The anti-folk, pro-puppet, pop music of Herman Dune.
Kimya Dawson
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Kimya Dawson’s Wasteland
Madame Bovary Among the McNuggets
THE NOTES ON KIMYA DAWSON that I jotted down this afternoon include Madame Bovary, R.E.M., T.S. Eliot, “Subterranean Homesick Blues,” and He-Man. Usually when I scribble adjectives about bands, I come up with words like “airy” or “cartoon-y vocals.” But Dawson is a different story. Her folk-punk anthems are fully realized miniature universes of friendships […]