I object!

I OBJECT! will probably be a good addition to your collection if you're alreadya fan of PUNCH and other fast punk/hardcore bands. They're also Vegan Straightedge and a lot of their lyrics talk about these beliefs, although they're definitely not limited to that. And what I love even more about them is Barb delivers the lyrics in such a way that you can understand every word when you're listening.

Dig it.


TEACHING REVENGE
SELF-TITLED

PUNCH

PUNCH is a fucking fast hardcore band from San Francisco. They got some chuggin ass breakdowns that no one can deny. When I'm pissed, I listen to PUNCH, and it feels oh so good. They're Vegan and Straightedge (I think? correct me if i'm wrong) annnddd just listen.


the lack of girls in this crowd is blasphemy!



Download this shit and you will play it over and over, I promise.

LP
EYELESS EP

Dessa

January 19th DESSA'S FULL LENGTH "A BADLY BROKEN CODE" comes out. AND I CAN'T WAIT.
This woman is a REAL writer, and just so happens to have a sick flow and lovely voice.
I think this post on her blog explains why I love her so much:

People with microphones (who are girls)
On New Year’s Eve Sims, Paper Tiger, and I had the pleasure of sharing a stage with F. Stokes and Kid Sister in Madison. Before the show, Stokes asked me to write up a little piece about being a woman in hip hop. My little essay follows:

My membership in Doomtree has been the largest single factor in my career as a hip hop artist. I make music with with smart, funny, good-hearted guys who aren’t particularly concerned with the fact that I’m a woman. So my gender hasn’t played a very large role in my process of making music. My gender has, however, affected the presentation of that music.

The fact that I’m female seems to be more interesting to listeners and critics than it is to the people I work with. And I think I understand why. Women are rare in hip hop and novelty is interesting. My private fear, as a person who hopes to have a sustainable career as an artist, is that people might become interested in me for the wrong reasons. Youth is brief and beauty is fleeting, and I don’t want to tether my reputation to variables that are so temporary–and that are completely distinct from my art and from my character. The challenge for me has been to find a way to work as a rapper without diminishing my gender (in effort to fit into a pretty masculine environment) or exalting it (for some easy coverage). It’s a surprisingly fine line, and honestly I’ve made missteps on either side of it.

The other primary challenge is probably even better known to actresses than to rappers. It involves trying to understand the motivations of men who profess to be interested in professional collaboration. To be totally frank, I’m a little nervous that this paragraph will come off as whiny–but it’s an honest account of my experience, so here goes:

As an artist, it’s marvelously exciting when someone you admire offers you a professional opportunity–it’s one of the best feelings in this line of work. As a single, female artist in her late twenties, one of the worst feelings you can have is when you realize that someone has offered you a professional opportunity because he’s hoping for a romantic encounter. The artist part of you feels disappointed because the proposed collaboration was not motivated by a respect for your art. The female part of you feels insulted for being deceived. The human part of you feels embarrassed for having hoped…and then been duped. Repeat this experience at a regular interval, year after year, and it’s hard not to feel a little jaded about the way that people work.

But all said and done…I love being a woman. And I love being an artist. And I’m privileged to live in a culture that allows me to be both in almost any manner that I please. The challenges are offset by the genuine responses that I get from listeners, and by the thrill I get working with the other artists in Doomtree.



She's playing w/ P.O.S. and Astronatulis @ DC 9 March 6th!
MUST GO!

FALSE HOPES EP
DOOMTREE

Hop Along, Queen Ansleis

So I've recently developed a serious obsession and it's with Frances Quinlan aka Hop Along, Queen Ansleis.
Her voice has elements of Joanna Newsom, Mal Blum, and for some reason I hear some Conor Oberst in there too. But, fuck the comparisons, this girl really shows the passion in her songs. Some call it cutesy folk, indie...whatever.
Please give her a listen and I'm sure you won't be disappointed.
Cow Eyes (on 'Is Something Wrong') is my personal fave.
Also, she's going on tour with DANGEROUS PONIES! in march and their first stop is BMORE!!! See you there!

Covering Leonard Cohen...mmmmmmmm...


Freshman Year
Wretches
Is Something Wrong?