GIRLS AT OUR BEST, VOLUME II!

in lieu of returning home, i came across my girls at our best compilation that i mentioned in the post about ludus/linder sterling. the disc was way too scratched to upload to my dad’s computer, so i decided to take matters into my own hands and make a second edition of this wonderful compilation. i [...]

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The Passions

I don’t know much about The Passions, but I came across this album recently and it’s really good. The track I already knew was “I’m In Love With A German Film Star,” which is definitely not a good indicator of the rest of the album’s sound. To reduce it to something it’s simply not, let’s [...]

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Comet Gain

This 7″ is one of my favorite things ever. In lieu of writing a real blog post, I’ll let you Download Red Menace instead.

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Condenada Last Show

Condenada‘s last show is this weekend. They have been churning out top-notch political hardcore for 5+ years now; I know at least a few Southkore kids that started playing music after catching one of their sets. Always staying righteous to a diverse audience that embraced their bilingual queer feminist blasts while also keeping an oft [...]

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Chica X

So Chica X was supposed to headline the hewhocorrupts holiday show this weekend and had to cancel; that’s cool, Gateway District played a set 100x better than those you might have caught at WCSC or Insub Fest. But I was really looking forward to Chica X’s 9 year-old lady’s infectious gum-smacking casio jams, so I [...]

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Bored Games Midwest Tour in January

So I was seeing someone who was amazed that I knew about Ambition Mission (here’s a Doom in the AM cover:) But that’s a suburban kid for you. However, due to the discovery that I liked “girl stuff”, I got a pile of 7″s. One of which was the Lefty Loosie/Pear of the West split. [...]

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Third Sex reunion show in Portland!!!

Just as Jess was making comments about how she’s all reunion-showed-out, The Third Sex announced that they’ll be playing a show on January 31st at Rotture in Portland (with Kaia, and The Haggard). Jess did a search online for the date of the show and booked her flight to Portland around it…. except, she found [...]

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hearing amazing post-punk bands you weren’t aware of for the first time is like walking into a warm store while you’re out running errands in cold fucking weather. especially when such bands are female/radical feminist-fronted. and weird! like ludus. i had always seen their album artwork on the amazing female post-punk compilation “girls at our [...]

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lizzy mercier descloux

one of the coolest people out of the new york/no wave scene of the 70′s/80′s is lizzy mercier descloux. now known as a worldbeat pioneer, she started off in the performance art band rose yemen with dj barnes, and soon after released her solo album press color. the record is pretty eclectic, including an appropriated [...]

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