Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Love Police (2009)

The bastard love child of Elvis and Lux Interior, Israeli guitarist Charlie Megira brewed a heady amalgam of ’50s trash rock, surf-y tremolo, and reverb-drenched goth during his all-too-brief 44 trips around the sun. He recorded seven albums worth of material in 15 years, primarily issued on CD-R, most of which is now unreadable or in a landfill. Armed with only an Eko guitar, a black tuxedo, and his signature wrap-around shades, Charlie Megira was a mold-breaking artist who disintegrated while we were all staring at our phones.
Megira formed the Modern Dance Club in 2008, with Michal Kahan on drums, Tal Fatale on bass, and Javi Scheiner on rhythm guitar. Their lone album, Love Police, showcased a grungier, more driving vision of trashy post-punk, with Megira snarling in English over a gut punching wall of crazy electric guitars. “Elvis Is Not Dead” captured a new, unchained Megira, screaming lyrics about whores while attacking his guitar with vicious, methodical abandon. Love Police confronts the senses, from the racially and sexually provocative cover to the distorted, screamed vocals within.



Tracklisting:
01. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - The Return of the Russian Frogmen That Died and Came Back to Life As Strange Looking Radioactive Creatures (1:50)
02. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Sababa One (1:48)
03. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Rhythm of Hate (0:55)
04. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - At the Elvis Inn (1:32)
05. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - No Wave Exercise (0:18)
06. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Existence (4:11)
07. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - The Wall of Death (1:35)
08. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - U.S.F. (1:32)
09. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Now I Wanna Drown in Your Dark Dreamy Eyes (1:14)
10. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Boo (1:09)
11. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Beach Bums Must Die (2:07)
12. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - The Strange and Bizarre Tale of the Boy Who Had One Testicle Too Many (1:27)
13. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - 333 (0:30)
14. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - (Used to Be...) Psychic Youth (3:00)
15. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Elvis is Not Dead (2:47)
16. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Smack Dab (1:30)
17. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Beneath the Underground (3:36)
18. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - The Valley of Tears (2:57)
19. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Mao/Mao (0:21)
20. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Here Comes Your Mama (2:25)
21. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Ode to a Cocksucker (0:57)
22. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Homeless Body (2:27)
23. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Sababa? (0:38)
24. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Freak Junior (2:31)
25. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Psychic Youth-2 (3:28)
26. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Another No Wave Exercise (1:08)
27. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Street Machine (2:45)
28. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Da Homogreaser Stomp (1:40)
29. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - All Tuned Up and Ready to Go (0:48)
30. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Je Ne Parie Pas Francais (1:09)
31. Charlie Megira & The Modern Dance Club - Dead Girl Blues (0:48)