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November 19, 2005

New Death From Above 1979 - "Better Off Dead"

Razorblade Runner posted an awesome track from Death From Above 1979's new remix album, Romance Bloody Romance, a few weeks ago, and I finally got my hands on a copy. Check out this cover from seminal Boston punks La Peste, who have a two great tracks in the unofficial Peel singles box set. Watch them perform the original here.

Death From Above 1979 - "Better Off Dead" (MP3 link removed)

La Peste - "Better Off Dead" (MP3 link removed)

(Yes, they are singing, "That girl's only 13, she ain't never givin' head.")

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awesome. Death from above rocks. Go Torontonians!

Posted by: MB at 11/19/05 9:35 PM | Reply
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yay! DFA fucking rule...check out Femme fatale too Jesse Keeler's side project

Posted by: Mr Wolf at 11/20/05 8:34 AM | Reply
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I like the Romantic Rights (Marczech Makuziak Remix) too, track 9.

Posted by: foster at 11/20/05 10:20 AM | Reply
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Great songs... one of elefant heads will be spinnging at The Guvernment in Toronto for the Casbys after party...

Posted by: Felibeli at 11/20/05 5:35 PM | Reply
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two new dfa 1979 remixes at http://callmemickey.blogspot.com/2005/11/mp3alert-death-from-above-1979-black.html

Black History Month (Alan Braxe & Fred Falke remix) & Romantic Rights (the Phones Lovers Remix)

Posted by: callmemickey at 11/20/05 5:39 PM | Reply
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dfa79 = metal for hipster girls

Posted by: kelly osbourne at 11/21/05 7:43 AM | Reply
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what? Eight whole posts before the first "hater" comment? Talk about losing your edge.

Posted by: reg at 11/21/05 9:53 AM | Reply
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Dfa fucking rules, does anyone know where to get femme fatale's 1st+2nd abum (as u sow, so shall u reap+ fire baptism)

Posted by: Conor at 11/22/05 5:18 PM | Reply
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Pitchfork hates it. Worst release of '05 they say. Clearly they forgot about the Weezer catastrophe.

Posted by: Trey at 11/23/05 10:54 AM | Reply
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give me a break. these guys are way over-hyped.

Posted by: nick at 11/28/05 6:02 AM | Reply
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Pfft, no they arent.
They're actually one of the best bands out there these days.

Of course, nothing beats BEP...
*cough*

Posted by: Lydia at 12/02/05 10:15 PM | Reply
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a bit late but the guy who wrote 'better off dead' has a new band called 'the xframes'
 http://www.myspace.com/thexframes  check them out!

Posted by: jameson at 01/03/07 9:56 PM | Reply
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a bit late but the guy who wrote 'better off dead' , peter dayton, of la peste, has a new band called 'the xframes'
 http://www.myspace.com/thexframes  check them out!

Posted by: jameson at 01/03/07 9:58 PM | Reply
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