NEW MUSIC & UPCOMING SHOWI have a feeling that Seattle's best show in July is going to be MEN, the new electro/DJ project of LeTigre's JD Samson and Johanna Fateman. Based in Brooklyn, MEN retains the feminist ethos of Le Tigre, but their music is beat-centric ala Hot Chip. According to a Le Tigre blog post, JD and Jo were both working on side projects when the group organically formed :
"hello you guys, As you may or may not know, JD and JO started MEN in 2007 as a DJ, Remix, and Production duo. After a couple months of touring as DJs they decided to start writing original material. At the same time, JD was working on another project with Emily Roysdon (from LTTR), Michael O'Neill (from the Ballet) and Ginger Brooks Takahashi (from LTTR and the Ballet) called 'Hirsute'. All of the sudden some crazy tornado whipped everyone around in a circle and the two projects became ONE!"
MEN has been touring in Europe, and is wrapping up their US leg of the tour. I haven't found a place to buy their music yet (let me know if you find it), but I found some videos that can help you get a feel for them:
Off Our Backs Official Video
Be Like This Live in NYC
and my favorite dance track...
Credit Card Babies
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