http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=72&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody OnlineAlt Danceen720Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:23:03 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=72&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11088911&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Pop Punk Mon, 28 Dec 2009 09:24:43 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.11088911 art.11088911 Cobra Starship art.11088911 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11088911&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11088911&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Streets, appeared in 2006, with statement of purpose Viva La Cobra! following a year later. Slots on various touring festivals came next, with "Guilty Pleasure" and "Kiss My Sass" receiving airplay. In 2009, Cobra Starship's third album came out, Hot Mess, which featured lead single "Good Girls Go Bad." - Mike McGuirk]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.25049179&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:48 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.25049179 art.25049179 Owl City art.25049179 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.25049179&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.25049179&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Of June, Young sang of floating in space in a set that referenced cruise ships, airplanes and nonstop modern motion, sounding at once thrilled with distance and nostalgic for a simpler, stay-at-home lifestyle. He came into his own style with Maybe I'm Dreaming, which found him fleshing out his delicate, catchy sound with acoustic guitars and more intricate songwriting. This is the sound of being young, in love and 110% alive. - Philip Sherburne]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15606322&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:17:09 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.15606322 art.15606322 3OH!3 art.15606322 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15606322&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15606322&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss 3OH!3's big break came at the Denver stop of 2007's Warped Tour; their strong showing got them booked to play the entire nationwide tour in 2008. The same year, they signed to the Atlantic subsidiary Photo Finish and released their debut album, Want. For all the aggression in their songs, there's a wink and a smile behind the sneer, which makes sense given their punk roots: punks don't take anything too seriously, after all. Not even crunk.

]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4269&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Synth Pop Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:23:21 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4269 art.4269 Depeche Mode art.4269 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4269&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4269&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Music for the Masses and on to the dark extravagance of albums like Violator and Exciter. But an abundance of alternate versions and remixes has produced a messy canon. For many fans, that's half the fun: Depeche Mode's B-sides make for a fascinating alternative history of these alt-rock heroes. - Philip Sherburne]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11570887&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie Pop Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:45:43 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.11570887 art.11570887 Lily Allen art.11570887 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11570887&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.11570887&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Alright, Still, was released in the U.S., followed by It's Not Me, It's You in February 2009. - Linda Ryan]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14098590&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:47 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.14098590 art.14098590 MGMT art.14098590 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14098590&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14098590&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Oracular Spectacular, a collection of sweeping, electronic Flaming Lips-style noise-pop songs, was released in 2007. Critical and popular accolades for the band reached a high at the CMJ Music Marathon a few weeks after the album's release. A tour alongside Of Montreal and a remix from Justice helped the band continue to merge its twin tendencies towards psychedelic pop and electro. - Philip Sherburne]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1176&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Industrial Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:23:18 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1176 art.1176 Nine Inch Nails art.1176 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1176&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1176&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss
Reznor grew up isolated in small-town Pennsylvania, where he studied classical piano as a kid, switching to keyboards and playing in garage bands as a teen. He dropped out of Pennsylvania’s Meadville College, moved to Cleveland, and recorded a self-made demo. That tape got him signed to TVT, an independent label best known for compilations of TV jingles.

Pretty Hate Machine was coproduced by Flood (Depeche Mode, U2), John Fryer (Love & Rockets, Cocteau Twins), and Adrian Sherwood and Keith LeBlanc. It yielded three college-radio hits, most notably “Head Like a Hole,” the video for which got extensive MTV play. Although the album vented an extremely dire, introspective outlook, it sold a million copies. This was at least in part due to the fact that Reznor assembled a band that spent three years on the road promoting Pretty Hate Machine, in the process dazzling audiences at the 1991 Lollapalooza Tour and opening for Guns n’ Roses in Europe. NIN spent so long touring because Reznor was suing to be released from TVT, who he said didn’t support him artistically or financially. Several other companies were interested in NIN, and when TVT wouldn’t let Reznor go, Interscope negotiated an agreement to corelease the band. Interscope also gave Reznor his own label, Nothing. Broken (Number Seven, 1992) was recorded during this period in a number of locations “without the permission of The Record Label,” as the liner notes say. The EP is an intensely devastated and devastating document, once again entirely masterminded by Reznor, with three tracks coproduced by Flood. NIN had Coil and Foetus’ Jim Thirwell remix tracks from Broken on Fixed.

