Dirty Dirty Mind

Can I just say that I love The Pipettes? I saw them at Highline some months back and they completely took over the stage. Compared to classic 1960s girl groups such as The Shangri-Las and The Ronettes, they bring a vibe and energy to live music that I think is very rare. I might have mentioned this before but I'm finding myself listening to a lot more female artists, and I'm not sure whether this is because there are more great female artists out there or I'm just becoming a pussy...I'm going to go with the former for now. But honestly, Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen, The Pipettes, KT Tunstall, The Like, M.I.A., The Pierces, and Architecture in Helsinki, Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Magic Numbers, The New Pornographers, Shout Out Louds, and Morningwood have prominent female elements singing elements.

And all this music is equal if not better to their male counterparts coming out at the same time, but it will never gain the popularity of someone like The Strokes because a female act will always be "different." Even The White Stripes which are pretty mainstream right now are still different, and Meg gets bashed an incredible amount so that eliminates that parallel.

Whatever the case, The Pipettes are awesome and I'll gladly be Gwenno's groupie (the Sienna Miller/Lindsay Lohan looking blonde in the picture).

They have an EP out called "Your Kisses Are Wasted On Me" and their album is coming out the US on October 2nd, but I've had it for a couple years now.

I recommend checking them out October 8th at Irving Plaza. I intend to.