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The nineties will have their revenge!! Luscious Jackson are back in action for the kids, Cibo Matto's Miho Hatori recently resurfaced with a solo album, and heck, just this past weekend, emo also-rans Texas Is the Reason played a reunion gig in NYC to celebrate ten-year anniversary of their kinda sorta classic Do You Know Who You Are? Nostalgia for things forgotten is most certainly coloring the air of late.

Also on the revenge of the 90s/tenth anniversary kick: Scottish synth-punk-pop trio Bis, who disbanded in 2003 after nine years together, attaining momentary Next Big Thing status and winning over kids of a sunnier disposition with a bunch of releases on Chemikal Underground, Lookout!, K, and the defunct Beastie Boys imprint Grand Royal. Next year, Bis' 1997 debut, The New Transistor Heroes, turns a whopping ten years old-- which is about the age the members of Bis often seem on record-- and to celebrate, the trio will reunite for two UK shows next spring.

It all started with a post by Bis' Amanda "Manda Rin" MacKinnon on the web forum for Data Panik, the band she formed just last year in the wake of Bis' demise. Manda asked fans if they wanted to see Bis play again, fans (all twelve of them) said "hell yes!", et voila, Bis will return to tell it to the kids of London and Glasgow in 2007.

At present, there are no plans for reunion activity beyond the two shows, however Data Panik parted ways in August, so you never know. For now, however, Manda Rin will concentrate on a solo record, which, as she writes on Data Panik's website, will be inspired by the B-52's, Le Tigre, and CSS.

Adult-C Power:

04-06 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
04-07 London, England - Islington Academy