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The year's most enjoyable piece of agit-pop.
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MojoProtest music that doesn't protest too much -- a music with such a joy and wit to its outrage that it acquires a universality beyond its subject matter. [Nov 2001, p.98]
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Feminist Sweepstakes wants to be a terrifically fun album, yet with no deviation from the ceaseless politics and endless drum machine beats, things go stale.
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Le Tigre meld cheesy lo-fi electronica, garagey hip-hop, cerebral sound collage, and new-wavey songcraft into infectious, stripped-down tunes.
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Q MagazineFeminist Sweepstakes is a clever, catchy Day-Glo riot that anyone can join. [#184, p.140]
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Hanna straddles the line between cheeky and obnoxious throughout.
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That unholy alliance of punk guitar and drum machine now shows off the organic contours of "real" band interaction -- check out how smoothly they funkify with one another on "Fake French."
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MixerIsn't as ambitious or effective as the trio's genre-smashing debut, but it should still keep dancefloors and mosh pits sweaty all year. [Jan 2002, p.74]
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A bunch of hysterically funny, shamelessly political and musically intense pop tunes.
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Lacking some of its predecessor's musical inventiveness, Feminist Sweepstakes revisits similar terrain, but Hanna's increasing bitterness makes it hard to tell whether even she believes what she's saying.
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Alternative PressThis is still some of the most original, passionate and listenable music of the year, but the mood has changed. [Jan 2002, p.95]
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Feminist Sweepstakes does occasionally stumble.
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SpinThere are fewer miracle strokes like Le Tigre's "What's Yr. Take on Cassavetes," but these "roller skating jams" have so much certainty, its irrelevant. [Nov 2001, p.132]
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The WireIts infusion of HipHop drum programs, Old Skool electronics, rabblerousing calls-to-arms and repetitive guitar riffs is highly addictive. [#213, p.58]
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UncutThe catchiest lesson in sexual politics you're likely to hear this season. [Dec 2001, p.111]
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Here's one new rock record whose optimistic abandon is specifically conceived as a response to deprivation and attack.
Awards & Rankings
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Negative: 1 out of 6
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Sep 16, 2022One of their best albums besides their self titled one! I love how it goes from calm to crazy!
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WodekS.Oct 25, 2001Hammond organ and sexy vocals. Smart women you'd want to talk to. A triumph.