I Can See You All From A Mountain Away
A lot of fun has been made at my expense in regards to the one and only photo of me ever published in a newspaper. It just happened to be on the front page of the New York Times technology section and just happened to have a prominently placed copy of the Le Tigre Decepticon 12" in the background while I smiled like a giddy schoolgirl. It was four years ago and a weird time for all of us in the blog world, but what can I do, right?
The funny thing is, I was never all that big of a Le Tigre fan. I always respected what they did and even got down to their jams from time to time but never spent that much time with them. Their prominent placement in my record collection was a coincidence. ANYway, years have passed and we've all grown up a little bit and Le Tigre broke up and that was a damn shame. But then, out of the blue, JD and Johanna show up as a DJ team, blowing the doors off the resident hipster parties and generally reminding all of us that fuck, dudes, it's fun to fucking dance.
And then, even more out of an even deeper blue, they drop a couple tracks on our doorstep and wouldn't you know, it's not bad. It sounds like Le Tigre without a drummer and with less tolerance for screaming. Now we're not as angry, and we all learned a lot from that 12", back in the day. We can all sweat and twist on the dancefloor while they paint the back of our brains with their subtle social politics. No one is inventing new types of wheels here, but hot damn it's a lot of fun. There's a beautiful, sad little breakdown that slows the tempo for a bit, but then we're right back into the action for my last thrust. Then it's all over.
So what have we learned today? Fuck if I know. I know that they're going on tour right now all over the damn country. You should really go out of your way to see them. Even if they're playing at that weekly DJ party you usually avoid because you're sick and tired of the tank top and ray bans set. You'll get over yourself and have some fun while you're at it. They'll also be all over Austin next month where I will hopefully get to see them again.
I'm not sure when/if an album will come out, but the songs that are out there are highly recommended.