Le Tigre @ Opera House, Aug. 25, 2002
45 minutes of pure aerobic energy.
Kathleen Hanna and crew played hard, played fast, and just played their lively and, at times, awe-inspiring power-pop-punk-beat-dance tunes furiously.
Dialogue and exchanges with the audience were high with amusement and insight into the minds of the women behind the music - their feminist and social consciousnesses really shining through.
Behind them a screen hung high with videos accompanying the music, the new zooropa, the images keeping speed with the music. Very cool, interesting, and jaw dropping in addition to the ladies on stage performing practiced dance manouvers in unisen. The retro-Star-Trek/b-movie sci-fi skirts and jumpsuits were also great visual queue of how cool these ladies can be.
The only complaint could be that the set was too short, but, to stand over the crowd and see that many people moving with the music (in Toronto no less) I don't think there was a lot of complaining going on.
Wail away, tigers.
A must see, every time, any time.