The Butchies -- featuring former Team Dresch-er Kaia Wilson -- deliver a palatable, airwave-deserving take on punk rock with Make Yr Life. Unfortunately, because of the homophobic state of commercial radio, you're not likely to hear passionate, sugary blasts like "Second Guess" or the sexually charged "Send Me You" rocking from the higher reaches ...
Less akin to the stylistic grab bag of 1998's Are We Not Femme? than the largely punk-fueled fury of its follow-up, Population 1975, 3 is the aptly titled third full-length from Durham, NC's the Butchies. Unlike their debut's mishmash of punk, disco, and folk, the queercore trio's subsequent efforts have settled impressively into rough and tumble ...
Population 1975, the Butchies' second album, continues the string of musically and emotionally rewarding projects involving singer/guitarist/songwriter Kaia Wilson (who, of course, first made her name with queercore godmothers Team Dresch, as did drummer Melissa York). The album isn't so much a vast improvement on Are We Not Femme? -- a fine ...
Like 1999's superb New Women's Music Sampler, which features noteworthy tracks by acts such as Sarah Dougher and the Need, among numerous others, Mr. Lady's second compilation of unreleased material is another great way to get acquainted with -- or to more fully appreciate -- a variety of queer and queer-positive artists, most of which here are ...
The Butchies' debut is a mix 'n' match collection of genres, from classic rock- and riot grrrl-influenced punk to folk- and disco-driven dance beats. The results should probably end up a disastrous mishmash of clashing and crashing sounds, but the trio's Are We Not Femme? is a glorious debut as Kaia Wilson (ex-Team Dresch), Melissa York, and ...
Kill Rock Stars' 2002 collection Fields and Streams brings together tracks by artists who are on Kill Rock Stars and a bunch of other bands and artists who aren't but the fine folks at KRS just plain like. Many of the bands are female-fronted in the tradition of the riot grrrl movement, which the label was at the forefront of. Otherwise, the ...
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