The Julie Ruin is an American band formed in 2010 in New York City. The band rehearses in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered on the southwest by Williamsburg at the Bushwick inlet, on the southeast by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and East Williamsburg, on the north by Newtown Creek and Long Island City, Queens at the...

, and records at Oscilloscope.

Band members include Carmine Covelli, Sara Landeau, Kathleen Hanna

Kathleen Hanna

Kathleen Hanna is an American musician, feminist activist, and punk zine writer. In the early- to mid-1990s she was the lead singer and songwriter of Bikini Kill, before fronting Le Tigre in the late 1990s and early 2000s...

, Kathi Wilcox

Kathi Wilcox

Kathi Wilcox is an American musician. Currently the bass player in The Julie Ruin, she has previously been in bands such as Bikini Kill, The Casual Dots and The Frumpies.- Music :...

, Kenny Mellman

Kenny Mellman

Kenny Mellman is an artist living in New York City. He was one half of Kiki and Herb. A co-creator of Our Hit Parade. He is currently in the band The Julie Ruin....

The band is currently recording their first record.

In December 2010, The Julie Ruin previewed a performance at the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn.