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Dance Punk Revolution (1 Viewer)

rockaction

rockaction

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So I was listening to the radio today (yeah, I was) and was wondering what happened to the dance/punk revolution of the aughts. 

I love Franz Ferdinand, the Bravery, Radio 4, Rapture, etc. DFA records, too.

Anybody hear some disco grooves set to punk in these teens? 

Not looking for debate, just recommendations for listening.  

/badtaste, but admitting

bullcrap, bad taste. 

 
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The Franz Ferdinand-Sparks collaboration FFS from last year was pretty great but it looked more to the rear view mirror than the road ahead.

My theory is kids with guitars don't like to dance and kids who dance don't like guitars for some reason.

 
Eephus said:
The Franz Ferdinand-Sparks collaboration FFS from last year was pretty great but it looked more to the rear view mirror than the road ahead.

My theory is kids with guitars don't like to dance and kids who dance don't like guitars for some reason.
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I'll have to check that out. 

I think I agree with you on your latter point - perhaps that's why it faded away. But the kids I was with in Buffalo, NY, loved The Rapture back in aught ten. Maybe it's the lack of product going on. But your point is right - most of the aforementioned bands turned more towards discotheque and away from angular guitarism. 

Strangely, Modest Mouse should also be there for their three disco songs per album.  And of course LCD, but when he stopped, the scene went dead. Just wondering if anybody really still does it. I know of Yacht and other bands, but never really have given them a listen, first impressions and all.  

 
Eephus said:
The Franz Ferdinand-Sparks collaboration FFS from last year was pretty great but it looked more to the rear view mirror than the road ahead.

My theory is kids with guitars don't like to dance and kids who dance don't like guitars for some reason.
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Collaborations don't work.

 
One of the bands that carried the sound into the late 00s was Foals. They hit a lot of different styles now but their first album was a dance/punk classic.

Cassius

 
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This thread shouldn't be allowed to go on without some mention of Gang of Four, who pioneered the genre 40 years ago.  Their first two albums are essential and Songs of the Free and Hard have their moments.  Their 2005 compilation of re-recordings Return the Gift is one of the better examples of an old band mining their back catalog for royalties.

They're still touring under the Go4 banner but guitarist Andy Gill is the only remaining original member.  I've seen them a couple of times since they got back together in 2011.  They were sensational during their final US tour with original singer Jon King but they're not the same without him.

 
I'd certainly been somewhat familiar with Gang of Four and their landmark album, Entertainment!, but was never able to get into it. I suppose I'm getting older, because I've recently been spinning it and digging it.  

As for Foals, I'll have to check it out.  

 
Eephus said:
The Franz Ferdinand-Sparks collaboration FFS from last year was pretty great but it looked more to the rear view mirror than the road ahead.

My theory is kids with guitars don't like to dance and kids who dance don't like guitars for some reason.
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What's interesting is a band like Cash Cash used to be mostly instrument playing guys but they transitioned (with success) to more electronic, produced pieces of music.

 
This thread inspired me to listen to the first Bloc Party LP while walking the dog tonight.  It's still an excellent album that they've never come close to equaling IMO.

Silent Alarm sticks to the classic four-piece rock band lineup with jagged guitars and sped up punk rock tempos.  Producer Paul Epworth did his part to make it a great sounding record.  The band and Kele's solo projects moved on to explore more electronic sounds and beats in later records but they're another band that had one great album in them.

 
Eephus said:
This thread inspired me to listen to the first Bloc Party LP while walking the dog tonight.  It's still an excellent album that they've never come close to equaling IMO.

Silent Alarm sticks to the classic four-piece rock band lineup with jagged guitars and sped up punk rock tempos.  Producer Paul Epworth did his part to make it a great sounding record.  The band and Kele's solo projects moved on to explore more electronic sounds and beats in later records but they're another band that had one great album in them.
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I always liked that album and band and am giving it a re-listen this morning over some coffee. I still love Like Eating Glass and This Modern Love

 
Steve Tasker said:
"This Modern Love" is one of my favorite songs of all-time.  Never gets old.
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I'm listening to Silent Alarm and forgot how immediately memorable these songs are. What a quality album. Holy crow, am I ever loving this...

Also, in reading the reviews, one is reminded what a great writer and music critic Nitsuh Abebe was for Pitchfork.  

Which reminds me that I haven't checked in on his or Sasha Frere-Jones's reviews and blogs in a while, actually. Been on my own trip. Might be nice to see what they think about the current landscape.  

 
rockaction said:
I'm listening to Silent Alarm and forgot how immediately memorable these songs are. What a quality album. Holy crow, am I ever loving this...

Also, in reading the reviews, one is reminded what a great writer and music critic Nitsuh Abebe was for Pitchfork.  

Which reminds me that I haven't checked in on his or Sasha Frere-Jones's reviews and blogs in a while, actually. Been on my own trip. Might be nice to see what they think about the current landscape.  
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It really is a great album.  Second half falls off ever so slightly, I think.  I drafted it fairly early in one of those "best albums of the 00s" drafts on here awhile back.  Tracks 1-8 are :moneybag:

 
rockaction said:
I'll have to check that out. 

I think I agree with you on your latter point - perhaps that's why it faded away. But the kids I was with in Buffalo, NY, loved The Rapture back in aught ten. Maybe it's the lack of product going on. But your point is right - most of the aforementioned bands turned more towards discotheque and away from angular guitarism. 

