Mika Miko

In my search for a new wave of grrrl bands, which I’m calling protogrrrl there has been one band that I have been reluctant to write about, Mika Miko. It’s just not in my nature to echo the voices of many, it just doesn’t provide any purpose. But if I were not to include this band it would be a greater injustice.

The first time I missed Mika Miko it was at the Islington Mill on tour with No Age. I was pretty pissed off because I’d just missed Santogold elsewhere in town after the venue oversold and cut the artist’s guestlist. Stuck in the pissing rain waiting for No Age’s tour manager to finish filming them and give the promoter the guestlist. Months later I’d become disinterested with the band, got my kicks from elsewhere. Then a friend was putting them on at a rollerdisco and for reasons beyond my control I spent protesting in a bar rather than rocking out on 8 wheels. So there you have it. A band that typify a genre that I have invented out of sheer enjoyment, pleasure and assumed relevance have never been seen live by yours truly due to pitiful reasons. Am I embarrassed? No, I’m too proud, but I should be because without Mika Miko’s jams our lives would be poorer.

(This article was completed drafted on June 23 2009. It has been shown the light of day because it’s not a vampire. Thanks – BM)