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PERE UBU - Why I Hate Women
| DustedMagazine | | Hell of a band to critique, Pere Ubu. No rock outfit invests as much energy in preemptive self-analysis. While most official band websites are dedicated to overproduced self-promotion, the Ubu site hosts a labyrinth of FAQ files, addressing every possible hypothesis of its process and reaction to its art. Ubu clearly hates lazy critics and journos. Only a true obsessive could find something to say about the band that it hasn’t said itself. It’s like Eminem in 8 Mile....full text |
| | Popmatters | | At first glance this disc looked like a bad joke. Was Pere Ubu becoming a cover band that performed golden oldies from the past like “Mona” (Bo Diddley), “My Boyfriend’s Back” (the Angels), “Blue Velvet” (Bobby Vinton), and “Love Song” (too many artists too mention)? The first play through made it clear this was not so. The titles might be familiar, but Pere Ubu is in no danger of playing smarmy retreads....full text |
| | Blogcritics | | Over the past decade and a half, I have probably written a couple hundred reviews of albums by artists from Sam Cooke to Samhain. When the PR firm handling the fifteenth album by the formerly Cleveland-based new wave band Pere Ubu, Why I Hate Women, asked me for a review, I agreed to give it a shot. I'm a big fan of Pere Ubu frontman David Thomas, and his last couple projects have been right up my alley. ...full text |
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