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Is this not the fictional band from Scott Pilgrim??
Banger
very punky, dancey rock music by gals, mainly for gals. listening to it, i'm getting heavy 1960s go-go dancing vibes here. this is an album for all you feminine rebels out there, edgy and tinny in sound and full of commentary relevant to what many young women back then thought about. i REALLY like the drum machine usage in this album. gives it a lot of character. a hidden gem in the punk rock repertoire, especially if you're wanting something that's both engaging and conscious.
If The Killers and The Go-Gos had a baby, it'd be Le Tigre. It should be amazing. Yet... somehow it just turns out to be less than it should be. An unfortunately forgettable album.
I remember hearing the first track in a Norwegian movie Reprise. I loved it, we played it to death while partying in high school. Now, 15 years later I still enjoy it but much less and the rest of the album annoys me. There were some interesting ideas but its just too much noise and I'm tired I don't sleep - not because I still party but because my newborn keeps me up at night. I guess what I'm saying is that I'm too old for this shit.
Not really my cup of tea for feminist riot girl punk. It was a little too pop and not enough bite or crunch to it for my taste
not my kind of music, dnf listen to the whole album
Dance and pop influenced lo-fi punk album. I liked it when the songs leaned into the guitar riffs, but there were a few too many slower tracks that I didn't enjoy as much. Deceptacon, Let's Run and My My Metrocard were highlights.
This is synth-pop masquerading as punk that takes itself far too seriously. They try a little too hard to mesh styles instead of writing a melody and concentrating on making good songs. It consistently devolves into an "artistic" statement at the expense of the quality of their art.
I've had a bit of Riot Grrrl stuff and been a bit underwhelmed but this is a lot more melodic and does some great crossover of indie-punk with more electronic stuff, motorik beats and loops. I really enjoyed it and kept it on rotation all week. It doesn't feel like something from 1999 though, the production, cover art and overall vibe is very late-80s to me. So maybe it's slightly less groundbreaking than I'd initially assumed but no less fun to listen to.
An interesting one.
A mixed bag. Musically, there is some good stuff here. Good guitar work and fun, catchy rhythms. However, the lyrics are mostly nonsensical and immature, delivered in a nasal, whiny style. It’s really grating after a while. I assume that the albums on this list are either really high quality or they are innovative/groundbreaking/influential in some way. “Le Tigre” is neither. We have all heard this a dozen times before and it’s been done far better. I was never a huge fan of Bikini Kill and it’s hard to separate Le Tigre from them. The former band had a more angsty sound which kinda worked, even if it wasn’t my style. Le Tigre is more light hearted, but it comes across like a group of 14 year old girls who want to play punk rock because they are mad at their dads. As an instrumental album, this would be a 4/5. Kathleen Hanna’s vocals bring it down a level or two. I want to give 2 stars, but I’m feeling generous today, so it’s a 3/5 from me.
Annoying.
It was ok , couple of decent songs but not my sorta thing
Mostly basic. I'm glad they have a message and all, but spend a bit on singing lessons, ok? Best songs are the one where the lead singer doesn't. "Slideshow At Free University" "Dude Yr So Crazy!!" and I guess "Phanta" are the best bits. I wouldn't listen to this again and I'm not sure why I was told I should in the first place. Calling it a 2.
Great record. I don’t know how I missed it all this time.
More alternative, this time with an electronic tinge. It starts off strong but the quality across the album ends up being pretty inconsistent. Still enjoyed it, more my type of music, but lots of short gimmicky songs, need 1 or 2 more big hitters.
I mean is there a greater opening track than Deceptacon? That baseline flips a switch in my brain and the serotonin pours. That glitchy guitar riff into the "see you later" has stayed with me since the first time I ever heard it. This song is the perfect introduction to Le Tigre. The album is a scorcher. I want to say it rips through twelve tracks, but really its a mix of dancing, swaying, kicking and punching. Their tone is such a unique blend of raw, distorted, techy, and bubbly. Kathleen Hanna already made her mark in the punk space with Bikini Kill, inspiring a future of feminism in music. To then debut Le Tigre with this album is masterful and a true testament to her influence in rock music history.
It was ever so slightly ok. But not much. Bit try hard
I did not lile this
***An ok, fun album. Easy listening.
Perfect lo-fi production, has an almost trip-hop feel at times, feels like it should soundtrack some kind of SOV movie. Love it
basically epicsauce as hell ... need i say more?
I find this too viscerally annoying. I can't get past it.
May have been the day for me but found it dry and forgettable.
This was more about the energy than the music. That's fine.
First song is a baaaanger
Ok when that whole disco punk thing happened late nineties early oughts this was one of them. It’s an ok example of the genre with riot grrl vibes. Not particularly memorable or outstanding. Let’s say two stars.
Pretentious as hell with all the depth of a road-side puddle. Not for me. 1/5.
J'étais pas très attentive mais ça m'a semblé sympa, des musicalités variées j'ai eu l'impression
C’était sympa, je connaissais que la première. Je vais sans doute pas revenir dessus .. Les messages politiques du groupe sont intéressants et importants/ nécessaires !
C'était ok, quelques pistes sympa notamment la première que je connaissais deja 3/5
The opening two tracks are some of the most blistering, in-yr-face, yet still danceable punk cuts around and will forever have a place in my heart. From there, it becomes a little bit more mixed. There’s some great riffs (“The the Empty”) and sampling (“Friendship Station”) but I was equally pleased that they blew up “Phanta” and got me out early. Also, a sentimental listen less than two months before the NYC Metrocard is disappearing forever!
When I saw the cover I thought I would have mixed feelings. I can usually take or leave this type of stuff. But then I hit play. The attitude from all the members is palatable. This listener was filled with emotion throughout and was reminded (once again) that sometimes the best thing you can do in this life is not take it so seriously. Play a simple riff, sample some old audio, and sing about your metro card. Life is too short, man!!!
Le Tigre’s debut album is a blast — short, sharp, and full of energy. ‘Deceptacon’ remains the absolute standout, a track that bursts with attitude and immediacy. The rest of the album, while consistently engaging, never quite matches that explosive opener. Still, it’s a fun time overall.
Cool message and cool music. It is quite an interesting style with many 90s influences but also seems timeless. The tone of the singing is so unique especially coupled with the guitar riffs. The yelling can be a bit annoying at parts but works in some.
I don't know how influential it was but it was fun
Surprisingly good / fun / interesting. Sounds like a few different eras all in one. Girl punk at its best.
it seemed like a couple of the songs were just lists of things.
Very unique and ahead of it's time, being these short snippets with unexpected sounds, a little offbeat vocals and instrumentation. Creates a cool sound for the album and doesn't overstay it's welcome
3/5
Interesting to see some Riot Grrrl representation on the list. Good pick, even if it's weird that this was picked over any Bikini Kill album. It has a really good DIY sense to it with all of the really cheap electronic sounds, along with somehow still managing to be pretty dancey. Also I love the singer's vocals, really fun along with the pretty satirical and goofy lyricism of the album.
I love this record of early electroclash and poppy songs Kathleen Hanna should have been bigger.
I've been waiting 979 albums for this, and finally album #980 did not disappoint. El Tigre's debut and self-titled album is fun, high energy, dance punk music. I absolutely love how unapologetically feminist this album is--and they make it sound so, so good. And anyway, who doesn't love a diss track about Rudy Guiliani?
Okay, this album was a damn GEM. It's right in the intersection of where I like my punk: a bit dance-y, a bit grunge-y, a bit riot girl-y. They tap into that lo-fi punk quality without making it unpleasant to listen to -- a balance that punk bands often fail to meet. This album also definitely borders on the hipster movement, and you can hear hints of that here and there in the music. Ultimately on this album, Le Tigre actually reminded me a fair bit of my beloved Yeah Yeah Yeahs! I am glad that this album popped up on here! Probably a 3.5 for me, but easily worth the rounding up!
I dunno, this is a weird one. Like I like it and don't like it simultaneously? I don't know if I'd ever listen to it again but it's kind of catchy at the same time. The guitars sound good. The vocals can be grating. But there's something in there that kind of works? I think it's honestly growing on me with pretty much every track.
