Le Butcherettes

"The best act I saw: Le Butcherettes singer Teri Gender Bender is something of a stunner. She can howl, she can yell, she can growl the letter "R" into multi-syllables, and she needs little more than one ferocious drum beat to have her way with a song. And just in case you're not paying attention when Teri sings that she's sick of you, she'll do a backward stage dive."-- LA Times

"Le Butcherettes was the best band I saw on Thursday night, and also one of the best bands I've seen anywhere in a very long time." -- Jim DeRogatis, WBEZ

"Any band who rocks this hard and leaves the crowd looking this limp and sweaty - some even splattered with a little fake blood - deserves some sort of honorary prize." -- LA Weekly

Le Butcherettes are like the brilliant offspring of surrealist Luis Bunuel and intrepid rock icon PJ Harvey. Led by 21-year-old vocalist/guitarist/pianist Teri Gender Bender (a recent transplant to L.A. from Guadalajara, Mexico) Le Butcherettes bring a brazen intensity and playful, hook-laden simplicity that hacks to pieces all forms of pretension and excess.

The band's songs and wildly cathartic live shows have often drawn comparisons to Karen O, Patti Smith, Bikini Kill and many other female-fronted rock groups, but there's a theatricality to Le Butcherettes that brings a further reaching sense of mystery and imagery to the band.

Le Butcherettes quickly garnered acclaim in the Mexican underground music scene. The group's debut EP Kiss & Kill won "Best New Artist" and "Best Punk Record" nominations from Mexico's Indie-O Awards in 2009, and their outrageous and spirited live show captured the attention of both fans and artists alike.

By the middle of 2009, Le Butcherettes were tapped by The Yeah Yeah Yeahs to participate in their multi-date "It's Blitz" tour of Mexico. There, Le Butcherettes blew away the press, nightly audiences of 25,000+ spectators and even the members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs themselves, who demonstrated their passion for the duo, often dedicating songs to the band. Support dates with The Dead Weather soon followed.

Following a nearly legendary L.A. debut performance, Le Butcherettes signed to the prestigious William Morris Endeavor agency for worldwide booking, leading to US dates with The Flaming Lips, Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Jane's Addiction. Festival appearances in 2010 included the main stage alongside The Pixies and Interpol at The Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City and the Sonar Festival in Barcelona. Upon relocating to Los Angeles in late 2010, Teri recruited renowned drummer Gabe Serbian (The Locust) and bassist Jonathan Hischke (Hella, Broken Bells) to round out the lineup.

Le Butcherettes' full length debut, Sin Sin Sin was produced by Omar Rodriguez Lopez (Mars Volta), who also plays bass on all of the album's tracks, and will issue the album on May 10th, 2011 on Rodriguez Lopez Productions via Sargent House.

RIYL: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bikini Kill, The Kills, Screaming Females
TRY: #2, 3, 7 - DIRTY: #1, 11

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