Artist description On these Chicago ladies' second album, 1-2, tough meets sexy, and clean meets dirty, and smart meets stoopid.

Instruments two guitars, bass, drums

Albums The Dishes (No. 89 Records, 2000), 1-2 (No. 89 Records, 2002)

Press Reviews MAGNET Whatever happened to punk rock? What used to be snide, political music has been defanged, transformed into consumable product packaged for resale at your local Hot Topic or skate shop. The attitudes of most of today's multi-pierced messiahs are as bright as a bottle of sunset-colored Manic Panic. So the Dishes are a small revelation: a brash, gutsy quartet that returns the snarl, sneer and statement to a genre long since co-opted. They're throat grabbing from the get-go, Sarah Staskauskas snidely inquiring, "Do you need sex to be sexy?" at the outset of the raucous, rambunctious "Fishnets." From there, it's a drag race; "Shotgun" summons the hey-ho-let's-go spirit of the Ramones, and Kiki Yablon's gutter-deep guitar gives "Are You Free" a violent churn and groan. But what lends the Dishes spunk and spirit is the way they champion unabashed sexuality and aggressive individuality. "Outta Sight" decimates a deadbeat lover, sniping "like a snake in the grass, you're quiet and fast." This sentiment is placed side by side with "This Box," a ribald ode to the vagina. By doing this, the Dishes convey the oft-missed notion that personality and sexuality are not two unique entities but are rather mixed and tangled up in one another. It's because they dro-kick the self-absorbed subject of "Are You Free" that they can make sultry advances on "Vision." Wrapping this notion inside vitriolic rock 'n' roll, the Dishes have all the ingredients for revolution. (J. Edward Keyes) ALTERNATIVE PRESS THE DISHES 1-2 Jerky basement punk that'll grind you up, spit you out and force you to lick its stiletto heel Rating: 9 Chicago's Dishes give spastic Wire/Richard Hell & the Voidoids-style noise the full garage-punk shakedown on 1-2. The all-female group's second barrage of attitude gets arty, dirty and snide as Sarah Staskauskas sings about her fishnets' catch of the day, ice-cream-flavored jailbait, and boys jacking off by the TV. She plays a constant tease, but this fast-driving, guitar-playing frontwoman knows her shit--she barks at dudes who think rock chicks are all groupies on "Girls Can't Play." The Dishes come on strong, swift, and sleazy, a powerful style that delivers a knockout punch on 1-2. (Jennifer Maerz) Kindred spirits: The Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Master, Gore Gore Girls' Strange Girls, Hellfire Choir's Hellfire Choir

Location Chicago, IL - USA

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