10 Greatest Lo-Fi Albums Of All Time

After taking a break from her work with Bikini Kill in 1998, Kathleen Hanna put out this highly influential collection of home-recorded songs dealing with feminism, police abuse, and crocheting. The cheap drum machines and samples serve to enhance the lo-fi aesthetic of the album. 

Julie Ruin as an alter ego is much more restrained in her delivery than that of Hanna in her Bikini Kill days, but her lyricism is often smarter and even angrier than her previous work. It is a funny and unpretentious album that shows the legendary Riot Grrrl having the time of her life, even with a less-explosive aesthetic.

Eventually, the record would make way for Hanna's next major band Le Tigre. Traces of their electroclash sound are evident throughout the album, but under a much more mysterious guise as a result of its muddled sound quality.