ANIAETLEPROGRAMMEUR are being compared to Crystal Castles A LOT but i'd say they were far more MASCULINE and raw. If CC were indie electro punks then AELP are electro rockers through and through. Their album Die Kir(s)che Auf dem Kopf sounds somewhat like NIN jammin with The Knife (imagine such a thing!) and is pretty fucking cool. The darkest electro, at times it recalls early Prodigy, then Ladytron, then The Stones. It's pretty glorious, and bound to be pretty big for '09 (if this prediction is wrong then it's YOUR FAULT not mine). Oh and by the way, they're french (if you didn't guess) and from their track names (I Am Not From London) they seem kinda keen we don't forget it.
SHRAG are from the best City (yes we're a city now) in England. Ok so I'm slightly biased, but they are pretty Brighton if i say it myself. Harking back to '90s style bubblegum riot grrrl (Kinickie, Garbage) they pump it up to volume with wandering electro and awkward guitars. It definitely won't be for everyone, but anyone wishing there was a British Gravytrain!!!! with guitars who grew up on The Slits then you'll be in for a treat. At times their self titled album wanders too much between girl-centric shouty indie and pop-tastic comedy electro, and you wish they would veer one way or the other, instead of lingering limply somewhere inbetween. Howvever, I don't really think they know what band they want to be, Bikini Kill or Elastica. Their singer is no Kathleen Hanna, and their album is no Cut, but there are some great tracks on there, and I think their next release will be something to look out for if they find their sound in '09. (ps. their vocalist sometimes drifts into Kate Nash style droning, you have been warned, avoid these tracks like the plague).
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