Three things I learned today:
1) If you search for CSS on Wikipedia (the lazy person’s premiere news source), you’ll get the entry for Cascading Style Sheets. Because I am not an IT worker, this was like falling down a magical rabbithole to Dullsville. This Wikipedia result is the only thing about CSS that is not flush with neon-colored excitement.
2) CSS, the Brazilian dance rock band (NOT the style sheet language) have been rockin’ the pants off audiences since 2003! I did not know that. Wow, I am old. It seems like just yesterday I was sweating Sparks (the caffeinated malt beverage!) while the band toured their way across America with Diplo and a new band called Bonde Do Role.
3) No matter what the situation, no matter how far-stretched, no matter how much it’s no longer 2008, there’s ALWAYS a place for a Benjamin Button reference. This was first proved in 2009, when Kanye West dropped the name of the reverse-aging, alliteratively-named holiday heartwarmer in his verse for the Drake song, “Forever.” It was then proved again in 2011, when CSS frontwoman Lovefoxxx told Spin that “Actually, I have more energy than I used to. I’m like the Benjamin Button of music — getting younger all the time.” YES. Always time for an awkward reference to a whimsical film that opened behind the Jennifer Aniston/dog movie Marley and Me.
Lovefoxxx was, of course, referring to CSS’s continued ability to keep the dancefloors packed, which is exactly what the group’s summer single “Hits Me Like a Rock” has been doing. “Hits” is the first single off of La Liberacion, the band’s new full-length, which is set for an August 29 release on V2/Cooperative/Downtown. And in the interest of giving fans (in the wise words of Coolio) “1,2,3,4 (Sumpin’ New)” the band is now releasing a Dillon Francis remix of the track. CSS will also be touring North America this fall in support of their new album, so dust off your dancin’ shoes and get ready to reverse-age yourself to a freer, happier, more NEON world.
Dates:
10.01.11 - Vancouver, BC - Vogue
10.02.11 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
10.04.11 - Seattle, WA - Neptune
10.06.11 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
10.08.11 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
10.09.11 - Los Angeles, CA - Filter Culture Collide Festival
10.13.11 - Denver, CO - Bluebird
10.15.11 - Mexico City, Mexico - Curva 4 Race Track at Foro Sol
10.17.11 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
10.21.11 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
10.22.11 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
10.23.11 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
10.24.11 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10.26.11 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club
10.28.11 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
10.29.11 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
10.30.11 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
• CSS: http://csshurtssuxxx.blogspot.com
• V2: http://www.v2music.com
• Cooperative: http://www.cooperativemusic.com
• Downtown: http://www.downtownmusic.com
