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- The Dresden Dolls’ Punk Cabaret
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- Beta Monkey release Drum Werks X: Punk Drums
The Dresden Dolls’ Punk Cabaret
TheStranger.com – Jul 25, 2006
The sloppy critical route seems to be to tag them as nouveau goth and while there are undoubtedly flourishes of classic darkwave and new romanticism to be found in their whiteface makeup and heavy eye shadow in substance they are far more indebted to their self-admitted alignment with the Weimar-era theater of Bertolt Brecht presenting themselves as clowns in the concept’s oldest meaning purveyors of ironic laughter in the face of the absurd destruction that we bring upon ourselves. It is perhaps because of this clownishness that they will most likely never be considered cool by anyone who assigns that label on a broad scale. As a result they have become a safe haven for the misfit mélange of theater queers music geeks and cosmic punks that flock to their highly interactive communally theatrical live performances turning the event into a creative outlet of their own. The band realized this sense of intense connection to their music and aesthetic among their audience early on and fostered the rise of the “Dirty Business Brigades” loosely organized troupes of fans who open the band’s shows by bringing the punk-cabaret concept to life with a variety of vaudevillian set pieces including living marionettes mime interpretive dance and general performance art. It sounds dorky and it undoubtedly is but that’s the point. Perhaps the most special thing about the band is their utter fearlessness in the face of appearing to be uncool and inviting their audience into a relationship where the very concept has little to no meaning or importance. The phrase one finds repeatedly on fan websites and message boards is “Punk Cabaret Is Freedom.
… : Pharrell LeToya Petty & More – News Story | Music…
MTV.com – Jul 25, 2006
The Sleepy Jackson are going the way of the Brian Jonestown Massacre. Leader Luke Steele has already dumped three sets of backing bands one including his brother and he’s only on his second record this week’s Personality (ne Was a Spider ne Was a Bird). Serj Tankian has given System of a Down fans more heavy music to chew on by putting out Bad Acid Trip and Buckethead releases but he’s toning it down a bit with his latest signing Slow Motion Reign and their piano-based eponymous debut. Silversun Pickups (Carnavas) Adam Green (Jacket Full of Danger) Code Red (All Aboard) and the Rosewood Thieves (From the Decker House) have something in common but we’re not telling. Joan of Arc will have you seeing double if their wildly experimental post-punk concoction doesn’t already do the trick. The band’s back in time for its 10th anniversary putting out a new LP (Eventually All at nce) on its own label and a retrospective (The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc) via former home Polyvinyl. Tom Petty’s Highway Companion is just his third solo album (he’s giving most of the Heartbreakers a break this time around)… Serj Tankian has given System of a Down fans more heavy music to chew on by putting out Bad Acid Trip and Buckethead releases but he’s toning it down a bit with his latest signing Slow Motion Reign and their piano-based eponymous debut. Silversun Pickups (Carnavas) Adam Green (Jacket Full of Danger) Code Red (All Aboard) and the Rosewood Thieves (From the Decker House) have something in common but we’re not telling. Joan of Arc will have you seeing double if their wildly experimental post-punk concoction doesn’t already do the trick. The band’s back in time for its 10th anniversary putting out a new LP (Eventually All at nce) on its own label and a retrospective (The Intelligent Design of Joan of Arc) via former home Polyvinyl. Tom Petty’s Highway Companion is just his third solo album (he’s giving most of the Heartbreakers a break this time around). Terror play hardcore but have a soft spot for hip-hop: Murs and Atmosphere DJ Mr. Dibbs add some verses to the band’s Always the Hard Way.
Beta Monkey release Drum Werks X: Punk Drums
Macworld – Jul 25, 2006
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