HORSEBLADDER - "Nicole" cassette (Night People).
Excellent vocal-based sound work from Elaine Kahn. With just a slight range of feel from the innocent and child-like cooing (and cathedral reverberation) of Married in Berdichev's slightly earlier work, to more moody and unapologetically apathetic vibes that conjure a well behaved Lydia Lunch, and hints of a new-age obsession that works out only to her benefit (maybe in a Cocteau Twins type situation), the focus is always on the delivery of her vocals, swaying over a blanket of swirling loops, be it her own voice, rhythmic and metallic clatter or an underbelly of soft synth.
M.MAGIC - "I Am Good" cassette (self-released).
Tossed my way from Marisa herself, who was filling in as No Babies' vocalist during a short stint which led them to YOBS, and a great show w/ Soft Shoulder and Vegetable. Simple vocal / guitar (and/or bass) pieces, which I believe should be used as starters. Haunting and sufficiently sultry melodies which could easily be the skeletal structure for something that might be like anything from Mazzy Star to Interpol to hard-industrial stuff. There's a huge part of me that wants to toss down another 6 or 7 tracks on top of this cassette, and then send it back to her to see what she thinks, but then again, that part of me is currently in a domestic dispute with the other part, the one who has barely enough time to eat or sleep, for example. Priorities, however, can always change.
NEONATES - s/t cassette (Effeminate).
3 quick ones and a remix from this great LA trio playing an excellent breed of simple post-punk via riot grrrl, ala Delta 5 with the spunk of Liliput. The winner here is both takes of "Place in Space", which is wonderful enough on it's first go-round, it being the track that gets remix treatment, a short blast of accelerated and primitive funk. This band ought to have an LP or two by now. This isn't a "keep your eyes pealed", because I know they don't, but someone with a brain should be offering, quickly.
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