Broken debuted at Number Seven on the pop albums chart, while “Wish,” a track from the record, won a Grammy for Best Metal Performance. Reznor tested the freedom granted by his new record company on the video for “Happiness in Slavery,” which showed a man being sexually tortured and ground into a pulp by a machine - a visualization of NIN’s own tortured nature as a synth band venting human emotions and an apt metaphor for Reznor’s feelings about the music business. This was not the first controversial NIN video: “Sin,” from the first album, was refused by MTV for its images of genital piercing and gay men smearing blood on each other, while outtakes from “Down in It” were investigated by the FBI, which suspected that they were culled from a snuff film.

Working on his next album in L.A., Reznor moved into the house where Charles Manson’s followers murdered Sharon Tate. Flood again coproduced, and the album featured guitarist Adrian Belew. The Downward Spiral (1994), a dense, depression-filled, and uncompromising work, debuted at Number Two on the chart and went on to sell 5 million copies.

In the summer of 1994, NIN appeared at the Woodstock ’94. A version of “Happiness in Slavery” from the live album culled from performances at the festival earned NIN its second Grammy for Best Metal Performance. In 1996, Reznor coproduced shock-rocker Marilyn Manson’s Antichrist Superstar (the two men later had a falling-out). Reznor also produced the soundtracks for Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers (1994) and David Lynch’s Lost Highway (1997).

Accolades from both the rock and mainstream press were pouring in by this time, with Time magazine naming Reznor one of the 25 most influential Americans. In 1999 NIN released its first studio album in five years, a despairing double CD called The Fragile (Number One). Working with a broader sonic palette than before, Reznor tempered his throbbing cacophony with moodier, subdued moments; ROLLING STONE hailed the record “a brutal and delicate masterpiece.” “The Day the World Went Away” debuted at Number 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart to become the first Top 40 single of NIN’s career.

All that Could Have Been, a live disc and video documenting the Fragile tour cycle, followed in 2002. Reznor resurfaced three years later with another Number One studio album from Nine Inch Nails, With Teeth, which included the Number One Modern Rock singles “Every Day is Exactly the Same” and “Only.” NIN was slated to perform the anti-George W. Bush song “The Hand That Feeds” at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards but dropped out when the channel refused to allow the group to perform in front of a large image of the president. The group toured through 2006, stopping briefly for Reznor to put together another set of studio tracks, and resumed touring in 2007. The bleak Orwellian concept album Year Zero (Number Two) arrived in April, spawning the Number One Modern Rock hit “Survivalism.” The album included a pre-release marketing campaign that involved an elaborate online alternate reality game offering fans clues to the album’s storyline, and a remixed version (Y34R Z3R0 R3M1X3D), offered fans the opportunity to contribute their own remixes of the tracks online. Reznor, long unhappy with the music industry, announced that October that Year Zero had been his contract-ending release for Universal Music Group and that he would release all future music independently. In 2008, within two months of each other, Reznor released two albums: Ghosts I-IV, an entirely instrumental album, was released in March and The Slip, released in May, was given away as a free download.

