What
I Knew Zonna
Here's the latest
rocking release by critically acclaimed songwriter, Zonna.
Magically, this studio recording has managed to
capture both the excitement and the intimacy of Zonna's live
performances.
Packed with compelling stories and catchy
melodies, this 11 song CD will get you on your feet and keep you
there!
The
All American Chainsaw
Kittens
"John Wayne hates gays," croons Tyson
Meade, the soul of the Chainsaw Kittens, at approximately the
middle of his group's fifth full-length album. "Said he had a
child," Meade continues, "tied to a fence post on an
average, Wyoming day." The song morphs into a surreal
first-person elegy to Matthew Shepard, with Meade's voice soaring
as if he feels Shepard's pain. He does. Meade came of age, gay, in
tiny Bartlesville, Oklahoma. After four Chainsaw Kittens albums
that were at once indispensable and disposable -- driving music
and crashing music -- the All American is the best yet. Meade is
in his usual rare form, lyrically and vocally, singing lines like
"Now I just married Eric Menendez, so why can't I get
conjugal visits?" as if they're the singular reason for his
existence. The band itself is tight and mature. "Light"
is huge and beautiful; "All American Wiggle Wiggle,"
with its "do-do-do-do-deep" intro and proud "You
don't have to hold your stomach in" refrain, couldn't be more
perfect. It all collapses onto itself with "The Treasure Is
Love" and falls to the floor with a drugged-up cover of
"We Got the Beat," from last year's Unsealed -- A Go
Go's Tribute. Tyson Meade is a star, and the All American is all
the proof he needs. -- Anonymous Review
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From
the Desk Of...Mr. Lady [EP] Le
Tigre
Professional force-to-be-reckoned-with (and
Bikini Kill frontwoman) Kathleen Hanna takes on George Clinton's
"free your ass and your mind will follow" mantra with
her current project Le Tigre. Following their ace eponymous debut,
the pop-punk trio of Hanna, Johanna Fateman, and Sadie Benning
return with "From the Desk of Mr. Lady," a snappy
suckerpunch of subversion. Using simple drum machines, electric
guitar power chords, and Hanna's rebel yell, they create hard and
shiny dancecore with a bad attitude. On this short and sweet EP,
"Bang! Bang!" is the most poignant track, chronicling
the shooting of unarmed African immigrant Amadou Diallo in New
York. It ends with a bone-chilling drum sequence that represents
the 41 shots fired by NYPD officers, who were ultimately
acquitted. Le Tigre achieve the unusual by seamlessly uniting fun
music with revolutionary ideas: this EP is unabashedly political,
angry, and addictive. It rocks. --Lizz Mendez Berry
