Sia: We Are Born
Posted in Dance & DJ, Electronica on Sep 7th, 2010
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“…A sunshiny, highly caffeinated set of frothy dance tracks and feel-good lite-funk.” –All Music Guide
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M.I.A.: MAYA
Posted in Dance Pop, Electronica on Sep 7th, 2010
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“It’s pulverizing, it’s hip-swaying, it’s disorienting, and it’s atmospheric — in short, it’s primo culture jamming from a restless musical force of nature.” –The Phoenix
LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening
Posted in Alt Rock, Dance & DJ, Electronica, Indie on Aug 31st, 2010
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“The long songs reveal Murphy’s bottom-line agenda: He’s still a dance guy at heart, and he knows it’s his job to ignite parties and clubs. But he approaches dance music more like a folkie singer-songwriter than a DJ, as a vehicle for storytelling and confession. So crank up the music, and move your [...]
The XX: XX
Posted in Alt Rock, Electronica, Indie on May 15th, 2010
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“These tracks are so sleek, they’re practically sculptural…This restraint and sophistication make the fact that the xx’s members were barely in their twenties when they recorded the album all the more impressive; artists twice their age would be proud to call the maturity and confidence that flow seemingly effortlessly through the xx their [...]
Goldfrapp: Head First
Posted in Dance Pop, Electronica, Rock/Pop on May 10th, 2010
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“It’s one of the most unabashed love letters to anthemic ’80s synth-pop ever laid to hard disc….If that sounds like an unappealing clarion call from a dark musical period that you’re still trying to forget, this isn’t the album for you. But for those of us who weren’t beaten up by Harold Faltermeyer [...]
Hot Chip:One Life Stand
Posted in Dance Pop, Electronica, Indie, Rock/Pop on Apr 7th, 2010
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“Hot Chip look more likely than any of their peers to ascend one day to the intellectual electro-pop heights of Pet Shop Boys or Scritti Politti. Fuller than usual of slow songs and piano ballads, One Life Stand is their mellowest, most thoughtful effort so far — which means it carries the risk [...]
Owl City: Ocean Eyes
Posted in Alt Rock, Electronica, Rock/Pop on Dec 18th, 2009
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“Young’s second set of lush, Postal Service-indebted electronic pop, Ocean Eyes, is so daydream-ready, you might forgive him for admitting out loud that he’d ”rather pick flowers instead of fights.’”–Entertainment Weekly
Black Eyed Peas: The E.N.D. (Energy Never Dies)
Posted in Dance Pop, Electronica, Rap/Hip Hop, Rock/Pop on Aug 19th, 2009
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“The acronym that forms the title of their latest stands for “The Energy Never Dies,” and they more than make good on that promise, blasting through 15 high-powered rave-rap jams that rarely lack for melodic hooks or rhythmic thrust.”–Billboard
Passion Pit: Manners
Posted in Alt Rock, Dance & DJ, Electronica, Rock/Pop on Jul 27th, 2009
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“Thanks to the meticulous production values, the insane catchiness of the hooks, and the pure and true emotional underpinnings below all the gloss, the album is a total success of both sound and vision.”–All Music Guide
“Refreshed and uplifted. Those are two things that the best pop records leave you feeling, and that’s definitely [...]
The Ting Tings: We Started Nothing
Posted in Alt Rock, Dance & DJ, Electronica, New Wave, Rock/Pop on Apr 28th, 2009
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“On their full-length debut, the Ting Tings craft peppy New Wave that’s relentlessly catchy.”–Rolling Stone
El Guincho: Alegranza
Posted in Electronica, Latin, Rock/Pop, World Music on Apr 28th, 2009
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“As bright as the feathers of the parrot, as sparkly as the fireworks, and as warm as the palm trees that adorn the cover. The music flows like melted butter, twists and turns like a mountain highway, and shimmers like the sun on a scorching summer day.The Spanish producer/singer throws a whole mess [...]
Cut/Copy: In Ghost Colours
Posted in Dance & DJ, Electronica, Rock/Pop on Mar 26th, 2009
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“Cut Copy’s music bears all the prominent hallmarks of its era: giddily omnivorous stylistic appropriation, a sensuous, sybaritic (though not, in their case, seedy) demeanor, and the distinct evocation of bygone decades, most palpably the ubiquitous post-punk/post-disco ’80s, without succumbing to the pitfalls of overzealous eclecticism, empty hedonism, sugary glut, and blatant derivativeness.
To [...]
Lykke Li: Youth Novels
Posted in Alt Rock, Electronica, Indie, Rock/Pop, World Music on Mar 19th, 2009
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“Brimming with ideas but understated, even tentative in executing them, and big on hooks but nervously intimate in presentation, Youth Novels is a curious, decidedly unorthodox but endearing record. Both youthful and novel — Li was twenty-one upon its release, which may explain both her occasional goofy vocal affectations and the hesitant freshness [...]
Putumayo Presents: Euro Groove
Posted in Dance & DJ, Electronica, Rock/Pop, World Music on Dec 3rd, 2008
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“[that] softer, more melodic side of European electronica is the focus of Putumayo’s Euro Groove compilation. You won’t find any dissonant, amelodic techno on this 2008 release, but you will find sleek, accessible, and melody-minded club grooves that come from France, Italy, Spain and Germany. By being multilingual, Euro Groove paints a [...]
Radiohead: The Best of
Posted in Alt Rock, Electronica, Rock/Pop on Oct 10th, 2008
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