Updated from The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001)]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.18703767&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Dance Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:41 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.18703767 art.18703767 The Ting Tings art.18703767 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.18703767&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.18703767&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss We Started Nothing, in May 2008, the Ting Tings got a boost of exposure from an iTunes ad featuring the song "Shut Up and Let Me Go." With White providing a feisty bite of snotty shouts and sharp guitar and De Martino offering an inventive mix of chopped beats and quirky effects, the two unite a sound that draws from indie party bands such as Bloc Party and CSS while taking cues from garage rock groups like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Kills. - Stephanie Benson]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.24605966&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Dance Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:46 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.24605966 art.24605966 LMFAO art.24605966 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.24605966&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.24605966&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Party Rock. - Philip Sherburne]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5060&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss House Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:45 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5060 art.5060 Daft Punk art.5060 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5060&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5060&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40812&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Experimental Rap/Hip-Hop Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:17:23 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40812 art.40812 Gorillaz art.40812 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40812&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40812&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Demon Days. As the title suggests, the Gorillaz's sophomore effort casts a darker shadow; however, this is tempered by slick-sounding beats and a variety of happy-go-lucky blips and bleeps. The group scored a radio hit this second time around with the single "Feel Good, Inc." - Linda Ryan]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6626436&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Electronica/Dance Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:47 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6626436 art.6626436 M.I.A. art.6626436 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6626436&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6626436&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Arular, was released in 2005. - Sarah Bardeen]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3614&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss New Romantic Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:41 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3614 art.3614 Duran Duran art.3614 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3614&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3614&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Barbarella, Duran Duran personified the 1980s by utilizing an exciting new concept called the music video. Anyone watching MTV back then was introduced to five English dandies from Birmingham who were jet-setting all over the globe. Duran Duran's signature style of seductive pop music is rooted in Funk rhythms, crafty Pop arrangements, and Glam rock melodies. The band first broke with the serpentine hit "Is There Something I Should Know." Shortly before the video for the glamorous, Eno-influnced "Girls On Film" was released, Duran Duran became a front page phenomenon; but it was sexy hits such as "Hungry Like The Wolf" and "The Reflex" from Seven and the Ragged Tiger (1983) that made Duran Duran a household word -- especially in the homes where teenage girls resided.]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1435&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss New Wave Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:23:25 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1435 art.1435 The Cars art.1435 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1435&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1435&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39587&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie Pop Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:46 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39587 art.39587 Imogen Heap art.39587 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39587&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39587&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss i Megaphone that are simply dazzling. Song arrangements display a keen awareness of what is now -- drumbeats and basslines are consistently danceable while electronic noises swoop and swirl with a refreshingly understated gracefulness. As a vocalist, Heap brings a slinky, sexy toughness that's never riddled with melodrama. Even when she's at her most vulnerable, one can't help but think she's a born survivor who can weather any emotional storm. Heap and her co-conspirators do justice to her distinctive, honest vocal delivery and lyrics and her superb musicianship. - Will Lerner]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66640&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss New Wave Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:44 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.66640 art.66640 Tears for Fears art.66640 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66640&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.66640&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Songs From The Big Chair, the group entered the big leagues thanks to hits such as "Shout," "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" and "Head Over Heels." Each one was an intricately arranged tune that deservedly rose to the top of the charts on a blend of soul, technology and smarts. The follow-up came four years later, and they began to get a bit too smart, throwing in elements of jazz and a somewhat overwhelming Beatles fetish. Curt Smith left the band in 1992, leaving Orzabel with the group's name. Records followed, including the unforgivably titled Raoul & the Kings of Spain, but none captured the public's attention in quite the same way. Despite the duo's strong differences, they were able to patch things up in 2004 for Everyone Loves a Happy Ending, a strong, tuneful record that put them back in critical favor. