So tell me about this Cansei de Ser Sexy...

i imagine they're very good live.

I was thinking about getting the album but the 'bog standard indie rock ' is a bit offputting.

You can download the single and watch the entertaining video here

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/37281/MP3_CSS_Lets_Make_Love_and_Listen_to_Death_Fro#37281

Yeah, but it's the Lex! Anything that doesn't sound like Ciara is "bog standard indie rock"!

'Meeting Paris Hilton' is terrific.

(that's not the best mix of LMLDFA. IMHO)

They are playing the UK soon:

2nd Nottingham Stealth
3rd Glasgow Indian summer festival
4th York Fibbers
5th Manchester Roadhouse
6th Leeds Faversham
8th London 93 Feet East, Adventures From Home
9th Brighton Audio
10th London Dingwalls (with 1990s)

(xposts)

Matt, there's the album version on the page too.

Gotta be willing to absorb a certain ESL quality in the lyrics & vocal delivery. More than occasionally goofy, even wince-inducing. But if you get your mind right, that's half the fun.

Stuff I like:
"CSS Suxxx"
"Let's Make Love and Cetera"
"Fuckoff is Not the Only and Cetera"
"Meeting Paris Hilton" (which really shoulda been called "The Bitch Said Yeah")
"Off the Hook"
"Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex"
"This Month, Day 10"

"Art Bitch", on the other hand, is a problem. Here the wincey dumbness gets way outta hand. I hate this song the way I imagine other folks hate the whole album. Forewarned...

Agree with Lexx that the duff tunes on the album suffer from their bland indie-rockness. More discopop, in this case, = more better.

And I love "Art Bitch!"

For a second I'm all 'Peter Cetera?'

when I saw them live I felt like they could be a decent punk(ier) band if they wanted to, but instead they are bent on being a shitty new wave dance band. (partly my own bias, I'm just sick of that style. also, singer's shtick gets old.)

'meeting paris hilton' is good but suffers from not being as great as paris's own stuff.

it's electroclash but...sweatier? less po-faced? funkier? i imagine css grin a lot more than any electroclash dude ever did.

My sentiments exactly.

The original version is great - for some reason they recorded a new backing track for the album, turning one of the highlights of the Brazilian LP into poo.

my liking for sonic youth is rather overrated really, it's not as if i listen to them very much. i just approve in general, and really like a few songs.

So stirmonster, did you ever have the distinct pleasure of meeting Marina from Bonde Do Role?

Dude, a) how can you tell this, and b) why does it matter?

The other things are fair enough, but really, who gives a shit how ambitious they appear to be?

sadly not. they played here a few weeks ago but i was out of town.

I wouldn't mind an electroclash revival! I listen to electroclashy ((c) Adam Beales) stuff a lot. I just got the new Adult. album, for example.

Art Bitch is a brilliantly rubbish joke. Especially the bit that goes "suck suck suck my art hole".

Lots of folks who've heard the original seem to think the American release ruins the song. Can you describe the original?

I'll definitely go on Wednesday if it's Aug.

I'll definitely go on Tuesday if it's Aug.

Another Portuguese track disgracefully removed is Bezzi, which is fantastic.

Yeah, they kept the Portugese rapping. Agree that it pretty much makes the song. One of the coolest moments on the record.

http://server10.linkonecorp.net/~canseide/wp-content/photos/mail_1.jpg

Just found them very uniteresting and not really that good at all.

I was very drunk during their set though. . .

absomalutely loving them right now! especially, it seems, the songs the lex thinks are rub. ah well.

did an email interview thing with Lovefoxxx last week - it's kind of bonkers:

Hey! here it is... these questions were great!

1. Who are you, where are you and how are you?
I'm Lovefoxxx I sing on CSS! We are now in San Francisco, we had two
days off which was amazing and tonight is our show! I am great! Every
time when someone ask me how am I doing I think of that New Order's
"True Faith", it just pops in my head out of nowhere@

2. How did CSS come to be?
Ira wanted to form a band with people she liked to party with. She
didn't think of "the best guitar player i know", so she just put the
people together. we all knew each other from seeing in bars and clubs.

