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Have you heard about this new thing that’s going on in New York? Well, it’s called Disco and everybody is talking about it! All the hipster music hacks across the pond are praising it as the most innovative, cutting edge phenomena to have struck the dance floor in light years. All of a sudden, it’s ‘cool’ to like it, because those nice folks on the scene at Pitchfork say it’s good. "Lush, melancholic, gregarious, generous, both precise and a little bit unhinged--this is... MORE
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[Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules's Theme / 4:29] Week-ending seldom rhymes with body-bending - at least not any more. In lieu of booty shaking and other substance abuse, mine was spent listening to "neo-disco" by Hercules & Love Affair If you're a wanna-be hipster like myself and rely on The Hype Machine, Elbows and other music blogs, you'll surely read things like this: "Hercules & Love Affair is a side project of Antony Hegarty" or "Take away his Johnsons and you'... MORE
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You don't need to be a mirror-ball diva or a platform prince to know that the one thing neo-disco needs more of is gender-bending mopeage. Featuring periodic vocals by millennial androgynator Antony (sans his Johnsons), Hercules and Love Affair's debut full-length is at once funky and far out — a delicate, dichotomous work courting decadence in the face of unwavering despair. On the dance floor, the beats are appropriately indulgent — with sweeping strings, heavy bass, and... MORE
