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Machinegong

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All my complaining about pale Gang Of Four/Joy Division knockoffs, such as Interpol and Franz Ferdinand, has come to fruition with Mahjongg: this is the real deal. This is post-funk boomboxing! It sounds like someone took the really rough early b-sides on New Order's "Substance" Disc 2 and polished them into a nice funky sheen. I love how the vocals aren't the center and the mix isn't clean. It's fun dirty jams!

I am very angry and red in the face that I missed these guys in the Green Room when they were in Providence. This is, unlike the review above/below (not sure which direction these things tack), something to be found branching out of music, an abomination that fascinates us, then we can no longer turn away from, then we learn to take it as beautiful. Don't expect this album to be a trophy overnight. I'd rinse and repeat. imply put and clearing away the rubs, Mahjongg are the grittiest, most organic, crazy loop of recluses (so I'm told) that I've heard lately. The progression in their songs, ebbs and floe (or flow, and Fela might nod in approval this being so thoroughly and earnestly "made new") works on you. There's not a sense that anyone here slacks or sleeps. I'm going to put their sound closer to A Gun Called Tension than Interpol, but no sound here nor there seems ripped from the other here. They can, after all, coexist.

This debut EP hailing from Chicago's Mahjongg has been waited for (with saliva) for well over a year now. Seattle's Cold Crush Records has enthusiastically released it, and the band is soon to embark on a major U.S. tour. Buy this so that you can say you had it before they were doing Super Bowl half time shows. The music is an afro-centric blend of rock, electronic, dance, and other forms of controlled chaos. The first track brings the hiss in, the next brings the...

THIS IS THE BEST EP I'VE EVER HEARD