Mika Miko

SonicSam · 07.04.2007, 03:16 PM

Anyone see them on their UK tour?
So good, most fun band I've ever seen probably.

Toilet & Bowels · 07.04.2007, 04:43 PM

i skipped their show last night because my friend who i was going to go with couldn't make it. i'll see them next time.

DJ Rick · 07.04.2007, 08:47 PM

Love these ladies! Looking forward to seeing them again here soon. Their "666" LP is just out recently, and it's a slayer.

SonicSam · 07.06.2007, 08:33 AM

yeah, it's awesome isn't it? I just need the LP on KRS now.
Yeah, that video is good too!!

PAULYBEE2656 · 07.06.2007, 10:25 AM

they played or are playing dublin soon. gonna check em out. love their stuff, what ive heard any way

DJ Rick · 07.06.2007, 12:05 PM

Jenna from Mika Miko is also in this really great band called Silver Daggers who have an LP/CD on Load out recently and a split 7" w/ Shearing Pinx. And they sound a lot like Dogfaced Hermans...

http://www.myspace.com/silverdaggers

Richard Pryor on Fire · 07.06.2007, 12:13 PM

My friends band played a show with them and ended up getting two of them real drunk and the third one got super pissed off and they almost broke up.

PAULYBEE2656 · 07.06.2007, 12:16 PM

i never knew that!! the silver daggers album is excellent!!!!

DJ Rick · 07.06.2007, 01:03 PM

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.

SonicSam · 07.06.2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ Rick

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).

Totally man. It's because that stuff isn't as big as it was which is stopping this album being huge.

uhler · 04.04.2008, 02:51 PM

mika miko is probably my favorite band to come out in the last few years. well, both them and no age. but i like mika miko better.

silver daggers are great too!

batreleaser · 04.04.2008, 04:53 PM

theyre fuckin great. wipers meets black flag done right by some barely outta their teens chicks.

when the fuck did la get so awesome? the mae shi (the best), mika miko, health, no age, a dick load of others.

uhler · 04.04.2008, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by batreleaser

theyre fuckin great. wipers meets black flag done right by some barely outta their teens chicks.

when the fuck did la get so awesome? the mae shi (the best), mika miko, health, no age, a dick load of others.

yeah la was fucking lame before the scene from the smell. oh and buddyhead was always cool.

dionysusundone · 04.05.2008, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by DJ Rick

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.

That is so fucking cool.

batreleaser · 04.05.2008, 11:55 AM

buddyhead was cool for a couple years, but then they quickly got lamer and lamer and less funny as the years went on. now theyre a joke.

uhler · 04.05.2008, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by batreleaser

buddyhead was cool for a couple years, but then they quickly got lamer and lamer and less funny as the years went on. now theyre a joke.

i still dig them. i read the blog about twice a month. i think they just wanted to do something else that was more serious than putting up fred durst's number. they still write some funny shit though.

batreleaser · 04.05.2008, 12:32 PM

the bands htey cover now i think are mostly shit.

uhler · 04.05.2008, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by batreleaser

the bands htey cover now i think are mostly shit.

yeah they do cover some shit bands.

forkimified · 04.06.2008, 07:15 PM

I saw them live here in Ottawa. The only reason I saw them was actually because I went to see my former co-worker's band open up. They were good, but they had their thunder stolen by the Quebec band Thundrah, who gave me a free CD for dancing

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Although I did buy both the CDs they were selling, and introduced them to the awesomeness that is the two-dollar coin.

My girlfriend didn't like them much, but now she REALLY wants a telephone microphone to sing into. She refers to them in conversation as the 'pointy boob girls' we saw.

I might have liked them more if they put the sax to more use! It's just not an instrument you hear often anymore. And it made them sound kinda x-ray spex. Prob half the reason I like Silver Daggers is the basic fact that sax is involved

SYRFox · 04.17.2008, 03:11 AM

Just discovered those girls, they're really awesome and fun! I love the telephone mic idea. Also am I the only one thinking that this sounds a bit like that early SY noisefest show with Ann Demarinis? Maybe it's just the fact that there is two women singing but well

Especially in thta vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtaeD...+1-QtaeDhTq0vk

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Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,268	i skipped their show last night because my friend who i was going to go with couldn't make it. i'll see them next time.
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DJ Rick 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sacto (CA) Institute for Record Collection Scrutiny Posts: 817	Love these ladies! Looking forward to seeing them again here soon. Their "666" LP is just out recently, and it's a slayer. __________________ http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/
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07.06.2007, 08:33 AM	#4
SonicSam children of satan Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 269	yeah, it's awesome isn't it? I just need the LP on KRS now. Yeah, that video is good too!! __________________
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	they played or are playing dublin soon. gonna check em out. love their stuff, what ive heard any way __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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07.06.2007, 12:05 PM	#6
DJ Rick 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sacto (CA) Institute for Record Collection Scrutiny Posts: 817	Jenna from Mika Miko is also in this really great band called Silver Daggers who have an LP/CD on Load out recently and a split 7" w/ Shearing Pinx. And they sound a lot like Dogfaced Hermans... http://www.myspace.com/silverdaggers __________________ http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/
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Richard Pryor on Fire 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Detroit. Posts: 709	My friends band played a show with them and ended up getting two of them real drunk and the third one got super pissed off and they almost broke up. __________________ http://pissingaway.blogspot.com/
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PAULYBEE2656 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: wexford, rep of ireland Posts: 6,930	i never knew that!! the silver daggers album is excellent!!!! __________________ myspace facebook *twitter*
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07.06.2007, 01:03 PM	#9
DJ Rick 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sacto (CA) Institute for Record Collection Scrutiny Posts: 817	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. __________________ http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/
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04.04.2008, 02:51 PM	#11
uhler invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Brooklyn Posts: 3,615	mika miko is probably my favorite band to come out in the last few years. well, both them and no age. but i like mika miko better. silver daggers are great too!
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04.04.2008, 04:53 PM	#12
batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	theyre fuckin great. wipers meets black flag done right by some barely outta their teens chicks. when the fuck did la get so awesome? the mae shi (the best), mika miko, health, no age, a dick load of others. __________________ listen to pink reason
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	buddyhead was cool for a couple years, but then they quickly got lamer and lamer and less funny as the years went on. now theyre a joke. __________________ listen to pink reason
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batreleaser invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York, NY Posts: 5,155	the bands htey cover now i think are mostly shit. __________________ listen to pink reason
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04.06.2008, 07:15 PM	#19
forkimified bad moon rising Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 147	I saw them live here in Ottawa. The only reason I saw them was actually because I went to see my former co-worker's band open up. They were good, but they had their thunder stolen by the Quebec band Thundrah, who gave me a free CD for dancing . Although I did buy both the CDs they were selling, and introduced them to the awesomeness that is the two-dollar coin. My girlfriend didn't like them much, but now she REALLY wants a telephone microphone to sing into. She refers to them in conversation as the 'pointy boob girls' we saw. I might have liked them more if they put the sax to more use! It's just not an instrument you hear often anymore. And it made them sound kinda x-ray spex. Prob half the reason I like Silver Daggers is the basic fact that sax is involved
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04.17.2008, 03:11 AM	#20
SYRFox invito al cielo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Paris Posts: 7,492	Just discovered those girls, they're really awesome and fun! I love the telephone mic idea. Also am I the only one thinking that this sounds a bit like that early SY noisefest show with Ann Demarinis? Maybe it's just the fact that there is two women singing but well Especially in thta vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtaeD...+1-QtaeDhTq0vk
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