Mika Miko - 666

Photo by Canderson

There's this blur of bands from 2003, 2004, 2005 where I can't quite remember where I heard them first; they just suddenly were part of what I was listening to. That's how I'll always think of Mika Miko.

Now, I know they made it to Baltimore sometime around then, playing with the embryonic Double Dagger in the basement of Charm City Art Space. I knew very little about them; just that it was this group of girls who played the Smell and they had done a record on Dean from Wives' label. So while I expected some super hipster shit (due to the L.A. connection, for sure), I was pleasantly surprised that there were kids channelling X-Ray Spex and Huggy Bear. They were loose and having a ton of fun, and it was no surprise that the next time they came to town, they were playing a bigger room for a guarantee.

So, whatcha got right heah is Mika Miko's self-titled and "666" 7"s, along with three live cuts for shitz and gigz. "666" was so named because it was recorded on D-Day, 2006. Not because of the devil. Let's make that clear. That's not to say that you won't shake ass and speak in tongues when you listen in.

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