Call me out of the loop, but I just read this.
Death From Above 1979 broke up. This band changed my musical life for the past couple years – their album, “You are woman, I am a machine” (the funniest album title ever) has pretty much been on constant loop on my iPod (and in my cd player) for a year. They were hard, raw and aggressively sexy – “Romantic Rights” was the best “get over here and fuck, now” song ever to hit the radio.
I saw DFA1979 open for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in Toronto a couple years ago, and their show was messy and ugly – just about everyone there, including myself, thought they sucked. But then I heard “Romantic Rights” on 102.1 FM, the Canadian Edge, and I was sold. Almost every song on their album is blistering, and you can’t help but feel beat up and used (in a good way) after a full listen. It’s cathartic.
Anyway, I believe both members of the band are still active in music – Jesse has been busy with MSTRKRFT, a disco.techno.remix nom he’s worked under before. His work with that project is OK, but it’s just not as incendiary as DFA. Oh well. It’s tough enough to catch lightning in a bottle once, so I’m not surprised DFA only struck with one amazing album.
Here’s hoping the guys the best in the future, and hoping their influence spreads to modern rock everywhere.
