This album was always going to get panned; daft Brazilian indie dance combo CSS have gone and done what both the people who liked them and the people who didn’t could get pissed with - they started taking the whole music thing seriously.

Thousands of little indie types took CSS to their hearts because they were quirky, pretty short on talent, funny looking and easy to dance to if you can’t dance. There was a bit of attitude, a lot of energy, a complete lack of polish and people fell easily into love and hate sides - Marmite bands are always onto a winner. Add the fact people thought they’d in some way ‘discovered’ them (that was, you know, Sub Pop, and then Xfm et al, I’m afraid, not you, grubby teen internet nerd) and you had an instant cult band - made all the better by their willingness to tour relentlessly and play any tent in a muddy field they could find. Continue Reading

Fresh from the release of Donkey, the followup to 2006’s debut Cansei De Ser Sexy, CSS will take their new longplayer out on a road for its first full UK tour this October:

October
05 - Leadmill, Sheffield
06 - Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London
07 - Waterfront, Norwich
09 - Kasbah, Coventry
10 - Academy 2, Manchester
12 - Liquid Room, Edinburgh
13 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
14 - Thekla, Bristol
15 - Concorde, Brighton

Fans will be able to buy tickets early via the band’s myspace / website from 9am Wednesday 23rd July.  Tickets go on general sale from 9am Friday 25th July.

CSS have been trekking up and down the country this month on their Christmas tour. A grandiose way to end what has been a fantastic year for them. With a stage garnered with Christmas trees and tinsel, not to mention a rather festive outfit from Lovefoxx it looks like our photographer Valerio Berdini had a whale of a time as the band played the Cambridge Corn Exchange earlier this week. Enjoy the pictures in all their black and white glory below. Continue Reading