I was a big Hole fan. I played my “Live Through This” cassette until the tape melted into a tangled mess. However, this Love train has jumped the track. The rehashed “Skinny Little Bitch” wouldn’t be charting save for Courtney Love’s name. “Letter To God” sounds like a spoof written for the not-Joplin “30 Rock” character Jackie Jormp Jomp. Courtney promised “If you live through this with me, I swear that I will die for you.” Instead she’s killing us with mediocre alternarock. – Ali MacLean
Hole is playing their first US show in more then a decade on 3/19 at SPIN’s annual SXSW bash at Stubb’s BBQ in Austin, Texas.