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39651&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Punk Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:17:26 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39651 art.39651 New Order art.39651 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39651&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39651&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Blade soundtrack pits raw electro sounds against bitter, fluid bass kicks. They have also maintained impeccable integrity keeping one foot in the mainstream and the other underground, generating colossal worldwide hits as well as disturbing, alienated tracks with depressive guitar echoes and sad synth melodies. Even their most elevated, ethereal moments are grounded in melancholy, but provide a vaulting spirit that gives solace to any wilted flower. - Marc Kate]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65205&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:14:25 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.65205 art.65205 The Postal Service art.65205 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65205&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.65205&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Give Up in early 2003. - Linda Ryan]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.22951128&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:17:29 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.22951128 art.22951128 Passion Pit art.22951128 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.22951128&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.22951128&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Chunk of Change EP. A full-length, Manners, followed a year later, with Passion Pit making the successful crossover into the world of TV ads (PlayStation) and appearances (in the U.K., anyway).]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2117&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:49 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2117 art.2117 Massive Attack art.2117 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2117&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2117&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Blue Lines, was a revelation. At the time of its release in 1992, downtempo electronica and house were the province of Soul To Soul (Keep On Movin') and their dangerously overused but catchy slack-hop beat. Massive Attack, true to their name, came out of nowhere and razed all before them. There was nothing else like it. Credit must be given to producer Nellee Hooper, in some respects the fourth man of the group, since he used his experience producing the first Soul To Soul album to take this new rhythmic style to a different level with the Massive Attack boys, effectively inventing trip-hop in the process. Dubby, soulful and funky, trip-hop became an essential sound for the downtempo cognoscenti. A mini musical revolution had begun, with the likes of Portishead, Beth Orton, the Sneaker Pimps and former Massive Attack member Tricky all starting successful creative careers in the trip-hop world. Sensitive to the cultural zeitgeist of the time in England, the boys briefly changed their name after their debut release to 'Massive' during the first Iraq war. This did not play well in America however, and their first tour here proved a failure. Three years later they came back with Protection, another essential purchase, featuring Everything But The Girl's Tracey Thorn on the stunning opening track. The entire album was then re-mixed by the Mad Professor and released as No Protection. Tracey Thorn's voice was hard to beat, but they managed it with their third release Mezzanine, recruiting the Cocteau Twins' inimitable Elizabeth Fraser, and turning "Teardrop" into the best single the Twins' never released. By the time Massive Attack released their fourth album 100th Window in 2003, it was effectively a solo debut for 3D, since Mushroom and Daddy G had left due to creative differences and family duties respectively. Their most recent work, Danny The Dog, takes them into soundtrack territory, leaving time for frequent remixing requests from anyone with an ear for an elegant and sexy beat. - Nicholas Baker]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10192676&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Experimental Rap/Hip-Hop Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:44 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.10192676 art.10192676 Gnarls Barkley art.10192676 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10192676&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.10192676&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss
While it's a clear enough story, the music that Gnarls Barkley makes is more prickly and diverges from anything that Cee-Lo or Danger Mouse have created in their previous endeavors. And though it references nearly everything, it has no real precedent. Is it amoral gospel music, cinematic soul steeped in idiosyncratic underground hip-hop or left-field indie rock with a drum machine and a basketball fixation? Their debut, 2006's St. Elsewhere , is goofy and slippery, falling in the conceptual lineage of other imaginary hip-hop groups such as the aforementioned Gorillaz or Dr. Octagon. It's smooth and soulful, mimicking some the stylistic expeditions taken by Outkast on The Love Below . And finally, it's a mess: disorganized and brilliant; ambitious and nostalgic. Enjoy the music and the mystery. - Sam Chennault]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7071039&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:07:33 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7071039 art.7071039 Shiny Toy Guns art.7071039 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7071039&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7071039&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss We Are Pilots, initially released on Stormwest International. Perhaps the landing gear wasn't working, because later that year Shiny Toy Guns re-recorded the album, this time for SideCho Records. But listeners along for the ride didn't unbuckle their seatbelts until 2006, when the band once again redid the album for its major-label debut on Universal. Though it only climbed to No. 90 on the Billboard 200, the album earned them a Grammy nomination for Best Electronic/Dance Album and landed three songs -- including "Le Disko," a sassy blast of punk-spirited electro -- in the upper quarter of Billboard's Modern Rock charts. They followed up with Season of Poison in 2008 and Girls Le Disko, a remix collection, the year after. - Philip Sherburne]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21898249&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Pop Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:47 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.21898249 art.21898249 Kevin Rudolf art.21898249 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21898249&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21898249&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss In the City, it was riddled with high-caliber cameos, and it found a home on the gold-plated major label Cash Money. