Fans of the headlong indie-tronic beats of DFA should check out this Athens duo. The strange boldness of their name (pre-2001) is nothing next to the strange boldness of their tunes, which use guilty-pleasure Europop to give ripping rhythms an extra kick on the top end.
Musical historians will tell you that romantic musical pairings - from Ike and Tina to Fleetwood Mac to The White Stripes - are often as touch-and-go as their "Bennifer" counterparts on the silver screen, but fans know the awful, delicious truth: The music always gets the most interesting at the inevitable, messy, emotional breakup.
And so it goes with The Cover Up, the newest album by the Athens electropop duo, I Am The World Trade Center...