Archive For The “electropop” Category
Phil Spektor meets the Shangri Las in electroclash car crash. What’s not to like? Reminiscent in tone of Groove Armada’s ‘Paper Romance’ this album takes tales of break up, revenge and despair, sets them to the most infuriatingly catchy melodies and whips a synthtastic souffle of pounding percussion, tinkling bells and girly vocals into one … Continue reading »
The coolest man in pop, no question. This picks up where DeeLite fell down, mixing irresistibly snarky pop with a slightly surreal dancefloor sensibility. Created by TV on The Radio’s David Sitek, the album grooves like a dalek on vaseline. Cover of the year too
First let me say, you’ll have noticed a certain fondness for eighties music creeping into these pages in recent months? Well this is close to perfection. Take a great drum sound, add megabass and lots of synthesisers. Marvel at the Bowie imitations, gasp as the sound of Sparks bubbles up through the mix. Devo career 