Cool album with a punky attitude. With there were even more squealing and uptempo songs like the opener and The the Empty
This was fine
It felt like an evolved B-52s. I liked the energy and rawness. I thought it was interesting and would listen again.
Was there a “bad early 80s new wave” revival that I missed; because I imagine these guys would have been at the forefront.
Jao, ne mogu više ove pokušaje panka, naporno više. 1/5, 1/10
Sharp and fuzzy! This album is frenetic, and why wouldn't it be when there's so much to say in so little time?
It's like an 80s girl band ... but in 1999
Man, these punks are angry. 5/5
34 minutes of New Wave, Femme pop-punk. There was a lot of charm, but the overall album was hard to listen to.
Huippukova Riotgrrrl-levy! Ei kumartele! 5/5
Aika hauska levy (vaikkakin poliittinen). nautin tästä menosta ja kämäsynista.
This is a fun record! Most tracks have a fun beat and an interesting melody. There were also some unusual tracks included, which made the record interesting to listen to. Favourite Track(s): My My Metrocard, The The Empty, Let's Run Least Favourite Track(s): Phanta, Dude Yr So Crazy
I've never really listened to them but I really enjoyed it. Different sound.
Słuchając czułem się trochę zagubiony, muzyka jest gdzieś pomiędzy dziwną a ciekawą, ma swój urok
Just an all-around fantastic album. My friend got me listening to 'Deceptacon' about a year and a half ago and the full album did not disappoint. My favourite track, aside from Deceptacon, was "Whats Yr Take On Cassavetes?'. Maybe some of the best riffs on a project as well.
Super fun album. Great vibe, and enjoyable listen.
I really liked this and I can see the bands that it inspired
My partner is sexist by giving this 4 stars. Men don’t get it.
first song is a banger the rest not so much Would I listen again: no, does that make me a misogynist Deserves to be on this list: yes 3.2
I like it - it’s pretty cool, so I will definitely listen to this again
They came in super hot with a huge Peter Hookesque bassline on the first track, then kind of settled down into some fun and kooky stuff. 4th star for getting in super early on making fun of Rudy Giuliani.
Don’t care for it. Didn’t engage me and sounded lazy.
Kathleen Hanna is a legend. I've rewatched her amazing monologue about how she got blackout drunk in Kurt Cobain's apartment, and woke up to find that she had graffitied "Kurt smells like Teen Spirit" on his wall. And how that song, and its success, seemed to follow her around during some of her less successful moments, working as a stripper, while trying to get her band "Bikini Kill" off the ground. She's a brilliantly funny and compelling storyteller. But she's more than that. She's also a proper punk legend, essentially starting the "riot grrrl" movement with Bikini Kill. Le Tigre sound a lot different to Bikini Kill. They're bright, quirky, and very melodic electropop. But that same punk attitude, ethos and sardonic humour persists throughout the more approachable Le Tigre. This is where punk meets electropop. Everything is very politically charged, with expected themes of feminism throughout, but it's all masked in high energy, positive melodies. I'm actually surprised that this album came out in 1999. It sounds like it came straight from that 2005-2010 period, where this genre of indie electronica was so prevalent. Did Le Tigre lay the groundwork for the indie electropop movement of the early 2000s? I'm reminded of bands like CSS, MGMT, Hot Chip. Even LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture (although thematically they're a bit different). All that aside, this is a fantastic album. Brilliantly melodic, infinitely listenable, with high party energy. Some really clever loop sampling and lo-fi use of electronic beats, but with a rough punk edge to everything. At times, they sound a lot like the B52s, with "shouty" choruses and percussive guitars mixing with the electronica. And then there's Hanna's fantastic voice pushing the energy to another level. There's lots of fantastic songs on here, but I have to mention the obvious: Deceptacon. This song wasn't just my introduction to Le Tigre, it was my introduction to The Punk Singer herself, Kathleen Hanna. The simple, raw, distorted guitar riff drives, while the beats and synth groove, with some handclaps thrown in for good measure. But Hanna's voice takes off. It's like she doesn't take a breath for the whole song, voice switching between singing and screaming with ease - she brings a fevered energy to this song that I think is hard to match or be bettered by anything else. Big words. But it's a big song, one of the all-time greats.
Le meh
Good fast paced pop rock.
Wow! Really captures the late 1970s LA sound. Can't believe I never heard of this band before.
I want to start this review with some background info and then a question. So, the band behind this album, Le Tigre, was very much so a feminist band. Obviously, none of the band's members are men, so you're not really getting pro-man songs here. This is made more obvious when you know the woman behind the whole operation, Kathleen Hanna, who had already made a name for herself in the music world through her prior band, Bikini Kill. This brings me to my question. Why is there not a Bikini Kill album on this list? They were THE defining riot grrrl band! How are they not here? Whatever. At least Le Tigre is good. I liked this album. It's not great or anything, but it's certainly enjoyable. The style is fierce and fun but not super repetitive. The singing isn't my favorite, but not bad either. The songs are solid. "Deceptacon" is probably the highlight, but others make for good listens. The writing is mostly good, with a solid amount of politics included for good measure. How am I supposed to dislike an album that calls Rudy Giulani a fucking jerk? They're right! I don't really see myself going back to this very much in the future, but I'd say I'm glad I listened to it. It's kind of around DEVO territory for me, so I'll give it the same score that I gave to them, that being a high 3/5.
it was ok
Maybe not a 4, but better than the Kinks and I have that a 3
This was a really good album, very interesting and up beat!
Pretty good stuff. I like the complexity to the songwriting.
3.5 Fun, Will listen to again
Gender politics and thought experiments that you can dance to!
3.5
*Le Tigre’s* self-titled album is a lively mix of pop and punk energy. I didn’t mind it at all — some tracks are surprisingly catchy, with bold, fun beats and sharp attitude. It’s quirky, energetic, and definitely worth a listen.
One of my favorite albums. It's got everything: unique, sorta "nostalgic" vibes, amateur-ish, yet astonishing vocals, and insane instrumental. No skip songs, too. Overall, i'd rate it 5/5, very solid
This gives me headaches.
Le okay
Fun album but got a little stale for me by the end. Favorite track was Deceptacon for me.
Favorite tracks: Deceptacon, Friendship Station, Hot Topic Really liked this! Great punk start with the first few tracks and just when I started to get a little bored and it felt a little same-y I got hit with Friendship Station and it felt like a completely different album in the back half. Will definitely revisit! (Except for The The Empty, which I really could not get behind)
Not what I had on my head as Le Tigre. Liked the punky sound. Dreading to find out they’ve done an advert for Matalan. 3.5 rounded down
The Good: We finally get a French band! The Bad: It’s a lie… The Ugly: please don’t make me say it… Yeah, that was grt if Yr into that stfffff. I will hand it to the ladies, some of the tunes were catchy, and are worth a second listen… but only for a second, and then you want to head on off to a different place. Not my cup of tea, though I can understand that there are others who really enjoyed it… 2* because ...
