Isis – Self Titled.

I had a leave day booked today and was reminded of this album so decided to dig it out.

This 1970’s all female funk/rock group is one of the few albums both my partner and I own separately. I found a copy at a fair years ago.

Singer Carol MacDonald was unapologetic about her 2 loves on this record – women and Jesus. It seems the label asked her to mix it up a bit. Can you be less gay? Ok, how about a track about football in the middle of the record?

They didn’t hold back on song titles either – Rubber Boy and Cocaine Elaine to mention a few.

Isis were one of a handful all female bands to first sign to a major label, with Carol MacDonald’s first band Goldie & the Gingerbreads being one of the first all-female rock bands and the first to be signed to a major record label. What a ground breaker.

Despite all of this, little is mentioned about her or the band.

* The band name didn't age well. Probs not going to test hash tagging this one.

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Why Diet When You Could Riot - compilation 

One of my favourite records and one that is very sentimental. Despite that, I have not spun it in years. Was good to dig this one out. I've been on a bit of a punk tip lately.

This album is a collection of tracks from the bands that preformed at the DIY space Riots Not Diets in Bighton UK from 2011 - 2012. It's a cute little package with surprise feature of Jarvis Cocker throughout the record (use to go to the gigs from what I can gather), a cartoon of Kathleen Hanna on the label, cardboard zine about the DYI space and insert with snippets about the bands all packed by the DIY label Tough Enuff. It includes early singles by Trash Kit who were one of my favourite post punk revival acts of that era, Skinny Girl Diet and many others. I use to play tracks from this comp a lot on our radio show. 

I bought this at a time when we were going to lots of DIY punk shows in Tarntanya / Adelaide at Animal House (now something different) and Mad Mouse Alley (RIP). After years of not going to gigs because the only local shows playing in my local area were white men in pubs noodling on guitars, it was incredibly refreshing to have these DIY spaces and sounds. 

In the current political climate queer punk DIY spaces are needed more then ever right now. 

Keep On Rioting. ✊️

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