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| | Bikini Kill |
 | | Punk's supposed to be offhand, rapid-fire, lo-fi, and hard to listen to, but the Frumpies take that to an extreme, with a ruthless onslaught of tuneless, meaningless, sixty-second, interchangable "songs." Full review coming soon. |
 | | Initially Kathleen Hanna recruited videomaker Sadie Benning and fanzine writer Johanna Fateman to back up her Julie Ruin tour, but then they decided to form a band. |
 | | The good side of that is, unlike BK, Le Tigre can be enjoyable even when the lyrics aren't particularly sharp ("Hot Topic," "Eau D'Bedroom Dancing"); the less good side is, they never build up the righteous fury to match their political critique: the jokey groove is easy to take, but also easy to leave. |
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