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15748356&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:14:27 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.15748356 art.15748356 Santigold art.15748356 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15748356&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15748356&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Santogold, which reflects influences like Bad Brains, Tina Turner, Devo, the Smiths, Cocteau Twins and many more, is a stunning display of hipster pastiche -- it's ear candy loaded with brain food of a subversive flavor. - Angela Bruno]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15748398&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Dance Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:56:28 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.15748398 art.15748398 Metro Station art.15748398 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15748398&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15748398&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Alternative Press and Teen Vogue and releasing their debut album on Red Ink. - Rachel Devitt]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4123&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Modern Pop Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:03:39 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4123 art.4123 Bjork art.4123 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4123&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4123&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Debut, in 1993, she has created a symbiosis between academic music and pop, her hands holding a score by Karlheinz Stockhausen while her feet dance to the faceless sounds of rave culture. Masterfully, her music never flies out into obscurity or stoops to obviousness. Working with innovative producers and remixers, such as Nellee Hooper, Howie B., Mark Bell, Matmos and, most recently, Timbaland, she has been able to consistently change strategies, keeping her sound contemporary, gently nudging at the edges of the mainstream. While she takes these adventurous turns through her career, her versatile voice is unmistakable. She displays wide emotional range from the contained rage of "Army of Me" to the explosive joy of "It's Oh So Quiet" to the ethereal bliss of "All Is Full of Love." While her music is always challenging, her fine art and screen side-projects are equally thought-provoking. For the Palme D'Or-winning Lars Von Trier film Dancer In the Dark, she won a Best Actress award for her leading role at Cannes in 2000. She would later collaborate with long-time boyfriend and fine art star Matthew Barney on the eerie and indulgent film Drawing Restraint 9. - Marc Kate]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55741&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Downtempo Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:17:26 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.55741 art.55741 Royksopp art.55741 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55741&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.55741&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss
Torbjorn and Svein met at the age of 12, and began their musical career performing Kraftwerk covers for friends. Naming themselves Aedena Cycle, they started creating their own ambient sounds reflecting their love for King Crimson, Brian Eno and the Orb -- influences that would continue to show as their production capabilities matured. Briefly joining Those Norwegians, Torbjorn sharpened his house sensibilities, and then the two friends formed Royksopp, releasing "So Easy" and signed soon thereafter by Wall of Sound. Their debut album, Melody AM, was a slow-burner that generated huge word of mouth and massive sales until even your postman could be heard whistling "Poor Leno" and "Eple." The music was a curious combination of electronica, downtempo, folk and pop -- catchy melodies and fun, uplifting beats that were especially needed in the overly po-faced prog house days at the beginning of the millennium. Global tours followed, accompanied by a number of award-winning and highly creative videos. Remixing requests started to come in, and soon it was possible to detect a specific Royksopp sound: the warmth of a good melody combined with a sparse clinical and washy Arctic rhythmic backdrop. Clearly not wanting to be pigeonholed, their next release, 2005's The Understanding, had a different feel and employed new vocalists (even using their own on some tracks), but their love of prog rock, especially the Alan Parsons Project, could still be clearly detected on tracks like "Alpha Male." - Nicholas Baker]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68457&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Synth Pop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:03:54 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68457 art.68457 Pet Shop Boys art.68457 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68457&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68457&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Behavior (1990) got them as far away from the dancefloor as they are ever likely to go, Nightlife sounds unimaginatively like the modern disco their critics believe them to hack out. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17017858&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Emo/Hardcore Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:07:43 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.17017858 art.17017858 Brokencyde art.17017858 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17017858&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.17017858&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57021&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Synth Pop Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:31:04 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.57021 art.57021 Eurythmics art.57021 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57021&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57021&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss
Lennox grew up in Aberdeen, Scotland, the only daughter of a bagpipe-playing shipyard worker. Her piano- and flute-playing skills won her a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London, but she quit on the eve of finals, disgusted with the school's pretensions. She spent three years working odd jobs in London and playing with a folk-rock band, a jazz-rock group, and a cabaret duo. A friend introduced her to Dave Stewart.

