The Joy Of Dance-Punk & Electro-Clash
One of the greatest movements in history was the illustrious mash-up between indie rock, punk, and disco. Many groups in the post-punk era had adopted a more danceable style infusing new wave and electro sounds into their rock roots. Notable godfathers of the movement Gang of Four, Public Image Ltd, and New Order established a spry playground for punk music that was enticing fans to the dance floor for something other than moshing.
In the early years of the new millennium, new acts were emerging out of the revived garage/post-punk scene and were trying on new outfits.
While lots of rock music variations have been danceable in the past, this was a one-time burst of furious energy concentrated from 2000 to 2010, peaking smack in the middle of the decade. LCD Soundsystem among others made it out of the scene alive and continued to sell out Madison Square Garden with their legacy, while others struggled to be remembered at all. Artist like Shout Out Out Out Out, Moving Units, Oxes, Double Dagger, and Late Of The Pier are hardly touring arenas these days.
Integral to this movement was the genius of LCD Soundsystem, Bloc Party, The Faint, Franz Ferdinand, Radio 4, and The Rapture.
What’s more interesting is the brief flash of candy that was electroclash music. This was music fusing electro, new wave, and synth-pop with techno and electropop. It originated as a movement in performance art, showmanship, and humour and caught fire as the world was eating up everything indie and chic.
The genre’s key artists included Fischerspooner, Peaches, Tiga, Adult., and Scissor Sisters. Everyone jumping into the pool was melding all sorts of ideas into the the main attribute of danceability. It could lean entirely towards pop music, or entirely towards house music, as long as the beat was shaking pulses.
Le Tigre. 
Bands like Justice were high polished disco cleanliness, where acts like Crystal Castles was aggressive and distorted. Hot Chip, Gang Gang Dance, CSS, Le Tigre, and Midnight Juggernauts all kept the party rolling, the drugs flowing, and the tempo’s pumping. As there is much crossover between dance punk, more rooted in rock, and electroclash more rooted in synth, the two genres melded together in a vends diagram of stamina.
In the middle of these two forces is a feast of energetic fun that is instantly infectious to the listener. It’s nearly impossible not to feel like moving your body to the face-punch of the music.
As the ugly lights of the 2010’s turned on in the club, the rave quickly came to an end. The inevitable comedown party was all about a new woozy VHS-infused sound that was more about the chill. Retro-futurism and nostalgia took over the minute Washed Out released “Feel It All Around” on his soundcloud page. From there millennials everywhere would fall in love with all things low-pitched, understated, and filtered through a warble of an 80’s sentimentality most of them weren’t even alive for.