This was unique. An all-female cast throwing it down with their influences ranging from 60's girl groups to 80's new wave. The chemistry and personalities clashing make this all the more memorable. It's fun, catchy, with a punk twist. Solid record. Top 4: Deceptacon, Hot Topic, Phanta, My My Metrocard, and Friendship Station no bad songs 3.50-3.75/5
I'm stumped on what to expect from this album when looking at the cover. Looks to be an indie act likely erring on the side of twee pop. It probably has a bossa nova influence if I'm to really go off the deep end with my predictions. I've never heard of this band, so I guess I've nothing more to do than crack this album open. Punk. Riot grrrl. Hmm. I was right somewhere along the line, wasn't I? This album is a good bit of fun - it's been waaaaaaaay too long since I last heard something which was within my microhemisphere of interest. In doing a cursory search for this album on the Internet, I uncovered an article mentioning this album in comparison to The Dismemberment Plan's Emergency & I, which makes great deal of sense. Both albums have the same unhinged atmosphere and strange instrumentals. I should give this album another go sometime down the road - Emergency & I bugged the hell out of me the same way this album did, though it was also the first album I grew to truly appreciate. "Deceptacon" is a good opener. I'm a fan of those grungy, muffled, extremely 90s guitars, and the snappy percussion gives the song a nice, weightless feel. I'm mixed on the garbled guitars that appear intermittently throughout the track, though it isn't enough to dampen my appreciation. "The the Empty" is pretty good. I enjoy the intense guitarwork and spastic vocals. "Phanta" is also a good cut. Big fan of how the guitars complement the mellow vocals during the chorus, as well as how the guitars contrast with the almost-industrial sound they adopt during the verses. "Let's Run" isn't really my thing, though it sounds like there's a morse code message hidden throughout the track, which is interesting. Always knew I should have sat down and learned morse code so I could uncover trivial details about an extreme minority of songs. "Friendship Station" is good. A very cool, sleek instrumental, and I enjoy the more relaxed vocals. Admittedly, the repetitious vocals grind my gears the longer they go on, though I shant complain. "Dude Yr so Crazy!!" is pretty cool. I like how the sound falls somewhere between relaxed and on edge. "Les and Ray" is a solid closer. Again, I appreciate the relaxed sound, and the vocal style is pretty sweet. Checking the book. A wide sampling of genres. That's about it, really. I'm not sure how distinguished this album is within the riot grrrl genre, but I quite liked this. It's pretty out there and unique, and I think riot grrrl is worthy of preservation as an interesting subgenre of punk. I cosign this inclusion.
Another fun one.
Cool
Enjoyable punkish album; I'm finding that I'm more critical/stingy with stars when reviewing music albums then I am when reviewing books
Was thinking the first half of the album is a 2 but I liked the second half more. A couple songs I might save but a few that I really wasnt a fan of.
Enjoyed it while it was on but quickly forgotten afterwards and unlikely to go back to it.
Just wasn’t very good……….
Ok, but eminently forgettable
Awesome
Better than I was expecting, cool lo-fi pop with good melodies.
Deceptacon and My My Metrocard are the standout tracks of this album. The rest just felt too repetitive in my opinion. Les and Ray was alright too.
I haven't liked that album much. It had different sounds, but many times they didn't work that well. It has a nice sound, even though it's not what I like at all. But some songs were good. It's just not what I actually would want to listen to.
Highlights: Decepticon, Hot Topic. In a nutshell: riot grrrrrl power. Bands like Le Tigre are a sonic encapsulation of a movement. A middle finger to misogyny and boy bands. Self agency. DIY culture. It’s not going to be everyone’s thing. I didn’t mind it Overall: 4/10
Le Tigre is a freaking fever dream with some catchy songs. I despise the screeching vocals but thankfully not every track had those. Most did though. In spite of that I found myself enjoying the album. It's full of cool sounding music made from traditional and non-traditional instruments and it's definitely unique. Standouts were "Hot Topic," "Phanta," and "Les and Ray" It was pretty cool but I probably won't listen to this again. 3/5.
Here's a forgettable review for a forgettable album. The proto-pop-punkish first half didn't do anything for me. I'd probably dig the lyrics, but the vocals put me off. But then the latter half takes a hit of hash, gives the vocals a break, and falls into some nice late 90s downtempo grooves, which I could see slotting in a playlist with UNKLE and Moby. But I probably won't.
So much Scott Pilgrim vibes. Messy, all over the place. Not bad, not great, just okay.
“WE ARE SEX BOM-OMB! ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!”
No thank you. This is not for me I'm any way
I didn’t do my usual dive into the lyrics but it was fun and upbeat but no song really stuck out to me. I wouldn’t listen again probably.
The bars way too loud but it’s half full and no one seems to notice. A synth glitch duo is playing poorly on the stage. They stand about four inches higher than the audience. The duo can count all four people dancing. They’ll count it as a success. A woman with Doc Marten boots and red sunglasses stands on her toes to talk to her taller male companion. He’s got an acoustic guitar slung over his back so everyone will know he played earlier. “Hey I’m heading out, Brody’s having a thing and he’s right off of 4th. I’ll link up with you later.” “Ok. We’re going to The Saddle after this so maybe see you then?” “Ugh that place sucks. I think Avalon’s bartending tonight though so I’ll come for a martini.” Interior, Brody’s bathroom: *snifffffff* Our heroine adjusts her glasses. “Fuck! Whoo. Cool if i smoke in here?” She lights her cigarette before Brody has a chance to answer. She takes a drag and passes it to her nasal neighbor. “You didn’t miss much. Pete played his usual set which was, well, Pete. Which is good! And I don’t mean that in a ‘he’s my friend so I have to think it’s good’ but ‘he’s objectively talented and his songs are solid even if he’s been playing the same set for the last three years.’ *sniff* A mustachioed figure in a blue paisley shirt wipes his nose and passes back the stogie. His top four buttons are undone to expose a slightly indented sternum. “Well Pete is Pete. Which is great!” A credit card clacks against an unseen mirror. “Yeah he’s great! *sniff* but I had to get out of there before Tesseracrt started rocking too hard.” “O not those two! *sniff* those two are the worst. Good call on leaving. I’m glad you were able to come by! I’m itching to leave but what kind of host would I be if I left my guests? Shit. It’d be like an episode of… god what’s it called… fuckin Step by Family?” “Family matters?” “No not Urkle! Fuck uuhhh Step by Step? Fuck I don’t know. It’s that one ABC show where the guy has the birthday party and is all caught up on having this big party but his best friends planned him a surprise party that he doesn’t go to and like his party is a total hit but he doesn’t care because his best friends aren’t there so he ends up just moping around and then like his crush talks to him and he gets that epinonmysyyss….?” “Epiphany?” “There it is! He has an epiphany and he leaves the party and goes to hang out *knock knock* OCCUPIED! with his friends in like a park or basement or someThing. You know what I’m talking about?” “Yeah I thi—-“ “FUCK man a fuckin park hang sounds so fucking good now. I could really go for some Monkey Bars. I was so good at Monkey Bars back at Clifton. I was like the BEST fourth grader at monkey bars. This place doesn’t even have a fucking basement. Fuck! This world is just so fuckin full of options. Pearls and oysters and all that. Anyway, where are you headed?” “Ugh Pete wants to go to The Saddle but I think I’d rather go to Devin’s Backyard.” “NOW WERE TALKING! A backyard! Devin Townsend or Devon Chang!” “O shit, neither of those. The place is called Devin’s Garage.” “Wait I thought it was Backyard?” “O fuck I don’t remember. Shit I haven’t talked to Chang in a second. Id text him but this phones out of minutes.” Her face briefly glows blue to confirm her minute deficiency. She snaps it shut and puts it back in her tote bag. “That blows! Well let me know how Devin’s Living Room is.” “Garage. Definitely Garage….I think. *snnnnifff* Thanks for having me Brody. Cappuccinos tomorrow?” *SNNNNIFFFF DNIFF SNIFF* “Yeah. Sounds good. She takes a drag off her cigarette and throws it in the open toilet. “There’s a new place on 7th I’ve been wanting to try. Let’s say 10?” “Yeah that works. Later.” She rubs her pinky into her gums and straightens up her red leather jacket. The door swings open and noise comes pouring in. Brody is popular. She narrowly dodges a very large man in a New York Mets jersey coughing his beer out on to a group of onlookers. “FUCK MAN! Sjronkdoj you can’t make me laugh in the middle of it! That’s not fair” “Doesn’t matter Deezee, fuckin pay up.” She’s able to slide her shoulder past the stumbling Deezer and slip out the door. She reaches into her tote bag and pulls out her Sony Walkman. The headphones feel warm against the night chill and she’s grateful. Chipmunks warble in her ears for a few seconds. She clicks the tape player and the streets of Alphabet City are silent for a moment. Click. “WHO TOOK THE BOMP?” - That about sums up this album.
It’s ok poppy and punky, but a bit eh
Mhm angry electronic riot grrrl energy. Not amazing with a morning coffee and a read but generally very nice.
Love the bass punk
I don't often mention more bands in a single bands review. It is distasteful as it "compares" and that is a bad thing. In my view a band must stand on its own merits and be "rated" as such. However it is safe here to say that this band, like several of my favorites through time, earns my endearment because they are "fun!" Simple, yes, but so much joy to listen to! The other band? The White Stripes. A lot of similarities here, although Le Tigre is probably a tad more complex, they are also a tad more silly. Both groups are in my nest of little joy eggs that I can pop in and raise my spirits with. I think also in this case "you will get to know what I mean by listening." It will be a fun ride at the very least!
