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The Hungry Hearts

February 14th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Happy Valentine’s Day to all you lovers and daggers out there! The Hungry Hearts, a multi-media, pin-up performance band from Oslo, Norway, are here to give as all a bit of lesbian love advice.
The group consists of seven ladies: Tonje Gjevjon, Line Halvorsen, Ingeborg Kolle, Edith Roth Gjevjon, Amina Bech, Henriette Høyskel and Mona K [...]

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Sara Jaffe and “The Art of Touring”

November 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Sara Jaffe and Mia Clarke are best known as musicians performing with Erase Errata and Electrelane, respectively. With both bands currently on hiatus, Sara and Mia came together to reflect on a central element of band life - touring. 
The result is a beautiful 7″ square book with accompanying DVD called The Art of Touring published by Yeti Publishers and featuring [...]

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Kopf: Hören!

October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I picked up this compilation Kopf: Hören! a few years back from a merch table laid out at concert in a squated house (Kalki in Zürich), where the beers where cheap (Sprint for 2CHF), the music loud (thanks Archie), the bands passionate and the audience loving and enthusiastic (all fifty of us).
The sampler was released sometime [...]

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HTRK

May 4th, 2009 · No Comments

HTRK photo by Ron Rex

HTRK are three people - Jonnine Standish (vocals, percussion), Sean Stewart (bass, programming) and Nigel Yang (guitar, synthesizer, programming). Founded in 2003 in Melbourne, Australia they have since relocated to Berlin to explore the full potential of their sexy gritty midnight sound. This is the music to slip into after the [...]

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Lollipop Generation - GB Jones

March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

GB Jones is a musician, filmmaker and artist based in Toronto, Canada and active in the queer/underground scene there since the early 80s. Her many projects over the years have included co-editing the seminal queer zine J.D.s with Bruce LaBruce and later Double Bill with friends and bandmates from her all-girl band Fifth Column. She has also appropriated [...]

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Music For One

January 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Music for One is Sherry Ostapovitch, a Canadian avant-garde guitarist living and working in London. Since her debut EP in 2001, Sherry has been bending and coaxing beautiful sounds wrestled from a guitar, effects, and bits from the hardware store. Her latest full length album, The [...]

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