Eric FreytagMiike Snow and EsserJune 18, 2009330 RitchBetter Than: Prom.By the time Miike Snow came on at nearly midnight last night, the walls of 330 Ritch were sweating, and the dance floor was bumper-to-bumper with a solid wall of hip, well-dressed youngsters pressed against the stage. Popscene may be the best place in the city for little bands to blow up, but it's clear that Miike Snow is quickly moving beyond the room-capacity of a little band. This became clearer still when the group
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I've always thought IDM--intelligent dance music--to be somewhat of a strange name for a microgenre. Its implications seem rather assumptive, namely that most dance music (and, by extension, dance music audiences) is stupid. Also, since dance music's primary function is to move our bodies, does the brain even need to be engaged? Doesn't rhythm happen on an instinctual/synaptic level? And can one wear black turtlenecks with silver go-go boots?
Furthermore, while artists like
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