the girls are is proud to launch Just A Girl, an all-female battle of the bands style competition, with the winners securing a live slot at Ladyfest Ten! The judging panel comprises Annette Barlow (Founder & Editor of the girls are), Ruth Barnes (The Other Woman radio), Camilla Pia (Live Editor, The Fly) and Viv Albertine (The Slits). Open to unsigned, all-female bands and [...]

This awesome drummer, Twink, who plays for DC’s Mambo Sauce, contacted us and then wrote this sweet piece on her first kit, her mom’s take on her drumming, and go-go music. I fell in love with drums at the age of 9.  Christmas of ‘93, I awakened to a 5 piece, candy-apple red, Mapex drum-set, [...]

Erin Nicole Graf’s, one of Tom Tom’s talented and lovely photographers, sent in her awesome foot tat of a snare. She is an ex-marching band drummer. We love her. Tattoo by Chance Kenyon @ JACK BROWN’S TATTOO REVIVAL, Fredericksburg, Virginia

“Buke & Gass making their own instruments (buke – modified baritone ukulele and gass – guitar + bass hybrid) and being discovered by The National, the female half of the band (Arone Dyer) used to race bikes and is now a bike mechanic, and the male half of the band (Aron Sanchez) makes the sculptural [...]

We love Grass Widow. Not only because they are good friends of ours and played in the Editor’s living room in an old permutation of this line-up in a band called Shitstorm. But because THEY ARE SO FUCKING GOOD! And they look good doing it. And they are good people too. WTF! Also … Hannah [...]