I was overcome by a strange giddiness that I had not felt since the first time I saw Nomeansno live. 88 Fingers Louie is one of the many bands that I loved when I was sixteen but never had the chance to see in a live setting. This concert marks the end of those years as this will be the last band on the teenage bucket list of groups to see live (minus bands that broke up before I knew them, like Operation Ivy).
Walking into Foufounes I could not help but try to figure out what the crowd would have looked like fifteen years ago when 88 Fingers Louie first released Behind Bars on Fat Wreck Chords. To my surprise it would have...
Upon the release of Crystal Castles’ self-titled debut album in 2008, a general body of critics frequently identified the Canadian duo of Alice Glass and Ethan Kath as the dark-and-edgy-8-bit-synth-pop-sound that would usurp the kitsch, uninspired, mainstream techno that had invaded night clubs globally. Crystal Castles were thus hailed the messiahs of dark-and-disturbed dance music. They were expected to nourish the jaded spirits of electro-fiends everywhere by providing these sonically-famished audiences with melodies that reflect a concomitant sensory arousal of the melancholic and the utterly sensual… you know… something good to pirouette to come sunset. They did not disappoint. The spoils: success and recognition. I now stand...
