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here come the girls

Coachella: Bringing Me Back To The Time Before Lilith Fair Ruined The Whole "Women In Rock" Thing

One thing that's been nice about Coachella: Most of the outstanding performances so far have served as a nice corrective to my complaints about the male-white-semi-corporate-oppressive nature of current alt-rock. I saw four terrific performances from lady-powered bands that almost made me feel a tiny bit less despondent about the gender balance of rock right now: Portishead (who I saw Thursday night), the Breeders, Tegan & Sara, and Santogold all made me happy to be there, to the point where I didn't even worry about when my last sunscreen application was until after each of their sets. (And yeah, it's probably not much of a surprise that 50% of them first appeared on my personal radar back in the '90s.) Video and brief writeups after the jump. More »

12:20 PM on Sat Apr 26 2008
By Maura Johnston
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Latest by crystalspectacle: Ditto on the Yo Majesty set. Yes, I know it was blasphemous to miss most of Kraftwerk-but those ladies can SPIT and they had b-girl backup dancers. more »

So yesterday's announcement that a Steve Albini-produced Breeders record was in the offing was followed up by the band debuting a track from said album on its MySpace page. It's called "We're Gonna Rise," and it's... well, the two words that came to my mind most often while listening to it were "stoned" and "meh." I usually like the Deal sisters' less boppy efforts (hello "Iris"!), but this sleepy track doesn't really do much for me until the big guitar-noise burst at around 2:30. It only lasts for (sigh) about five seconds, but it's absolute bliss. [MySpace]

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bleepwatch

The Breeders Get Stripped Of Their Bong

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