"Pussy Riot prove the only professionals in sight: from their name, perfectly pitched to both shock and attract the western media, to their instantly recognisable look; from their message (concise bursts of feminist agitprop with just enough of a tune to pass as a song), to their method of distributing this message via social networks; from their initial punk posturing in interviews, to their pointedly academic statements to the court, which no less than David Remnick called 'a kind of instant classic in the anthology of dissidence'; these women, and they alone in this mess, know exactly what they are doing. 

Minutes after the verdict, the band released a new single, 'Putin Lights Up the Fires', exclusively through the 'Guardian'. It is notably more melodic than their previous work. In fact, such PR precision may even open up a slightly icky discussion of whether, in the meta-artwork that is Pussy Riot's story, imprisonment is an integral part". (aqui)