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  • Montreal Radar: Bloc Party and Holy Fuck Post-Rock the Metropolis

    By Richard Trapunski in Attractions
    Wear rubber, I'm about to effuse all over your polo. Bloc Party is a zeitgeist capturing, post-punk dynamo that fuses the greatest rhythm section in Brit rock history (thanks, Matt Tong) with profuse front-stage charisma. Vital, technically deft, absorbing, and riveting, the Bloc Party live show finds the band seamlessly roving from sonic booms to regal snail builds, and Mayan pyramid layering to resonant, sad-kid, weep induction. But look for the opener to steal the show. Brilliant Toronto-based blip and twitchers, Holy Fuck, play boozey sets to sublimely sweaty crowds. Like a non-electronic electronic band, the boys use live instrumentation and non-instruments (like film synchronizers, toy keyboards and toy phaser guns) to achieve electronic-sounding effects without the use of laptops or programmed backing tracks. This is a stellar lineup for a Wednesday night. The show takes place tonight at Metropolis.

    1 Reader Reviews

    The Bloc Party are overrated.

    1. Anonymous's Review :: September 19, 2008
    Anonymous's Rating: Stars

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