Stewart came from an upper-middle-class family in Northern England. By the early '70s his band Longdancer was signed to Elton John's Rocket Records but never accomplished anything. He then played in a variety of groups, which ranged from soul to medieval music. When he met Lennox he was writing music with a recluse named Peet Coombes.

Lennox and Stewart immediately began a musical and romantic partnership. With Coombes they formed a band called Catch, which shortly became the Tourists. The Tourists' three albums (The Tourists, 1979; Reality Effect, 1979; Luminous Basement, 1980) mixed folk, psychedelia, and new wave. A cover of the Dusty Springfield hit "I Only Want to Be With You" was a big hit in England (Number Four U.K., 1979), but barely made it into the U.S. Hot 100 (Number 83, 1980).

When the band disintegrated in late 1980, so did Lennox and Stewart's romance. They continued to work together, however, and named their partnership after Eurythmics, a system of music instruction developed in the 1890s that emphasizes physical response. Their debut was recorded in Germany and featured Blondie drummer Clem Burke, members of Can and DAF, and Marcus Stockhausen, son of the avant-garde composer. Despite good reviews, it was weakly supported by their label.

Lennox and Stewart were committed to making the Eurythmics a solid business and artistic venture, however. In a makeshift studio that Stewart set up, they recorded Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Number 15, 1983), using an 8-track recorder and synthesizers. Though the first British single, "Love Is a Stranger," attracted some attention in clubs, it was the title track (Number One) that propelled the band to stardom.

As the singer for the Tourists, Lennox was a platinum blonde often called the British Blondie. Sick of that dolly image, Lennox wore an orange crewcut and a man's suit in the Eurythmics' early work. When the band performed at the 1984 Grammys, she dressed like Elvis. In the video for "Who's That Girl?" she plays a chanteuse who leaves a club with her butch alter-ego; at the end, she-Annie kisses he-Annie.

Touch (Number Seven, 1983) yielded "Here Comes the Rain Again" (Number Four, 1984), but Eurythmics' next release, the soundtrack for 1984 (the film based on George Orwell's novel), was a disappointment. The film's director complained on a televised awards show that he had been forced to use the band's music, and the single "Sexcrime (Nineteen Eighty-four)" was widely misinterpreted. Lennox suffered another public humiliation when she married a Hare Krishna and divorced him a year later. But Be Yourself Tonight (Number Nine, 1985) returned the band to the public grace, showcasing Lennox's soulful vocals in a duet with Aretha Franklin, "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" (Number 18, 1985). The album also yielded the hit single "Would I Lie to You" (Number Five, 1985). On Revenge (Number 12, 1986), the Eurythmics went for an arena-rock sound and produced their last Top 20 single, "Missionary Man" (Number 14, 1986).

In 1987 Stewart married singer Siobhan Fahey, formerly of Bananarama and later half of the duo Shakespear's Sister. Many critics considered the Eurythmics to have run out of steam on We Too Are One (Number 34, 1989), so it was not surprising when Lennox announced that she was taking a couple years off from music to work for a homeless charity. She had delivered a stillborn baby in 1988 and wanted to devote time to her family (she is married to filmmaker Uri Fruchtmann, with whom she's since had two children). In 1992 she released Diva (Number 23, 1992), a platinum-selling solo album that received three Grammy nominations. Stewart, meanwhile, had already released one soundtrack album, Lily Was Here, and put together the band Spiritual Cowboys, which included drummer Martin Chambers (Pretenders). He has also produced records for Daryl Hall, Tom Petty, Mick Jagger, and Bob Dylan. In 1995 Stewart released his first real solo album, Greetings From the Gutter>, a modern Ziggy Stardust–like opus with a funky backing band (Bootsy Collins is on bass). A pop-rock followup, Sly-Fi, appeared in 1998.

Lennox and Stewart hadn't spoken with each other for four years when she called in 1997 to inform him of the death of their former Tourists bandmate, Peet Coombes. The conversation got the duo talking again; later, while rehearsing for an acoustic performance at a party for a mutual friend, they began writing new material together. Peace (1999), the album that grew out of those sessions, was the first new Eurythmics LP in 10 years and found Lennox's supple, powerful alto fully intact. It also eschewed the catchy, electro-pop of the duo's '80s heyday in favor of lushly orchestrated ballads focusing on the pair's musical and prior romantic partnership. After the record's release, Stewart and Lennox played a series of dates, most of them in Europe, the proceeds of which went to Amnesty International and Greenpeace.

from The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (Simon & Schuster, 2001) ]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5732&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Big Beat Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:51 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5732 art.5732 Fatboy Slim art.5732 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5732&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5732&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss
Cook, who was christened Quentin, started DJ'ing at age 15. In 1985 he changed his name to Norman and joined the British pop band the Housemartins, replacing departing bassist and founding member Ted Key. The Housemartins were known for their socially conscious, no-frills image and scathing sarcasm. Their 1986 and 1987 albums yielded several Top 20 pop hits, including "Caravan of Love" (Number One U.K., 1986) and "Happy Hour" (Number Three U.K., 1986).

