Cadallaca is an

indie rock Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produc ...

band formed at a party in

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in 1997. The group consists of

Corin Tucker Corin Lisa Tucker (born November 9, 1972) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for her work with rock band Sleater-Kinney. Tucker is also a member of the alternative rock supergroup Filthy Friends, and previously recorded ...

Sleater-Kinney Sleater-Kinney ( ) is an American rock band that formed in Olympia, Washington, in 1994. The band's current lineup features Corin Tucker (vocals and guitar) and Carrie Brownstein (guitar and vocals), following the departure of longtime member ...

(vocals and guitar),

Sarah Dougher Sarah Dougher (born September 15, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter, author, and teacher. Dougher began her musical career playing the Farfisa organ in the Portland, Oregon based band The Crabs, and later joined Cadallaca with Sleater-Ki ...

of The Lookers (vocals and

Farfisa organ Farfisa (Fabbriche Riunite di Fisarmoniche) is a manufacturer of electronics based in Osimo, Italy, founded in 1946. The company manufactured a series of compact electronic organs in the 1960s and 1970s, including the Compact, FAST, Professiona ...

), and sts, also of the Lookers (drums). The three women in the band have adopted the nicknames Kissy, Dusty, and Junior. The band is often described as being an old-fashioned girl group, in the tradition of such acts as the Shangri-Las, with a feminist rhetoric. Cadallaca has released two releases (one album and one EP) as of 2012. The first, ''

Introducing Cadallaca Introducing Cadallaca is the only studio album by punk rock band Cadallaca, released on September 29, 1998 on K Records. Music and lyrics All of the ten songs on ''Introducing Cadallaca'' feature a Farfisa organ. According to Cadallaca's members ...

'', was released by

K Records K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington founded in 1982. Artists on the label included early releases by Beck, Modest Mouse and Built to Spill. The record label has been called "key to the development of independent music ...

in 1998. Their second release, an EP titled ''Out West'', was released in 1999 by

Kill Rock Stars Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and Tinuviel Sampson, and based in both Olympia, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The label has released a variety of work in different genres, but was originally know ...

. Songs from these albums have also been featured on two Kill Rock Stars compilations.

References

External links

Cadallaca fansite, with pics, discography, etc.Kill Rock Stars factsheet about the band
Musical groups established in 1997 All-female bands K Records artists Kill Rock Stars Musical groups from Portland, Oregon Riot grrrl bands 1997 establishments in Oregon {{US-indie-rock-band-stub