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Post-Modern Pop

 
 

Description of Post-Modern Pop

 
Post-Modern Pop alternately mocks and celebrates trashy culture -- sometimes at the same time -- through a hodgepodge of sampling and genre-bending. Beck, Post-Modern Pop's point man, crystallized the genre's junkyard vision by blending nearly every imaginable musical style -- from folk to hip-hop to Indie Rock -- on his groundbreaking mid-1990s albums Mellow Gold and Odelay. L.A. production duo the Dust Brothers have played a significant role in forming Post- Modern Pop's eclectic sound, producing Odelay as well as the Beastie Boys' cult favorite Paul's Boutique plus several tracks on I Become Small and Go, the sleeper debut of Bay Area band Creeper Lagoon. Post-Modern Pop's success rests in its ability to tap into an overwhelming variety of stylistic sources to assemble hazy yet gripping amalgamations of sound that somehow reflect the essence of pop culture.
 

Post-Modern Pop Key Albums

 
Scissor Sisters

Scissor Sisters

The Three EPs

The Beta Band

 

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Post-Modern Pop Key Artists

 
Animal Collective

Animal Collective is an avant
pop band fusing indie rock,
noise, electronica and
"Friends"-era Beach Boys.
Animal Collective got its st...

Beck

Beck's post modern take on
beats, folk music and funk
has earned him both critical
and commercial success.
Beck's grandfather was a...

Bjork

Reykjavik, Iceland's Bjork
continues her exploration
of electronica and the
points at which it intersects
pop music. Before her sol...

Butter 08

Cibo Matto

New York duo via Japan
with a love of food, musical
genre-hopping and
pervading sense of
starry-eyed wonder. Sea...

Cornelius

Brian Wilson disciple with a
My Bloody Valentine fetish
whose studio
genre-hopping turned
critics' ears in 1997. Obvio...

Cornershop

Indie Rock guitars, dance
club grooves, and the
occasional lyric in Punjabi.
It's a weird mix, but
surprisingly effective.

Experimental Pop Band

Gorillaz

This "fake" group went to
the top of the charts and is
composed of members of
Blur, the Tom Tom Club and
Cibo Matto. The artist behi...

Kahimi Karie

Komeda

Luscious Jackson

Kaleidoscopic,
genre-jumping,
hip-hop-based pop music is
the specialty of this Beastie
Boys-approved group. Lu...

Pizzicato Five

These kids combine a taste
for '60s go-go kitsch and
Bacharach & David pop songs
with the optimistic indie
pop of the '80s. Pizzicato...

Scissor Sisters

The Scissor Sisters' campy
style and unique sound
incorporate elements of
glam, New Romantic and
classic rock. The Scissor...

Soul Coughing

Soul Coughing play
beat-friendly,
genre-hopping pop and are
unafraid to dip their nose
into jazz and blue-eyed f...

Takako Minekawa

Takako Minekawa' s songs
showcase her obsessions:
cats, keyboards and French
Pop. Prior to her solo music
career, Minekawa was a c...

The Beta Band

This raggle-taggle group of
Scots and Brits stirred up
loads of justifiable interest
for their genre-bending
pop. The Beta Band's first...

Ween

Unfortunately, most people
remember Ween for their
silly, modest hit "Push Th'
Little Daisies." Ween are
actually damn fine songw...

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