“Deceptacon”

Le Tigre initially fashioned in 1998. They launched their self-titled debut album in October 1999. Spin Journal referred to as it top-of-the-line albums of the previous 30 years, and Pitchfork referred to as it top-of-the-line albums of the 90s. I listened to that album loads when it got here out, and 25 years later, I nonetheless hear songs from it all over the place, on TV and in motion pictures, and simply out on this planet – particularly the track “Deceptacon.” For this episode, I talked to Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman from Le Tigre about how they wrote it, and the way they put the observe collectively.

You should purchase or stream “Deceptacon” right here.

Illustration by Carlos Lerma.

For a transcript of this episode, click on right here.

footnotes:
Chris Stamey – producer
Bikini Kill
The Julie Damage
The Go-Go’s
Slim Moon
Drumatix drum machine
Land of the Loops
Atari Teenage Riot
Ensoniq Mirage
Tascam 8-track tape recorder
Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” demo
Kim Gordon
Joan Jett
Kenny Laguna
Tommy James and the Shondells
The Shangri-Las
Alesis HR-16B
The dB’s
Diana Ross
“YMCA”
“Single Girls (Put a Ring on It)”