Wow I randomly went through Bikini Kill randomly last week so perfect timing. Honestly think I enjoyed this one more than Bikini even tho the former is more iconic. Just a ton of fun throughout while sounding like it doesn’t try too hard Rating: 4.6
Alright 3/5
Good album, not really special for me but nice
Maybe if I heard them first I’d like them instead of X-Ray Spex… but I didn’t. And they’re not as good. Almost, but not quite.
Really surprised by this, went in expecting it to be a bit one note, but pretty much all the songs here are really distinctive, really fun pop songs. Will definitely revisit. 4 Stars.
Rocks hard, super interesting and Smart.
In a Spice World, be Le Tigre.
Af en toe is de stem van de zangeresvwel echt om te huilen, maar de paar keer dat het iets aardigs produceert is het best oke.
Erg kut, sommige nummers klinken alsof een vrouwelijke Cartman aan het blèren is. Dit ga ik nooit meer luisteren
I liked this album a lot. Great vibe and some really fun samples.
Doesn’t waste time being sharp, loud, and fed up. Walks the line between protest and party. Jittery, dance-punk. Spins: 2 Playlist Additions: - Deceptacon - Hot Topic - Phanta - Eau d'bedroom Dancing
A crazy, fun, wild, timeless album... Peak Electropunk from the off with the killer "Deceptacon" and it's all uphill from there. and who took the bomp from the bompalompalomp?
Feminist, turn-of-the-millennium, and B52s-esque. Count me in.
Going into this, I’d never heard of Le Tigre or their self-titled debut album—so I wasn’t sure what to expect. What I found was an enjoyable, if not groundbreaking, record. It’s packed with catchy, politically charged pop songs that are both fun and sharp in their messaging. Highlights for me included Eau d’Bedroom Dancing, Friendship Station, and Let’s Run—all infectious tracks with memorable hooks and lyrics. One quirky moment: the riff in Les and Ray kept reminding me of the Only Fools and Horses theme tune, and once I noticed it, I couldn’t un-hear it. Overall, I’d happily return to this album. It’s clever, catchy, and enjoyable throughout. Favourite track: Let’s Run and Friendship Station Least favourite track: Honestly, everything is worth a listen. Album artwork: A cool cover that fits the vibe.
Enjoyed this much more than I thought I would. 8/10 not usually what I go in for but had an absolute blast. Could well relisten a while later 05/09/25
Just more Riot Grrrl music. With slightly more electronic elements to it
Nice little surprise. Kind of punky. Kind of sassy. Very political. Not perfect but I’ll listen again.
Prolly not a group I'll spend a lot of time with, but I enjoyed the encounter, especially the way they are more than just a punk middle finger to whatever but show their genuine appreciation for bubble gum pop.
I’ve always been a little on the fence about this album. It doesn’t totally work for me, but when it hits, it hits big. “Deceptacon” is one of my go-to “dance in the kitchen like no one is watching” songs, and “Eau D’ Bedroom Dancing” is on my shortlist of unused songs that have not yet but will one day (mark my words) soundtrack a killer scene in some prestige TV show. The lyrics throughout the whole album are delightful too. There’s a lot to recommend, but the jangle pop doesn’t work for me on many tracks. Still, Kathleen Hanna is a goddess and four stars would be warranted for “Deceptacon” alone.
Positively surprised.
While I had hoped that Julie Ruin would last, when Le Tigre dropped with its lo-fi feminism, it was another revelation entirely. Proving all the territory this record covers is danceable. Hot Topic is the way that we rock, indeed.
I like the b-52s and I like The go team!, and this kind of felt like a mix but it wasn't landing for me. Maybe I just wasn't made in the mood.
Get in here riot grrrls! This was a good, fun listen. Deceptacon is one I’ve heard plenty of times before and a standout but my favorite Eau d’bedroom Dancing. Solid 4.
Pop/punk with a girl power message. The songs are pretty catchy and the band as a trio works well. I would listen again. It has the potential to grow on me. 3.5 if possible.
This was a fun album even if it’s one I probably wouldn’t listen to again. As someone who also hates Rudy Giuliani I really related to “My My Metrocard”.
2.5/5
Quite fun but fell apart for me a bit by the end. That first track was great. It sounded like a real mix of stuff from multiple decades.
Strong enjoy! Upbeat surf rock-punk-dance... I'm probably missing some descriptors, but this kicked some major buttocks!
Recognized them by the first song but not after that. Happy I listened, fun energy
Le femme punk
Such a beautiful cross section of punk rock. This album is really significant to how the sound of punk evolved into the 2000s. The lyrics are meaningful and pretty on beat for this genre. The vocals totally ruined this album for me personally though. She uses the same voice in every song and has no flexibility. 7/10
Listened Before? N What an interesting and fun record! Never heard of them before but this album is awesome. Pretty much a punk record at heart, the vocals are striking and the lyrics are sharp. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Deceptacon
Genre punk. Paar goede nummers. 1 opgeslagen in spotifylijst.
3.5 - really unique album
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The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of 1001 Albums Generator and Rate Your Music or any other individual or entity with whom the writer or website may be affiliated. 1001 Albums Generator and Rate Your Music is not liable for any content that may be considered offensive, inappropriate, or inaccurate. I FUCKING HATE FEMINISTS! I FUCKING HATE FEMINISTS! I! FUCKING! HATE! FEMINISTS! Sorry for being too aggressive. I agree that toxic masculinity is as toxic as hell cause my boyfriend is often being mocked because he is a crybaby and a long-haired art student who is also afraid of cockroaches. but radical feminism ruined my life by saying that men are trash and ridicules me for being too devoted to a my boyfriend. so, let me present to you, the radfem logic in two sentences: women and men should be equal. (well, they even put women in front of men, letting them become the first sex.) and all men are trash. SO THEY ARE ALSO TRASH ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN LOGIC! BEHOLD! WHAT A LOOPHOLE! AND THE BAND NAME IS ALSO IN FRENCH AND I HAVE FRANCOPHOBIA! AND THEY USED THAT MALL GOTH CLOTHING STORE AS A SONG NAME although I got a really decent jacket from that store. And let me count all the things that radical feminists and the cyberbullying from some of them give to this world: MY DISASSOCIATION! YEAH! MY DEPRESSION! YEAH! MY PARANOIA! YEAH! MY TRAUMA DUMPING! YEAH! AND TERFS! INCREASED TRANSPHOBIA! THE RUINED LIFE OF MY IMAGINARY LITTLE SISTER WHO IS MTF! They just can’t understand an autistic mf who treats objectification as a joke literally. i hate peopple who gets offensive by bad jokes i mean i know the joke is bad but its offencive. bad jokes never get this offensive. i just posted "i wanna be your dog" and they think that im really a bootlicker and consider my boyfriend as a manchild. i mean he is to some extent, cause he is afraid of cockroaches. they should really walk a mile in my shoes but they wont cause as soon as they took off their own shoes and wore mine, ill steal their shoes as fast as i can. Let me explain this real quick: i lived in a really toxic society. discrimination is common, abuse happens a lot in small towns, and people generally lacks sex ed and woke people all wish they have the ideas of feminism when they are in middle school instead of recieveing the idea right now when famous feminist literature about the filthiness of Man began to get introduced into bookstores, just so they can cope with the society in the most angry times of life... and guess what? i grow up in a large city and was born with all these stupid privileges and still think that i am unhappy and right now jarvis cocker need to appear and sing "common people" to me because i never encountered abuse. and i metaphorically died because of guilt. or i might lived on, having filled with guilt and having 0 guilt at the same friend because i am the most insensitive human in the world when it comes to gender issues but still breaks down when slurs gets targeted towards me by the person i consider as trustable. and like how every ideology agenda flew above my head the whole concept of a gender is also somewhere else although when i was small i desprately tried to be feminine from time to time. but when i labelled myself as nonbinary things began to get better, but it all happens after the hurt. so, how do you mend a broken heart? by escapism, by disassociation, by pretending that you are an adult and drink once a month, listening to cheesy lovesongs, calling yourself trash, and most importantly, to get away as far as possible from everything that results in that unmendable scar on your heart. and by seeing feminist art it is to tear my heart apart again like when the family members of a crime victim are needed to confront the criminal. so i confronted the one person that all the criminal learned their trades from. she don't look like a criminal. she is dressed in cloths that i feel cheesy and out of date, possibly something that dates back to the 80s. she behaves like a little child cause in her words, "little girls don't care about all the fucking sexism! isn't that good?" anyway girl, is that a swear word that you just said because you are a punk? i ask her, and who is that guy you name checked? is that the artist who shares a surname with my little sister? she hated surname jokes. she stepped on the painting to be stepped on and what? you played at that AFAB cis women only music festival? now i hate you more cause i said that my little sister is trans. because she is one of the finest woman i have seen in years. and i want to make sure that she never walk alone. i am going to eat you up no matter how many time you claimed that you support trans rights cause TERFs have continued to harm both trans woman and masculine cis woman. just ask them how many butchs have they seen in their lifetime! just because my sister have only began to take medications and still have a dick don't mean she isn't a girl. she is fighting against all doubts to become a woman and isn't that wonderful? isn't it the most beautiful representation of womenhood? come on! show me how you can bite those supposed stupid male human's dick off! show me how the dance punk music you made supposedly influence all those latecomers that i love and admire, especially mister James Murphy, everybody's favourite north american scum! show me how you can unite all the troublesome girls around the world into a life-changing force! no, you can't! am i right? AM I RIGHT? i can see her struggle and hear her say, "that is non of my business! the girls who harmed you are latecomers and... and..." "learned nothing from me!" i sighed and stopped the investigation. looks like trauma really does something significant. expressing anger is good. i am in awe of my stupid mind. 3/5 for the music, changed to 1/5 for the flood of trauma this album brings.
