Death From Above 1979 is a special group in the sense that they manage to span two seemingly irreconcilable genres: "dance" and "punk." The result is a barrage of electro-fuck---breathy, bitchy songs about hate sex and ex girlfriends. You're A Woman, I'm A Machine makes hating everyone a blast. Where some would say that DFA 1979 is sell-out, glossy noise-rock--I think it's genius. The album combines extroverted and introverted tendencies, and brings us back to what loud music is all about: expressing emotion. And if in the course of expression, we have fun, all the better. You're A Woman, I'm A Machine is fun in a gritty, lightning paced way. Every song is different, every song switches up the cadence and unleashes a new tempestuous surge of emotion--from rage, to lust, to panic.
Even better? After a highly publicized, venomous split---DFA has finally gotten back together and signed on to play at Coachella. Oh hell yes.
There are also some damn good remixes of DFA out there, like this one from MSTRKRFT
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