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APRIL 21, 2006 lUStjOUt 43 Out of the Box Dyke-led band rises up from Down Under esbian songstress Mishka’s voice has been described as a “cyborg Minnie Ripperton.” Rut on Glovebox's self-titled U.S. debut alburn, the Australian band resembles a I hodgepodge of artists—Macy Gray (“Superstar”), Moby (“In the End”) and Garbage (“$10 Whore”)—adding its own original, sexy, trip hop flavor to each track. This diverse sound makes sense coming from a woman who grew up in Queensland with a Hungarian father and Cyprian mother. Mishka also lived in London for a spell, “learning and experi encing and listening to a lot of music and writing a lot of music, just being somewhere else.” She spoke to me from Melbourne a few days before jetting across the globe for Glovebox’s state side debut. * Jim's Closet BY JIM RADOSTA just wasn’t right. And we knew about this really cool chick drummer, and 1 thought she’d just total ly fit. So Grainger and 1 had big chats—it was such a big deal to change drummers after Peter being in it for so long. As soon as we got Sair— you know when it just feels like magic? It was the right thing to do. And she’s mag ic. She’s a magic person. Great karma. Great personality. Fits in perfectly. It’s a family, which 1 think is really important. JR: You guys describe your sound as “electrorganic.” How do you see that evolving? M: We’ve started working on the next album, which is great. It’s different but the same. It’s got the same elements, but we’re totally moving somewhere else. •© J G lovebox makes a free in-store appearance 5p.m. Ajml 28 at Music Millennium, 801 N.W. 23rd Ave., Mishka (left) has been working with producer/arranger followed by a performance with Climber, Grainger K. Lock (right) for 10 years. Trespassers William and Solar Powered People 9 p.m. at Holocene, 1001 S.E. Morrison St. Jim Radosta: How would you describe your Cover is $7. working relationship with your collaborator, Grainger K. Lock? Mishka: We get along like brother and sister. Arts and Culture Editor JlM R aixìsta needs your [When we met] we fought like cat and dog. This is feedback. Write to jim@justout.com. what you need for a good songwriting team. I would THE TOP SHELF say he’s my whole soulmate because he knows how to press my buttons—and 1 know how to press his. Grab your datebooks, because the Mount Rushmore of lesbian legends will be hitting JR: What can people expect from a live the Oregon concert circuit this summer. Glovebox experience as opposed to what they First qp, just one week after Portland Pride, is hear on the disc? Melissa Etheridge, fresh from her successful battle M: I just want them to feel the energy of the with breast cancer and eagerly awaiting the arrival of band and have a great time. It’s funny—1 have no twins. (See Page 17.) The show starts 8 p.m, June 24 idea what the venues are really like and what the at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 S.W. people are like. They say that, you know, everybody Broadway. Tickets are $35-$ 100 from Ticketmaster. in America has a good time. The Indigo Girls are touring behind their new collection Rarities, featuring covers of The Clash’s JR: How old were you when you first realized “Clampdown,” Elton John’s “Mona Lisas and Mad your were gay? Hatters” and The Grateful Dead’s “Uncle John’s M: Oh my God, I’ve always been gay! [Laughs] Band.” Singer/songwriter/guitarists Amy Ray and 1 remember when 1 was young and at schixil going, Emily Saliers take to the stage 7 p.m. July 1 at the “God, she’s cute, but no, I can’t think that, it’s not Oregon Zoo, 4001 S.W. Canyon Road. Tickets are right.” Probably 13—when you start thinking but $26 from TicketsWest. Then they’ll head south to you don’t know. I was playing dnims, and one of the Eugene for a gig 6 p.m. July 3 at Secret House girls in the band came out and said, “I'm gay,” and I Vineyard, 88324 Vineyard Lane. Tickets are $36 at thought, “Oh, wow, how cool!” And then it just rhe dodi or $33 in advance from Ticketmaster. went from there and it was OK. After a sold-out performance in 2003, k.d. lang returns to the Britt Pavilion in Jacksonville at JR: Glovebox recently switched drummers. 7:30 p.m. Aug. 27. Tickets, which go on sale May 8, What happened? are $25-$57 from www.brittfest.org. © M: Peter was an awesome jazz musician, but it Jan Stuart, NfWSDAY "EDITOR'S PICK! 'SUMMER STORM HAS CHARM TO BURN!" Alonso Durolde THf ADVOCATf "EROTIC • DEEPLY MOVING REFRESHING" 11 Gary M. Kramer, GAY CITY HIWS "PERFECT! ENCHANTING!" KK. THf MIAMI HfKAlD /»ST FEATURf ■ MELBOURNE OUEER % FILM FESTIVAL J summer storm life happens without warnin -„y- mr.’Avn’.Z'.' Hiufur |______ . WÍ*". - » ** summerstorm-fhemovie.com "JS ...... ™ — STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 21 st ! & hereQ HOLLYWOOD THEATRE 41st Avenue At NE Sandy Blvd, Portland (5031 281-4215 M C*<tt ’HtA-Hi ««crows MtMW Now available on Comcast Digital Cable On Demand, DISH Network Ch 537, and DirecTV Ch 599 (Tues 3PM-3 AM) heretvcom
