Tallboys

While it had existed in infancy at Oberlin College, Tallboys began in earnest once Aziza Wishnow, Vanessa Roworth, and Sheila Donovan graduated and reunited in New York City. And when the project finally did pick up steam, awesome rock star names were the first order of business. Drummer Wishnow became Aziza Vis a Vis, guitarist Roworth was now Vanessa Van Ness, and vocalist/guitarist Donovan was reborn as Sheila Sixteen. Musically, the combo drew liberally from the post-punk canon, marrying power-drill guitar lines to jittery bass and Sixteen's manic vocal histrionics. In Oct...