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Music: Rock/Pop
Hercules and Love Affair

When

Wednesday July 23, 2008 (8:30pm)

Where
The Echo (1822 Sunset Blvd, 213.413.8200)
Price
$15
Details
http://www.attheecho.com/?m=20080723&cat=2
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You don't need to be a mirror-ball diva or a platform prince to know that the one thing neo-disco needs more of is gender-bending mopeage. Featuring periodic vocals by millennial androgynator Antony (sans his Johnsons), Hercules and Love Affair's debut full-length is at once funky and far out — a delicate, dichotomous work courting decadence in the face of unwavering despair. On the dance floor, the beats are appropriately indulgent — with sweeping strings, heavy bass, and flowery accouterments — simultaneously complementing and subverting the deep boogie.

Andrew Phillips