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Feminist Sweepstakes

~ Le Tigre
4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Audio CD (20 Mar 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Chicks on Speed
  • ASIN: B00005O85A
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 111,453 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. LT Tour Theme
2. Shred A
3. Fake French
4. FYR
5. On Guard
6. Much Finer
7. Dyke March 2001
8. Tres Bien
9. Well, Well, Well
10. TGIF
11. My Art
12. Cry for Everything Bad That's Ever Happened
13. Keep on Livin'

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Feminist Sweepstakes is the second Le Tigre album, and Kathleen Hanna's most direct political statement yet. Irascible femme-punk firebrand Kathleen Hanna has never been the sort to take a seat on the ideological fence, but pretty much her entire recorded canon wilts like a shrinking violet in the face of Feminist Sweepstakes. Dedicated to "the ladies and the fags", Feminist Sweepstakes--released on the label of kindred electro-pop spirits Chicks On Speed--lays out its manifesto with a righteous zeal: these 13 tracks cover everything from the death of feminism ("FYR") and take-back-the-power lesbian militancy ("Dyke March 2001") to gender politics on the dancefloor ("LT Tour Theme") and the drudgery of wage slavery when "your boss is an asshole" ("TGIF"). But where, in Bikini Kill, Hanna dealt primarily in screechy punk-rock, Le Tigre mine a seam that tethers distorted vocals and treble-heavy guitars to the clatter of beatboxes and electronic loops. Sadly, there's nothing here to contend with the ballsy dancefloor pop rush of "Hot Topic", Le Tigre's flagship tune from the trio's eponymous 2000 debut. Still, it's refreshing that it's still all right for grrrls to get angry: in a world of half-arsed plagiarists and apathetic musical journeymen, Le Tigre are the rare band that really matter. --Louis Pattison

CD Description
Featuring Kathleen Hanna, former frontwoman with Bikini Kill and leader of the Riot Grrrl scene, Le Tigre follow up their debut with 'Feminist Sweepstakes'. The band blend a mix of guitars, samples and political lyrics with a feminist slant.

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5.0 out of 5 stars inspiring, 21 Dec 2001
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Yay! A new Le Tigre album! More yummy slabs of disco-punk-pop-electronica laced with witty and relevant feminist beliefs!
One of Le Tigre's great strengths is their diversity. A lot of bands can do shouty scary guitar punk, but Le Tigre take control. They add distortion, samples, keyboards and drum loops, and end up with happy-sounding angry songs you can dance to.

The importance of everyday feminism is still a major theme of the lyrics, but the difficulty of doing exactly that is explored too, revealing a more vulnerable side to Kathleen & co. Advice comes on the final song, a fantastically positive happy song, 'keep on livin':
"don't let them f*** you around cuz those are your arms, that is your heart and no no they can't tear you apart"
Yeah! All hail Le Tigre, patron saints of (in their own words) ladies, fags, feminists, wildlife metaphors and post-binary gender chores. Whatever they are.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good, but Le Tigre are capable of better., 15 Dec 2006
The second full-length Le Tigre album saw Sadie Browning replaced with JD Samson, with the band attempting to make their sound slightly more complex than the straightforward punk guitar/drum machine sound of their (admittedly fantastic) eponymous debut. Sounds good?

Unfortunately, the record's hampered by obviously low-budget production and, in places, mediocre songwriting. There's still plenty to enjoy here- 'My Art' and 'Cry For Everything Bad That's Ever Happened' are as good as any Le Tigre song- but 'This Island' or 'Le Tigre' are far better introductions to the band.
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