Men Without Hair: 30 Years Later

"Cause your friends don't dance

And if they don't dance

Well they're no friends of mine"

The Internets are abuzz - the legendary Canadian band Men Without Hats are back on tour after a decade-long hiatus and nearly 30 years since the release of their greatest and arguably only hit "Safety Dance". The tour kicked off in Vancouver last Saturday, and despite the sold-out show, I bet absolutely every single person in the audience waited for exactly the same thing - the first line they could finally sing along to - "We can dance if we want to". With the Safety Dance being the obvious climax of the show, I don't even know where you could go from there both as an audience and as an artist, because the rest of the concert must feel like an extended denouement. To put it in post-coital terms, both parties are sitting up in bed, smoking cigarettes and awkwardly trying to piece together a conversation about the weather, until it is socially acceptable for one of them to leave.

Still, I would like to take this momentous occasion as an excuse to share some music that may make you dance if you want to, maybe even leave your friends behind. Turn down that bass, turn up the treble, let the synths sound even more synthy!

Architecture in Helsinki - Contact High

A new single from Architecture in Helsinki is squeaky clean pop like a yellow rubber duck after a scented bubble bath. The claps and the French horn prevalent on the early albums are replaced with the computerized effects and Auto-tuned vocals on the newly-released Moment Bends. Despite having the production sleeker than a greaser's hair, the song never forgets the playfulness with which the band had approached each of its previous efforts.

Austra - Lose It

Austra was one of the Canadian bands at this year's SXSW that has garnered a lot of attention from the critics and the peers. It should come as no surprise as the towering vocals of the band's lead singer Katie Stelmanis pole-vault Austra over other electronic acts. Katie's previous operatic training is particularly noticeable on "Lose It".

Young Galaxy - Peripheral Visionaries

I am easily entertained by puns in song titles, and "Peripheral Visionaries" is no exception.

Duck Sauce - Barbra Streisand

You know you're late to the party, when you discover a song after it's been covered by the Gleeks. I'm embarrassed to say that I haven't heard of this song until a few weeks ago. Duck Sauce, almost a house-music supergroup, is comprised of Armand Van Helden and A-Trak, who teamed up once again to bring the most infectious dance mix of the year (so far).

Martin Solveig & Dragonette - Hello

After having watched a video for "Barbra Streisand", I randomly clicked a link for "Hello", and I was very pleasantly surprised. Not only does the video include cameos from Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils, but the song itself is simply bursting with poppy goodness.