Le Butcherettes

Bosnian Rainbows have just announced more US shows and some more European & South American festival plays in support of their upcoming debut album release on June 25, 2013 on Sargent House and in Europe on Clouds-Hill on June 28th.  The album is now available for Pre-Order on Vinyl, CD and digitally on Itunes in the US and in Europe HERE.



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BOSNIAN RAINBOWS  2013
May 25, 2013 - El Paso, TX @  Neon Desert Music Festival
May 28, 2013 - Dallas, TX @ Trees w/ Zorch
May 29, 2013 - Austin, TX @ Red 7 w/ Zorch
May 30, 2013 - Houston, TX  @ HOB - Bronze Peacock w/ Zorch
June 21, 2013 - Schiphorst, DE @ Avantgarde Festival
June 24, 2013 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
June 25, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA @ First Unitarian Church
June 26, 2013 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
June 27, 2013 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
July 01, 2013 - Bogota, Columbia @ Rock Al Parque Festival
July 10, 2013 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
July 12, 2013 - Washington DC @ U Street Music Hall
July 13, 2013 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
July 14, 2013 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
July 16, 2013 - Hamden, CT @ The Spaceland Ballroom
July 18, 2013 - Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
July 19, 2013 - Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
July 20, 2013 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
July 21, 2013 - Columbus, OH @ The Basement
July 23, 2013 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
July 24, 2013 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Aug 02, 2013 - Cork, Ireland @ Indiependent Festival
Aug 16, 2013 - Groningen, Holland @ Noorderzon Festival
Aug 17, 2013 - Hasselt, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
Aug 31, 2013 - Copenhagen, DE @ Vega w/ Tomahawk
Sept 01, 2013 - Oslo, Norway @Rockefeller Music Hall w/ Tomahawk
Sept 02,2013 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser Media w/ Tomahawk
Sept 04, 2013 - Helsinki, Finland @ Circus w/ Tomahawk
Sept 06, 2013 - Berlin, Germany @ Berlin Festival 
Oct 26, 2013  - Asheville, NC @ Mountain Oasis Festival

The word “supergroup” can be a tricky term. It’s one of those words that has a habit of raising expectations, and that’s not always a good thing. Bosnian Rainbows are certainly an act who fit firmly into the supergroup category, made up of former The Mars Volta members Omar Rodríguez-López and Deantoni Parks, plus Le Butcherettes vocalist Teri Gender Bender, and Nicci Kasper on keys.

Considering this musical prog-punk pedigree, it’s no wonder how hard it is to get close to the stage of London’s 100 Club for the band’s headline set. This intimate venue has built its reputation on being the place where numerous punk legends, such as Siouxsie and the Banshees and The Adicts, have cut their teeth.

This proves to be a fitting lineage for tonight’s show. The low ceiling and tightly packed crowd give proceedings a sweaty house party feel. And as Bosnian Rainbows take the stage, cheers are hushed into near silence and the band launches straight into the sinister synths of ‘Eli’, the opening track from their forthcoming self-titled album.

The fact that the band have been constantly on tour since their inception in 2012 shines through as the four-piece instantly come together like a tightly honed machine. Rodríguez-López’s virtuoso guitar work fits seamlessly with the pounding beats and rhythmic synths of Parks and Kasper.

It’s clear, however, that the stage belongs to leading lady Teri Gender Bender. Having a name reminiscent of ’70s punk icons like Poly Styrene is no accident. Her stage presence is drenched in gloriously exhibitionist spirit as she dominates the stage like a cross between Alice Glass and Patti Smith.

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Teresa Suarez aka Teri Gender Bender the band leader and lyricist of Le Butcherettes and singer and lyricist of Bosnian Rainbows is also a published Poet. She will be going to Mexico in late April to celebrate the second pressing of her book of poems entitled “The Missing Carcass” with two Porrua Book signings - details below. 

April 26th @ Porrua (Mariano Otero) Guadalajara at 6:00pm.
April 27th @ Porrua (Bosque de Chapultepec) Mexico City at 4:00pm.

photo above by Robin Laananen

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Bosnian Rainbows will play their first East Coast shows starting on February 15th in Atlanta - joining them on all dates will be Marriages - you all need to see it to believe it, this combination will blow your minds.

Check out the first new album track “Torn Maps” by Bosnian Rainbows HERE

Check out a new Marriages song acoustic version Glassroom Session HERE

BOSNIAN RAINBOWS & MARRIAGES 2013
Feb 15, 2013 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Feb 16, 2013 - Asheville, NC @ Asheville Music Hall
Feb 17, 2013 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
Feb 18, 2013 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
Feb 19, 2013 - New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
Feb 20, 2013 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Feb 22, 2013 - Montréal, QC @ Cabaret du Mile-end
Feb 23, 2013 - Toronto, ON @ The Mod Club (Early Show)
Feb 24, 2013 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
Feb 25, 2013 - Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
Feb 26, 2013 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Feb 27, 2013 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
Feb 28, 2013 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe

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Born and raised in Denver by Mexican and Spanish parents, Teresa Suaréz (known professionally as Teri Gender Bender) has, like many, a bi-cultural identity. Her garage-punk band Le Butcherettes — which began in Guadalajara, Mexico — is a product of that identity, particularly the differences in gender expectations that she has witnessed between the North American neighbors.

