Aural States (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
... really are using sounds like colors, conjuring a broad range of emotion. Enough can’t be said of Molly Siegel’s vocal performance; Siegel deconstructs herself on every song, primally regressing her stance from upright to slouched to hunched primate to primordial mass of kicking-and-crawling-and-yelping emotion. Her intensity is one of her greatest assets, every step of the...
Aural States (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008
Photo 1: Edan Wilber Photos 2,3: Frank Hamilton I think I caught the words “Mai Tai” in the middle of “7 Souls”? It doesn’t matter, really; Ponytail have done away with words. Turns out they weren’t as important as we had thought. Singer Molly Siegel yelps and lunges across the stage amidst reports that [...]
Pitchfork (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
Ponytail's Jeremy Hyman, Ken Seeno, Molly Siegel, and Dustin Wong, whose diverse tastes result in a number of disparate song recommendations, nevertheless all seem to agree on the best two TV shows of the past few years. [Interview: Tyler Grisham] read more
Aural States (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
... in a way that made all this nonsense tolerable. The roaring gibberish belongs to vocalist Molly Siegel, accompanied by Dustin Wong, Jeremy Hyman and Ken Seeno (all MICA graduates). Although Siegel’s screams can not literally be translated, her verses have their own way of communicating. Lack of any “real” words leaves more room for interpretation. The voice is given a new purpose,...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Channeling Yoko Ono's yelps of yesteryear, Ponytail's Molly Siegel leads the band into a frenzied sonic psychedlia. In their glowing review of their album, Ice Cream Spiritual , Pitchfork noted: "It's hard to know how Siegel's approach might work if she were in another kind of band, but in Ponytail her voice fits perfectly." The band has thrived in the DIY scene in New York, but...
