August 30th, 2010 | by Lola | published in dance, electro pop, female vocalists | 2 comments
Should I be surprised that Robyn is still killing it with Body Talk Pt. 1? Nah, not really. The sassy little lady promises us three albums in this series, and as our lovely Ali G says, “Re-spect!” Robyn is a dinosaur in this complicated and corrupt music world, and this album proves that she knows how to stay alive through the ages.
August 29th, 2010 | by Cory Zechmann | published in electro pop, electronic, indie rock | 1 comment
I grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis, but never got into Minneapolis’s music scene until I went out of state to college. In my discoveries, I managed to find some of the most talented musicians I’ve heard in a long time. Here’s how I unearthed a few of ‘em…
Little Dragon – Machine Dreams
August 17th, 2010 | by Christiana Bartolini | published in ambient, electro pop, female vocalists | 6 comments
A miracle happened when sweet-beats R&B knocked up ethereal electro-pop. Little Dragon was born… and make no mistake, people, this is not a bastard child. No, no. They knew exactly what they were doing.
August 16th, 2010 | by Bryan Mojica | published in dance, electro pop, indie pop | 3 comments
From their sound, you would expect The Pass to hail from New York, Montreal, Paris, etc. – but they don’t. Instead, the quartet is probably the hippest music act since VHS or Beta to spawn from country-music-laden Louisville, Kentucky. In this home of line dancing and doh-see-doh, The Pass paradoxically craft upbeat synth and guitar driven dance tunes through late nights of toying with synthesizer loops and writing lyrics recalling lost loves and hookups on the dance floor.
FM Belfast – How To Make Friends
August 6th, 2010 | by Bryan Mojica | published in dance, electro pop, indie pop | 1 comment
FM Belfast is an electro-pop group from Reykjavík, Iceland delivering warm, contagious dance music that will keep you moving through the most frigid of Nordic winters.
July 19th, 2010 | by Taylor Fife | published in dreamwave/chillwave, electro pop, indie pop, trip hop | 4 comments
Baths’ first full-length, Cerulean, is creative electropop features the shuffling, ratcheting rhythms of other L.A. experimental electronica and dubstep artists like Flying Lotus and Shlomo. But instead of wobbling basslines and peculiar sounds, Baths layers poppy synth hooks, catchy vocals, and easy to digest samples over his broken beats.
June 22nd, 2010 | by Taylor Fife | published in dance, electro pop, hip-hop | 3 comments
You know a group is ripe for a blog review when they drop a ‘2 Girls 1 Cup’ reference within 30 seconds of their E.P. starting. And the vulgarity and hilarity keep plugging along full steam for the rest of the immensely clever and funny opener ‘M.A.N.B.I.T.C.H.,’ an extravaganza that also manages to seriously challenge gender stereotypes.
Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt! – I Love You. I Love You. I Love You and I’m in Love with You. Have an Awesome Day! Have the Best Day of Your Life!
May 4th, 2010 | by Jess Alatorre | published in electro pop, experimental | 2 comments
For an album that can be summed up as “weird” and “delightfully confusing,” it’s also incredible how many upbeat-feel-good-don’t-take-it-too-seriously lyrics have been jam-packed into this release. I guess even the album title gives it away: there’s a whole lot of enthusiasm in these 10 songs.
The Girls Can Hear Us – Every Day
May 4th, 2010 | by b aiken | published in electro pop, electronica, hip-hop | 13 comments
I’m wagering that a fair amount of the Indie Shuffle audience may not be interested in this genre, but if you’re a fan of dance-pop and hip hop, you will love this album. “Every Day” comes with (and certainly deserves) an explicit rating; the FCC should consider the addition of a warning concerning the likelihood of it causing spontaneous orgy outbreaks.
Sissy Wish – Beauties Never Die
April 6th, 2010 | by Hannah Simon | published in electro pop, female vocalists, indie pop | 2 comments
Wålberg has an impossible name to spell and pronounce, so we’re all glad that she chose moniker Sissy Wish to make things easier on all of us. Album “Beauties Never Die” is her third full-length, one that took two years to reach the U.S. (It was originally released in November 2007, released last year in the states…and still has yet to reach the masses!)
