leave luck to heaven

we saw starfucker at spaceland last night, and while their twee-dancey behavior was certainly off-putting the quality of their tunes is undeniable. there's no reason for them not to be big, barring some FCC related complications. there are a lot of encouraging comps for the band:


(check out the footage from spaceland spliced in there. love that blue/silver comet curtain)


(mike mills as ever)


(hands down the best mgmt song (from when they were still called the management) i can't fathom why this track isn't being spun more often)


(picking an exemplary of montreal track has become tricky with their expansive catalogue, and i've taken the safe route with this one. all of their videos seem like outback steakhouse ads and their live performances are just too weird for words (live horses?))

i think we can safely identify starfucker's biggest influence though:


and just for fun: