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Concert Thu May 08 2008
Make-Out Party!!
Out the myriad or so one-week sensations to emerge from last year's blizzard of blogworld buzz, "Let's Make Out" by the U.K. band Does It Offend It You, Yeah? was one of the more noteworthy. As a guitar-heavy blast of electro house hot-dogginess, it strutted, it swaggered, it stomped and shrieked a lust-choked screed that dizzily collapsed into borderline gibberish. Even better, it threw in a riff copped from Iron Butterfly in the big-finish homestretch and -- if you tilted your head the right way -- you couldn't tell if the guy was screaming "Let's make out! Let's make out!" or "Let me go! Let me go!" on the chorus.
But that was mid-2007, which in Webtime may as well have been a decade ago. The band's debut album, You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into, finally appeared in the U.S. via Almost Gold Recordings in early April. From the sound of it, the guys are trying to cover as many bases as possible for the sake of targeting the charts and mounting the airwaves. Riotous Ed Banger-style electro house/dance-rock thumpers? Check. Copious amounts of vocoderized vocals? Check. A few hooky, sugary pop tunes thrown in to keep the girls happy? Check. But despite all the obvious tweaking and streamlining, it's clear the guys like to make noise -- both in terms of playing loud and energetically, and, well, just throwing some odd or amusical curveballs into the mix from time to time. Plus, they reportedly trot out a cover of Devo's "Whip It" for their live sets; so how's that for pandering gravitas?
DIOYY are playing at The Mansion next Tuesday night, May 13. They're opening up for the rowdy, raunchy ladies of the Floridian crunk/punk-hop outfit Yo Majesty, who've brought the boys on their current tour. Lately, Yo Majesty has been wrapping up work on their own debut full-length, which is purportedly due out on the U.S. division of Domino records some time this summer . Which means that fans can expect to hear a good amount of new material mixed in with previous faves like "Kryptonite Pussy" and "Club Action." 2408 N. Kedzie. Shows starts at 8 PM, tickets are $13.
[video]: Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "Let's Make Out"
[video]: Does It Offend You, Yeah? - "With A Heavy Heart..." (live)