"The future is electro, female and DIY"

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/dec/17/electro-pop-female-artists

AKA the Guardian has another pop at predicting the pop revival.

That said I like all the acts mentioned who I've actually heard. Perhaps this is the Real Thing!!!

Comments

[koganbot]

I still haven't made my way back to ILM except for Rolling Country. Obv, I feel wary of and uninspired by the place, but probably I need to look at it more, since poptimists has been fading. Don't know how I'll make the time, though, since I don't want to pay attention only to music. Tim's still being there makes ILM worth looking at, I guess.

Abstracting "Just Dance" from its role in a supposed trend or aesthetic, it's produced and co-written by the guy who did Kat DeLuna's "Whine Up" and stuff for Darin and the revived New Kids On The Block and the recreated Menudo etc., which is to say dance pop all the way. And dance pop songs are hitting all the time in Europe and Britain, though in the U.S. they have to compete against r&b and pop rock (and as I said, I think they roughened up "Let's Dance" to make it more "rock"). So the average listener (which in this case is me) isn't going to go "OMG, here is something new" or identify it with any trend beyond "pop." So my guess is that if this stuff (and are we actually talking about anyone more than La Roux and Lady GaGa?) is to be an actual chart trend it'll have to come through with the popcraft. In any event, its commercial rise and indie rock's supposed decline are unrelated, from what I can tell. (This is now me just grousing about the article. Have I mentioned that I hate trend pieces?)