Riot grrl album, strong bass lines, I like it 72/100
Words dont exist. Explanation is futile.
A la B 52’s
Girl punk / grungy vibe
Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Wasn't really a fan. Seemed edgy for the sake of being edgy. To be honest though, I barely got in two listens throughout the day and so maybe I just didn't give this enough time.
Le Tigre - Le Tigre You know those albums that you listen to and just sit there dumbfounded that it wasn't a massive hit? Le Tigre's self-titled debut is not one of those albums. This one hurt. A lot. I mean it literally felt like my ear canals got violated by hundreds of tiny knives. They felt raw and stuffed like when you go swimming, you know that stuffed up ears need to pop feel? Like that. If I was paranoid, I swear I would half believe that they recorded this album two/three years before I was born for the sole purpose of fucking with me. With anyone that has an aversion to the musical equivalent of utter shit. This band hates you. It's like they know that they are a bunch of talentless one trick ponies' and they want you to hurt for all the bad things that you will say/write about them, and this album is just them being proactive. Look at their photo on the album cover and tell me they didn't read 1001 bad reviews before this junk was unleashed like a virus on an unsuspecting world. They knew. I can't explain how, but they knew. This is payback. Tiger beats fish. Dead horse remains dead. Fuck Le Tigre.
C30, Göppingen - Stuttgart, Deutschland. Nur Hits!
Absolutely mindblowing most likely will crack my top 100 albums ever. 4 harddcore punk feminist women kicking ass and showing the pop punkers how it is done. Cant believe I had never listened to this band. They should be uber famous. Punk, electronic and a a lot of amazing sampling with political and social lyrics. Wow insane. Gonna go listen to all other albums.
Oh fuck yeah!! I've actually heard these guys before! I'm excited for this one.
Mid
Let me here you depoliticise my rhyme... (One of my favorites, obvious 5)
when i read the endless screeds posted about the beatles or the rolling stones or led zeppelin i simply dont get it. the music is alright, i dont hate it, but they put out some incredibly samey music. im always surprised to read the really heartfelt and genuine responses to these classic 60s,70s rock albums, but im often left feeling the same way; there are a couple good songs, but the rest is quite one note. so when i see similar criticism levelled at an album like this, i can only realise that we were born in different generations and theres nothing that can change that. this album is fun, varied, energetic, so creative and lively. i will endeavour to spend less time reading negative reviews for albums that i enjoy
So stoked I found this. This is my favorite type of work from coffee shop forget you have music on but it’s scratching the brain just right.
only okay
really like this album but it’s not that good. first song is incredible all the songs feel a little weak compared to it. it’s a shame bc i really enjoyed deceptacon
i had never heard of this band before but I was very pleasantly surprised, really great album, just the right length too. you can tell they were having fun in the studio, which matters a lot since that energy gets passed on to the listener. will be listening again
Deceptacon klasyczek Campowe bangery oparte na referencyjności i popkulturowym przetworzeniu sztuki
Not a fan
Never heard of Le Tigre before. Deceptacon starts strong! Album is very interesting. Like a halfway point between New Wave and Hyperpop. You can tell they have had an impact on modern pop. They remind me a lot of bands like Wet Leg. They sound a lot more modern than 1999 to me. This album is way better than I expected it to be. And to be honest I don't think there's a bad song on it. Just a super tight album with no filler. And from doing a little research it appears they are linked to other bands I enjoy like Bikini Kill, so it's surprising I am just discovering them now.
This album was completely in my wheelhouse. Really enjoyed lots of different elements of its sound, including the instrumentation, the vocals, and its use of clips or samples. A lot of the tracks are built out of these short and simple looping repetitions that seem to pair really well with the looser vocals. But the variety is actually really strong as well - they might share some of these common elements but every song feels distinct. "Deceptacon" - Great opener. I especially love the way her voice breaks on lines like, "Wanna disco? Wanna see me disco?" "Phanta" - One of my favorites. I can't really interpret what's supposed to be going on in this song, but I like the "tower communication" dialog clips anyway. "My My MetroCard" - I was skimming the Wikipedia article before I started listening and my expectations for the album went up when I saw there was a Rudy Giuliani diss track. "Friendship Station" - Love the "I wanna be there / I wanna take you there" chant (including the way it's delivered). "Dude Yr So Crazy!!" - I'm totally a sucker for stream-of-consciousness noun list songs. They are kind of hard to come by - They Might Be Giants has at least two but I'm struggling to recall any others. So this ended up being one of my favorite recent finds off the 1,001 and I'm sure I'll work through Le Tigre's other stuff later.
Ok
This was a nice surprise. Don't judge a book (or in this case: album) by its cover. It's a hodgepodge of so many genres and yet, it all fits perfectly together in a way that one can't explain.
I thought this was gonna be some french stuff but it was punk stuff. Not bad. 2.5 goin down.
This is a fun album. It's pretty loud and the vocals can be a bit screetchy but a good listen and glad it's on the list. Had only ever heard Deceptacon before and that's a great song. 6/10 (3/5)
Pleasantly funky.
Nice punk pop
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You know when something's perfect, and people say 'no notes'. Well I have no notes for this album. But not because it's perfect. Because it is extremely unnoteworthy.
Loved it!
I have a soft spot for feminist Punk Rock ladies shouting in my ear with just the right mix of casual, unimpressed, and latently pissed-off attitude. Apart from that, the aesthetics of the album are difficult to put into words. We have everything from shitty guitar riffs to retro samples to a pure beat track which I can only categorize as "unusual". Most of it sounds like it was played on a 60s radio and recorded back on tape, but in a good way.
Deceptacon is the shit!
5/5. I love this so much. Pop punk, girl riot, scratchy production, in your face lyrics. This is what they mean by "terrible times fosters great art." Just rocks so hard, the vocalist really brings it home and the guitar riffs rip. This was just so fun and real, I have no qualms with it. Best Song: Deceptacon, Hot Topic, My My Metrocard, Eau d'Bedroom Dancing
This album was ahead of its time for the late ’90s. I genuinely believe it helped pave the way for the electroclash movement and the indie rock surge of the early 2000s. I can’t think of any other bands from that era who managed to strike a unique balance between electro, dance vibes, and punk energy. As for its relevance today, I think it will always hold its place as an influential album in underground music history. That said, for me personally, the album has about three really strong standout tracks, and the rest feel pretty average or even a bit mediocre.
