Results tagged “newwave”

After a waaaay too long delay, the Switches debut album Lay Down The Law is finally available in the U.S. Their song "Drama Queen" ensnared us last year with it's stomping glam beat, sneering Dandy Warhols-esque verses, and it's over the top Queen-sized chorus. The rest of the album took the promise of that original salvo and decimated our expectations in the best possible way.

What’s impossible to write about last night’s LCD Soundsystem show at the Metro is just how many influences there are in James Murphy’s songs, let alone an entire night’s setlist. The lyrics from “Losing My Edge” can give us a little insight into just which sounds may be hiding in the mix, even if Murphy’s only being sarcastic. Disco. Industrial. New Wave. Funk. Glam. Punk.

Not much on sale this weekend, but there are still good shows to see and changes to be made to your rock and roll lifsetyle.

Last night, after being inspired by ourselves, we headed over to the Metro for The Sounds and Morningwood show to see if these girls really do just wanna have fun.

Having resigned ourselves to the fact that we’re living the 80s all over again, we snorted some coke, charged some bone-colored business cards on expensive cloth paper, and headed over to the House of Blues after stopping at the sushi drive thru in our DeLorean to see if our inner sixteen year olds would like what’s being offered the 2nd time around of the New Wave juggernaut.

You would be totally forgiven for being so over that whole neu-New Wave/Joy Division/dance-rock trend that has gripped hipsters from coast to coast for the past couple of years. We wouldn’t hold it against you. Like any trend, this one was kicked off by a handful of talented groups that were eclipsed all too soon by a deluge of recent label signings motivated by the need to jump on the bandwagon before the tires blew...

Interactive shows are often like the political rallies of the theater world. The presentation is predictably high concept, improvisation is mostly warmed over talking points, and everyone’s expected to cheer on cue and leave feeling wonderful. Only later do you realize your candidate’s flawed, his policy papers need work, and there’s no way he’ll deliver on his promises.