While the coded chic of their name and the costumes they sometimes
sport make me want to kick a baby donkey, Toronto’s electronica duo
MSTRKRFT speak the language of the body, and for that their sins are
forgiven. That MSTRKRFT (Master Kraftget it?) could probably kick the
teeth out of France’s lords-of-the-dance Daft Punk (those sissies) in
a dance-floor smackdown gives me yet another reason to leave those
kids alone. Their ’06 debut, The Looks, was a nasty bit of
booty-shaking hustle-bustle, serving up chunks of synth and punk
seasoned with disco and industrial that burrowed deep into clubbers’
decaying souls. Here’s hoping their next albumsupposedly due out this
yearis even grimier. With LA Riots and Lazaro Casanova. KEVIN CAPP
Listen to a sample of MSTRKRFT’s “Kylie WOW Remix.”
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Tue., Feb. 26, 8 p.m., 2008
