Best of 2009 (Electronica/Pop/Techno/Dance)

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   1. Dan Deacon: Bromst

   Bromst is one hour of the most thrilling and exuberant pop we heard all year, as well as one of the most fresh, exciting and inventive in the electronic-pop field. Deacon, of Baltimore’s aptl...read more

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   2. Bibio: Ambivalence Avenue

   What a year for the UK artist known as Bibio, a.k.a. Stephen James Wilkinson. Not long ago he hovered just under the folktronica radar as a Boards of Canada acolyte. This year he jumped from Mush t...read more

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   3. Broadcast & the Focus Group: Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age

   Across the almost 50 minutes and 23 tracks of this experimental “mini-album,” Birmingham’s suave mod-futurists Broadcast trade snippety notions with longtime album artist and Ghost Box Music founde...read more

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   4. Cold Cave: Love Comes Close

   Philadelphia’s Cold Cave channels a Joy Division-recalling style of ominous synth-pop on their debut—but update it with coed vocals, a fierce electronic backbone and icy-hot sexual tension. Former ...read more

Tags: electronica , experimental , folk , indie