Ratatat

Ratatat's electronic/instrumental works richly combine in miniature displays of computerized emotion, like synthetic laments to the passage of the ’70s and ’80s. Those electro-rock contortions on the duo's self-titled debut scored big points with the critical establishment in 2004, and as you can tell on last year's, Magnifique, the formula hasn't changed much since then—we're certainly not complaining.