Pretty Girls Make Graves

   
Artist: Pretty Girls Make Graves

   Genre(s): 
Alternative
   Rock: Punk-Rock
   Rock
   

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Discography:


   
 Live 10Jan2004@Toronto

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 11


   
 Good Health

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 9


   
 4 Song - 12 Inch - Vinyl

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 4


   
 The New Romance

   Year:    
Tracks: 12

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Named for either the Smiths call or a cable from Kerouac's The Dharma Bums, Seattle, WA's Pretty Girls Make Graves began touring the country solely months after the Murder City Devils, which Derek Fudesco as well played bass in, called it quits. During the summer of 2001, Fudesco started writing songs with friends Andrea Zollo (whom he played with in Death Wish Kids), ex-Bee Hive Vaults members Nathen Johnson and Nick DeWitt, summation Kill Sadie's Jason Clark. Their first release, a self-titled, four-song EP replete of bursts of energy and emotion released on Dim Mak, created sufficiency sake to land them a pip in the AP's "one C Bands You Need to Know in '02." In April 2002, Good Health came out on Lookout! Records. Miming the same energies as the EP, but in nine-spot songs and 27 proceedings, the full-length combined early Fugazi and a bit of Rocket from the Crypt, but made new. Add X-Ray Spex and Avengers influences coupled by backup vocals and a hard-hitting calendar method of birth control section, and it's easy to understand where they're coming from. Zollo resists critics' comparisons to Sleater-Kinney or Bikini Kill, because in fact, Pretty Girls Make Graves sounds nada like either mathematical group. Following the handout of Good Health, the band jumped to Matador, releasing the This Is Our Emergency single in belated 2003 and the full-length New Romance shortly subsequently. The band jell off on tours with the likes of Death Cab for Cutie, Bloc Party, and Franz Ferdinand, and after adding keyboardist Leona Marrs to the lineup, released Élan Vital in early 2006. A year later -- and after a last round of spring touring -- Pretty Girls Make Graves dissolved, as drummer DeWitt deceased and the set did not want to proceed on without him.

Yves Saint Laurent fashion to be auctioned off next month

NEW YORK - A month after the death of Yves Saint Laurent, Christie's is auctioning seven pieces of the legendary French fashion designer's clothing and jewelry representing nearly every decade of his career.

The items at the July 2 auction include a 1958 cocktail dress for Dior and a 1970s Rive Gauche camel cable-knit sweater trimmed in fox fur similar to one Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis wore.

Saint Laurent died on June 1 at age 71.

Considered one of the most influential designers of the 20th century, his creations - from pop-art print mini-dresses to peasant skirts and elegant pantsuits - endure to this day.

The cable-knit sweater has a with a pre-sale estimate of US$250 to US$400.

The Christie's auction catalog says the sweater is a version of one Onassis was often photographed wearing.

"What's exciting about the collection is that you see the progression of his career. He was a real style-setter," said Christie's couture specialist Laura Leyfer.

Saint Laurent died on June 1 at age 71. Considered one of the most influential designers of the 20th century, his creations - from pop-art print mini-dresses to peasant skirts and elegant pantsuits - endure to this day.

All of the items are in excellent condition and are relatively inexpensive because they aren't new designs and have been worn, Leyfer said Friday. "That's part of the appeal and it's what makes it a collectible," she said.

Another item for sale is a dusty pink layered tulle evening dress with metallic pink and silver embroidery, which Saint Laurent designed for Dior in 1958. It could fetch US$1,000 to US$1,500.

The costume jewelry includes a floral gold-tone metal and crystal stone necklace from 1990, estimated to sell for US$1,000 to US$1,500, and a hammered gilt-metal "ethnic" necklace from the 1970s that could bring US$600 to US$800.

The sale also includes pieces from other designers including Christian Lacroix, Thierry Mugler, Balenciaga and Gianni Versace.

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On the Net: www.christies.com

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