From the Desk of Mr. Lady [ENHANCED] [EP]

Le Tigre

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 2001)
• Original Release Date: January 23, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, EP
• Label: Mr. Lady Records
• ASIN: B0000544AM
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #217,794 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

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)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Professional force-to-be-reckoned-with (and Bikini Kill frontwoman) Kathleen Hanna takes on George Clinton's "free your ass and your mind will follow" mantra with her current project Le Tigre. Following their ace eponymous debut debut, the pop-punk trio of Hanna, Johanna Fateman, and Sadie Benning return with "From the Desk of Mr. Lady," a snappy suckerpunch of subversion. Using simple drum machines, electric guitar power chords, and Hanna's rebel yell, they create hard and shiny dancecore with a bad attitude. On this short and sweet EP, "Bang! Bang!" is the most poignant track, chronicling the shooting of unarmed African immigrant Amadou Diallo in New York. It ends with a bone-chilling drum sequence that represents the 41 shots fired by NYPD officers, who were ultimately acquitted. Le Tigre achieve the unusual by seamlessly uniting fun music with revolutionary ideas: this EP is unabashedly political, angry, and addictive. It rocks. --Lizz Mendez Berry

Product Description

With this CD, Le Tigre picks up where they left off- buzzing guitars, chaotic gang vocals, low resolution samples and programmed beats reference their punk history and point the way to a feminist future without genre loyalties. While still taking full advantage of the rough edges, Le Tigre's new songs are more structurally ambitious if not slicker. Political rage and activist disillusionment remain explicit and/or buried lyrical themes, but danceable beats and experimentation keep it weirdly unjaded. Mr. Lady Records.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious!, February 20, 2001

By	Sandi Strehlau (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

Another wonderful offering from Le Tigre! They continue to put out their unique "low-fi" tunes with punk edges. The process of making this work was painstaking. Check out mrlady.com for FAQ's. Using a "clueless male" voice in the songs was a nice touch reminiscent of the song "White Boy" of early Bikini Kill. Strong "thinking" lyrics and the totally fresh sound of Le Tigre's music makes this MUST have!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As good or better!, January 24, 2001

By	"spittle" (Cleveland, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

The new ep from le Tigre, From the Desk of Mr. Lady, is as good or better then their first self titled release. The first song, (ironically enough as you're reading this)"Get off the interne"t is a bouncy scream fest; "Get off the internet!, I'll meet you in the street."

The whole thing is a rockin', danceable, battle cry.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars le tigre: this drum machine died and went to heaven, May 28, 2001

By	Cara Foley (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

Le Tigre is my very favorite band right now, thanks to this new record and seeing them live in NYC recently. If there is an unsung masterpiece out there right now, this is it. I was so excited when I saw this at the acursed virgin megastore when it was released that I bought it then and there, without a single complaint about commercializing record buying experiences or whatever. My roommate and I rocked out to this album all the way through finals. This album restores my faith in music made after 1998. With all of the lewd, reprehensible, sound-alike shock rap on the charts, it's great to hear something so fresh and relevant and proactive. Le Tigre is my favorite Kathleen Hanna project yet. Just buy it already, k?