Muscles
7 April 2007 :: posted by Travis
Omg. This is almost as exciting as the Daft Punk/Rapture tour. Muscles is touring with Soulwax on their upcoming North American tour. I know! Exciting. Too bad I have a prior engagement that I’ll never be able to wiggle out of on the only date near me — so you’ll have to tell me all ’bout it.
Muscles has blown up since the last time we checked up on him. He’s gotten some love from just about every single blog by now including some of the bigger bro blogs (GvB, MFR). And there’s a rumor floating around that Modular is courting him. Plus Soulwax. Place your money on Muscles… for sure.
This track is an oldie by blog standards. But so damn good…
Muscles - “Chocolate, Raspberry and Lime” (mp3)
Soulwax w/ Muscles and JDH & Dave P tour dates
Saturday Apr 14 - Transit, Philadelphia, PA
Sunday Apr 15 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
Tuesday Apr 17 - Hiro Ballroom, New York, NY
Wednesday Apr 18 - Studio B, Brooklyn, NY
Thursday Apr 19 - S.A.T. , Montreal, Quebec
Friday Apr 20 - Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
Saturday Apr 21 - Metro, Chicago, IL
Wednesday Apr 25 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
Friday Apr 27 - Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
April 7th, 2007 at 1.35 pm
No doubt this guys are brilliant. I’ve had this tune and ice cream on loop since it was first posted. Nothing like freddie mercury electropop harmonies to make me feel like i’m skipping through a field of robot daisies.
April 7th, 2007 at 5.02 pm
[...] I didn’t want anyone to get the impression that I was extolling the virtues of this Muscles either. [...]
April 8th, 2007 at 3.33 am
the rapture isn’t near half as exciting as the fact that sebastiAn and kavinsky as also on the tour.
April 8th, 2007 at 7.52 pm
no sat/sun date in los angeles? that omission is criminal. paging steve aoki and/or i heart comix.
someone buy them a plane ticket, to la and back and they can move his flight by a day or tow.
April 9th, 2007 at 10.10 am
i’m a bit worry about the show. how crazy can he get standing behind a keyboard by himself? no doubt i love the songs, but i don’t think he can capture that big of an audience in the states yet, i wonder how the v-fest went for him, he’s gonna need some new christmas lights for this.
April 9th, 2007 at 6.11 pm
don’t know — haven’t seen him live of course. but i don’t think “standing behind a keyboard by himself” is anything to worry about. hopefully he can still command a crowd… or hopefully he can learn. i mean — look at matt & kim. how crazy can they be? but they work it.
his song writing is brilliant. so if there are any hicups in his live performance i hope he can work it out.
April 9th, 2007 at 11.17 pm
he only has a 5 song repertoire. he plays for less than 30 mins. short and sweet. last time i saw him live, he said that he had one last song to play, but then realised he had played them all already. slowed the flow a little. but i enjoyed his show none-the-less. if you like his songs, you’ll like his live show. i did see him in an extremely small venue though. less than 200 capacity. it’d be quite different in a larger arena. have to just wait and see if it’ll work.
April 10th, 2007 at 9.24 am
Muscles enthusiasm is enough to woo crowds - big stage or small stage - of all sizes. He genuinely loves what he does and it comes out in his live shows. His set at V Fest in Sydney had everyone within ears reach smiling and tapping their feet - even though he wasn’t on the bill and was mostly unknown - and by the end of his set everyone was singing “Muscles, I love you and I want to have your baby!”
April 10th, 2007 at 5.37 pm
MUSCLES FOR TEH WIN!!! I’m doing my best to see that he makes a detour to Atlanta during this tour.
April 10th, 2007 at 6.18 pm
i am really really keen to make it to at least one of these shows… standing behind a keyboard is no different to standing behind a guitar or drum kit really.
April 10th, 2007 at 7.34 pm
for the win! muscles needs to tour more of america. for sure… that soulwax tour is way too short.
April 10th, 2007 at 9.32 pm
He is terrible…
it just someone paying $$$ for him on tour
i saw him at v fest and was laughing at how stupid and appauling it was.I heard the bumblebeez cancelled ???
and he got there spot.Oh please i want my money back V
April 11th, 2007 at 5.07 pm
The Bumblebeez canceLled on the vfest??? That sucks! I love’em!!! I’d be so sad if I’d bought tix.
Any news on their new album?
April 17th, 2007 at 5.26 pm
According to Muscles myspace there is a “TBA LOS ANGELES” on 1st May, can someone find out what gig this is?
April 18th, 2007 at 2.32 am
saw Muscles at Transit in Philly and he blew my mind. I was the only person there who knew who he was, but everyone there was feeling him. I was surprised by how good he sounded, I have no doubt that he will catch on in the States in a big way. Bonde de Role was also amazing, although their set was way too short. Soulwax was okay, expected better. I actually went to see 2ManyDJs (aka Soulwax when they’re DJing), but my friend got sick and had to leave, dragging me with him. That was my only regret of the night, great show, Muscles and Bonde de Role owned the whole thing.
April 19th, 2007 at 9.28 am
the muscles’ LA show is at Check Yo Ponytail’s 1 yr party: