The Faint - Tour Oz (ish)

Cool! The Faint, obviously BIG fans of Triplejaysus, follow up their hugely popular _wednesday_weview with a National Tour (sort of). So not only should you rush out and buy Fasciinatiion, but go along and see them live too. 

24th Sept -  Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
25th Sept -  Sydney, Australia - The Metro
26th Sept -  Melbourne, Australia - Prince of Wales

Come say Hi at the Sydney Gig

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I get ‘hit up’ by the guys at Modular all the time. Ladyhawke ladyhawke van she yadda yadda. But this teaser certainly got my attention…

The Faint - Fasciinatiion

The Faint return with their Eight full player released on their own blank.wav label. If you’re not familiar with the music of this four piece dance-punk band by name, you most certainly will be by sound. The Faint could be credited with the whole ‘dance / rock / punk’ cross over thing. Bands like The Presets, MGMT, Offend you, Yeah? (the list goes on) all owe a debt to The Faint.

Fame arrived early with the departure of Conor Oberst ( he didn’t even record with the band), and the grabbed plenty of column inches in the press. Citing Death Metal and techno as influences, it’s fair to say that The Faint persued a sound all thier own. A pity then that ‘Fasciinatiion’ won’t sound as original as it should. It’s as if they’ve been beaten to the punchline.

‘Fasciinatiion’ is a great album. The lyrics are sharp and occasionally acidic ( and we all know how I love that) as on ‘I Treat You Wrong’ - ‘I don’t mean to sound like I want a fight, but if you’d see it my way, we could both see it…..right’. The stomping bassline of ‘Mirror Error’ becomes becomes tomorrows earworm when paired with the uplifting chorus - strange in a song about hating your appearance. That’s the beauty of The Faint - if you want some great tracks with thumping beats and an edge, they’re for you. If you’d rather tracks with a little more substance than how to spell dance, the The Faint are for you. Thinking mans electro-punk. One of the best electronic albums of the year, a contender for the top ten for sure.

THINK: If The Presets were Greenday, The Faint are Stiff Little Fingers
READ: Their homepage and great interview
WATCH: The geeks were right Vid
BUY: Fasciinatiion at The Faint.com

Bang Gang 12″ - The Death Set 
Negative Thinking (Treasure Fingers Remix)

Friday - Yay! To help you get in the mood for the weekend those nice Bang Gang DJ’s have dropped a cracker! Wrap your ears around this little beauty…

And while you’re bobbing your head ( Big up to all those in Bobbin Head ) check out the new list to the right. A friend recently asked if I’d heard of Fleet Foxes. I gently pointed him to the June 4 review. But that got me thinking that you could miss a review easily - so I’ve listed all the _wednesday_weviews for easy browsing. 

Enjoy.
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AC/DC - Rock ‘n’ Roll Train

It comes to this: In a further attempt to alienate our loyal readership I’m going to heap a self indulgent love upon injury. I could have sat back on my laurels having successfully implied that you aren’t cool,  but that’s not how things around here work.

I need to send mixed signals, the corner stone to any long term relationship. (Even that sentence is alienating more readers still!) And the cherry to top this sundae of patronising and slightly sarcastic amateur (and getting more so) prolix?

The new AC/DC single - Rock ‘n’ Roll Train!

ROCK!