Following the band's split in 1988, Housemartins frontman Paul Heaton and drummer Dave Hemingway formed the Beautiful South; Cook, meanwhile, returned to his dance-music roots with Beats International, which scored a Number One hit in the U.K. with its 1990 single "Dub Be Good to Me." Cook also recorded under numerous other monikers, including Pizzaman, Freakpower, and Mighty Dub Katz — who all charted in the U.K. — before embarking on his Fatboy Slim project. He made a minor splash in America with 1996's Better Living Through Chemistry and its single, "Going Out of My Head," which drew its defining guitar sample from Yvonne Elliman's remake of the Who's "I Can't Explain." But it was 1998's You've Come a Long Way, Baby that transformed Cook into an international star with its inescapable hits "The Rockafeller Skank" and "Praise You," the latter of which stayed on the U.S. pop chart for 20 weeks in 1999. Cook veered away from big beat for his next venture, Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars, on which he worked with live vocalists (including R&B singer Macy Gray) for the first time. The single "Weapon of Choice" went on to hit Number 33 on the Modern Rock charts, and drew attention for its music video featuring a dancing (and flying) Christopher Walken, which won six MTV video awards in 2001.

Palookaville followed in 2004, and two years later he issued a best-of. In 2008, Cook announced he was looking for a new moniker with which to release his next album, which is mostly finished and features tracks with Iggy Pop. ]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39810&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:49 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39810 art.39810 Goldfrapp art.39810 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39810&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39810&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5278368&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Leftfield/IDM Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:27:00 -0700 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5278368 art.5278368 Ratatat art.5278368 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5278368&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5278368&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Classics, was mostly recorded in upstate New York and substantially broadened their style. Ask 'em and Ratatat will try to convince you that small is the new big. - Jonathan Zwickel]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.34326&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:50:44 -0700 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.34326 art.34326 Gossip art.34326 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.34326&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.34326&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss sexy dynamo with a penchant for stripping onstage and a voice like a shot of whiskey -- grainy, fiery, and strong as hell. Ditto's soulful pipes o'steel plus Paine's Southern-fried guitar plus Mendonca's hip-swinging drums added up to a sound that got people's attention: Kill Rock Stars, which released all the band's full-length albums and a fistful of EPs; the White Stripes, Sleater-Kinney and Le Tigre, each of which toured with the Gossip; and queer kids, for whom the band is an out-and-proud icon, willing to wrestle issues like sexism, homophobia, and body fascism. Before recording their third album, the Gossip relocated to Portland, Oregon, parted ways with Mendonca over stylistic differences, and replaced her with Hannah Blilie (of Shoplifting) whose friskier beat helped shape the band's more dance-oriented sound on 2006's Standing in the Way of Control. They continued down that alt-disco path with their first major label album, 2009's Music for Men. - Rachel Devitt]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63717&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss New Wave Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:56:24 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.63717 art.63717 Culture Club art.63717 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63717&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63717&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4017&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Big Beat Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:16:39 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4017 art.4017 The Chemical Brothers art.4017 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4017&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4017&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss anything goes playlists they had experienced at clubs on the island. This blend of hip-hop, rare house, classic rock and just about anything else provided it worked became known as Balearic (named after the group of Mediterranean islands that include Ibiza). Tom and Ed loved the Balearic blending of genres and started their own similar night at local Manchester club, Naked Under Leather, in 1991. As this extra-curricular diversion grew in popularity, they took the name The Dust Brothers in tribute to the U.S. production team responsible for the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, and started to produce their own music. Their first effort, "Song To The Siren" immediately put them on the map. Darren Emerson, Andy Weatherall and Lionrock's Justin Robertson all took notice and they soon found themselves in-residence in London as a production and remixing duo. It was here that they began their now-legendary Heavenly Social Sunday night parties -- a regular hedonistic gathering that has become over time a touchstone of electronica history credibility with more people claiming to have been than there were nights available. As their notoriety grew, the "real" Dust Brothers sent in the lawyers, so a name change to The Chemical Brothers was required and a graceful departure was fashioned in the title of their debut album Exit Planet Dust (1995). By now they were approaching Underworld levels of fame and critical appreciation, so it was no surprise when Oasis's Noel Gallagher agreed to sing on their Beatle-y "Setting Sun" release, again cementing their popularity in both the rock and dance camps, something that was underscored by their opening gig for Oasis at the Knebworth music festival, a pre-cursor to several headlining global tours. Dig Your Own Hole (1997) followed, with the inescapable hit "Block Rockin' Beats," after which there was the excellent Surrender (1999) ("The Sunshine Underground" being a standout track) and Come With Us (2002). The inevitable career review Singles 93-03 (2003) started tongues wagging about a creative block, but the beats kept rockin' with 2005's Push The Button and 2007's We Are The Night. - Nicholas Baker]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69203&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Dance Pop Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:48:00 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.69203 