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Cities Made of Light: Kraftwerk’s The Man-Machine Turns 45

May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1978, 45th Anniversary, Capitol Records, David Bowie, Florian Schneider, Kraftwerk, The Man-Machine, The Sex Pistols, The Stooges

Looking back on the German group’s most human album

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Alternative Rock Dance Dance Rock New Wave Post-Punk Rock 

We All Stand: New Order’s Power, Corruption & Lies at 40

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023 Jason Gross 0 Comments 1983, 40th Anniversary, Age of Consent, Bernard Sumner, Depeche Mode, Gillian Gilbert, Ian Curtis, Interpol, Joy Division, LCD Soundsystem, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Peter Hook, Power Corruption & Lies, Stephen Morris, The Cure, The Killers

Looking back on the Manchester greats’ transitional second album

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Art Pop Britpop Dance Dance Rock Indie Rock Pop Rock 

WATCH: Fujiya & Miyagi Share “New Body Language”

September 29, 2022September 29, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, David Best, Fujiya & Miyagi, Impossible Objects of Desire, New Body Language, Slight Variations

Dig the video for the latest single off the Brighton group’s new album Slight Variations

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Dance Pop 

Remix/Remodel: Assessing Madonna’s Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 Thomas Inskeep 9 Comments Finally Enough Love: 50 Number Ones, Give Me All Your Luvin, holiday, Jump, Like A Virgin, LMFAO, Lucky Star, Madonna, Rhino, Shep Pettibone

The (former) Queen of Pop celebrates a record-setting tenure on the dance charts with a new, occasionally questionable compilation

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Dance Dance Rock Electronic New Wave Pop Synth 

The Perfect Kiss: New Order’s Substance at 35

August 28, 2022August 28, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1987, Bernard Sumner, Bizarre Love Triangle, Blue Monday, Ceremony, Factory Records, Gillian Gilbert, Joy Division, New Order, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris, Substance, Temptation, The Perfect Kiss, True Faith

Looking back on the anthology that chronicled the group’s ascent from despair to dancefloor greatness

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Dance Electronic Indie Rock Pop 

LISTEN: Tatum Gale Aims A “Poison Darty” At Yr Heart

July 19, 2022July 20, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Hyperpop, Laura Jinn, New Orleans, Poison Darty, Pretty Green, Tatum Gale

Pretty Green, the debut album from the rising New Orleans hyperpop artist, due out in 2023

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Dance Disco Soul 

LISTEN: JNA Gets Her “Freak” On

July 3, 2022July 3, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments ” Chic, Diana Ross, Disco, Donna Summer, Freak, I Have Good Taste But For Some Reason I Like You, JNA, Seattle, Teddy Pendergrass

Seattle’s supreme Disco Queen turns up the heat on steamy single

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Dance Soul World 

In Praise of the Topical Dance Music of Belgian Duo Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul 

June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 Kathy Fennessy 0 Comments Art of Noise, Barboza, Blondie, Bolis Pupul, Charlotte Adigéry, Dead Milkmen, Seattle, Stereo Total, Talking Heads, Topical Dancer

The two European composers of one of the year’s best pop albums take Seattle

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Dance jazz Techno House Jungle Etc. 

LISTEN: Jimi Tenor Enters “Uncharted Waters”

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2022, Abdissa Assefa, Bureau B Records, Jimi Tenor, Kabu Kabu, Omniverse, Tapete Records, Tony Allen, Ventil

Multiversum, the new album from the renowned Finnish techno jazzbo is out today

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Dance Electronic 

WATCH: SINE On The “Attack”

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Ron Hart 0 Comments Attack, eMERGENCY HeARTS, Mantis, Rona Rougeheart, SINE

Check out the first single off the Austin, TX-based electronic artist’s forthcoming Mantis 1 EP

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Dance Electronic 

ALBUMS: Antidawn Renews Burial’s Sense of Purpose

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2022, Antidawn, Blonde On Blonde, Bringing It All Back Home, Burial, Dub, EP, Highway 61 Revisited, Hyperdub Records, John Wesley Harding, Kindred, Rival Dealer, Street Halo, Truant/Rough Sleeper, Two-Step

Will Bevan’s strangest release in a decade is also the best — if you give it time

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Dance Electronic World 

A Sweet Lullaby: Deep Forest At 30

January 12, 2022January 12, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 1992, Deep Forest, Sony 550 Records

By blending African and Polynesian sounds with Western New Age melodies, the French duo crafted an album that defied genre expectations

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Alternative Rock Dance Electronic Pop 

Walking In His Shoes: Martin Gore at 60

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments 1981, 1988, 60th birthday, Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, Depeche Mode, Martin Gore, New Order, The Cure, Vince Clarke

The Depeche Mode guitar great defies age by always moving forward

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Dance Pop 

A Future Love Paradise: Seal at 30

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 2 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Acid House, Adamski, Crazy, Future Love Paradise, George Michael, Killer, Seal, Sire, Trevor Horn, Violet

His debut is still a stunner three decades later, and still the best Seal album

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Dance Electronic Pop Rock 

WATCH: The Original Sin of INXS

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments Amy Tinkham, Chris "CM" Murphy, George Alice, Giles Martin, INXS, Michael Hutchence, Tim Farriss, Tricky

A brilliant new short film pays homage to the music of Australia’s greatest rock export

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