The cover’s black, the CD’s black, Count Ronald Martin looks like a fop and plays cheesy synth-pop with old keyboards and his heliumated voice. I can dig it.
Singer Dorit Chrysler could turn even the sternest heterosexual woman into a lesbian. She’s so damn cute that I hate her already for stealing my boyfriend.
The key members of Mission of Burma and Squirrel Bait turned their backs on the heavy noise they stirred up in favor of quieter, more painterly explorations.
Fanatics and followers of grrrl grrroups like Bikini Kill and Bratmobile need to know that their sound and style was mothered by England’s The Raincoats.