Mx. Bond's Austerity Measures: A Snow Job for the Masses

Having shed the skin that she/he wore as the front half of the punk-lounge duo Kiki & Herb, Justin Bond retains a mama-snake mixture of nurture and menace: part transsexual den mother, part cultural assassin, part offhand Cassandra. Delivering eclectic musical selections—holiday-themed this time—in a sepulchral rumble, Bond revels in shameless shamanism.