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Silver Daggers are even better live than on that record. I quibble a little with the urgency level of the album--not sure if it's the performance or the production--but that band's live show has had the same kinda impact as seeing Lightning Bolt in a tiny living room...or something approaching close to that. The record's still pretty good, and both of these bands are among my absolute faves going today.
I know of a few very new bands that started specifically because all the members were at the same Mika Miko show and became inspired. Few bands have that kinda potential to spark such a reaction.
If Mika Miko were around back in the early to mid-90's, I think their "666" LP would rate among the very best records of the riot grrl era (which, if you think about it, not a lot of those records have stood the test of time).
I played the rarest Mika Miko song on vinyl on the latest AFS--"Challenge the Throne" from the "Treasure Tropics" 4-band 7" comp--so go hear it if you like (you might find it very difficult to hear any other way). It's one of their best recordings.
When Jenna was a guest DJ on an AFS show last year, she played a Rubella Ballet song, and her musical sensibilities all began to make sense to me.
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