April 25, 2005
Le Tigre
Oh yeah, I saw Stereo Total and Le Tigre last week too... God, what a fun show! Stereo Total does a kind of wacky, offbeat, Euro-kitsch stage show that's just hilarious.
And I'm so glad I finally caught Le Tigre. It was refreshing to get back in touch with that counterculture, activist energy (And Kathleen Hanna is just divine). Denmark is great because its culture is so socialist and progressive, but it misses that frenetic underground counterculture that you find in more fucked up places. I guess its harder to be some kind of badass screaming anarchist here because there's not as much to react against. But damn it was good to jump around to some loud, fun, positive punk music again!
Here's an interview with Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman on NPR, from way back in 2000.