art.69203 Paul Hardcastle art.69203 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69203&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.69203&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.246&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Dance Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:50:55 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.246 art.246 Garbage art.246 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.246&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.246&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3923&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss New Wave Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:17:23 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3923 art.3923 Thompson Twins art.3923 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3923&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3923&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3826&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Synth Pop Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:33:47 -0700 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3826 art.3826 a-ha art.3826 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3826&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3826&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57205&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:38:15 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.57205 art.57205 Frou Frou art.57205 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57205&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57205&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Details, is a gem of expansive electronic pop. The duo got a big boost when its song "Let Go" was featured on the soundtrack of the 2004 film Garden State. - Sarah Bardeen]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3337&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Synth Pop Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:04:00 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3337 art.3337 Erasure art.3337 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3337&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3337&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3209&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss New Romantic Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:54 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3209 art.3209 The Human League art.3209 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3209&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3209&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.890&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss New Wave Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:24:17 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.890 art.890 The Fixx art.890 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.890&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.890&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4350&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Synth Pop Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:17:26 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4350 art.4350 Berlin art.4350 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4350&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4350&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Pleasure Victim in the synth-crazed '80s. They call it "electronica" now and Berlin are still making it. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9408141&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Laptronica Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:58 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.9408141 art.9408141 The Knife art.9408141 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9408141&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.9408141&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Silent Shout. - Garrett Kamps]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.64366&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Garage Rock Revival Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:24 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.64366 art.64366 The Kills art.64366 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.64366&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.64366&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12248263&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Dance Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:04:56 -0700 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.12248263 art.12248263 Mickey Avalon art.12248263 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12248263&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.12248263&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3986&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Industrial Metal Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:23:18 -0800 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3986 art.3986 Ministry art.3986 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3986&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3986&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss The Land of Rape and Honey, it was clear that the music was genuinely unique in the mainstream and that they had created a sound as powerful and heavy (if not more so) than any alternative or metal band of the period. The band crossed those alternative and metal lines, drawing hordes of fans from each camp and helping along the eventual blurring of those traditionally opposite styles that occurred in the late '80s and early '90s with the onset of grunge rock and alternative metal. Ministry's influence (which can be felt even today in the industrial scene) was both musical and stylistic and the albums they put out during their peak (Land Of Rape And Honey, The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste and Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed & the Way to Suck Eggs) actually stand up over a decade later. The band continues to release albums today and, to its credit, remains as Satanic and sex-obsessed as ever -- an aesthetic Nine Inch Nails may have taken to the top but Ministry invented. - Mike McGuirk]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6052081&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Electropop Thu, 3 Sep 2009 10:32:55 -0700 Top Alt Dance Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6052081 art.6052081 Cut Copy art.6052081 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6052081&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6052081&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Falt-dance%2Fartist-chart.rss Bright Like Neon Love, but teamed up with French producer Philippe Zdar (Cassius, Motorbass and MC Solaar), and the album helped spawn a worldwide electro-house movement. On their second album, In Ghost Colours, Zdar was replaced by DFA Records co-founder Tim Goldsworthy and would take the group in a more indie rock and synth pop direction. - Nate Cavalieri]]>