Best of 2008 (electronica-pop)
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The fact that Crystal Castles share their name with an 1983 Atari arcade game and play keyboards using vintage video consoles sound chips pretty much sums up the Toronto-based duo’s punk-roc...read more
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Here’s an electronic record electronica-haters could love: Cut Copy’s deliriously fun and hooky In Ghost Colours. The second full-length of new material from this estimable Australian o...read more
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Antony & the Johnsons fans, your hero Mr. Hegarty assumes a new identity here, lending his highly distinctive falsetto to a disco-y/house-y electronic outfit that might be the best thing DFA...read more
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The third studio album by London-based musical postmodern hipsters Hot Chip is another soaring triumph, a surefire dancefloor hit that more than manages to live up to the great promise of their 200...read more
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It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Leila, the 90s uber-producer and former Bjork keyboardist who, along with Massive Attack and Portishead, was one of the founders of trip hop. Ei...read more
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Super Furry Animal’s singer Gruff Rhys and hip-hop producer Bip Boom have just delivered the party record of the summer, a deliciously nostalgic 1980s rock opera/concept album recounting the ...read more
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What a lovely and surprising album! The first effort by Norway’s Silje Nes is one of the most impressive debuts we’ve heard in some time. At once mischievous and accomplished, ramshackle and de...read more
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No one but Portishead could pull something like this off. Think about it; one of the three or four definitive trip-hop groups in the 90’s puts out two albums that not only set up the genre bu...read more
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How can you not love Santogold? After cutting her teeth with the Bad Brains-influenced punk band Sniffed, here she emerges as a true solo artist, giving us a terrfic album that’s a neat hybri...read more
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dance
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electronica
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pop
