CSS @ Showbox
August 11th, 2008
| Thursday, September 18, 2008 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
Thursday, September 18th @ Showbox (Market)
Doors @ 8
$20 ADV/$22 DOS
All ages
Remember that catchy Apple iPod Touch commercial, ‘Music is my boyfriend…’? Well, the song’s actually called Musk is my Hot Hot Sex, by Brazilian-signed-Subpop group Cansei de Ser Sexy, or C.S.S. (the Portuguese band name literally means ‘tired of being sexy’). Their second album, Donkey, was released last month and they’re touring all over, including a stop at Subpop headquarters of course. Despite having received mediocre reviews, I think Donkey’s a hit. It’s a catchier and more refined spin-off of their previous self-titled release, which was full to the brim thrashy electro-punk-rock. Heavy synth, raging guitar, unrelenting beat, blunt spoken and conversational vox, poppy undertones, and plenty adolescent attitude. CSS is one example of Subpop’s more recent efforts of dabbling into refreshing new territory.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:14 am
LB said:
Yeah, people have been raggin’ on the new album. Somebody at the Stranger (I’ll give you one guess who) called the band “pretty” and “vacant”. I can think of many adjectives to describe CSS (fun-loving, bratty, party-time-rock-out-dudes), but “pretty” or”vacant” would not be one of them. I, for one, think Donkey’s pretty damn good.
September 11th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
LB said:
SHOW MOVED TO NEUMOS