Allein, Allein

Earlier this morning, a friend and I were browsing random European charts and talking about German gangster rap (laughing, mostly), and being generally shocked at the amount of a certain rapper's curse words and such from Germany, when he came across this catchy Dance/Electronica/Synth-pop tune (that isn't rap) called "Allein Allein," which translates to "alone, alone," from the German band Polarkreis 18. The song was no. 1 in Germany, but Katy Perry's "Hot N Cold" beat it to gain the top spot, so it's currently no. 2. in Germany.

The song is mostly in English, and the only words sung in German are the lines "Wir sind allein," which translates, if I'm not mistaken, to "we are alone."
The only other line in German is when the singer sings "allein allein."

It's catchy as hell, and I haven't been able to stop listening to it since he showed me the music video. I especially love the beginning, where the chant of "Allein Allein" and the music build up until the singer starts singing.
here is the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0yyHY56FpU

Does it offend you, yeah?

Already lauded by the British press, Does it offend you, yeah? is an Electro rock/New Wave/Punk band from Reading, England. Unlike other U.K bands, Does it offend you, yeah don't take themselves too seriously. On their myspace, they describe their sound as "an arcade machine thrown into a lake, A ZX Spectrum in a prison shower block (That soap on the floor…? it’s a trap)." If you haven't heard of them, their music can be described as a day-glo explosion of synthesisers and guitars that sounds like a bunch of horny robots and hedonistic humans trying to seduce each other.
The band is made up of four members: Morgan Quaintance (guitar, synthesizers), James Rushnet (lead vocals, bass), Dan Coop (Synthesizers), and Rob Bloomfield (drums). Their Justice/Rage against the machine/Devo-inspired songs on their album, You have no idea what you're getting yourself into, will be sure to hook you the moment you listen to them.

Take a listen to their latest single, Epic last song
or my favourite off the album, the Breakfast club inspired, Being bad feels pretty good.

What else is there

I remember listening and enjoying a song titled "Remind me" on a geico commercial a while back, but I was too lazy to look up who the band or artist was. A friend of mine over at one of my favorite forums posted some videos of a Norwegian duo that I've never heard of before, or, at least, I thought I hadn't heard of them before. He posted two songs with incredibly awesome videos. So after reading up on them a few hours later and learning that they were the ones whose song was on that geico commercial, I started doing more research on them. I was excited to learn that Norwegian Electronica duo Röyksopp are going to release a new album sometime this year, as well (I'll post more details when they become available). In the meantime, I'll leave you with my favorite video and song from their album The Understanding, titled, "What else is there", featuring vocals by Karin Dreijer Andersson from the band The Knife, here