mika miko errrrrrr........ i mean i blurt a swell map(s)
sometimes bands are all the rage and sometimes all the rage is a band. mika miko are from LA, all girls ~20 yrs old (some of them hotttt), make a racket that reminds people of both early punk and early post-punk and which all equals that they are the bee-knee's to some folk. for a band w/ only a 7" to their credit (though on a reputable la hipster label, ppm (don't know the who's label, but he's hip)) have moved up to the big leagues of kill rock stars to make there shot as the next sleater-kinney or whatever. or the next erase errata. though i see them cleaning up a little and writing some tunes and being bigger and bigger and bigger, taking there street-cred, good back-story and good looks into the big time indie world. maybe they'll save music as the next generations NIRVANA. so i expect greil marcus to be all over this (former champ of kleenex &&& sleater-kinney - don't know where he stands on erase erratta, but i'm sure he loved'em, he's in sf/berkeley and all.)
but probably not. i don't think i'll buy the album but i did buy the 7" and it's fine. okay. not overly memorable because they have the sound but not the tunes. and they're not, in the end, that post-punk, more just a racket, but i want more memorable songs, something that'll jump out and stick. there's a chance that 'oh i get it' moment with MM will still come but for now IT'S NOT THERE.
not that it's surprising, but an example of jumping out at ya moment is demonstrated by the other two records i bought at the same time as the MM 7". the swell maps 'jane from occupied europe' lp and blurt's s/t lp. the swell maps i already owned the repress and had decided it to be my fave SM moment w/ that last two tracks being the real this-is-better-than-Blamm! moment. my good friend dan has always ridden Blurt as a Good band so I was happy to find their decided upon Best record. all killer, no filler. sax, drums, guitar and rhythms. more like Can than SM (who always said they wanted to sound like Can but kinda failed from lac'o'skills). dan says fela + james chance, I say maybe, but it's good. makes me want to buy a sax more than buy more blurt records.
but probably not. i don't think i'll buy the album but i did buy the 7" and it's fine. okay. not overly memorable because they have the sound but not the tunes. and they're not, in the end, that post-punk, more just a racket, but i want more memorable songs, something that'll jump out and stick. there's a chance that 'oh i get it' moment with MM will still come but for now IT'S NOT THERE.
not that it's surprising, but an example of jumping out at ya moment is demonstrated by the other two records i bought at the same time as the MM 7". the swell maps 'jane from occupied europe' lp and blurt's s/t lp. the swell maps i already owned the repress and had decided it to be my fave SM moment w/ that last two tracks being the real this-is-better-than-Blamm! moment. my good friend dan has always ridden Blurt as a Good band so I was happy to find their decided upon Best record. all killer, no filler. sax, drums, guitar and rhythms. more like Can than SM (who always said they wanted to sound like Can but kinda failed from lac'o'skills). dan says fela + james chance, I say maybe, but it's good. makes me want to buy a sax more than buy more blurt records.
posted by furtanic at 1:01 PM
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The LP is the Mika Miko Album to Own, fyi. Seriously, it totally laps the EP by miles. A few days after the record came out, Talya sent me a txt mssg that was something to the effect of, "the Mika Miko LP is legit awesome," which I took to mean, "believe the hype!" Or maybe more accurately, "you and others have hyped this record, and i didn't quite believe you, but now I do." (p.s. PPM = Dean from No Age/The Wives label. Never really got into the Wives--too cerebral, or boring, or just not as good as Wrangler Brutes at being an over-it hardcore band in 2003. Haven't heard No Age yet, hear they're great, we'll see...)
okay okay okay
so i bought the lp. and despite some killer tracks it still leaves me with a big 'meh'. there are especially soe clunkers on the second side of the album, but nothing ventured, nothign gained.
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