Very International Love, DoublePlusGood, and Mnemonic churn out electro-pop at Rotture

by Chris Young on January 5, 2010

DoublePlusGood and Very International Love are two little guys doing something big.

The last time these two shared a bill, it was in a sweaty Green House basement where Hush Puppy stuffed animals hung from the rafters and jugs of Rossi were sloshed about as euphoric dancers jostled in the cramped space.

These boys can make you move.

Electric pulsations and poppy melodies define DoublePlusGood’s carefree style. DPG shows signs of The Postal Service but with stronger vocals and their fast cohesion of layered synths and effects. Circuit bent synths and glittering xylophones produce suspended love songs that need no lyrics to relay the message.

Very International Love hits you like an invisible wall with a barrage of BPM’s that’ll make you blink and flinch like staring into a strobe. Rub your eyes or ears, regain your senses, and let their waves of electro-dance toss your body around the dance floor. It’s an electronic romp punctuated by damnable beats, ravaging riffs, and knockabout synths. If you’re not palpitating, you’re doing something wrong.

Megan Danielle’s affected voice has a magnetic quality that draws you to Mnemonic’s calm electro-indie. As the drums chatter like stifled murmurs and the synths moan, Danielle’s vocals recall Emily Haines and fall like a drizzle rippling the unbroken surface of a placid lake.

Come to Rotture for pop-ecstasy, all-out-dance, and mellow sweetness on Thursday night.

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Thursday, January 7, 2009
DoublePlusGood
Very International Love
Mnemonic
Rotture
9 PM
$5.00 at the door
21+

Chris Young

http://whoareyouamico.blogspot.com/

Goal-oriented: Discover a band every day. Ambitious: Catch a concert every night. Possibly deaf: But can still feel a beat. A PDX native passionate about rock'n'roll, electro-dance-pop, hip-hop, synthesizers, and things with buttons and lights. Tell him about a show. Send him a song.