Le Butcherettes share making of video for ‘La Uva’ featuring Iggy Pop; European tour starts this month
LE BUTCHERETTES SHARE MAKING OF VIDEO FOR ‘LA UVA’ FEATURING IGGY POP;
EUROPEAN TOUR STARTS THIS MONTH
(Photo credit: Spencer Weisberg)
Following the release of Le Butcherettes’ inimitable new album A Raw Youth, the band have shared a new video for the track ‘La Uva’ featuring rock icon Iggy Pop. The video shows the pair in the studio, spiritedly singing the Spanish, spook-tinged tune with Iggy’s unmistakable baritone complementing Gender Bender’s power howls.
A Raw Youth, the band’s third release, focuses on “the recurring conflict between minorities (the raw youths) and society: The oppressor and the oppressed” as Le Butcherettes’ mastermind and front woman Teri Gender Bender explains. A pair of singles: “Shave The Pride” and “They Fuck You Over” were shared in advance of release. In addition to Iggy Pop, John Frusciantealso joins the fray by guest starring on album track “My Half”. A Raw Youth was recorded at RLP Studios (The Morgue Portable Disaster Unit) in El Paso with producer Omar Rodriguez Lopez.
WATCH THE NEW LE BUTCHERETTES VIDEO ‘LA UVA’ FEATURING IGGY POP
Le Butcherettes spent the summer touring with the Melvins on the Chaos as Usual tour; a pairing that was deemed “a spiritual kinship” (Consequence of Sound), “incredibly eclectic” (Phoenix New Times) and “an absolute blast” (Dallas Observer). The bill birthed one tour-only 10-inch and dozens of videos of Gender Bender fronting the Melvins for a cover of Bikini Kill’s “Rebel Girl”.
The band is about to head out on a series of headlining dates in Europe at the end of this month:
October 29 – Burgos, Spain, Estudio 27
October 30 – Santander, Spain, Niagara
October 31 – Barcelona, Spain, La [2] De Nitsa
November 1 – Zargoza, Spain, La Ley Seca
November 2 – Valencia, Spain, TBD
November 3 – Madrid, Spain, Fun House Music Bar
November 6 – Lisbon, Portugal, Sabotage Club
November 7 – Leiria, Portugal, Beat Club
November 8 – A Coruna, Spain, Sala Mardi Gras
November 10 – Bilbao, Spain, Cafe Antzokia
November 11 – Donostia, Spain, Le Bukowski
November 12 – Bordeaux, France, IBOAT
November 13 – Lyon, France, TBD
November 14 – Paris, France, Point FMR
November 16 – London, UK, Underworld Camden
November 19 – Brussels, Belgium, Magasin 4
November 20 – Delft, Netherlands, De Veste
November 21 – Landgraaf, Netherlands, Oefenbunker
November 22 – Cologne, Germany, Tsunami Club
November 23 – Leipzig, Germany, Conne Island
November 24 – Berlin, Germany, Kantine am Berghain
“A Raw Youth is a blinding success, which is entirely down to the smart songwriting on display…the forceful grooves and punk explosions of Stab My Back are startling but its the Blondie-inspired disco punk of Sold Less Than Gold…that proves Le Butcherettes are more than just a live act.” – ROCK A ROLLA
“A coherant yet dynamic diversity in its delivery. What unites the songs is its punk rock thrashing and soulful scream of The Gender Bender…a great punk album.” – VIVE LE ROCK
“A Raw Youth aims to sabotage meathead rock and succeeds. Le Butcherettes preserve all the best parts – the rush, the muscle, the vocalist as GOD – but expose the celebrated macho ego as a terrorising other.” – DROWNED IN SOUND
“Her [Teri Gender Bender] combination of force and keen observation is reminiscent of Corin Tucker at her best, though Gender Bender’s performance is all her own.” – NPR
“Listening to A Raw Youth—the fourth album from Le Butcherettes—is what it feels like to discover Iggy Pop and Black Flag while your village in Mexico gets torn apart by psychological terror.” – NOISEY
“On A Raw Youth, Le Butcherettes find the perfect balance of oddball ideas and actual hooks, creating a heavy, sweaty avant-rock hybrid that’s as catchy as it is bewitching.” – MAGNET
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