Peaches

A trailblazer since the late 1990s, Peaches transforms feminist humor and anger, hip-hop, dance, and punk into music that's unapologetically, intensely sexual and political. The Canadian singer/songwriter/producer/performance artist arrived fully formed with 2000's The Teaches of Peaches, a raw manifesto that used electroclash's DIY electronics to their fullest on its raunchy, furious, and hilarious songs. Speaking her lyrics instead of singing them, Peaches kept the focus on her messages of liberated female sexuality and queer identity instead rather than her vocal technique,...