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Foxholes
07/10/08, 09:56 PM
A lot of pop-punk/powerpop these days seems pretty "dancy", but if you really want to dance listen to dance-punk!

What is dance-punk? Learn. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance_punk)

Shy Child (http://www.myspace.com/shychildmusic) is awesome.
x togepi x
07/10/08, 11:19 PM
dance-punk isn't a genre. post punk is.
Carlo Marx
07/10/08, 11:20 PM
gang of four
x togepi x
07/10/08, 11:24 PM
gang of four basically kicked the shit out of most bands in this genre. even when they got back together in '04, they were still sweet.
EchoPark
07/10/08, 11:26 PM
the word dance and the word punk coming together to form a word is just laughable man.
June_Bug
07/10/08, 11:50 PM
I guess i'd throw Family Force 5 in there. I saw them this past weekend and thought they put on a hell of a show. At first i thought they were just another pussy band that my best friend was draging me to go see. They were actually pretty good, now when Cobra Starship went on, that fucking drew the line.
chazjobro
07/10/08, 11:57 PM
Family Force Five is the last thing (well maybe not the last, but its down there) that I would think of when I hear the phrase "dance punk". Sure, they make me want to dance, but they are in no way punk. I wasn't too keen on Shy Child either, didn't really make me want to dance.

Although they may not be dance punk in any way, I'm currently thinking of Suburban Legends. (more like retro-dance-ska if anything). I saw them open for Big D, Goldfinger, and Less Than Jake last week, and they made me want to dance like crazy. It helped that they opened their show by doing the robot.
Carlo Marx
07/11/08, 04:16 AM
that reminds me of this other dance punk thread where a kid said the rocket summer was dance punk, because their music made people dance at their shows.

dance punk is a genre that combines punk rock and dance/funk/disco elements. Namely, the driving basslines, a certain drum style, and the funk chord style of guitar playing. see: gang of four.
EchoPark
07/11/08, 06:55 AM
Gang of Four were post-punk. To lump them into this made up genre of "dance-punk" is pure blasphemy.
Machu505
07/11/08, 06:56 AM
Why do you keep making threads?
Until The Bombs
07/11/08, 07:38 AM
So is this the thread for me to discuss Metro Station in?
ThemChains
07/11/08, 07:40 AM
So is this the thread for me to discuss Metro Station in?

How did you know?
Foxholes
07/11/08, 08:51 AM
Why do you keep making threads?
Why do you keep entering them dumbass?

Everyone should listen to The Faint as well.
Until The Bombs
07/11/08, 08:53 AM
Everyone already does listen to The Faint.
DaveZeroZero
07/11/08, 09:15 AM
the closest things to this I can think of are Dance-rock bands like the audition.
level8loser
07/11/08, 09:19 AM
I dance to Le Tigre.
DaveZeroZero
07/11/08, 09:21 AM
I dance to Le Tigre.

you mean this?

http://gwib.com.ar/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/zoolander_.jpg

Yes, I know you don't.
level8loser
07/11/08, 09:26 AM
you mean this?

http://gwib.com.ar/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/zoolander_.jpg

Yes, I know you don't.

LOL, when I listen to "Deceptacon" I always vogue

EDIT: I also enjoy The Locust. I can always dance to that.