I'm looking for modern, hard hitting punk/new wave electro with vocals

I'm thinking material like:

Metal Urbain - Creve Salope
Malaria! - Your Turn to Run
Dead Moon - Dead Moon Night

Some recent stuff would be nice - ie, post 2006. Nothing cuter than, say, the Ting Tings, and nothing more electro than, say, 'Space invaders are Smoking Grass'. Help this clueless old guy. Cheers!

crystal castles?

these new puritans - chamber

is the best track i know that kind of meets these criteria

Volt

catatonic youth!

The Knife 'We Share Our Mother's Health' - does that count? I don't know any of their other stuff, but that track is amazing

Thanks for these suggestions, much appreciated. Please do keep 'em coming if you have more.

Curses! - hungry 4 love
Danger - 11h30
Delorean - Apocalypse Night Fight
In flagranti - teaching children how to swear (the last min switch is wicked)
Knightlife - ambobop
Telephate - Devil's trident

Wait I just realized you asked without vocals in which case neither does curses! or knightlife work, wicked tunes either way. The rest do have vocals though.

Mainly check out Delorean, think they might be up your alley.

*with vocals :P

This forum really needs some sort edit function.

It does have suggest ban function though.

as well a bunch of douchebags lurking around.

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http://www.myspace.com/_frustration

This is beyond awesome, thank you all.

I'm really gearing this stuff to DJ to a rock crowd of mixed sexual preference which likes to dress up and likes to dance, if that provides some context. It needs to be fun stuff with a good tune, but also with plenty of attitude and a little on edge. Really important too that there's plenty of female vocals. To provide further context, I'll also be playing rock stuff like Plasmatics, The Cult... you get the idea.

in flagranti in general are pretty ace. try first tho because they might be a bit too hi-NRG/disco leaning. still they have a track called 'genital blue room', would be up yr alley moley.

There's a track from the In Flagranti EP on Gomma called "What Are You Doing After the Orgy" that's one of the best things they've ever done, built around a sample of Johnny Rotten from "EMI." Might be the kind of thing you're looking for.

the last album by the vanishing, still lifes are failing. if you don't mind a little goth. and some really terrible band pictures.

www.myspace.com/cuckoocachoo

I'd go with Test Icicles - What's Your Damage (Braxe/Falke Mix)

(Is this an appropriate thread for me to say "Late of the Pier" on?)

Duchess Says - "Black Flag"

^^^ pretty much everything you're describing here

Ghostland Observatory may be worth investigating

Les Trucs!

the french are killin' it. try some Crash Normal, or Cheveu

maybe this

Nice. The Frenchies and the Canadians are good at this kind of thing aren't they? There's also Procon from Toronto.

Duchess Says - "Black Flag"

― Put big bows (or small) In you hair. (Curt1s Stephens)

That one's bang on the money.

:]

Only Procon I've heard is a snippet of "Cop vs. Fireman" which I thought was pretty awesome.

also maybe worth yr time moley: http://www.myspace.com/judichicago

http://www.myspace.com/thefeedingfingers <--gotta be very selective w/this band but "Fireflies Make Us Sick" is my ideal fake Robert Smith dreamy comedown club music

I Can Do Anything - Gene Serene & John Downfall

Blank Dogs. Blank Dogs. Blank Dogs. Many things on the Sacred Bones label, in fact. The Blank Dogs site lets you download most of their stuff for free, though all non-cads will make a Paypal donation, of course:

http://blankdogs.blogspot.com

On You Tube, there's a great video for their catchiest song: "Leaving the Light On." Check it out:

Sacred Bones can be found here:

http://www.sacredbonesrecords.com

Nice Face's "Hidden Automatic" is getting to me these days too. Check it out here:

http://www.merryswankster.com/mp3/Nice_Face_Hidden_Automatic.mp3

Uh, Suicide?!

Lam! Lam! http://www.reverbnation.com/lamlam

The Prima Donnas pretty great at this too- "It's Ninteen Nointy-Eight, and REAGAN'S DEAD!" is one of my favorite song kickoffs.

More Francophones: Les Georges Leningrad.

Miss Kittin's "Meet Sue Be She" might be my favorite song in this whole genre.

Little Boots innit.

Curtis, I am loving Judi Chicago - esp. Universal Butter.