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Sydney's The Presets Don't Quitnew

Since the band's inception, the classically trained musicians have been churning out dance-pop music with electronic proclivities. There's not much of a dance scene in Australia, so they looked to the dance floors of Europe and Aussie rock 'n' roll progenitors AC/DC and Midnight Oil.

Chicago Newcity | Garin Pirnia | 09-10-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: The Presets, Australia, Apocalypso

Ladytron is Burning Upnew

Once again on Velocifero, it's Ladytron's scathing lyrics that make the group so incendiary.

Chicago Newcity | Garin Pirnia | 06-11-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Ladytron, Velocifero

Does It Offend You, Yeah? Explains the Namenew

They needed a name for the project, so they turned on the TV to a scene from The Office in which David Brent goes, "Does it offend you, yeah? My drinking?" Seconds later, the band was born. "It shouldn't be about not liking a band because of its name," keyboardist Dan Coop says. "It should be about listening to the music."

Chicago Newcity | Garin Pirnia | 05-07-2008 | Profiles & Interviews

Tags: Office, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into, the