5dots (in brief)

    1. Absu (13) 
    2. Major Lazer (13) 
    3. Milanese (12) 
    4. Styggmyr (11) 
    5. The Sound of Arrows (6) 
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    1. Math the Band (30) 
    2. Black Moth Super Rainbow (30) 
    3. Japanther (26) 
    4. Machine Drum (18) 
    5. Suburban Kids With Biblical Names (18) 
    6. The Death Set (17) 
    7. Sean Na Na (16) 
    8. Mika Miko (13) 
    9. The Phenomenal Handclap Band (12) 
    10. Eat Skull (12) 

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    1. Jens Lekman (16) 
    2. Wolves in the Throne Room (6) 
    3. The Decemberists (3) 
    4. The Softies (2) 
    5. Aeroplane (1) 
    6. The Microphones (1) 
    7. Unknown Soulja (1) 
    8. Dwayne Sodahberk (1) 
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  4. Mount Kimbie

    This is some of the weirdest dubstep I’ve heard yet - when the main beat finally comes in in “William”, for example, it’s outrageously slow. But the melody in “Maybes” is just great, and pulls the popping percussion right along with it. Slow and mournful.

    Maybes
    William

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    1. Night Control (19) 
    2. Mika Miko (12) 
    3. dd/mm/yyyy (12) 
    4. Dananananaykroyd (12) 
    5. Sonic Youth (12) 
    6. Matt & Kim (11) 
    7. Cat Stevens (10) 
    8. Magnolia Electric Co. (8) 
    9. Nadja (8) 
    10. Wolves in the Throne Room (4) 

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  7. Aeroplane

    Especially on this first track, Aeroplane are on that dreamy, beachy disco tip. This is pretty great stuff; I love the mood so much.

    Above the Clouds
    Aeroplane (Original Mix)
    Pacific Air Race

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    1. School of Seven Bells (11) 
    2. Venetian Snares (10) 
    3. Mikroknytes (9) 
    4. The Sound of Arrows (9) 
    5. Secret Dakota Ring (8) 
    6. Deradoorian (5) 
    7. The Horrors (4) 
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    1. Hauschka (19) 
    2. The Horrors (18) 
    3. Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band (16) 
    4. EAR PWR (14) 
    5. Japancakes (11) 
    6. Telekinesis (11) 
    7. Faraquet (10) 
    8. Mount Eerie (10) 
    9. Double Dagger (10) 
    10. The Field (6) 

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    1. Iron & Wine (23) 
    2. The Decemberists (18) 
    3. Joker’s Daughter (14) 
    4. Moderat (13) 
    5. Great Lake Swimmers (12) 
    6. Passion Pit (11) 
    7. Anni Rossi (10) 
    8. The Love Language (9) 
    9. Japandroids (8) 
    10. Six Organs of Admittance (7) 

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  12. Japanbands

    Japandroids rock enough that they could probably tour with Japanther:

    Japandroids - Sovereignty
    Japanther - River Phoenix

    Unfortunately, Japancakes wouldn’t really fit the bill sonically:

    Japancakes - When You Sleep

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    1. The Olivia Tremor Control (38) 
    2. The KLF (13) 
    3. Tinted Windows (11) 
    4. Tombs (10) 
    5. Kylesa (10) 
    6. Lotus Plaza (10) 
    7. Cheyenne Mize & Bonnie “Prince” Billy (6) 
    8. Mount Kimbie (4) 
    9. Magnolia Electric Co. (4) 
    10. Sal Paradise (1) 

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  15. David Lee Roth sounds completely ridiculous with no band behind him.

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    1. Doom (17) 
    2. Martyn (14) 
    3. St. Vincent (11) 
    4. Metric (10) 
    5. Conway Twitty (6) 
    6. The Squire of gothos (4) 
    7. Ghislain Poirier (4) 
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  18. Menomena

    Was thinking about Menomena today, for no good reason. I could’ve driven an hour to see them earlier this week, but managed to forget at the last minute and be a little bummed out about that.

    If you’re unfamiliar: kinda weird pop songs (written with the help of custom software - but played live - so there’s generally odd structures); very catchy. If you’re familiar already, well, listen to my three favorite songs (in order) to refresh your memory:

    Wet and Rusting
    Boyscout’n
    Muscle n’ Flo

    Plus, incredibly silly press photos:

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    1. They Might Be Giants (23)
    2. Harmonic 313 (15)
    3. MSTRKRFT (11)
    4. The KLF (8)
    5. Nick Catchdubs & Mr. Ducker (2)
    6. A-Trak (1)
    7. Matt Shadetek (1)
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