Not a fan 2.1/10
Okay. Fine.
It's okay. Bit basic though. Don't think I'd listen again in any hurry. Favourite tracks: Deceptacon (for the cool guitar and 'how are you'? bit), Phanta.
Fantastic. Great energy, a little goofy at times, just all around fun. Loved it.
Everytime I put it on, the music draws me in. Great energy and intriguing vocals.
The first half of this album is strong, but it starts to lag near the end. Not typically a problem, but at 34 minutes it's a surprising problem to appear.
2.0 - Weak
Unnecessary
Deceptacon - 9.5 Hot Topic - 8 What's yr take on cassavetes - 7 The the empty - 9 Phanta - 7 Eau d bedroom dancing - 7 Lets run - 8 My my metro card - 7 Friendship staiton - 9 Slideshow at free uni - 8 Dude yr so crazy - 8 Les and ray - 7 79/100
Girls who shout out random things and call it music get benched to never be heard from again. The first 30 seconds is all you need to hear.
Maybe "Deceptacon" wasn't used on a Tony Hawk's pro-skater soundtrack but that's the only place it exists in my memory. This is my day 1 album. Can't lie, I thought this generator thing was pretty lame based on so many of the posts on the subreddit thinking that there is some sort of magic to the "algorithm" that literally just picks one of the albums at random unless pre-empted by the death of a particular musical artist. But I kept lurking the subreddit until I found myself commenting my nostalgic feelings for particular albums and now here I am. Le Tigre was always cursory to my interests since college. I guess their album opener is the only song of theirs I had heard (in Joachim Trier’s Reprise). The rest of the album is fine. I was a little surprised by the plunderphonics of "Slideshow At Free University", otherwise nothing sparked my interest. Caught up with the Yea Right! part directed by Spike Jonze. Street skating is so damn beautiful. Necessary declaimer: I'm not much for lyrics so there may be a depth to the feminist/political lyrics that I could grow to appreciate if I payed more attention to them. EDIT: While listening to my day 2 album, NIN's Downward Spiral I got a Nissan ad with a "Decepticon" ripoff by some awful band named the Smocks. The song is such a ripoff that they shouldn't get a dime off of it.
I find the lyrics a bit cringe and the singer's voice annoying. It's fine when singing a melody but when shouting it grates a bit Really repetitive lyrics Although I love the backing music, it give me Hives vs Blondie vibes 60s throwbacks, love the tempo. My my metrocard is a good track Love the variety of music. It feels quite fun and poppy, lots of gimmicks that aren't terrible 3 or 4, can't decide This one never made it to the UK, I can kind of see why
Awesome!
Very DIY. Some clunkers, but some good stuff too.
Goes from good to bad in both instrumentals and vocals
Fun ecentric rock
I enjoyed this
I put this on when I went for a run this morning. Electronic drums started, weak toned garage style guitars and bass joined in. Random girl shouts and a whole lot of attitude (with random sound effects in for good measure). I got what they were going for. I could have said I'd heard it all before. Yet, four or five tracks before the end, the albums became more sophisticated. It sounded like something that would go well on a soundtrack to a cool movie. Hell! I'll say it, I felt cool listening to it. This carried on for a few songs before a back to basics closer. Inconsistent throughout, but it was a nice listen. 4 Stars.
This album is like the rich girl at school, who has come back from summer holidays having developed a new edgy personality. She’s confidently getting in your face, challenging you about the wrongs of the world. She raises some pretty valid points, but at the same time her dad dropped her off in a Mercedes Benz before heading to his law firm where he is a named partner.
Like the 1st song, but down hill from there. Same production level as that "My United States of Whatever" song and lyrics not much better. Had the feel of someone's first attempt to wrote and record songs in their bedroom
Interesting, intense and mostly enjoyable. I’ve gotta be in the right mood for this kind of thing, but I still enjoyed it
Ok 2/5
Deceptacon was great but didn’t find myself wanting to come back to this one. Good energy and I like the spirit but just wasn’t doing much for me.
It can get a little prototype-y, the songs like to get into a timeloop of repeating themselves over and over until the end a lot of the time, but overall this must be one of the most mid-2000s albums to have come out in a year starting with 19 It sounds like it paved a lot of paths for music to come, and those paths are also the road that runs alongside "right-up-my alley" so thank you for that
Love the sample on phanta, but other than that it was meh and very short 2/5
Ahhhh The Deceptacon women! Okay, let’s see what else they’ve got… I don’t know what the name is for this style (femme kitch pop/rock?!) but they have it locked. Not sure it’s an album I’d go to regularly, but for this groove and feel, it’s a winner (3.5)
Deceptacon is on my running playlist and always gets me pumped up - and if you could see me wheezing round my local park, you’d know that’s no mean feat. This whole album is a fun shot in the arm - energetic and catchy with a bit of righteous anger thrown in for an extra kick.
Sounded a little like Chappell Roan and then not that great
Macht schon Laune. Gefühlt sind die meisten Lieder aber eher Ideen als komplett fertige Lieder. Ich mag den roughen Sound von solchen Punk Liedern eigentlich sehr gerne aber an einem Punkt wird es leicht viel. Slideshow at free University klingt wie ein MF Doom Intro. Zum Ende kommt dann noch etwas mehr Abwechslung. 3/5
Not a very interesting album. Not sure what makes it an album I need to hear before I die.
Really enjoyable and energetic
If Wet Leg were half decent
Solid listen.
Starts to just sound like noise after a while. Not terrible, not good. Simply average. Giving an extra star because my 2 year old son loved dancing to this album
This is kind of annoying
Eh, no thanks
Still holds up. Sharp, bratty, and fun. For me, this is the only Le Tigre album that exists, and honestly, that’s fine.
Loud, upbeat, but not fun. 2/5
*Like the 1999 version of The B-52s. *Same lead singer as Bikini Kill. *Don't much care for this style. RATING - 4/10
"Le Tigre" is the debut album by American music trio Le Tigre. Dance-punk, riot grrl and new wave are the Wiki-listed genres. A strange combination but yes. The album was produced by Chris Stamey and the band. The music "combined pop music with the band's feminist and political lyrics" and spans 1960's, pop, punk rock and lo-fi new wave. The bandmembers included Kathleen Hanna (lead and backing vocals, guitar, bass, drum machine, sampler), Johanna Fateman (lead and backing vocals, guitar, keyboards), Sadie Benning (backing vocals, guitar) and JD Samson (lead baking vocals, trumpet). The album received positive reviews. "Deceptacon" opens the album with tone-downed guitar and bass melody and a dance beat enhanced with handclaps. An underlying synth. Hanna is screaming. But, a very catchy song about the decline in meaningful lyrics in songs.. The lone single "Hot Topic" sounds like a 60's pop-new wave fusion. The bubblegum lead and backing vocals, very girly, with a dance beat and fuzz guitar. They list a bunch of people who inspired them. Johanna Fateman does the talking in the interestingly-titled "What's Yr Take on Cassavetes." An electronic beat and fuzz guitar. They use the entire song to describe filmmaker John Cassavetes, both good and bad. In "My My Metrocard," the band takes aim at New York mayor Rudy Giuliani and his policies. Oh, if they only knew what he would go on to do in the future. A nice organ melody and the continued 60's-sounding theme. Bells ringing open the closer "Les and Ray." A beat and synth that mimic a roller rink sound. Hanna singing and gives her best vocal performance. She's escaping by listening to her neighbor's music. This album has catchy songs and is a lot of fun. There are still some feminist and political lyrics but not nearly as intense as Kathleen Hanna's former band, Bikini Kill. They fuse or more less combine 60's Shangri-la girly vocals, surf rock bass and guitar, 80's synth-new wave melodies and even a punk edge. There's retro and very much energetic vibes throughout the album. Not a dull song. This is a very good album that mostly everyone should like to some extent.
One of the best f****** albums of all time!
A bit self-indulgent, but artsy fartsy pop punk will always get me
Bell'album, non mi aspettavo sto punk bello allegro
Listened May 2024. Really fun, accessible, chaotic riot grrl pop. Deceptacon is the obvious classic but the whole album is a blast.
