SpinningPlatters.com: Show Review: Bikini Kill with Frightwig at The Warfield, 8/19/24

We were there for the first Bikini Kill reunion shows in 2019.  They were a profound and moving experience. We didn’t know what COVID was yet, which upended this tour and, well, still upends everything. I’m grateful that they managed to find a way to get back on the road. Everything feels really hard and continues to feel hard, and this band has always been the thing that gives me the strength to persevere and find reasons to be hopeful in the face of hopelessness.

Black Belt Eagle Scout was originally supposed to open, but a medical emergency upended those plans. (I adore this band, and KP is an amazing human, and if you have any money to spare, please help her with medical expenses.) With a few weeks’ notice, they scrambled to find someone to fill in the void, and we ended up with… FRIGHTWIG!!! A band whose influence and legacy helped inspire and shape bands like L7, The Melvins, Nirvana, and… BIKINI KILL.

Opening with bassist Deanna Mitchell showing off her impressive vocal chops with an unexpected a capella rendition of Tanya Tucket’s “Delta Dawn” while guitarist Mia d’Bruzzi had to do some emergency repairs to her guitar rig, Frightwig took us on a journey in a short 30 minutes that took us through a wildly eclectic assortment of politically charged, feminist rock songs. They were a hardcore band, a new wave band, and they played metal and psych. I guess after 42 years of experience, you can pretty much do whatever you put your mind to.

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