Monday, January 4, 2010

Chicks Who Shred: Semi Final!



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So, it's time for Polly Harvey to enter the fray, with a song that out-nirvanas Nirvana - up against the runaway winners of the quarter final - The Breeders.

Both songs feature some nifty axe work, and are mostly about shagging - BUT WHICH ONE IS THE BEST?


18 comments:

Shoey said...

Don't have the horsepower to run Utoobs on the old phone - but have Electrelane put in an appearance yet?

Carole said...

Much as I love Polly, I love the Deal girls more, so it is The Breeders again for me.

Last Splash is my favourite of their albums too.

Mnemonic said...

Breeders for me

Blimpy said...

@shoe - which one of their songs has the most "axe" in it? i'm not massively familiar with their oeuve.

Blimpy said...

off topic, has anyone heard jj yet? the swedish balearic / shoegaze duo?

Shoegazer said...

Unless they're being keyboardy a la Stereolab, they like a good shred, either indipoppie:

Parade

or sonic youth, mogwai like post rockie:

Five

Take your pick.

sourpus said...

PJ for me. Their first album was my favorite. Still love the Breeders though.

Abahachi said...

Have to say that I don't think this is Ms Harvey's greatest bit of axe work, but she still wins it for me.

Luke-sensei said...

Polly's cool, but the Breeders win it for me on this.

I'm ashamed to say that I don't have any albums by either of them though....will definitely put that right in due course!

Blimpy said...

@japanther - shame on you indeed!! quite frankly, i'm shocked! ;-)

Blimpy said...

@shoey - thanks for the links!

Luke-sensei said...

@Blimpy - you're right of course....I know i've let everybody down....not only myself but all of you too.....I am truly truly sorry for this unforgiveable oversight....i'm not asking for forgiveness....I know I don't deserve it!!

bethnoir said...

Peej for me.

Blimpy said...

I think the Breeeders have made the final....

TracyK said...

NO! Do not make me choose! You bastard Blimpy. Peej is *there are no words*! But Divine Hammer is...SQUEEEE!

You can tell the English language is my bread-and-butter.

Blimpy said...

hi tracy, i'll take from that your vote lies with the 1993 duet betwix PJ & Kim when they covered "More Than A Feeling" for a very imited 7" release. I'd upload it, but I lent my copy to Speng, and it came back soiled and unplayable. I think Carole has a copy, for sale for 200,000 'Spill points....

Carole said...

Indeed I do own that single.

Their cover of Heart's These dreams on the B side is aaamaaazinggggg.

TracyK said...

Actually, having spent all last night listening to The Breeders via Spotify, I'll give my vote to the underdog Breeders;Peej don't need to publicity from us to do quite well!

*jealousjealousjealousjealousjealous*