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The Day in Rock Digest for 12/15/10

Nice to see Aussie one-man dance-club soundtrack Muscles back, even if the video via which we’re making his reacquaintance is quite an eyeful. Throughout his 2007 debut LP Guns Babes Lemonade, Muscles served his sharply distorted synths and happily raved-up house tracks with often caustic, sarcastic, or simply cynical lyrics. He took t...

“Mythical” and “cynical,” an operative rhyme from “Coquet Coquette” and a word-pairing that colors this gray-toned beachfront dress-up set piece Jason Miller-directed as the first video from of Montreal’s False Priest (presently under debate via premature evaluation). It&#...

Omega is a sharp piece of pop-rock, which pretty darn good for a quartet of rock veterans. And best of all, they don't come off cynical or jaded in the least. This disc falls short when these players put down their pop chops momentarily and try to rock out.