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They slink around on stage like stylish French debutantes, playing laid-back, bossa nova-inflected lounge tunes. They just happen to be playing songs like the Dead Kennedys' "Too Drunk To Fuck," Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart," the Cramps' "Human Fly" and Violent Femmes' "Blister in the Sun." Their last show at the Rio demonstrated why they are the coolest cover band in the world, as they flung themselves around the stage with various dance steps, and then sat poignantly on the edge of the stage, crooning punk and New Wave classics. It works, because for their audience, those anthems have become our torch and folk songs.
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