Girl punk fucks.
I wear a Le Tigre hat almost everyday. We just had Adele, the “once in a generation voice” to my actual favorite vocalist! Kathleen Hannah 4ever
I was between a 1 and 2 for this one but I’ll give it the star for having some brevity. Didn’t really hate it but didn’t really like it.
What a lovely surprise. I guess I'm a sucker for dance punk now.
good punk-ish album👌🏼
not too bad. I hear Go-Gos and Talking Heads. Kinda punkish, kinda popish.
4 out of 5. Some gems, some songs that were to me only felt ok.
2/10
This was a fun, modernized homage to early punk; simple beats/rhythms.
It’s decent. Some songs are very good. Others not. Inventive and catchy in places. Annoying and grating in others. So 3 stars.
Alright but a little repetitive.
Had low expectations knowing this was going to be another feminist punk album (seems to be a lot of them popping up on this list lately), but the first 2 songs were pretty good. It falls off thereafter until you get to Let's Run. I can appreciate My My Metrocard because these girls were way ahead on hating Rudy Giuliani. Slideshow At Free University was also a change of tempo I didn't see coming. I land at around 2.5 stars, but I feel like I enjoyed it as much as the last album we had so I'll give it the same grade: High 2.
While the vocals can be at times jarring (Deceptacon) and at others shrill AF (The The Empty), the songs themselves are interesting and make for a solid pop-punk-rock album. I had no problem listening to this end to end and will definitely come back again. For me this is a solid 4. Opening guitar tones of Deceptacon remind of Joy Division meets Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Vocals are a bit jarring, but the song itself is pretty fun IMO. Hot Topic flips into something that sounds familiar, but I can't put my finger on. The The Empty is a fun little bopper. I mean the vocals are shrill AF, but its a fun dance punk track. Really dig the toned down Eau D'Bedroom Dancing; feels sort of like a Japanese Breakfast song. Dude Yr So Crazy!! is a late album standout. Love the effortlessly cool instrumental.
Slideshow At Free University was a banger, I wish more of the album was like that. Another disappointing entry. Singing was very rough.
Riot grrrl is a ridiculous name for a music genre, and I am afraid that I am not going to enjoy this based off that. I was correct in my assumption. Did not enjoy. Slideshow at a Free University was cool enough to make this a really low 2.
Riot Grrrl is a crazy genre I've never heard of, but can picture the sound already. This is pretty fun and catchy a a couple songs in. Was wondering what their problem was with the director of The Notebook and Alpha Dog but it seems like its the elder Cassavetes. This band kinda reminds me of the 5,6,7,8's in a way. Frienship Station kinda rules. Not sure I'll be back but enjoyed that for what it was.
This one started strong, digging the vibe, then it got annoying extremely fast... Regarding the 5th track, piece of advice for aspiring songwriters: find a cool motive and the repeat it monotonously and relentlessly, your audience will learn to love it... It comes back from being annoying to some degree, but overall this is middle of the road... What I like: vocals, minimalistic arrangement, it is only 34 minutes long... What I don't like: monotonous and repetitive (within songs, not in between them)
I think they made the song “Hot Topic” for the store. That’s not a selling point. Musically, they are solid. That voice is just above fingernails on a chalkboard though
Lame Tigre. Luckily the songs are short and so is the album. It got better as it progressed, but still was not good. Amateurish and unpolished. A lot of random thoughts thrown down. Will check a later album to see if they grew up into real cats. (1.3*s)
Le Tigre attacks with claws out on their debut album. Pretty great punky, poppy, Cyndi Laupy tracks with heavy influence from the Go-Go's, Joan Jett, and Sleater-Kinney. The trio's play is simply structured but they add in a layer of mixing that elevates the songs. Lyrics and titles capture the late 90's well. I particularly like "Slideshow at Free University" for showcasing the sampling/mix skills. I don't have an opinion on Cassavetes but I'll check out his movies and more albums from these cats...3.37 stars.
I had a friend in high school who was into Le Tigre but I never got around to giving them a listen. Glad to indulge in their debut album. It started on a high note with Decepticon and while it didn't quite maintain that high it was still mostly fun, mostly unique and mostly entertaining. I think the 31 minute length played into their hand because this would be best consumed in short bursts. I get the sense Le Tigre would be a blast at a live show and outdo their studio/album versions. This one is definitely based on vibes so if you aren't in the right mood I don't think this would work. 2.84 stars
Coole vrouwenpunk
I have a lot of respect for girl punk although it’s a genre I don’t listen to much myself. Reminds me of bikini kill or girl riot or similar bands (even Semi Precious Weapons even though that’s boys). Some songs I could see myself putting in a playlist and raging to, but not sure if I’d listen to the entire album again
Wait for it... wait for it..... Le Nigre :---DD
I have this album on CD in my car and its pretty sick to be honest. I only bought it because I knew about the first song but the entire album is nice
Infectious energy from start to finish on this release. It’s got fun shouts, it’s got humour, fresh danceable beats, snark, it’s great. I was familiar with Kathleen Hanna’s 90’s act Bikini Kill which is also great, this just has more bounce. There’s still some political charge behind the songs but they’re delivered with some pep. My My Metrocard voices their displeasure of slime bag mayor Giuliani, basically a fuck you with a smile. Well this album sure made me smile. 5 stars
Masete sanger. Ble litt bedre utover plata. Svak 2’er.
Whoa, first time I've listened to a song on my own that popped up later on the day's album selection. (My daughter played "Deceptacon" in the car in the morning.) I like Le Tigre a lot, but this album's hit or miss. Among the cred-conscious, this will be a controversial take, but I think their major-label album (This Island) is better.
Listen man, I GET IT. Okay, maybe I don't. But I do think there should be more songs about metrocards.
A lot of breaking glass? The first song is from Invincible so of course I love, the rest of the songs didn't do it for me
Забавно. По крайней мере заинтересовало. Переслушаю.
Best Song: Deceptacon I didn't hate this, I didn't love this. It was just kinda, "meh." It breaks no real ground and most the songs are forgettable. I originally was going to give it a 3 but the Deceeptacon song was good enough to push it to 4.
Random and strange. Repetitive. At times it sounds like the instrumentals are too loud and they are struggling to be heard over them. Some weird lyricism, some nonsensical. A lot of yelling out of tune, which is annoying.
- so good. -
Excellent. Sounds a lot like X-ray specs, but also clearly influenced Amyl and the Sniffers.
For 1999 the production quality could be a bit better, but it's not a bad album at all.
A fucking bop, prime early example of prison jazz. Well, I wish it was something more, but it's still fun from the first listen.
I know the idea was to flip the table, but playing annoyingly out of tune like in Les and Ray is just childish. Had potential, but ended up falling short. 5/10
The evolutionary midpoint between 80s synthpop and the incoming waves of indie sleaze. Surprisingly good and definitely unique
Deceptacon is a really strong opener, and to be honest this album really doesn't dip after that. Really fun, infectious energy, I imagine this was brilliant live.
kunst, und künstlich?!
Interessant aber dann doch etwas zuviel Einsatz von Synthies. So war das halt damals.
The The Empty!! Need to have energy to listen to this but it also gives energy. I’m dancin along Feelin annoyed? Just tap into that punk rage deep down, it’ll start to sound good.
Maybe this album caught me on an off day, but I find myself at a surprising lack of things I wanna say about this album. It's not that I didn't like it; for sure, it's miles, leaps and **bounds** better than "I'm With Her", the song I'm sure way too many people first discovered this group through. But I'unno, something about it and the state of mind I was in today kinda caused it to bounce off of me. And I wanna give nothing in these reviews/babbles but my honest reaction to these things, so... Like, yeah, I'unno. It's good, it's fine. On one side, you got stuff that reminded me of Bikini Kill, and I hadda look up "Oh, no, duh, they have the same frontwoman." I like what I've heard from Bikini Kill (aka just "Rebel Girl"), so on that front... Yeah. I mean, I'm surprised hearing those screamed "riot grrrl" vocals didn't bother me as much as I could imagine they would. They're kind of endearing, honestly — not to talk down to and/or underplay Kathleen or any of the other vocalists, I mean, but y'know. Then you have the electropunk side of the equation, and it's also fine. Good stuff, but not in the way I have any specific to say about it. It's... Y'know. Uh, and as for anything else I wanna say about this thing... Well, good they were ahead of the curb on shitting on Rudy Guilliani. Screw that guy,am I right? And that's about all I'm able to pull out about this album, shy of taking another day to give this thing a second listen (and being as behind as I currently am, I'd rather not with **any** album, y'know?). Which does bum me out, given what favorites I imagine this band is in the whole "feminist punk" circle, if that specifically exists. I mean, there has to be a reason why "I'm With Her" had as many people stupefied as it did, and certainly, after hearing this, it's a bit clearer... But yeah. Not one that really inspired me the day I heard it, although still a good one regardless.
