MSTRKRFT

With indie rock pedigrees and electro dancefloors wrapped around their little fingers, MSTRKRFT cop a thuggish swagger on this follow-up to 2006's The Looks. The duo turns to the likes of E-40 and Ghostface Killah to front headbanging tracks bristling with squealing synths and pile-driving drums. Despite the invocation to "Bounce" (the first single, featuring N.O.R.E.), MSTRKRFT's club vision is more about walloping heads than winding waistlines, channeling jacking house via rap-rock's mosh-pit. This record screams "loud" at any volume.

When an album cover pictures a fist made out of ladies' legs and asses, you know you're in
for some dirty shit. This Toronto punk–funk twosome deliver on that promise on their
second LP, which crams hot club jams with heavily distorted synthesizers and sweaty
house beats. Topics include chain–smoking, sex, why you shouldn't call people "dykes,"
and sex. Ghostface Killah and E–40 drop in for some uninspired raps; John Legen... More >