Why I never knew about the Yeastie Girlz until now is a mystery I’ll never know (perhaps because the late 1980s Gilman St. scene was before my time), but one thing is certain: Although they made their name briefly in 1988 with a mere single, Ovary Action, their voices are needed now more than ever. (And if not, will someone else please step up to the challenge, perhaps responding to Caitlin Flanagan’s articles? And, no, Peaches doesn’t really count.)

To get a sense of how marvelous these no-nonsense sistahz preach, check out “You Suck” (a collaboration with Consolidated), which spells out the gender divide in explicit and quite necessary detail.

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Members of the late and great local indie band Beulah are still alive and kicking, or at least reporting news from former members as it comes in. And in Miles Kurosky’s case, there are some very interesting developments. It seems that Kurosky had major reconstructive surgery on his shoulder and is unable to play his guitar let alone lift his arm in any way. But that hasn’t stopped Kurosky from composing songs a cappella while rehabilitating. Kurosky will apparently be traveling to Arizona next month to make a record, regardless of whether he can play the guitar or not. I’m hoping there’s a happy ending to this tale and that Kurosky does indeed cut an album.

It’s criminal that it’s taken me this long to stumble across the covers of the appropriately named Richard Cheese. Anyone audacious enough to record a cheery lounge version of Nirvana’s “Rape Me” (“This one’s for the ladies!”) has my immediate respect. That cover (along with covers of Garbage’s “Only Happy When It Rains,” the Red Hot Chilli Peppers’ “Suck My Kiss,” and even the Dead Kennedys’ “Holiday in Cambodia”) appears on Cheese’s first album Lounge Against the Machine. It’s difficult to say whether Cheese is reacting to the doom and gloom embedded within indie pop or he’s celebrating the declasse environment of lounge. Either way, Cheese’s music is cheery, unapologetically politically incorrect and genuinely goofy — provided you can live with own ethical conscience while enjoying his music.

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