This band has had one song featured in a fun-themed’ ipod touch commercial that was specifically selected for the ad by Steven Jobs, another placed in a Gossip Girl episode during a dramatic teen moment, and sports a blonde and Danishly exuberant front-woman who sparks comparisons to the look and music of the Ting Tings. […]
I’d like to introduce to you a band/DJ project named MVSC. Their name is an acronym that describes their origin, when the rock band (M)ontevideo joined forces (VS) with DJ/producer (C)ompuphonic. I would like to thank Compuphonic for making clear on his MySpace page what exactly the band name meant, as I had spent more […]
WhoMadeWho are a Copenhagen based trio who have a unique take on live electronic pop. What makes them different from many of the other acts that try to infuse rock into electronica, or electronica into rock, is what I’d call an interesting twang. I often find myself wondering if some of the guys were busting […]
I wasn’t writing for this blog in September when Soulwax remixed Get Innocuous by LCD Soundsystem. But I will admit that it took the placement of the track in one of the Grand Theft Auto 4 commercials to remind me it existed. While the Sounds of Silver definitely did not turn heads like LCD’s previous […]
One thing I’ve learned about music coming out of Scandinavian countries: It often succeeds in blending the best of diverse genres of music, while betraying nothing of the country of origin until a myspace visit. If I had never bothered to check, I would have imagined Jose Gonzalez as an Latino American cover-master, rather than […]