All the favorite songs are on this 12-track CD. “Manwich” features Ilsa spouting feminist spew while vocalist Anneka sings a lovely lullaby in the background.
And then the ritual of hot wax, boot licking, and enemas began. Wonderful to see Cynthia von Buhler and company dressed in their finest leather and fishnets.
The eerie rhythms and melodramatic vocals were soothing balm. With their musical talent and a knack for innovation, St. Chimera was the musical highlight.
I like the retro-Goth ’80s style, but if you’re going to do it, please do it well. A few synths, a sampler or two, and empty tunes that don’t go anywhere.
Sinister, evil, grinding music, lots of reverb and plenty of anger. Normally, I don’t go in for the brutal assault, there’s something addictive about Holy Cow.
Singer was a fairy queen complete with gauzy wings and wand. She made gifts to the house of toy instruments and odd curios and asked the crowd to play along.
Songs were tightly sewn together by throbbing bass and frantic rhythms. Energy. Really a fine band. But the singer sounded like Joan Baez on methedrine.
Celtic ambiance and mournful tunes. Really dug the flute, but too bad there was some kind of low-frequency hum that drowned it out and buzzed the speaker cabs.