Album Review: Crystal Fairy - Crystal Fairy

Everything about this collaboration between The Melvins' Buzz Osborne and Dale Crover, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Le Butcherettes' main lady Teri Gender Bender screams "This was meant to be!"

Recently, Le Butcherettes toured the US with The Melvins where an encore of Bikini Kill's Rebel Girl with Teri Gender Bender on vocals was considered the highlight each night. Her over-the-top personality is a perfect complement to some of Buzz Osborne's most muscular, instantly satisfying riffs in years, particularly on the low slung grooves of the title track and the bruising, howling Bent Teeth. We can only hope this isn't a one-off.