Le Tigre

Choppy electro-punk-pop fueled and driven by Kathleen Hanna's tireless energy and angry shriek. The tracks are short and not always sweet: the band spits out sage advice on "Don't Drink Poison," takes back booty-bass on "Nanny Nanny Boo Boo," and adopts a lo-tech anti-war stance on the sample-heavy "New Kicks."

On This Island," the day-glo superheroines of Le Tigre mutate music from all of yesterday's
parties -- electronica, hip-hop and punk -- into a very now thing of their own. "Tell You
Now" is spine-chilling: The guitar solo is a frozen surf riff, the beats are insidious and
Kathleen Hanna's vocals are full of emotion, even if she does sound like she's singing across
some high school PA system. "New Kicks" should be the "Ohio" of the current ant... More >

Taking leftism pop--that one's tough to pull off ("Viz," "I'm So Excited"). (Grade - **)