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...cool kids in Paris and London with names like Justice and Simian Mobile Disco flood the clubs and blogs with a new brand of dance? What can he do after even he’s admitted that he’s losing his edge? His answer is this: lead electro-posse LCD Soundsystem back into the DFA studios and make “Sound of Silver.” As good as the group’s eponymous debut was—and it was quite good, a stunning bricolage of everything danceable from the past three decades?...
Okay, buzzing disco-funk-punk-electro-warehouse children, prep for white irony all topped off in sweated-out curls, because “Myth Takes,” the latest from !!!, has landed. “Myth Takes” aspires to present !!! in all its diverse dance-inducing glory, but if the album proves anything, it’s the difficulty of successfully appropriating multiple influences to make something that both works and makes bodies work. From their name alone, !!! aspire to be all unexpected fun—or cultural pirates. The symbol ! is used to denote a mouth...
...esque track that strays the farthest from the album’s gloom. Apart from Albarn and Danger Mouse, bassist Paul Simonon (of the Clash) contributes the most to the album’s feel. From the hopelessness of “Behind the Sun” to the electro-folk longing of “The Bunting Song,” his secure playing offsets the constant, aimless misery...
...alternative rock acts put together by Belle and Sebastian's Mick Cooke. Issued on Rough Trade, the label that evolved from the legendary punk-era London record shop, it's specifically for kids ("and grownups too" acknowledges the small print). "Go Go Ninja Dinosaur!" roots Four Tet's electro-tinged refrain on the opening track. From there, the likes of Snow Patrol, the Flaming Lips, Jonathan Richman, the Kooks, Ivor Cutler and the Divine Comedy tackle subjects from mud and astronauts to Pooh Bear and bunions. All proceeds from the just-released album go to Save the Children's campaign...
Ever wonder what Moby was up to before he became an electro-pop star...