TOP TEN

There's a new number one in the Top Ten on KJRW this week:

1.  The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
2.  Rise Above - Black Flag
3.  Money - Flying Lizards
4.  Incinerate - Sonic Youth
5.  Grind - Alice In Chains
6.  Electric Band - Wild Flag
7.  Strange Love - Cramps
8.  I Want It All - Battered Wives
9.  Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
10.  New Radio - Bikini Kill

Looking ahead to mid-March and trying to dig up some Celtic Punk...

TOP TEN

There's a shake up at the top this week on KJRW:

1. Incinerate - Sonic Youth
2. New Radio - Bikini Kill
3. So Alive - Love and Rockets
4. No Time Left - Crawls
5. The Hardest Button To Button - White Stripes
6. I Fought the Law - Clash
7. Verse Chorus Verse - Nirvana
8. Wendy - Descendents
9. We Want the Airwaves - Ramones
10. No Fun - Sex Pistols

Listen next week to hear songs that haven't been on KJRW before from the Offspring, Audioslave, Nine Inch Nails and more...

RUN FAST

Kathleen Hanna is the comeback kid.  She formed Bikini Kill while attending Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA in 1990.  Over 7 years, the group released only a few albums, but their influence was felt by bands like Sleater-Kinney, Jack Off Jill, The Gossip, and those that joined the Riot Grrrl movement.  Without Hanna, Nirvana would never have unleashed "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on the world.  It was she who scrawled, "Kurt smells like teen spirit" (the deodorant) on a wall to mock Cobain.

Bikini Kill split up in the late 1990's.  Hanna created her alter ego, Julie Ruin and recorded a bunch of very lo-fi songs in her apartment.  She then found some friends to play these songs live, which evolved into something very different, Le Tigre.  This band carried on the Bikini Kill political and feminist themes, but the music was electronic pop instead of punk.

And then Kathleen Hanna disappeared - or so it seemed.  She battled a mysterious illness for six years before it was finally diagnosed as Lyme Disease.  Her husband, Adam Horovitz (Ad Rock of the Beastie Boys) encouraged Hanna to start singing again.  She revisited her Julie Ruin identity, and again assembled a band.

This Julie Ruin is an amalgamation of all of the above.  Bikini Kill Bassist Kathi Wilcox joins Hanna again.  The Julie Ruin is punk and electronic, dark and upbeat.  Their debut album, Run Fast was released today.  You can pick it up by clicking the link to the right.  The crowning jewel is the first song on the album, "Oh Come On".  You can hear it on KJRW.

TOP TEN

There are a few changes to the list for the second week of July.  It contains a surprising New Wave Summer song in the middle, but a predictable number one.  Here are the Top Ten Tracks on KJRW:

1. Miss Impossible - Poets of the Fall
2. The Guns of Brixton - Clash
3. Peaches - Stranglers
4. Suddenly Last Summer -Motels
5. Attitude - Misfits
6. When She Begins - Social Distortion
7. Sabotage - Beastie Boys
8. Rebel Girl - Bikini Kill
9. Kiss Them For Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
10. Color Me Impressed - Replacements

Listen for new songs from More of Anything and The Pixies and give them a "thumbs up" if you like them.

TOP TEN

A few Pacific Northwest bands make the list, including Soundgarden at the top on KJRW this week:

1. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
2. Blood One - Bikini Kill
3. Blue Orchid - White Stripes
4. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
5. Go Home - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
6. I Wanna Be Your Dog - Stooges
7. Steady, As She Goes - Raconteurs
8. Destroy - Eyeliners
9. Flagpole Sitta - Harvey Danger
10. Local God - Everclear

Next week, KJRW goes Under the Covers...

TOP TEN

Lots of old favorites make it into the list this week:

1. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
2. Closer - Nine Inch Nails
3. Infected - Bad Religion
4. Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr.
5. Blood One - Bikini Kill
6. Wonderful - Circle Jerks
7. Dancing With Myself - Generation X
8. I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
9. London Calling - Clash
10. Steady, As She Goes - Raconteurs

Keep it on KJRW while rocking around the Christmas tree.  Punkified versions of Father Christmas, I'll Be Home For Christmas, Jingle Bells and more are on now.

KJRW TOP TEN

"Bleed Together" by Soundgarden remains at the top this week, and just may be the number one song of the year on KJRW.  We will find out in December, when we countdown the Top 112 of 2012.

1. Bleed Together - Soundgarden
2. Andres - L7
3. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
4. Wonderful - Circle Jerks
5. Head Like a Hole - Nine Inch Nails
6. I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
7. New Radio - Bikini Kill
8. Rise Above - Black Flag
9. Steady, As She Goes - Raconteurs
10. Sweet '69 - Babes In Toyland

A bunch of tunes never heard before on KJRW have just been added.  Remember to click the "Thumbs up" icon while they are playing if you like them.

KJRW TOP TEN

Suprisingly, "Too Shy" remains at the top the first week of September.  The only New Wave Summer song on the list.  That makes room for classics from the likes of the Clash and Ramones.  The Hives (from Sweden) drop down one place.

1. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
2. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
3. B Is for Brutus - Hives
4. Waiting Room - Fugazi
5. Andres - L7
6. Blister in the Sun - Violent Femmes
7. Dancing with Myself - Generation X
8. I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones
9. London Calling - Clash
10. New Radio - Bikini Kill

KJRW TOP TEN

Two freshly added New Wave Summer songs make it into the KJRW Top Ten this week.  The two songs kicked out were the subject of last week's trivia question.  The cool thing about Bikini Kill and Beastie Boys being next to each other in the previous list is that Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill and Ad Rock of Beastie Boys have been together since 1997.

1. Too Shy - Kajagoogoo
2. B Is For Brutus - Hives
3. Waiting Room - Fugazi
4. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
5. Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order
6. Shout - Tears for Fears
7. Destination Unknown - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
8. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
9. Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's
10. Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen

Trivia Question:  What country are the Hives from?

Listen to KJRW for new songs from Green Day and Jane's Addiction!

KJRW TOP TEN

The number one song of 2011 makes its way back up to number two in this week's top ten on KJRW, after disappearing for awhile.  There are a pair of "Lips" at the bottom.  Here is the list:

1. B Is for Brutus - Hives
2. Waiting Room - Fugazi
3. The Passenger - Iggy Pop
4. Fight for Your Right - Beastie Boys
5. New Radio - Bikini Kill
6. Shout - Tears for Fears
7. Destination Unknown - Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
8. Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth
9. Our Lips Are Sealed - Go-Go's
10. Lips Like Sugar - Echo and the Bunnymen

Trivia Question:  What is cool about Bikini Kill and the Beastie Boys being next to each other on the list?

New Green Day soon on KJRW...