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Saturday, April 3: Reverse Dotty

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REVERSE DOTTY: Are they putting us on? Desiree Marsau/MySpace

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I'm not sure just how seriously Reverse Dotty wants us to take them. Their music is a kind of melancholy electro-pop, driven by sandy female vocals. The synths sound '80s disco-ready, and the band's aloofness sometimes gives the air of electroclash or riot grrrl. Sometimes, though, like on "Off the Skoal," with its affected crooning, or on the breezy "Pool and a View," one gets a distinctly winking, B-52's vibe - like all of this is a set-up or possibly even a put-on. The slight "fuck you" message of "Pool and a View" is tempered by absurdness and too much apathy to really come off angry. Elsewhere, on the downbeat "Sweet Soldier," their hearts seem so firmly planted on their sleeves that you want to believe the band's tongues aren't in their cheeks.

[The Den @ urbanXchange, 8 p.m., 1932 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 253.572.2280]

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