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This past Saturday I headed down to our rainy sister city to check out Blonde Redhead at the Roseland Theater. I’ve been a fan of the New York-based trio for a while but wasn’t expecting the intense show the band put on.

Judging from their nearly two decades worth of albums, which highlight lead singer Kazu Makino’s breathy, ethereal vocals, I was expecting more of what my friend called “sad lesbian music” – which I love. But instead the band put on one of the loudest shows I’ve heard in a while.

Makino also came onstage in a Star Wars-esque mask, and since she’s super hot I’m pretty sure every trekkie in the audience got a boner. I personally thought of Diva Plavalaguna from the Fifth Element (If you don’t know the reference look it up, and watch the movie while you’re at it – Bruce Willis at his finest).

Below is Blonde Redhead performing Dr. Strangeluv.

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This article appears in Nov 18-24, 2010.

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Blonde Redhead got super loud at the Roseland Theater last Saturday

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
November 22, 2010

<h1>Blonde Redhead got super loud at the Roseland Theater last Saturday</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />November 22, 2010</p> <p>This past Saturday I headed down to our rainy sister city to check out <a href="http://blonde-redhead.com/" target="_blank">Blonde Redhead </a>at the Roseland Theater. I've been a fan of the New York-based trio for a while but wasn't expecting the intense show the band put on.</p> <p>Judging from their nearly two decades worth of albums, which highlight lead singer Kazu Makino's breathy, ethereal vocals, I was expecting more of what my friend called "sad lesbian music" - which I love. But instead the band put on one of the loudest shows I've heard in a while.</p> <p>Makino also came onstage in a Star Wars-esque mask, and since she's super hot I'm pretty sure every trekkie in the audience got a boner. I personally thought of <span id="search">Diva Plavalaguna from the Fifth Element (If you don't know the reference look it up, and watch the movie while you're at it - Bruce Willis at his finest). </span></p> <p><span id="search">Below is Blonde Redhead performing Dr. Strangeluv. </span></p> <p>&lt;object class=&quot;embed&quot; width=&quot;<object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p> </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container aligncenter"> <object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object> </div> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/blonde-redhead-got-super-loud-at-the-roseland-theater-last-saturday-2136615/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=18168&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/blonde-redhead-got-super-loud-at-the-roseland-theater-last-saturday-2136615/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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