iPAD APP DIGITAL MAGAZINE LOGIN WITH: THE Grammy Highs! Bon Iver: Exclusive SPIN's 5 Best New Award Tour: 21 Times DAILY Grammy Lows! Grammy Q&A Artists for February the Grammys Saluted SHUFFLE Photos of Music's Big '12 the Underground Night1 of 12 2 of 12 3 of 12 4 of 12 Artist of the Day The Shondes Most Popular By Gavin Paul Giovagnoli on January 18, 2008 2:39 AM Comment NEWS PHOTOS REVIEWS SHARE 0 0 Facebook Twitter 25 Winter Albums You Gotta Hear 5 Best New Artists for February '12 50 Best Albums of 2011 20 Best Songs of 2011 Free! 24 Tracks From SPIN's Best of 2011 Issue Who? Elijah Oberman (fiddle), Ian Brannigan (guitar), Louisa Rachel Solomon (bass) and Temim Fruchter 25 Best Live Photos of 2011 (drums) is a band bent on putting politics back in punk. Just a year out from their union in college, the SPIN's 40 Best Rap Albums of 2011 foursome caught the crest of a foamy blogger-hype wave without so much as a single pressed. Their self- released LP, The Red Sea, is out now. 40 Greatest Comedy Albums of All Time 125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years What's the Deal? Shonde is Yiddish for 'shame', or a 'disgrace', a concept of which they readily embrace, twist and reincorporate in their tales of queer and Jewish identity trappings. "Being something 'shameful,' to your family, to your culture or whatever for your identity or your beliefs, that's something that's pretty real for each of us…and a lot of people out there. But it's also an opportunity to reclaim that, be proud, have fun, Connect With laugh at ourselves and laugh off the people who make us feel that way," Oberman tells SPIN.com. When these four take the ideology to the amps, things fall in line with the queercore movement in which they have spawned from -- the speed-crunch power chords, a couple f-bombs, the call-and-response chorus (Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, Lesbians on Ecstasy). But the three vocalists (Solomon, Fruchter and Oberman) all Facebook Twitter YouTube Foursquare iPad have a deep Patti Smith inflection, that slathered with Oberman's fiddle and Brannigan's grungy leads, make GET FREE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER the band sound like the minor-key, Yiddish version of Garbage, wailing anti-downtrodden by means of mounful manifestos like "What Love Is," asserting, "I hate myself / So you can / And I police myself / So you E-mail: * Zip Code: can ...You don't know what love is." Fun Fact: Every Shonde holds a day job, in addition to promoting and managing themselves. Two are secretaries, and three work with Jews Against the Occupation. Now Hear This: The Shondes - "Let's Go" DOWNLOAD MP3 On the Web: More News The Shondes at MySpace shondes.com Hear Das Racist Rap Talk: Will these Shondes be shunned? on BBU's Fiery 'Please, No Pictures' See T.I. and Young Jeezy Literally 'Fuck Da City Topics: Artist Of The Day, Gavin Paul Giovagnoli Up' in New Video First Spin: Hear Hollis Brown's Raunchy You might like: 'Spoonful' 'DoYaThing' By the Numbers: Dissecting Gorillaz/LCD/Andre 3000's 13-Minute Song John Peel's Massive Record Collection Will Be Available Online In May Paid Distribution See All News 5 Best Cruise-Ship Watch the Watch Sic Alps Tell Afterlife to the Dreaming the Big Suites Replacements the Story of Prison Pixies: Hear Kim Dream: A (AARP.​org) (Briefly) Rehearse Queen 'Carrie Deal-Less Band's Conversation With Contest And Promotions 'Alex Chilton' for Jean' 'Bagboy,' First David Lynch Reunion Tour (SPIN.​com) Song in Nine Years (SPIN.​com) (SPIN.​com) (SPIN.​com) Grammys 2012 Recommended by Playlist: Listen to the Nominees Grouplove, Gary Clark Jr. Playing SPIN Post a new comment Sessions at Bing Bar During Sundance Login Fruity Rekyalicious Chosen As Readers' Fave Reyka Vodka Cocktail You must be logged in to comment. More Contests & Promos Post 0 Comments CONTACT US SUBSCRIBE ADVERTISE IN SPIN SYNDICATION RSS FEEDS JOBS AT SPIN TERMS OF USE PRIVACY POLICY Copyright 1985-2011 SPIN MEDIA LLC. All Rights Reserved SPIN and the SPIN logo are registered trademarks of SPIN Media LLC..