Lost At E Minor: For creative people » girl groups http://www.lostateminor.com Lost At E Minor: For creative people Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:19:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 BBC Radio tells the bizarre back story of The Shaggs http://www.lostateminor.com/2011/12/08/bbc-radio-tells-the-bizarre-back-story-of-the-shaggs/ http://www.lostateminor.com/2011/12/08/bbc-radio-tells-the-bizarre-back-story-of-the-shaggs/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 18:36:45 +0000 Jonathan Burton http://www.lostateminor.com/?p=82056 BBC Radio 4′s Jon Ronson On is compulsive listening and here he sheds light on the bizarre back story of The Shaggs. It’s a bizarre tale of a 1960s girl group who were forced to rehearse by their overbearing father. They were secluded from society, home schooled, and music was banned in the home. The [...]]]>

BBC Radio 4′s Jon Ronson On is compulsive listening and here he sheds light on the bizarre back story of The Shaggs. It’s a bizarre tale of a 1960s girl group who were forced to rehearse by their overbearing father. They were secluded from society, home schooled, and music was banned in the home. The result is what music sounds like when made by those who have heard practically no music in their entire lives. It’s a weird and fascinating cacophony, ironically now considered by some to be music at it’s purest form. Kurt Cobain listed their album Philosophy of the World as his number 5 favourite album of all time and Frank Zappa described them as being better than The Beatles. [Listen to the Shaggs story here]


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Yellow Fever are a great duo from Austin that harkens back to the girl-fronted indie bands of the 90s. At times Breeders-ish, at others referencing garag-y sounds from other eras, their simple and heartfelt songs remind us of why we all thought mismatched Converse and unkempt androgyny was so cool in the first place.

Listen to the Yellow Fever song, Cats and Rats.

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