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For Aussie Garage-Pop Tarts, Life Begins at 30
Leanne Kingwell's Show Ya What

by Don Allred
July 5th, 2006 6:33 PM Issue 27

Leanne Kingwell
Show Ya What
Krill

Leanne Kingwell demonstrates how a (barely) 30-year-old indie Australian can
slip into American hearts and charts: with bite-size phrasing of issues that
both actual teens and aspiring adolescents of all ages (especially students of
Garage Glam Boogie) can understand, or think they do. (She also sold "T. Rex,"
her faithful '79 Chrysler Regal, and invested in good promotion.) Even "You
Stink" rocks, despite being pro-hygiene; in fact, it's especially urgent,
because her mom's coming over to meet you! Nevertheless, her Aussie accent
resolutely sands and sauces the (frequently four-letter) truth, braving love's
battlefield with a vibrant "Hero" in her pocket. The rockers here are righteous, like
"Can't Get Enough," where she rams her mid-'60s Troggs-trot right into
early-'70s headbang. The ballads, "More" and "Blind", are even finer finders and keepers, can even bring a brave little tear out of hiding---aw, look what you made me write, cut it out, Kingwell! Hell.

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