Ex-Bikini Kill Kathleen Hanna retools the feminist-punk growls of her past with a doo wop, Go-Go's kiss-off that's equal parts Japanese indie pop and punk-tastic new wave. It's a doozy. Not resting on its musical laurels, the lo-fi, democratic hooks build to a climax of a list of 50 some odd, influential, 20th century women (Melissa York, Nina Simone, Ann Peebles, Tammy Hart, the Slits, Hanin Elias) that takes the vitriol most commonly linked with latter-day feminism and displaces it with encyclopedic respect. There's also ...
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Ex-Bikini Kill Kathleen Hanna retools the feminist-punk growls of her past with a doo wop, Go-Go's kiss-off that's equal parts Japanese indie pop and punk-tastic new wave. It's a doozy. Not resting on its musical laurels, the lo-fi, democratic hooks build to a climax of a list of 50 some odd, influential, 20th century women (Melissa York, Nina Simone, Ann Peebles, Tammy Hart, the Slits, Hanin Elias) that takes the vitriol most commonly linked with latter-day feminism and displaces it with encyclopedic respect. There's also a breakbeat remix to highlight the band's Playskool experimentalism, a turgid, two-fingers saluting shout-a-thon, but the bookend of "They Want Us to Make a Symphony" is a self-deprecating, cut-up sampling jab at feminist polemic that's just first-class. ~ Dean Carlson, Rovi
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