Results tagged “scissor”

Freshly atoned and ready to face the world, I bring forth the review of last week’s Scissor Sisters Shrine appearance.. Let’s start with a tip of the hat and heaping plate of kudos to the crack security team. A+ for excessive paranoia, but D- for negligent handbag-cavity search. The mondo satchel strapped across my bod like Rambo could have easily been packing heat (bringing “death before disco” to new and terrifying heights). But they...

“Ta Dah,” the sophomore studio album by our favorite disco sympathizers, Scissor Sisters, is a transcendent, gold lamé dancefest with thumpy and dazzling momentum that’ll give even the stodgiest fuddy-duddies a kick in the pants. Dead-on-balls-accurate bass playing, melodies catchy like the herpes, and enough “homage” to fuel a thousand hustles, this polished and plucky record reads like a hazy, anthemic lullaby for the lubed. The flaxen five (Jake Shears, Babydaddy, Ana Matronic, Del...