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R-Mac
I need more, would appreciate a little recommendations

I should very well clarify myself. NOT ACTUAL DANCE BANDS like Enya and Kylie Minogue. Basically dancy alternative rock bands or bands using electronic sounds in their music.

something like:
LCD Soundsystem
33Hz
Panic! At The Disco
Men, Women, and Children
Reggie and the Full Effect
Motion City Soundtrack (to a certain degree)
VHS or BETA
The Postal Service
Head Automatica
Action Action
Hard-Fi
Metric
Le Tigre
Zolof The Rock and Roll Destroyer
The Sun
Minus The Bear
Hellogoodbye (my guilty pleasure)

And also it's probably worth mentioning, NO THE KILLERS / THE BRAVERY.
and for my final statement, I don't need anybody coming in here telling me the bands I listen to suck or they're not the genre that I put them into because...frankly, I don't ****ing care.
vehvih
The Ringer [<-not popular..]
Daft Punk
Massive Attack
Gorillaz
Chemical Brothers [oh yes biggrin.gif]
Cibo Mato
Aqualung

I love electronica/rock too pinch.gif

http://www.circusmedia.com/v4/pleasure.audio.php

Click on their Audio Player .. I love their beats happy.gif
R-Mac
Ringer's not that bad...

I'll have to check on the other ones though,
but thanks for the recs.
antix10_kos
here goes:

The Anix (new, but sounds kinda old)
A Certain Kind of Different (underground synthpop, from Arkansas of all places, check out their MySpace)
New Order (old school)
Joy Division (old school)
Depeche Mode (old school)
Bloc Party (eh, a few good songs...)
The Faint (Love, Love, Love these guys...)
IMA Robot (Just dance. I recommend "Black Jettas")
Vanity Beach (gothic, sounds like Orgy and NIN)
Figurine (Postal Serive goes 80's)
Chicks On Speed (just bizarre)
Subsonica (Russian techno)
Radiohead (some songs, like "Idioteque")
Namelessnumberheadman (combine Postal Service with Modest Mouse, that's what NNHM sounds like)
......

yeah, there's tons more but that's all I can think of, in the way of dance-y bands.
xquizit
The Faint
Saeglopur
Freezepop (as Tracy would put it, a combination of Metric and Hellogoodbye)
gotahemmi55
I'm a big Action Action fan, so it's nice to see that someone even listed them

I saw them live last year and even though I'm a hard rock fan, I loved them and bought their cd. If you want to get a taste of them, find the songs "Photograph" or "Drug Like" and then you'll know if you like them or not
Angel_Cece
linkin park- sometimes
R-Mac
Linkin Park = no. Though they do have like a DJ or whatever, I'm leaning toward a more indie / dance sound.

& yes, Action Action is amazing.

edit: FREEZEPOP wub.gif neat little band.
Fashion Rulz
For the person that listed Chicks on speed you are my hero. for a couple other bands that werent listed:
The Arcade Fire
Her Space Holiday
Cut Copy (awsome band if you havn't heard them yet)
Death Cab for Cutie
DNTEL
Electric Six (good stuff: Danger, Danger and I'm the Bomb)
Scissor Sister (awsome band from across the seas)
The Flamming Lips (some of their stuff)
The New Pornagraphers (im listing them because they are amazing and have an electrophonic sound)
Q and not U
R-Mac
Death Cab...you must be thinking about The Postal Service

and I was gonna put Q and Not U but they're more of a post-hardcore outfit.

I'll check out the others though, thanks :D
Mr. Slowjamz
i like the chemical brothers ....and Daft punk ... i think they should be considered rockbands using synth
x3Death.By.Knife.
Boomkat has some cool songs
JlIaTMK
Where are my electroclash/electronica kids?
xquizit
Try Ladytron. wink.gif
hi-C
Goldfrapp
JlIaTMK
QUOTE(xquizit @ Jan 9 2006, 12:26 AM)
Try Ladytron. wink.gif
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<3
It's not that dancy, but oh well.
sadolakced acid
i live for daft punk.

not really, but thier songs are quite entertaining.
Tribal J_Rome
THE KILLERSSSSSSS
tweeak
I like the Knife. Annie is good Norwegian synth-pop too
hi-C
QUOTE(R-Mac @ Jul 23 2005, 8:43 AM)
And also it's probably worth mentioning, NO THE KILLERS / THE BRAVERY.
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QUOTE(Tribal J_Rome @ Jan 9 2006, 2:37 PM)
THE KILLERSSSSSSS
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Either you're trying to be funny or you can't read.
Tribal J_Rome
QUOTE(Madame C @ Jan 9 2006, 4:11 PM)
Either you're trying to be funny or you can't read.
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Either you got a stick up your ass or u just like being one. Sorry that I missed that "no the killers part"
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NoSex
Atom & His Package.

(All my other suggestions were already taken!) ( cry.gif )
hi-C
QUOTE(Tribal J_Rome @ Jan 9 2006, 8:52 PM)
Either you got a stick up your ass or u just like being one.  Sorry that I missed that "no the killers part"
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There's nothing wrong with being a little catty. I'm not like that all the time. _smile.gif
R-Mac
QUOTE(xquizit @ Jan 8 2006, 11:26 PM)
Try Ladytron. wink.gif
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GOOD STUFF.

I haven't checked the others yet.
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