Northern State, that is seven years, three albums, prominent collabs and shows rocked by three university educated white women from New York City. Hesta, Spero and Sprout squat the not existing niche of, well white girl indie-rap.

„what’s a girl like me supposed to do?

just get on the mic you know you want to!

what’s a girl like me supposed to say?

I’m on the mic ‚cos I like it that way!“

Dying in Stereo, the song these lyrics are taken from and after which their first album was named shows proof that they have a place in the music. I see Northern State in the light of the riot grrl movement. They might have bridged a crowd from rap to Le Tigre, at least these two maybe commercially most successful riot grrl crews went on stage together some times. Also Le Tigre’s JD Samson did a remix of Northerns single Better Already which you will find here for download.