Strangely, Modest Mouse should also be there for their three disco songs per album.  And of course LCD, but when he stopped, the scene went dead. Just wondering if anybody really still does it. I know of Yacht and other bands, but never really have given them a listen, first impressions and all.  
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I don't think the genre has truly disappeared, just evolved....we've seen evolution into more new wave, psych dance, disco. 

Cut/Copy ("We Are Explorers") has shown the evolution into a more synthpop direction.  Jagwar Ma ("O B 1") shows more of a 70s psych influence.  Holy Ghost! ("Dumb Disco Ideas") - also on DFA Records - show a disco influence.  All of these are from the past 3-4 years.

None of these bands save for early Cut/Copy would be considered true dance-punk, but I think you can see the influence.  I really think it's like any genre....ebbs and flows, people taking the genre and putting their own spin on it, turning it into something totally new.  Part of the joys of music.

 
Steve Tasker said:
I don't think the genre has truly disappeared, just evolved....we've seen evolution into more new wave, psych dance, disco. 

Cut/Copy ("We Are Explorers") has shown the evolution into a more synthpop direction.  Jagwar Ma ("O B 1") shows more of a 70s psych influence.  Holy Ghost! ("Dumb Disco Ideas") - also on DFA Records - show a disco influence.  All of these are from the past 3-4 years.

None of these bands save for early Cut/Copy would be considered true dance-punk, but I think you can see the influence.  I really think it's like any genre....ebbs and flows, people taking the genre and putting their own spin on it, turning it into something totally new.  Part of the joys of music.
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I'll have to check these out. I can't see myself loving a move towards synthpop or new wave, but I can see psych and other directions being cool. 

 
Here's one right up @Ilov80s alley

The Dirtbombs' 2011 LP "Party Store".  The Dirtbombs came out of the same late 90s Detroit garage scene as the White Stripes, Electric Six and Detroit Cobras but they were even more eclectic in their musical taste.  This record swings more toward the dance pole than their usual punk sound but it sure ain't synthpop.

It's an all covers album of Detroit techno anthems.  Familiarity with the original tracks isn't essential although if this was intended as a joke, you'll miss the point of it.  The beat pretty much stays four to the floor throughout but the music above it gets translated from synths to mostly guitars.   Their 21 minute version of Carl Craig/Innerzone Orchestra's classic "Bug in the Bass Bin" goes on twice as long as the original and probably three times longer than it needs to.  But the album is a fun obscurity if you ever need to clear the dance floor at a house party.

 
In the spirit of all things music draft, I am about to embark upon listening to recommendations because I'm happily listening to The Rapture now. I may like this band a whole lot more than most. Probably my favorite of the aughts, though thanks to Eephus for bringing me back to Bloc Party, who are awesome.  

 
Eephus said:
Here's one right up @Ilov80s alley

The Dirtbombs' 2011 LP "Party Store".  The Dirtbombs came out of the same late 90s Detroit garage scene as the White Stripes, Electric Six and Detroit Cobras but they were even more eclectic in their musical taste.  This record swings more toward the dance pole than their usual punk sound but it sure ain't synthpop.

It's an all covers album of Detroit techno anthems.  Familiarity with the original tracks isn't essential although if this was intended as a joke, you'll miss the point of it.  The beat pretty much stays four to the floor throughout but the music above it gets translated from synths to mostly guitars.   Their 21 minute version of Carl Craig/Innerzone Orchestra's classic "Bug in the Bass Bin" goes on twice as long as the original and probably three times longer than it needs to.  But the album is a fun obscurity if you ever need to clear the dance floor at a house party.
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One of the great vids of all time

 
Seriously. Raise the Alarm by The Sunshine Underground should be on all dance punk playlists. Just listened to "Borders" and it's infectious as heck.  

 
rockaction said:
Seriously. Raise the Alarm by The Sunshine Underground should be on all dance punk playlists. Just listened to "Borders" and it's infectious as heck.  
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Yeah, it's a really underrated gem from that era. For some reason I think they got linked in with those Klaxons-style UK "new rave" bands but their sound is pretty clearly more like the NYC dance-punk scene from that era IMO.

 
Northern Voice said:
Yeah, it's a really underrated gem from that era. For some reason I think they got linked in with those Klaxons-style UK "new rave" bands but their sound is pretty clearly more like the NYC dance-punk scene from that era IMO.
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Yeah, it's weird how disparate the scene was. You had The Rapture from San Diego moving to NY to fit in and The Sunshine Underground from Leeds, apparently, and they all have a common denominator that isn't the lowest, but still common.  

I almost turned on The Rapture, but this album is quite something. I love it. It's better than most from that era.  Thanks for the recommendation. See, things don't slip into the ether like we think.  

Disco punk forever!  

 
Northern Voice said:
Everything Everything are a current band who are still kind of going in this vein, though they are admittedly perhaps a bit less *punk* (and a bit more weird) than a lot of the bands in here.

Kemosabe

MY KZ UR BF

Distant Past

Spring / Sun / Winter / Dread
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I listened to all of them. I'm not sure what to think of them of how to categorize, which really shouldn't matter. I liked them. I can see why you'd put them here. The lead singer has definite dance punk vocals and cadence. Definitely very, um, artistic videos. 

I think the video from Distant Past really distracted me from the song.  I was worried for the guys chasing each other, actually, which is kind of stupid, but it was that way.  

 
Finally dropped the quid to get the Rapture on some used vinyl. Worth every penny, even with the flaws. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 I'm floating in a constant heaven.  

 
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