Though Suaréz has toned down her stage show from the days of using bloody aprons and severed pig heads (she’s vegetarian, actually) as anti-sexism symbols, it still brims with the fuck-you defiance of a bad-ass feminist rocker. She’s aware that her sex and gender have brought “superficial pros and moralistically damaging cons,” as she puts it, but she’ll use any means necessary to elbow her way into the rock-and-roll boys’ club.

“I am not bothered that my legs have somewhat helped me get shows in Mexico,” Suaréz says. “I would like to think that my hard work at music, composing, [and] being a better person has affected my career. Funny enough, I know more men who try harder at using their sex appeal than women. Ricky Martin, anyone?”

Suaréz’s parents originally fled Mexico after surviving a pair of kidnapping attempts. When her father later passed away in the States due to a heart attack, her family moved back to Mexico, where she formed Le Butcherettes as a reaction to the culture gap. The band has since relocated to Los Angeles and gone through lineup transformations, including the addition of Omar Rodriguez Lopez on bass, but it retains the impassioned attitudes that Suaréz, still only 23, formed in her youth.

“There are so many flaws ingrained in our culture,” Suaréz says. “I was unhappy with Mexican politics and old customs that would insult my intelligence…so getting a shocking response from the people at the venues was what I was subconsciously looking for, even though I was against it. Nowadays I just like to look people straight into their eyes — and get an honest response.”

Teri Gender Bender is also in the new band Bosnian Rainbows with Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Deantoni Parks and Nicci Kasper.

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My hearing survived 72 complete sets performed over 33 concert outings this past year. I saw so many great shows that it took some time to rank the best. The top three stand above the crowd. Each could have been listed as No. 1. Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes gave one of the best individual performances I’ve witnessed. Without further ado, here are my top concerts of 2012:

1. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, September 7 at Wrigley Field - With stupefying energy, “The Boss” holds up a mirror to the country while rocking for nearly three-and-a-half hours. Surprise guests Tom Morello and Eddie Vedder join the anger and, ultimately, fun. (The next night with Springsteen playing in a downpour for an hour was something, too.)  

2. Iggy and The Stooges, September 16 at Riot Fest - Restless Pop and his menacing band leave the rest of the fest in the Humboldt Park dust with an incendiary performance, showing that punk is a state of mind.

3. Le Butcherettes, June 1 at Subterranean - Teri Gender Bender throws her mind and body into a mesmerizing display of self-expression in the moment. The breathless show challenges the standard expectation of a concert performer.

4. The Who, November 29 at Allstate Arena - Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey play Quadrophenia and their greatest hits with renewed passion and commitment in a performance worthy of the band’s legacy.

5. Charles Bradley, December 30 at Lincoln Hall - The late bloomer turns a lifetime of blues into a triumphant soul revue, singing through tears and sweat before leaving the stage to hug audience members.

6. Roger Waters: The Wall, June 8 at Wrigley Field - The tour returns for a victory lap. The themes of personal isolation and government tyranny found in the awesome spectacle remain relevant.

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Vive Latino 2013 has announced its lineup with Morrissey, Underworld and Yeah Yeah Yeahs headlining, with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, Japandroids, Tame Impala, and Silversun Pickups and  Bosnian Rainbows - the new band of Le Butcherettes frontwoman Teri Gender Bender and The Mars Volta’s Omar Rodriguez Lopez and Deantoni Parks amongst the acts surrounding the three day lineup, happening March 14-17, 2013 at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico.

The lineup is as follows:

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It’s almost too much girl power to handle! Before she went to Las Vegas last week to collect her Latin Grammy Awards (Best Alternative Music Album for Déjenme LLorar and Best Alternative Song for that same title track), Carla Morrison popped into the Red Bull Studios in Los Angeles to record some very special material with friends Nina Diaz of Girl In A Coma and Teri Gender Bender of Le Butcherettes & Bosnian Rainbows.

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We got an exclusive invite to the studio to come see the girls in action as they rehearsed and recorded the new versions of “Hasta La Piel” (with Teri Gender Bender) and “Dejenme Llorar” (with Nina Diaz).

Is Carla Morrison Mexico’s Answer to Adele?

And just as she’s savoring her Latin Grammy wins, Carla has made the two songs from this recording session available for free download on the Red Bull Panamerika site.

By ANGIE ROMERO and INGRID ROJAS (@rojasingrid)

Special thanks to Carla Morrison and her management & Red Bull Studios for inviting Teri to join this special session. CLICK TO HEAR BOTH TRACKS the other featuring Nina Diaz from Girl In A Coma.

About a month ago, the Warner Sound and Funny or Die premiered their outlandish new web series, The Gorburger Show, which follows the titular extraterrestrial host as he invades a Japanese news network and creates his own talk show. Voiced by comedian T.J. Miller, Gorburger has already chatted with Tegan and Sara, 3OH!3 and more. Now you can get an exclusive first look at the latest episode, which features Le Butcherettes chopping a big ol’ chunk of meat as part of the segment “Justify Your Band Name,” as well as a performance of their gritty cut “New York” with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta.

Don’t Miss Teri Gender Bender now on tour in Bosnian Rainbows - SEE ALL DATES