Holy Fuck

Sun., May 30, 9 p.m., $12, with Nice Nice and Grandchildren, Johnny Brenda's, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 877-435-9849, johnnybrendas.com.

by K. Ross Hoffman

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Published: May 25, 2010

James Mejia

noise/electronic/jam band

In a funny way, these fiercely grooving Torontonians are charting a course comparable to their long-absent countrymen Godspeed You! Black Emperor, adapting the dynamic force of rock to a radically expanded, streamlined, essentially vocal-free template — they bring a raw, pragmatic physicality to the minimalist, recursive structures of electronic dance. The results are sometimes majestically shimmering, sometimes seething like XTRMNTR-era Primal Scream or Rage Against the Machine (to cite two more bands that wear their intensity on their record sleeves) and, occasionally, as on new single "Latin America," downright sunny.

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