[Atlanta GA] This
band’s name has rung in my ears for years. I’m not sure why. I think I tried to
see them at a SXSW with no luck – and then I went to a bar in San Diego where
their posters were plastered and imagined I’d found their home turf. Turns out,
they’re from Atlanta. Anyway, I had very positive expectations, but the band
totally exceeded them. This was my show of the year. It was some mix of the sound
and the weird female power on stage that took me back to being a high school
girl who hated the world and loved female power. Their sound is a mix of The
Fall, Babes in Toyland, Daisy Chainsaw, and the Slits. They do the quiet loud
trick of modern music, and there was also a nod to Japanese nuttiness. They are
post-punk, perfectly done. More importantly, they’re raw – they weren’t scared
to be crazy and freaky, and we were all drawn into their every emotion. Then
they did a Gun Club cover, and we/I about capultzed. I have a crush on the
entire band, for being weird and hard but still unpretentious, for switching
instruments. I love this band. Rockboy, being a male, wasn’t as transformed as
me, and summed them up as having the attitude, energy, and excitement of 70s
punk bands who lacked real instrumental talent. I kicked his ass and told him
he was sexist. (Photo courtesy of
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