Crystal Stilts is a NY band that reminds me of Joy Division with glimpses of Jesus and Mary Chain. Their gloomy rock with a hint of surf rock is something that would sound great in a pub like setting just reverberating off the walls and becoming this mesh of sound that engulfs you.
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This male / female duo produce sunshine fun drenched indie rock/electronic/pop music that is quite catchy.
Not the greatest quality video, but her it is none the less:
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Ok, I’m going back in time to 1997 for what many consider one of the very first electro-clash tracks called, “Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass” by I-F.
Here is a little background of I-F via wikipedia:
I-F (short for Inter-Ference; real name Ferenc E. van der Sluijs) is a producer and DJ based in The Hague, The Netherlands. He is a former member of the Dutch electro pioneers Unit Moebius. In 1997 he produced the track “Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass”, which became a huge underground dance hit and is often credited the earliest example of Electroclash, although I-F himself has been of critical interest in the Electroclash scene.