebook and everything makes sense - the band is comprised of Allison Wolfe (vox), Grace Hall (guitar, drums, vox), Mary Jane (bass, vox) and Shelina Louise (drums, guitar, vox). Allison Wolfe is of course best known for founding Bratmobile and playing in Cold Cold Hearts and Partyline, so it's little wonder her new project is stickered with lo-fi touches and the usual sassy pop that fizzes through all of her songs.

Have a listen to 'Crazy' for a quick pick me up:

Crazy by Cool Moms

Listen to more here & like it up here.

Download: Gunilla Mixtapes

I've snuck a little link in the new Music + Mixtapes section (waaay down on the righthand side) but felt this needed to be shouted out LOUD! Gunilla Mixtapes is my new favourite blog; a regularly updated mixtape site, sharing the knowns and unknowns of the 80s grrrl (post-)punk wasteland.

The posts pop-up monthly, showcasing hand-picked tracks from the backcatalogues of little known names and forgotten gems. It's freaking awesome and even if your iTunes is already at bursting point, the links section alone is worth a visit.

I've had trouble finding most of the tracks on youtube, but here are a few examples of what's instore...

Visit Gunilla Mixtapes here.