Sara Landeau For two decades, Sara has built a multifaceted career as an artist, musician, songwriter, producer, and educator, placing her at the intersection of music, contemporary art, and activism. Drawing from a fine arts background, with a B.A. in Art, she continues to write multimedia guitar pieces and work on sound installations. She is best known as lead guitarist of the band The Julie Ruin from 2009-2017 (with Kathleen Hanna, Kathi Wilcox, Kenny Mellman, and Carmine Covelli).
Throughout her active music career, she has embarked on global tours, produced music, and collaborated with Grammy Award-winning musicians, securing song placements on Emmy Award-winning TV shows and multiple films. For over 10 years, she developed and ran a full-time music school for girls and women in NYC, focusing on offering a women-run safe environment for rock instruments: electric guitar, drums, and bass. Sara Landeau Studios was modeled after the type of place she wished she had access to as a kid. She is a retired CBGB's (NYC) employee who, along with her friends, were able to showcase their bands and new projects there for many years.
In 2016, she went back to school to receive a Masters in Fine Arts in Sonic Arts/Music from Brooklyn College, where she is an Adjunct Professor of Music History. After a year of doctoral studies in music at University of California, Santa Barbara, Sara moved to Los Angeles in 2021. She is building a new recording/teaching studio in downtown LA called Ampere Studies (coming soon in 2024) and loves living in California.
Sara is currently the touring guitarist with the band Bikini Kill.
The Julie Ruin are on Hardly Arts Records. Listen to The Julie Ruin