Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
Los Angeles is, as has been
oft-remarked recently, fertile ground for rock and roll these days: there's the murmur-punk of No Age, the bracing no-wave of Health, and the wiry feminist proto-punk of Mika Miko. The five women who make up Miko just tore apart the South by Southwest festival to several favorable notices, but they're far from new: the first album,
C.Y.S.L.A.B.F., has been out on Kill Rock Stars since July 2006, and they released the
666 EP on Post Present Medium back in March '07. The RIYL here is going to be the lo-fi sloppy-core of Black Lips, Times New Viking, and Jay Reatard, with the caveat that Miko are far, far more vicious, and ergo, far, far better.
Mika Miko
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Don't leave me hanging on the telephone
