Today's Quick Mention: Leah did well in her first column, but
she totally forgot to mention KOOP's
raffle
that could net one lucky person a pair of SXSW Platinum Badges
(valued at close to one zillion dollars). You can decide whether or
not she should be forgiven.
I don't really recall whether or not Handsome Furs' debut, Plague Park,
was an effort that I loathed, loved or merely appreciated, but that
certainly isn't going to stop me from being excited about their upcoming
album; the song below is really just too good not to generate that reaction.
Sub Pop will put out the duo's sophomore LP on March 10. Enjoy.
:Handsome
Furs - Can't Get Started:
"The
juxtaposition of cold, metronomic, electronic beats,
courtesy of Alexei Perry, with the jagged, dissonant and
frail, broken or breaking, guitars of Dan Boeckner portray
what it is to be a human being at the bottom of the 21st
century." I found this on the band's Myspace and,
while I confess that it makes me laugh every time I read it,
I think that it's actually a somewhat accurate statement.
Although, to sort of cut out the pretentiousness, I believe
I would have just simply went with the word modern.
Handsome Furs - Can't Get Started
(Official Video)
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