there are three ladies that go together in the american indie musical landscape of the 90s; kristin hersh, tanya donelly and kim deal. all of them also go together with my favorite label, 4AD.
the first of them,
kristin hersh, formed
throwing muses in the early 80s (in her early teens). in the line-up were her stepsister, the second of the ladies,
tanya donelly. they were signed by 4AD in '86. in '91 their 4th and pure fantastic album
the real ramona was released, after which tanya donelly left the band. by then donelly had already started a side project with kim deal (of
pixies) called
the breeders. later that year, 1991, she also formed
belly, one of my absolute favorite bands. more about them in a later post.
a few year later kristin hersh also started to release solo albums, something she's continued to do. she also formed
50 foot wave in 2003.
here's throwing muses "not too soon" off of
the real ramona. love it!
also, here's "bright yellow gun" from album
university from '95. (no real video)
also, "your ghost" from hersh's first solo album
hips and makers. interesting note: michael stipe sings backgrund vocals here.
