First Post.

If Sleater-Kinney had a beatbox and a big gay desire to get you move’n on the dance floor they’d sound just like Lesbians On Ecstasy: heavy, industrial revolutionaries armed with relentless, sometimes spooky rhythms and soaring choral singalongs to uplift and unify the people. The best part of listening to them for the first time is when you suddenly realize through all the glorious LOUDNESS-“Hey, this is genuine protest music!” In a better world people would flock to arenas to hear these mighty anthems. It makes you wanna dance and write your congressman. And when they say “We are your friends, you’ll never be alone again” I believe it, like when Kimya Dawson says it. Cushy suburban kids yearning for street cred will want to be lesbians after listening to these ladies.

Think About Life are so good you want to be remembered as the person who first introduced them to your friends. They’ve got that basement fuck‘d techno sound best described as beastie or scrofulous with joyous vocal bursts that are just barely kept in step with the frenetic and skittering robot beats. Driving to them in my no-AC ’84 white Rabbit through smoggy brown afternoons of Los Angeles july, I’d call their sound “sweaty”. Plus, this album has the best secret song ever.

Both bands are on the amazing and canadian Alien8Records. Their site has the best deal around for folks who want to have the album art but also want to get their good time going on now: order any CD for postal delivery and they give you a free download of the complete album on the spot. Sweet!

Also ran: Who Still Kill Sound by Kid 606. The songs move so fast I want to crash my car. Only complaint: too long. 16 track + albums just encourage today’s decadent age of shuffle. Yr Inside The Smallest Rave On Earth gets honorable mention for funniest/coolest/best sample from a movie: Don Cheadle selling quadraphonic hi-fi gear in Boogie Nights-

“..Oh, I think you need ALL that bass…I mean, if you want a system to handle what you want-then Yeah, you need that bass…”