Top 5 Spontaneous Dance Party Starting Jams of 2011

#5 New Division - Nocturnal

New Wave meets shiny disco bangers, what’s not to love?

#4 My Tiger My Timing – Endless Summer

Armed with this jam, it will feel like summer never actually left.

#3 Justice – Civilization

It takes a little while, but when the track hits its stride, damn do those two Frenchmen know how to light a room on fire.

#2 Toro Y Moi – Still Sound

When that silky smooth 70s funk hits your ear, your feet will know what to do.

#1 Black Light Dinner Party – Gold Chain

Big beats, sparkly synths, and Ron Jeremy – what else do you need for a party?

New Division - Opium [Quiet Lights Remix]

Brooklyn shoe-gaze rockers Quiet Lights have dusted the glittery sheen off of New Division’s dance-floor banger “Opium” and turned it into a slow-burning high fitting for the track’s namesake.

With dark bass lines, a moody synth line, and reverb-laced vocals coalescing and fading out, Quiet Lights’ version of “Opium” is perfect to usher in the cool days of Autumn.

Listen to the remix as well as the original below, and if you like what you hear be sure to check out Quiet Lights’ debut EP The Big Fear out on Old Flame as well as New Division’s debut album Shadows. 

  The New Division : Opium (quiet lights remix) by Quiet Lights

  Opium by The New Division

New Division – Opium

As a huge fan of 80s acts like The Cure, Joy Division, and Depeche Mode, I suppose it’s not much of a surprise then that I’m absolutely enamored with New Division. 

Drawing heavily from the New Wave revivalist tradition, these lads from California drench every song with the moodiness of The Cure while simultaneously throwing in plenty of danceable synths. Imagine the electronic exuberance of Cut Copy mixed with the dark atmospherics of Interpol.

Listen to “Opium,” my personal favorite from their debut LP Shadow, which is out now and available for download from their bandcamp.

  The New Division - Opium by dangervillage