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Le Tigre - From the Desk of Mr. Lady Audio CD

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Le Tigre Band: Le Tigre
Title: From the Desk of Mr. Lady
Rating:
Release Date: 2001-01-23
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Get off the Internet 2: Bang! Bang! 3: They Want Us to Make a Symphony Out of the Sound of Women ... 4: Yr Critique 5: Gone B4 Yr Home 6: Mediocrity Rules 7: All That Glitters (Remix By Rachael Kozak)

Mediocrity rules
. Only appreciating the group in seldom potent bursts, this EP was a poor decision, littered with sub-par electro-rock scraps and fan-catering, whino-politico to the exclusion of any one significant track, although there are some undeniably good moments.


WHOA! i am a big le tigre fan...but this album is awesome!
le tigre in general are quite an electro-clash band, but more like a punked electroclash band. . (electro clash song by them: Shred A)
EP is amazing. i really liked "get off the internet"
one difference that i noticed immediately, is that this cd is more louder than the others. . . it is "harder" and they scream a lot in this one.
may i also say that the art work on the front of the albums is pretty cool too?.


LE TIGRE ON THE PROWL
Le Tigre is an amazing fusion of punk, 80's and old skool beats. I am in amour with this band and believe Kathleen Hannah to be one of the most innovative artists around. A sense of advocacy is felt in their songs as well. One song on the new album addresses the Amiallo case (spelled right?) where in NY a guy was shot over 20 times by the cops. Needed? I think not. This album is at times powerful , the remixes are good but as a whole just not as strong as their last album. I recommend owning it just as I will recommend owning anything Kathleen Hannah has worked on i. e. Bikini Kill.


raw. fun. good.
I had a hard time getting into the first Le Tigre and the Julie Ruin album. I was really pleased by this release. They were too low-quality sounding. I'm into lo-fi and four tracks, but, too me, those albums sounded like they were recorded with an old hand held tape recorder. From The Desk of Mr. Lady is fun,angry,and smart. It's accesible without being fluffy, and it stays away from the one-note, three chord, every song sounds the same tune that a lot of "tough" girl bands use.


Why is everybody against this album!!

For independent artists, independence is not a trend or an option, but a principled stand. Post Bikini, Kathleen Hanna has been faulted for not sounding like BK, and while I can certainly emphathize with those people who want their favirote artist to sound a certain way, I also understand the artist's need for independence. In fact, given the reality that this is true "alternative music" (as opposed to the MTV manufactured image) it is completely within LT's right to conceptualize an album how they ultimatley see fit.

Although the album is radically different from Le Tigre's first effort, I think of this as a challenge to fans, rather than a negative mark. Committed fans will recognize the depths provided by musical experimentation enhances the listening pleasure and makes for a more diverse CD.

Because feminism is still constructed as a movement for privlleged white women, it is important that the commentary on Diallo was included in this reccord. The interconnected nature of sexism and racisim require a multifacted response.

People who cannot open their minds to different perspectives on feminist/grrrl rock are just as counterproductive as the the chauvinist pig who leers at and molests girls in the mosh pit. Both individuals will only listen to their fellow being provided they meet a narrowly constructed interpretation of how they should or should not act.

I can't wait for the third album.


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