Read a track-by-track breakdown for Knifetwister Records' new benefit comp, 'Not In Our City 2'!

Tomorrow marks the release of Knifetwister Records’ new benefit punk compilation Not In Our City 2. The comp features 22 bands from eight different countries across four continents.

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Hedwig & The Angry Inch – 25th Anniversary Screening + Live Performance w. Skip the Needle

July 17, 2026 • The Castro Theatre, San Francisco
Tickets on sale Friday, November 14 at 10 AM

The Castro Theatre proudly presents a special 25th Anniversary screening of the groundbreaking movie musical Hedwig & The Angry Inch! Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theater hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of the “internationally ignored” rock singer Hedwig and her search for stardom and love.

Presented in glorious 35 mm, this screening event will feature an in-person appearance and live musical performance from writer, star, and director John Cameron Mitchell, accompanied by the Bay Area’s own all-queer rock band Skip The Needle as “The Angry Inch.”

Join us at the legendary Castro Theatre to celebrate a night of queer cinema, explosive rock music, and the enduring power of self-love and acceptance. This is a once-in-a-generation cinematic and musical experience for Hedwig fans old and new.

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Skip The Needle But Do Not Skip Doll Fest 2026

Twelve months flew by, but that just means we’re able to welcome in the countdown to the second staging of the fantastic "Doll Fest" event. With all the pomp and circumstance of fascism on full display presently enveloping our lives, we need something subversive to keep us treading water. What better flotation device than to have this on the calendar?

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Five Female Artists You Should Be Listening To Now

 Skip The Needle is a band from Oakland that plays, in their own words, “black dyke rock.”  STN formed a decade ago, but their experience in the Bay Area music scene goes even further back. The four members — guitarists Katie Cash and Shelley Doty, bassist Vicki Randle (a veteran of The Tonight Show) and drummer Kofy Brown — draw on a wide variety of influences. The result is a sociopolitical blend of soul and rock that gets you moving as it makes you think.

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EP Review: Skip the Needle –
Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up

Listening to the new EP Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up from Oakland-based, black queer band Skip the Needle, you’ll feel like you’re being transported back to the 70’s. The group’s blend of rock, funk, soul, folk and punk, paired with the EP’s raw production and socially conscious lyrics, sounds like a lost record from that era.

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In a time when LGBTQ+ Rights are vehemently under attack from the current presidential administration, Oakland’s Skip the Needle retaliate with a sound they call “black dyke rock.”

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Skip The Needle Channels Collective Power on “Until We Overcome”

Skip The Needle’s new single “Until We Overcome” highlights their unique fusion of distinct voices, blending punk, funk, and soul, while promoting inclusive empowerment and community togetherness.

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Skip the Needle Rallies Listeners to Battle On with New Single ‘Until We Overcome’

These days, many artists have traded their instruments for software plugins, but Vicki Randle (bass/vocals), Katie Cash (guitar/vocals), Shelley Doty (guitar/vocals) and Kofy Brown (drums/vocals) rock on the good ol’ fashioned way, singing loud and proud an optimistic battle cry that every generation needs to hear: “We’re just down here trying to talk to you / you may think it doesn’t matter what you choose / we need to fight to let the light shine through / there’s nothing in this world that we can’t do.”

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