April 2011
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Sex Sux (Amen) - Ladyfest, Easthampton →
Two of my friends talking about stuff! It’s great!
WMUA’s Erika Elizabeth helped set up Ladyfest, an awesome-sounding music and arts festival with the following mission: “to celebrate and support all musicians and artists in the DIY underground whose gender identity falls outside of the dominant cultural mainstream, including but not limited to women.” The schedule...
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The 5.6.7.8's - A new single, and a live album
Hey, Third Man’s put out a new 5.6.7.8’s single, and it fuckin’ rips. “SHO-JO-JI (The Hungry Raccoon)” makes good use of the Bo Diddley beat and a gong (like a lot of 5.6.7.8’s songs do) but the thing that really kills me is the vocal intro to the verse. The girls sing in a more traditional Japanese manner, and it really works for me. The B-side,...
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Wire and Madensuyu @ Bowery Ballroom
Caught Wire playing the Bowery Ballroom last night supported by Belgium’s Madensuyu, and while of course Wire killed it, I have to say, they attracted a bizarre and … unfortunate audience. Lots of drunk Euro-Club-Fucks running/”dancing” around embarrassing everyone, yelling shit the entire time.
Anyway, Madensuyu sound like Interpol and … Wire, I guess. Lots of...