The Bastard Fairies (NSFW Reblog)

I'm not sure how enamored I am by their music...it is tolerable, but has yet to really grab me...but I'm taken by Robin Davey and Yellow Thunder Woman (her real name), who together are The Bastard Fairies. All three of the preceding links may have slightly NSFW chunks. They have an attitude towards pop music I can really get behind, and are giving away their album, Memento Mori, for free on their web site; give it a listen if you are so inclined. Videos for some of their songs are on their MySpace page as well as all over YouTube.

Here is a comment from Yellow Thunder Woman about today's pop music scene (NSFW if read aloud): "There is nothing more I hate than that fucking angsty music about how some whore broke your heart or how the world has been extra harsh to you. I fucking hate that skater boy music, Average Latrine can kiss my ass. Suburban neophytes trying to claim they had a hard life because why? Mummy and daddy had too much money, or your education was too good for your retarded brain, or your healthcare policy meant that you only got a private room with a TV for 2/3rds of your hospital stay when big brother accidentally broke your stupid leg with his motorized scooter. Fuck, no wonder these dumbasses are so desperately trying to sound like someone else, because if they sounded like themselves it would just be one continuous whine." This thought is further mined from its profanity-laced vein in their blog.

More and more neophyte pop bands seem to be adopting similar attitudes. I hope this doesn't relegate them to being such marginal commercial concerns that they can't keep making music. As someone who won't give money to the RIAA, such bands are a significant chunk of my pool of available potential new tunes.