one if by land...two if by 80s influence and NME.

remember when you got that feeling...down there...and how you knew that something was...up.
it's happened a few times before (i.e. the Strokes...then Franz Ferdinand...then Arcade Fire,) and as I manically go about searching for new music, new bands, etc. i've noticed that the horizon is changing...musically that is. and thank god emo is no where in site.

seriously, i'm not a religious man, but thank you Jesus!

is this an upheaval in which our friends up north (O! Canada) are to be dethrowned because the Peasantry have added a dance beat and horizontal stripes? are the britts invading via neons and sirens? New Order ala Echo and the Bunnymen aka 24 Party People who are born slippy listening to Moby's Go? And is their big sister Debbie Harry who we never got over on prom night?

I'm apprehensive to jump on the band wagon so quickly and call it "Nu-Rave" (though I like this term very much) but I have to admit, the whole nu-new wave movement (which i've been enjoying from the get-go) is shifting directions. it's hard to explain, but i can sense it. the music i'm finding (and loving) suddenly has a different feel to it.

latel i hear something, and am constantly taken aback. my eyes widen and my head says "hello...you hearin' this?" there's something different.

it's like going to a different city and drinking their tap water...and liking it.

regardless, it's still indie. it's not on the radio, the kids in public school aren't listening to it, and the critics have yet to catch on. which is all fine by me. it means show tickets will remain inexpensive and within my grasp (fuck you ticketmaster.)

it's what the 80s had in mind, but the 90s achieved...without this decade calling Gen-X'ers sell outs. which they are.

it's all that, rolled into an organic-eco-friendly-whole-wheat tortilla. my friends...this causes a stirring in my loins.
and i can't help myself but to take my hands and stick 'em down my pants...that's how happy this makes me.

for example...check this: