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Whatever the title Chateau Crone suggests, transplanted local duo Agent Ribbons have fashioned a classic meet market. Their lush, girl group vocals twine dark allure from cabaret jaunt (“Oh La La!,” “Grey Gardens”) to the bottom rock of Cramps-meet-Beatles on “I’m Alright.” No one else is singing, “Catholic girls with golden tickets come out grinning from the thickets,” so why not go for baroque?
This article appears in November 19 • 2010.
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