Houston Press: MYDOLLS WILL NEVER GO OUT OF STYLE
First festering in the musical mélange of 1978, when the death of disco was imminent and the blank generation sought a second life, Mydolls became the South’s ambassadors of artful, anarchic, antsy, and angular sonic territory. Borrowing tendencies from No Wave, darkwave, and year zero punk while forging their own brand of genre free meanderings, Mydolls made tunes that seemed spectral and poetic, unscripted and highly esoteric.
After releasing seminal recordings on CIA Records (Really Red, Culturcide), touring the East Coast, and appearing in Wim Wenders’ film Paris, Texas, which won the Palme d’Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, they disappeared into the black hole of history.
Over the last the decade, though, Mydolls have emerged from their mythic underground status to resurrect their unique style and gain new notoriety. Gigging frequently, revisiting their catalog, and forging fresh tunes that feel as ambitious, haunting, and unhinged as ever, they have just released the album It’s Too Hot For Revolution, were recently inducted into the Houston Music Hall of Fame, and forged friendships with other vanguard ladypunk units like Frightwig and the Avengers.
An Interview With Mydolls: Houston Femme Punk Pioneers
