The Ultimate Indie-Electro-Pop Mix?

[ghettohippygrrl]

I'm making a CD called "The Ultimate Upbeat Indie Electro Pop Collection" and I need more music for it. I think the title says it all. It should...

be dancey and fun
mix guitars and keyboards
definitely be catchy

Here's what I've got so far:
Azure Ray - New Resolution (Postal Service mix) (http://mfile3.akamai.com/14123/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/_!/972/510972_1_03.asx?auth=daEbxahbCd8axc3aQd8apdxbTbpdccPdtc1-bfICpJ-Ci-ddhck&aifp=1234&obj=v60610)
The Bravery (http://www.purevolume.com/thebravery) - Fearless
The Bravery - Honest Mistake
The Bravery - No Brakes
Broadcast - Michael A Grammar
Dandy Warhols - You Were The Last High (http://shelanamiya.imeem.com/music/BNbYymhl/you_were_the_last_high/)
Elkland - Apart (http://www.purevolume.com/elkland)
Elkland - Everybody's Leaving
The Gritty Midi Gang (http://www.myspace.com/thegrittymidigang) - (the breakup song)
The Gritty Midi Gang - Labor Day
The Gritty Midi Gang - Leap Day
The Gritty Midi Gang - Valentine's Day
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights

Suggestions? I added links to assist you (and because I'm bored). Thanks.

[thyme]

Mumm-ra - what would steve do?

Foals - Balloons

both british and not too well known.
Look them up on myspace, Foals may be a bit hard to find a downloads for though

[staticoverdub]

ever we fall - bring em in billy (techno mix)
mae - futuro (live)

[sponj]

Of Montreal - So Begins Our Alabee

[fbtmof]

anything of montreal or death from above 1979 or the panda band

[jackbutt]

Any Les Savy Fav song ever written. My favorite album is 3/5, but Go Fourth is definatly the most electro-pop album they have.

[Aka55]

MSTRKRFT - any song, but that might be too electro and not enough pop.
The knife - Silent Shout (the song), We share our mothers health
Daft Punk live at coachella has some amazing mixes
Apostle of Hustle - Folkloric feel (maybe too much pop, too little electro... sortof the animal collective of Canada, minus the excessive vocal harmonies.)
Bloc Party - Luno or Like eating glass remixes
Hot Chip - Over and Over, Boy from school, No fit state
Neon Blonde - The Future is a mesh stallion, Headlines, Black Cactus Killers
Ratatat - Seventeen Years, Fix Up look Sharp (dizzee Rascal remix), Hot (Missy Elliot remix)
Sound of Animals Fighting - My Horse Must Lose
The Strokes - Whatever Happened?, Automatic Stop (No keyboards, deal with it.)
Thom Yorke - The Eraser
The Unicorns - Jellybones
Tv on the radio - I was a lover

[DorkusMalorkus]

Deerhoof can be fun poppy and dancable, but not a whole lot of electro.

I'd suggest these songs though:

Flower
This Magnificent Bird Will Rise
Spirit Ditties of No Tone

[AWA]

Belle and Sebastian - White Collar Boy
AIR - Cherry Blossom Girl

ftw.

[the_astronaut]

The Faint :)

[jackbutt]

http://www.dropkickthefaint.com

Thats what we have to say to that.

[the_astronaut]

Haha, cute game.

[Andrewbiles]

Just shove on Goose (http://www.myspace.com/goosemusic)'s 'Bring it on' album, or maybe some Junior Boys.

[bobjewell87]

Mumm-ra - what would steve do?

Foals - Balloons

both british and not too well known.
Look them up on myspace, Foals may be a bit hard to find a downloads for though


FOALS! yes, foals are amazing

q and not u - wonderful people

[j0nmcc]

mmm the faint and hotchip

[shkrmkr]

Broken Social Scene - 'Fire Eye'd Boy'
Metric - 'Dead Disco'
Metric - 'Hand$hake$'
Metric - 'Live It Out'
The New Pornographers - 'Letter from an Occupant'
The New Pornographers - 'Sing Me Spanish Techno'
Wolf Parade - 'Fancy Claps'

[_propaganda]

Hot chippp!
Over and over and over and over like a monkey with a miniature symbol

[ghettohippygrrl]

Thanks guys. I'll snag these and see what I think. Whoever gave me bad recommendations will die a bloody death. Not really. But some of you were actually very helpful and I 'preciate it.

Giving me a band name really doesn't help me. Every song by a band isn't their best or their catchiest, so try to give their most popular or most catchy, mmmkay? Thanks.

[adm.uk]

Stick a bit of Minus The Bear in there and all.

[zian615]

Check out a band called The Appreciation Post -- T.A.P. (http://myspace.com/theappreciationpost)

They are synth core pop (in my opinion) but they seem to fit this mold

:cheers:

[frd_marshll]

The Faint :)


yes yes and yes

oh idiot pilot

[mellow_out]

So Young It Hurts - The Hampdens
They are a small indie band from Aus... Check em out on MySpace.. I dunno if that song is there though. It is on LimeWire though I think

Oh.. and you may hate it, but I love it and I think it fits the description.
Dear Jamie... Sincerely Me - Hellogoodbye
Very... Girly.. is the only word that I can find to describe it. But it reminds me of all the best bubble gum pop from the 90s.

[inner sense]

Of Montreal - So Begins Our Alabee

YEAH, ANY OF MONTREAL

[DorkusMalorkus]

Hot Chip-Over and Over
Hot Chip-Arrest Yourself

The Juan Maclean-Love is in the Air
The Juan Maclean-My Time is Running Out

[YAY_FOR_PIE]

Hot Chip
The Knife
MSTRKRFT
Those are some quality techno oriented bands.

[Barrett346]

ghostland observatory (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=3782258)

all the songs on there are very good, but i reccomend Sad Sad City.

[iamjosh]

Artists you ought to be a-listenin' to... in no particular order

The Faint
Stars
The Æffect
Depeche Mode
Of Montreal
Metric
Zero 7
Imogen Heap
Air

aaand that's all i can think of right now.

[mellow_out]

^I was also about to say Frou Frou... Which is Imogen Heap... Electric President are good too....

[lukef]

New Young Pony Club - Ice Cream


the song is just brilliant.

Thumbs up to whoever suggested "Sing Me Spanish Techno"

[ROWYCO]

hey hippie chick!

will you post up the finished playlist, once you've decided? I want to hear too!

[LonelySgtPepper]

Hot Hot Heat Sound Like What Your Describing
Some Songs...
Middle Of Nowhere
Jingle Jangle
You Owe Me An I.O.U

[onlyonehere]

Youthmovies - Spooks The Horse
Draw - She Wants Me
iForward, Russia! - Twelve
I Was A Cub Scout - Pink Squares

[hengler]

Ladyton, perhaps? Maybe a little more dance-y than you want but some stuff is fantastic. Try: International Dateline, Seventeen, Destroy Everything You Touch

Help She Can't Swim! ANYTHING by them. But especially My Own Private Disco.
And White Rose Movement - Girls in the Back
Architecture in Helsinki - Do The Whirlwind

[shkrmkr]

Thumbs up to whoever suggested "Sing Me Spanish Techno"

:D That'd be me.

[trev_smith12]

The Thermals- A Pillar Of Salt

[STRAT811]

Bright Eyes-I Will be Grateful For This Day
Radiohead-Idioteque
Bloc Party-Like Eating Glass remix