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Concert Wed Nov 07 2007
French Canadians!
French-fluent mildly punk-ish rockers Malajube appear at the Empty Bottle this Friday. Originating from Montreal, the young group garners comparisons to The Flaming Lips, Sparklehorse, Super Furry Animals, and The Unicorns. You've probably heard their song "Montréal - 40°C" without realizing it on the Radio Shack ads that ran during the whole "Back to School" marketing time. Catchy to the end, their 2006 album Trompe-L'oeil has done much to push the Canadian band into the mainstream psyche of indie rock. Beyond their very alluring instrumental attacks though, I have to pull a stupid uneducated American moment and confess I have no idea what their lyrics are about--as they are all in French. Together with the Clash-influenced Jai Alai Savant and local act Light Pollution, it should be a rowdy good time.
Malajube, Jai Alai Savant, and Light Pollution @ The Empty Bottle, 11/9/07, 10PM, 21+, $10.
Malajube - "Montréal - 40°C" (From 2006's Trompe-L'oeil)