Groovy. 4.5 bumped down to 4.
I’m at a 4. Unique as hell for 1999, I’ll say that. This album feels innovative right off the top, in that it’s just that different from any of its contemporaries. In a lot of ways, this album feels like a time-shifted anomaly, one that does eventually stabilize itself as it goes through its 32 minute runtime, but an anomaly nonetheless. It’s a pretty fun anomaly though. Honestly, I can’t really think of a good description for how this album sounds; the best thing I have is “the Go-Gos on a little bit of acid”, but that sort of undermines the amount of genres this thing kind of tackles – there’s some Dead Kennedys energy here, little bit of plunderphonics, some 60s-inspired production that sometimes hits on both a Sgt. Pepper’s vibe & a Velvet Underground track at the same time. However, if you listen to the songs themselves, instrumentally, it’s just consistently a bit off-kilter; the actual instruments feel like a blend of MIDI & real stuff, with samples thrown in at lower bitrates to accentuate how slightly off it is, and ultimately, for 1999, it’s just really inspired production that’s intoxicatingly strange. To my ears, it’s more reminiscent of how people perceive 1999 through a Y2K aesthetic in modern times, which makes it feel ahead of the curve & yet totally thematically fitting. Like I said though, this does stabilize itself – the later tracks of this album don’t carry the same weird energy as the first half does, but they’re still fine regardless. I do wish the album ended on a higher note than “Les & Ray”, but there’s no shame in having a kind of tribute track close out any album. Genuinely, I’m just kind of surprised that this is from 1999, and I’m more surprised I haven’t heard of Le Tigre until now. This isn’t quite up my alley, but I think it’s still cool as hell. It’s a 4 for me, and I’m glad it’s on the list. P.S.: I need Hayley Williams to cover “Let’s Run” immediately. Also, huge fan of that “Fuck Guiliani” line on “My My Metrocard”.
+The the Empty
Not for me
# 500 : Le Tigre : 11/06/2025 I don't love it, I don't hate it. A couple of things stood out but no songs that connected with me. It’s good, but not great
Fun political fem punk. Listening to the whole album at once got me tired fast. They sound interesting, but songs are very alike and quite grating to the ear, which, yeah, fits the message alright. I think I'm going to enjoy Le Tigre way more one song at a time in a playlist (Deceptacon, Eau D'Bedroom Dancing and Hot Topic go in there for sure). Slideshow At Free University genuinely made me laugh. Interestingly, they may be an inspiration for some modern groups I enjoy.
Very fun.
Creative, but a bit too much over the place for me.
strong 7
Thoughts before listening: Kathleen Hannah's post-Bikini Kill group. This was in big in the cool kids indie rock club that I never really fit in with while I was firmly hanging with the pop punk and jamband dorks. I don't know much about this music although I feel like its Kathleen's riot grrl style punk vocals with distorted guitars and electronic beats. Something like that maybe? Review: Why does Le Tigre have 5.7 million listens on Spotify while other 90s/00s indie rock groups are dropping quickly? Did one of their songs become a Tik Tok trend or something? Anyway, this is okay. Punk rock female vocals that are more shouted than sung with poppy style music, sometimes stealing from 60s girls groups but filtered through lo-fi indie rock/garage punk distortion. The sound on some of the songs is very reminiscent of the late 90s with samples and vibes similar to what someone like Beck or the Beastie Boys was doing around the same time. 3-stars
Fun
It’s kind annoying. I didn’t hate it, and musically it was pretty decent, but the singers voice simultaneously shrill yet bland. 2.5 stars if I could.
Incredible!
Yeah whatever. Not really my vibe.
This is an interesting album. It reminds me a lot of the B-52s but with a more robust rythym section. Really love the groove of the bass and drums on a lot of the songs. Definitely some danceable music here. The lyrics aren’t straightforward but there are some themes. Who doesn’t like a song about stops on the Metro? I have mixed feelings about the singers. They sound almost juvenile and the singing is kinda buried in the mix when the samples are definitely not. Otherwise it is not a bad album. Just not sure if I would listen to it again. Favorites include “Deceptacon”, “Phanta”, “Let’s Run”, “My My Metrocard”, and “Friendship Station” (Love that backbeat).
Didn't think I was going to like this one, but it grew on me. Sounds like a group of (musically talented) friends having fun in the studio. Lo-fi and eclectic. I dig it.
Please see my review on The Offspring, which is mostly a rant on the state of 90s music. Nineties bands spent the whole decade picking up the scraps of the prior decades and trying to build something new. By 1999, those scraps were all gone, there was nothing new left, so instead of creating something new, most bands just borrowed from everything that came before and slapped on a new genre label to try and expain what they are doing. As for the Feminist statement, I get it, and I have no problem with that, the problem here, is the music is not that great.
I had heard of Kathleen Hanna and Bikini Kill but am much less familiar with LeTigre. The album had more call-and-response than I had expected. Fall Out Boy owes a debt to LeTigre for the spelling of "Yr" on song titles. Would I listen to this again? Probably not intentionally, so this album falls in with some of the albums on this list. I enjoy them, liked hearing them but have no idea when I would listen to them again. So, does the album get 4-5 stars even though there isn't a great chance I listen again? This seems like a really influential album and the VERY overt politicalness of the lyrics has been seen often in punk/rock, but not as often performed by women and in this form. I will have to give this album four stars even if I am not necessarily going to listen to it frequently. Songs I liked most were: Deceptacon Phanta Eau d'Bedroom Dancing My My Metrocard Slideshow at Free University Les and Ray
decent
Some great tracks, but not enough for me to come back to that often
it was okay, some songs were pretty good.
Haven't heard this album before. Enjoyed the feminist message and the instrumentals were pretty nice. Heavy without sounding heavy. Wasn't the biggest fan of the vocal timbre but that's to be expected with punk. Glad I have listened to this album but I don't think I'll come back to it any time soon. 3/5
Surprisingly good
Einem Stern knapp entkommen. In manchen Liedern werden einfach nur random Worte aneinandergereiht?
Ähh, fiilar int helt
YES!
8/10. Feminist punk rage! This is awesome!!! :)
I generally enjoyed this, full of energy, witty and provocative without being preachy. The music was pretty basic, but that was part of the appeal. It felt like somewhere between a 3 and a 4, but I'm going with a 4 as the first track was dope.
Groundbreaking record with a bunch of great songs to jam to any day. Indie production with amazing sounds. Recommended.
Beetje poppy, beetje punky, vooral best wel matig. Ik snap dat dit een feministisch album is en het is sowieso wel verfrissend om eens wat anders te horen dan een mannelijke punkband, maar jeeeeezus een nummer als The The Empty is gewoon echt verschrikkelijk... Niet door heen te komen joh. Oprecht de nummers daarvoor waren best wel ok, die leunden veel meer in de pop hoek en dat trek ik gewoon beter, maar de punk nummers? Das niet best hoor... Eerste 2 nummers waren lekker poppy, daarna is besloten dat het toch een punkalbum moest worden... Jammer, ging best lekker op het begin! Niet lekker genoeg voor de FAVO, maar daar is echt wel wat voor nodig hoor. Lekker experimenteel, dat wel en een beetje boze politiek ben ik ook best voor te porren maar uiteindelijk beoordelen we ook de muziek en dat was het gewoon echt niet. FAVO: Slideshow at free university
I haven't listened to this album in years - and its definitely going back in rotation! So raw, so funny, so dancey, so good!