3. Please describe the band to the uninitiated.
We are six friends and we want to make you dance.

4. Have you ever wanted to fit in?
Not at all. I'm feeling some kinda energy now that I use to feel in
the beggining of the band... We do know that this is the best thing
that ever happened to us. We don't need to fit in because there is a
lot of people who loves us just the way you are, you know? And this is
the true love.

5. What was the first record you bought, and what was the last?
First record: Was the soundrack of Romeo and Juliet, I use to have a
crush on Leonardo Di Caprio when I was 12. I don't have a big music
background, my father use to listen to a K7 tape of Queen and then
KITARO... My last bought was the album Mobius Beard From Copy.

6. Which bones have you broken and how?
Hahahahahahhahahahaha. I never broke a bone. Maybe it must be my half
japanese bones. Bolder and stronger, you know? But I almost got blind
once from being close to a helium celindrer that exploded. One of my
front tooth are a bit fucked up from crashing my face with the bike
and I'm full of scars baby.

7. If you could live in any country other than your own, which
would it be?
Can you ask me this again in january? Because by then we will have
toured all over the world.

8. Tell me a story about going on tour.
Every time we get to a new city, and it's a beautiful place we give
each other a look and we say "Who could tell?!!? Who would ever
tell?". In portland I got so drunk that I rolled in the bushes and I
got all dirty. I came back to the bus to sleep other wise i'd end up
doing shit. I started to clean myself with baby whipes, Ira knocked
the bus door and I went to open that for her with my socks and
underwear. She started to laugh and I wanted to climb a tree. I did
and end up falling in the floor and started to cry because I thought I
had broke my head and died. Then I started to laugh and got inside the
bus, put a t shirt on and slept like a baby.

9. How sad are you that Death From Above 1979 have split up?
I really would like to listen to brand new songs... but I got that a
long time ago. I read they were going to record the next album on
august 2005, and c'mon? It's sad... but I really like MSTRKRFT and we
met Sebastian in Toronto and he was so nice! I know he has another
band... I can't wait to give it a first listen! It's sad because they
had one of the best logos... (after AC/DC)

10. How come your English is better than many English people's?
Really? Even after this interview? That's sweet. Thank you. We all
learned a lot by watching tv: Beavis and Butthead, Seinfeld... Ana's
english is pretty much like South Park. Mostly when she is drunk!

11. What does Sub Pop mean to you?
A pumping heart in love.

12. How much do you worry about being bored?
What kinda question is this?! Hahahahhaha. I never thought about it.
Maybe I shouldn't!

13. Marks out of 10 for Paris Hilton's debut single please. Have
you met her?
Ana always says that that song is just like if Debby harry got run
over by a car back and forth than the tsunami hit her. Wich is cool.
We didn't meet her! I can't wait to play this song in LA, I think it
will make so much sense!

14. Festivals or gigs?
Ana says that festivals are like ripping a bandaid really fast. I
agree. I think festivals hmmmmm... We feel it in the bloooooood!

15. Dream collaboration?
Afrika Bambaataa! Beastie Boys!!!!!

16. When was the last time you threw a CD across the room like a
Frisbee?
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAH I LOVE YOU!
I use to do this all the time on my apartment in são paulo! The last
time it was just before finishing with packing the case! I use to
throw ugly free things I got from mail! Like ugly plastic dolls.

17. How would you react to people saying you're not being serious?
We don't care... We had to be serious at school otherwise teachers
would complain to our parents. And we didn't care back then, why
caring now?

18. Who's in your top 8?
Our friends Camila and Carlinhos, the 1190's, Bonde do Role, Sub Pop,
Slag Records, Peaches, Gossip and YOU! (see, our friends Camila and
Carlinhos count as ONE)

19. Cosmetic surgery – yes or no?
If it's going to make the world a better place, why not?

20. Can you imagine the world without the Internet?
BOOOOOOORING like living in an endless sunday afternoon when it's also
holiday in the countryside of Minas Gerais. (you should google it)

21. What's wrong with being sexy?
Who's sexier for you: Paris Hilton or Sophia Coppola? That's the
question.

also, their name is silly.

