APRIL 21, 2006
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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.
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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. •©
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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
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