WORDS ALONE CANNOT DESCRIBE...

Let's be honest, we don't know what to make of this. We probably shouldn't like it. But we do. It's crazy addictive -- blast it and you'll see what we mean. Direct from Sweden, it's hip hop/house outfit Maskinen ("The Machine"), who last January were reported to the local police by a 32-year-old man who allegedly failed to understand the humor behind the group's first smash hit "Alla Som Inte Dansar (Är Våldtäktsmän)" (“Everybody not dancing are rapists”). Apparently, somebody neglected to alert the veritable do-gooder to the tongue-firmly-planted-in-cheek nature of the song, and he actually thought the people not dancing were rapists. And we thought the band itself was pretty messed up ...

In any case ... geez, we still don't know what to make of this. Is there any way to describe this? It's like somebody took fellow Scandinavian (but now disbanded) band Quarashi and Colorado hip hop/house group 3oh!3 and made them give birth to a dementedly hilarious and over-the-top lovechild. What's more, AllScandinavian.com claims Maskinen's debut album due out later this year -- featuring songs like "Segertåget" -- is one of the "10 Albums Set to Triumph in 2009." One can only hope that the Web site is right.

All things being relative, God only knows how this works. On second thought, it might not work. Wait, it does. Ugh, the hell with it -- check it out for yourself. The Cavalier Daily's A&E section is proud to present the video for "Pengar" ("Money"). And when you're done listening, tell us we're not crazy for somehow liking this.

Post written by Tom Madrecki.