Berlin Art Princess : "It was so refreshing to go to the Bang Bang Club after all these art openings. I needed something different (than art). There were 2 concerts: Program (the band of Alex) and Mahjongg (apparently a cool band). And Mahjongg was cool. They started hard and rough, with beats, and continued hard and rough. Boys, boys, boys! Mahjongg boys, in their washed-away sleeveless T-shirts, are truly a band for the girls. Sweaty, manly and wild, Chippendales with drums, just more punky. And I tell you what's the secret - it is the rhythm. Just like in sex, after the (necessary or not) foreplay, of hormones, pheromones, or whatever chemistry you want, it is the rhythm that makes the world spin. So did I come? No, I just went home."

PITCHFORK THE LONG SHADOW OF THE PAPER TIGER REVIEW

Pitchfork : "Smartass Chicago art-punks with an Africa 70 fetish...junkyard afro-new wave"

Coke Machine Glow : "The band knowingly reign their left-of-center fondness for the abstract"

XLR8R : "Chicago's Mahjongg looks to blaze new territory by combining motorik rhythms with a tribal-influenced (think '80s Talking Heads) classic indie aesthetic. It's an ambitious formula""

Paste Magazine : "The post-post-rockers unite organic and cutting-edge technological elements to create eminently danceable sounds that are unlike anything else."

PopMatters : "Afro-pop and funk with video-game blips and robotic rhythms influenced by such arty experimentalists as Kraftwerk, Human League, Throbbing Gristle, Shriekback and Gang of Four"

Bust Magazine : "Mahjongg proves its ability to deliver a dance jam that builds, carries and diffuses energy effortlessly, even artfully."

Detour Magazine : "It gets in your head like time-release groove music - like someone gave Guy Picciotto a bullhorn and told him to gather the dancers."

Playboy Magazine : "This Chicago combo's update of No Wave is nervous and jittery but junky and danceable." Chosen as one of the "10 Bands to Watch in 2008"

All Music Guide : "Mahjongg's blend of new wave revivalism and afro-beat reconstruction is really a blast [and] deeply intriguing."

Impose Magazine : "a unique blend of live percussion, keyboards and synth-based melodies"

Cokemachineglow.com : "There's grit here, a griminess rarely associated with music so electronic, beat-centered and tensely arranged. Rare is the aesthetic that speaks so clearly to the efficacy of location and origins."