…Airlines (@airlinesmusic)? Style Etoile likes music that makes us feel hopeful. Uplifted. Like anything’s possible. Airlines makes that kind of music and in the dog days of winter, we can’t thank them enough. The LA-based band’s tropical electronica—think Friendly Fires meets Tanlines meets Yeasayer—gets us moving, makes us smile, and transports us to a happy, dance-y place. Enjoy.
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. . . Gardens & Villa (@gardensandvilla)? As much as Style Etoile loves music, there are only so many songs that not only draw us in from the very beginning, but also sound just as fresh the 100th time we have heard them as they do on the first listen. “Black Hills” is one of those songs. Garden & Villa’s debut self-titled album came out Tuesday and we can’t get enough of it. This California quartet’s sound is part The Drums, part Postal Service, part Yeasayer, and all awesome. Check it.
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. . . Hooray For Earth (@hoorayforearth)? Style Etoile is more than a little excited for the June 16th Architecture in Helsinki show at Webster Hall and it’s in large part due to openers Hooray For Earth. This New York quartet is making seriously fresh psychedelic dance music—think Yeasayer meets MGMT with a hint of 80s synth pop. Their album True Loves came out Tuesday and we have had it on repeat ever since . . . do yourself a favor and check it out. See you on the 16th and don’t forget your dancing shoes . . .
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. . . Total Warr (@totalwarr)? Don’t let the title of the above track fool you—”Gangsta Rap” is anything but. Total Warr is a newly-formed French duo and you know how the French love their irony . . . almost as much as they love their synth-pop and these guys are putting the two together to make catchy, blissed-out dance tracks. Total Warr’s late 2010 EP Cascades sounds like a cross between Hot Chip and Yeasayer and we have yet to play it at a party when someone didn’t ask who it was and where they could get it . . . now you can beat us to the punch.
