boy/girl

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Member Since: 11/15/2005
Sounds Like: Lisa has a little article on the Modern Drummer website!!
http://www.moderndrummer.com/modern-drummer-blogs

"How in the hell did they turn up the hi-hat so breathy and crunchy loud that your ear feels pressed between the metal and the snare drum? Unhurried, sludge worthy even, the band crawls like a sly Neanderthal discovering avant-blues. Imagine the tempo of the Chrome Cranks or the Cramps or Jon Spencer on Quaaludes, but ever-sharp and razory still. Choice cuts include the Led Zeppelin mash-up of sex dripping punk on “Rorschack,” which festers like a wounded lover. By the way, what a twisted, bad breathed play on words (Roar shack, Rorschach). It’s primitive, orgiastic, dinosaur funk for the thriftsore hipsters. Meanwhile, “The Shakes” begins with a drum part almost identical to Gun Club’s “Watermelon Man,” while it insists that the singer is the one that “should have died…” It’s a devolution, slow and magnetic, lumbering and limber, heavy-handed, dramatic and groomed, yet also deliriously raw and uncooked. It’s a balance that is so hard to pull off that few try, without succumbing to Interpol art house pose, fakeloric rural rituals, or Nick Cave goth blues hexes. There’s a stylized, monstrous beauty here." Left of the Dial

"Many EPs suffer from “wanting more” syndrome, but this one is made even more infuriating on this front by the two non-songs. What you do get on Secret Secret Secret Singles is absolutely thrilling, though, and it will leave you not just wanting more, but begging for it. " DOA

"The straddling-the-line-between-lo-and-no-fi fuzzed-out blues-inspired duo-rock of Boy/Girl interprets what the JSBX would have been like on downers." 3HivePick (http://www.3hive.com/)

"It seems the indie rock Friday we've been trying to keep afloat lives to see another week...and in a big big way. Today's featured duo are an incredible exercise in both reckless noise rock and minimal needs where bells and whistles are concerned. Plenty of you might make an obvious initial comparison to a certain Jon Spencer project (minus the cheesy ego), just as I first did. That might be a result of them using the same Manhattan practice basement many of Spencer's previous bands and related artists inhabited at one time or another. That likeness quickly faded as the vocals kicked me in the stomach" 4casey4music - Listening Room (http://milkmilk-lemonade.blogspot.com)

“Rorshack” is more upbeat, which meshes well with Stiner’s impassioned voice. The emphasis on guitar and sparse instrumentation make it sound a lot like a slightly deranged White Stripes song. Cusack might actually be a more interesting drummer than Meg White, but Boy/Girl clearly can’t match the Stripes’ deft riffs." Daily Tarheal

"The New York-area duo Boy/Girl is a guitar/drums outfit that's all about contradictions--they're straightforward but spazzy, messy but stripped-down." Idolator

"...unexpected patterns across the complete span of the drum kit to give this two piece a head-scratching appeal that alternately challenges and charms in a tense exchange with the listener." The Deli Magazine (http://www.thedelimagazine.com)

"L.A.'s aptly named duo Boy/Girl hate comparisons to the White Stripes, and it's understandable why: Aside from the gender breakdown of the band, the similarities are few. Sure, the girl (Lisa Cusack) plays drums while the boy (Eric Stiner) sings and plays guitar, but the two prefer to inject throat-ripping vocals and no-wave rhythms into their blues redux, thank you very much. The duo is all intensity, smashing drums and cacophonous guitars. DC9

This is a very short EP consisting of five tracks ("Alcohol and Certain Medications," "The Shakes," "Stare to the Sun," "Kill Kill Kill," "Rorshack"). Boy/Girl is the duo consisting of Eric Stiner and Lisa Cusack. The songs on this EP are noisy and gritty...and seemingly fueled by sexual tension and psychedelia. In some ways, these folks' music is reminiscent of Patti Smith's first couple of albums (the guitars and vocals are particularly similar at times). While the overall tone is rough and ragged...Stiner and Cusack provide substance that makes the listener want to come back for repeated doses. Hard to come up with an overall feeling about a band based on such a tiny initial dose...but we are initially impressed with what these folks are doing... (Not Rated) Baby Sue

"I often find two-pieces lacking in a fullness of sound. Of course, sometimes this works to a band's advantage, if it fits the music well. Such is the case with boy/girl, made up of Brooklyn's Eric Stiner (boy) and Jersey City's Lisa Cusack (girl). The word "spazz" or "spazzy" seems to get thrown around a lot when talking about them, but I don't really get full-on "spazzocity" or "spazzmasms" from them -- instead I feel dysfunction, but in a good way. So there you have it: dysfunction rock." City Belt - Day Job (http://citybelt.typepad.com)

Boy/Girl: An unfamiliar name. Mid-tempo, fairly arty, slightly noisy indie rock. I want to say that if it was the mid to late ‘90s, and Sub Pop was based in Hoboken or Jersey City, this band would be on that label. Razor Cake
Record Label: Ace Fu FB
307 Knox
Type of Label: None