Many people say they're better live, but I would probably be arrested if I went to see them in person. The album is fine. Lovefoxxx is adorable.

(Also -- keyboards on album vs. guitars on video and live: the keyboard player quit.)

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yes my two faves right there, altho the single is great and the 'paris hilton' one is pretty good.

Lovefoxxx seems like a nice girl.

They are like all my favourite bands rolled into one.

the album's still an absolute corker, and having now seen a proper full gig i'm sure they'll be around for a good while yet, and woo to that.

http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3723

what kind of 'agreeable noises' was the grimey one making?

98 million views (YouTube investigation is ongoing)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N3OrZzPud8

http://www.aol.com.au/news/story/Numbers-dont-tally-for-clip/221741/index.html

This is too complicated. What was the Barack Obama part of it?

(Oh wait, last sentence. I bailed out early.)

Barack & Obama are two of the search tags for that video clip, as are iPod and Apple. But that can't account for all of those views either. (xpo-oh, ok)

god forbid anything besides the mind-bendingly horrible evolution of dance should be at the top

109 million views

this band I liked in 2006 kinda sucked

it did fuck all for the GO TEAM.

MUSIC IS BY BOYFRIEND

lol how to i shot band w/me and 6 hot 20 y/o girls?

http://www.screamyell.com.br/musicadois/canseidesexy_foto.jpg

2nd from R: HOT 20 Y/O GIRL (according to jhøshea)

MUSIC IS MY KING SIZE BED

new album already damn

CSS release their new album 'Donkey' this summer, but if you don't want to wait that long you can download the brand new track 'Rat Is Dead (Rage)' right now y'all.

http://www.canseidesersexy.com/

You'd think Lovefoxxx could do much better than "that bloke out of The Klaxons".

He's still higher than her in the cool list, isne?

Donkey leaked. Is taking ages to download (fuck Sendspace) but maybe someone can talk about it while I wait?

I just now got the first record and man it's great! A lot more hooks than I thought I'd find and a fair bit more variety. I figured "Let's Make Love" and "Alala" would be the peaks but "Music Is My Hot Hot Sex" is an instant hit for me. Yeah, what's the scoop on the new one?

The new one is an average indie-pop-electro-punk album, with some mediocre songs. Not very bad, but not too interesting after the first one.

"Music is my bitch house"???

Saw them last night. Tbh the first half of the set didn't really grab me, but I've always had a crush on Lovefoxxx and she didn't disappoint. She's an amazing performer. Lots of awesome costume changes. At one point she had a shirt on that said "I <3 kyoto". All the old singles were played at the end of the set and it ended on a really fun high note.

Sleigh Bells opened. It was pretty rad as well. At one point the guitarist and lead singer were thrashing around so much that she got slammed in the head w the guitar and began bleeding profusely. She got a towel and made it through another 2 or 3 songs, even crowd surfing, before packing it up. The towel was completely covered in blood by the end. A pretty hardcore show!

so there's a new track with... um.. bobby gillespie?

i haven't heard it.

It's a B. Maybe B-.

didn't like them before this song but it's rad

"Music is my bitch house"???

― kkvgz, Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:49 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark

What's the new song called?

I heard "Alala" the other night for the first time in a few years and it still rules.

New record Planta is a fun electro-disco pop album, not as ambitious as the last one so far but solid and funky, including a song that is half reggaeton and half dubstep. Damn I love them so much.

Just had a flash of 00's nostalgia

great revive

ffs

lmfao

Are they actually still going?

I checked their Wikipedia. No update since 2013

this shit holds up imo

Fuckity fuck I found out a day too late that Rough Trade & Sub Pop did a special 500 copy pressing of the debut and it's already gone.

Eh, if anyone cares, I was wrong. There are still copies available at the US Rough Trade site.

had no idea this was one of those "sell high" kind of albums.