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CL Charlotte
Summer Guide 2012: Music
CL Charlotte
17 — What I wrote about Metric on eMusic.com a few years ago still stands: "updated, politically charged new wave with smarts and a mathematical precision that comes from Wire by way of Elastica." Likey? Go seey. The Fillmore.


 
Montreal Mirror
Femme cabal
Montreal Mirror
On the same night, la Elástica throws a post–wave/synthpunk party with the extraordinary cold-waver Martial Canterel (of Xeno & Oaklander) headlining, post-punk duo Spastic Joy and the debut performance by Police des Moeurs.


 
Drowned In Sound
"A lot of Japanese bands seem to be obsessed with being the new Beatles or ...
Drowned In Sound
Pitching themselves somewhere between the hard candy of The Primitives, wistful experimentalism perfected by the Boo Radleys and elegant new wave of Echobelly and Elastica, Taffy's sophisticated blend of sweet and sour guitar orientated pop has ...

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NME.com
Taffy - 'Caramel Sunset'
NME.com
Whether they know they sound like the best are nothing short of splendorous. The quartet write anthems, and they sing them like Elastica used to sing them. Their eyes are wide open and they want you to sing along proudly with them. Are you in?


 
The Irish Film Television Network
Five Minutes with... BAFTA winning Irish Colourist Aidan Farrell
The Irish Film Television Network
As well as doing all the Blur videos and Oasis videos and Suede, there were bands like Elastica and Garbage and Pulp. There was a huge energy and as each video we did was creatively different. So you had visually strong looking videos, then there was ...


 
New York Post
Play ball!
New York Post
Balls got their bounce in the New World after the Mayans discovered that the sticky, white latex sap of the Castilla elastica plant would stabilize and become formable when boiled with the juice of the sulfonic-acid-rich indigenous vine Ipomoea alba.


 
Isthmus
Surely it's Shirley
Isthmus
The harsh, ironic choruses of "I Think I'm Paranoid" may hew dangerously close to Elastica's pop/punk esthetic, but somehow Manson manages to rise above the second-generation quality of the music. Although PJ Harvey fans may disagree with the way their ...

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