The Needle Release New Single "Wake Up"
Queer Icons Skip The Needle Release New Single "Wake Up"
New EP Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up out March 7 on Soulectric - a division of Little Village
Bitch and Skip The Needle's The Never Going Back Tour Kicks Off On Friday
Stream: "Wake Up" on YouTube or All Digital Platforms
Stream: "Until We Overcome" on YouTube or All Digital Platforms
This Friday, Bay Area “black dyke rock” legends Skip The Needle will release their newest EP Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up on Soulectric Records - a division of Little Village (pre-order). In anticipation of the upcoming release date, the band is excited to share "Wake Up" the final pre-release single from the EP. The track debuted at Rock And Roll Globe along with an exclusive interview with the band. The song is available now on all streaming platforms for any playlist shares.
Skip The Needle is an Oakland-based queer female quartet made up of Bay Area superstars; Vicki Randle, Shelley Doty, Kofy Brown and Katie Cash who fashion punk, funk and soul influenced rock they like to call black dyke rock. As the name implies, they are musically diverse and bring a biting, socially conscious message, delivered with radical joy. Formed in 2014, Skip The Needle has released two full-length albums and an EP - Octavia Of Earth, Volume 2, inspired by black feminist icon Octavia E. Butler, released by Soulectric - A division of Little Village Foundation and digitally released by Side Hustle Records in July of 2024. They are honored to have received the Local Sirens Residency grant from Women’s Audio Mission, writing and producing their upcoming EP.
Though playfulness and exuberance are an integral part of Skip The Needle’s performances, reflections on issues of justice and equity, especially black, queer and women’s rights are the driving force behind much of their collective writing. The songs on Wake Up Wake Up Wake Up reflect the idea that socially conscious music can edify, inspire and rejuvenate. Four distinctly different voices and musical styles coming together as one spawned the name Skip The Needle and their messages of hope and inspiration, delivered with driving, infectious funk, rock and soul.
The EP was produced and recorded at Women’s Audio Mission, the only professional recording studio in the world run entirely by women and gender-expansive individuals.
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Skip The Needle and Bitch (Bitch and Animal, Shortbus, recently on tour with Indigo Girls) will be playing co-headlining West Coast tour dates. Bitch will be fresh off an off-Broadway run of her one-woman show “Bitchcraft,” based on songs from her recent Kill Rock Stars album of the same name.
March 6 - Bellingham, WA @ The Mount Baker Theatre :: Lookout Sessions
March 7 - Seattle, WA @ The Rabbit Box
March 8 - Portland, OR @ Alberta Abbey
March 9 - Baker City, OR @ Churchill Baker City
March 13 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Moe's Alley
March 15 - Berkeley, CA The Freight
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photo credit: Bill Evans
