Shalini Chatterjee is known to many as a power pop icon, having led Vinyl Devotion for years and now playing music with Mitch Easter with Shalini and The Crackpots. But here she replicates the sounds of "Krautrock", especially Neu!, Kraftwerk and Cluster. Recorded at home and mixed with Mitch, it sounds very much like these bands but is also imbued with her pop sense. A fun listen! (www.125records.com)
Music Reviews | No. 32
S.T.R.E.E.T. D.A.D.
by John Baccigaluppi
This is one of those albums that took years to make, but in the end was worth all the trouble involved. In the ensuing time the band (the sister/brother band to !!!) mostly moved from Sacramento, CA...