Photo by Monica Lozano Teri Gender Bender is calling me from Mexico and just minutes in she declares, “I’m blanking because I’m so nervous…I’m terrible at interviews!” It doesn’t take long to realize that this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, the Mexican songwriter is so open about her life—from growing up in Guadalajara,…
Sitting at the bar in Hamden, Conn.’s The Outer Space, I overheard two guys talking about the band that was about to unleash that night. “Do you know these guys playing tonight?” Guy 1 asked? “A little bit. They’re like…Mexican punk, but sort of garage-y?” replied his friend. “Whoa, weird. Sounds cool.” It took every effort to not…
It’s safe to say that anything Omar Rodríguez-López has his hands in is going to be interesting. The Mars Volta/At the Drive-In guitarist has joined Teri Gender Bender (Le Butcherettes), and Melvins’ guitarist and drummer Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover for a new outing called Crystal Fairy that’s equally as rough-around-the-edges and guitar-driven as all…
Remember The A.V. Club’s A. V. Undercover series? The series is still cranking out some of the coolest, most captivating covers ever, and we all know how I feel about cover songs. This time around, Teri Gender Bender and the rest of Le Butcherettes take on Miley Cyrus’ “Wrecking Ball” and the result is fierce.…
Punk doesn’t have to concede to its stereotype. As with most walks of life, it’s the attitude that counts. Teri Gender Bender, lead vocalist, guitarist and keyboardist for Le Butcherettes, is the epitome of what a leader of a punk movement should be, and that ferocity was on high display last week at Cafe Nine…
Happy New Year, you fine and sexy ladies and gents! If you are reading this, it means you have survived another year of life, love and the pursuit of happiness. Congrats and shit. Each year on TLW, I post a list of my Top 10 albums of the year. (Insert link to last year’s…