Sally Shapiro //Sally Shapiro is a Swedish singer who’s tracks send a strong reminiscence of 80’s electropop. If you’re looking for truly 80’s influenced music, Sally Shapiro’s Disco Romance album is quite perfect. The beats and synths are definitely mostly vintage samples that were produced quite well. The vocals, style and composition of her tracks follow many typical 80’s pop music. Even though 80’s pop music was quite cheesy, her Disco Romance album brings back the 80’s but in a newer, less cheesier and more catchier way.

Sally Shapiro Tracks to Check Out

• He Keeps Me Alive
• Find My Soul
• I’ll Be by Your Side
• Hold Me So Tight

Artist Link
Myspace

Remember the 80’s//
Songs that are way too heavily influenced from the 80’s with a mixture of 80’s hits.
Almost:

Calvin Harris - Acceptable in the 80’s

Chromeo - Fancy Footwork

Indochine - 3 Nuits Par Semaine

Real Stuff:

The Cure - Blue Monday

A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran

Tainted Love - Soft Cell

Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode

British Indie Stuff // If you’re looking for a fun and upbeat track for the nice summer mood, check out The Kook’s track She Moves in Her Own Way. Upbeat drums, catchy guitar chords, catchy lyrics & chorus, a vocalist with a heavy male British accent, who can’t resist? It’s a fun track for anyone’s summer vacation anthem.

Slow Tracks for The Morning//
Here is a compilation of slow tracks for the morning, filled with mellow melodies and slow female vocalists:

S.I.A - Sunday

Meiko - Hawaii

Emiliana Torrini - Today Has Been Okay

Emiliana Torrini - Easy

Maria Taylor - A Good Start

Maria Taylor - Song beneath the song

Feist - Mushaboom

Lali Puna - Small Things

Múm - Green Grass of Tunnel

Sailor Jerry Flash Sheets//
Whoppertan’s photostream at Flickr is filled with greatly scanned Sailor Jerry flash sheets. Check out the page if you’re simply looking for inspiration, reference pictures or eye candy!

Shitdisco //
Shitdisco: An electro group based in Glasgow, UK (That’s all you really need to know).
Moving on to their music: If you really love cheesy electro music (such as Calvin Harris’s Acceptable in the 80’s) then you will love Shitdisco’s single OK. The synths and vocals are cheesy yet additively catchy. I’m not a huge fan of their other tracks, but they will definitely be at least a one hit wonder for your electro playlist.
Shitdisco Tracks to Check Out

• OK
• Reactor Party

Artist Link
Official Site
Myspace

Electro Track To Check Out //
Are you into electro music? Busy P’s track Rainbow Man, another track from the Ed Banger Records might be for you! The track is very basic, almost somewhat monotone when it comes to the synths because they’re not melodic at all. The track is filled with pulsating beats, buzzing synths that might remind you of robots walking!!!! Everything is looped over and over again so this track does get quite repetitive after a minute or two into the song.

Santogold //
Santogold: you might not know what to expect when checking out her stuff. Unlike most artists whos tracks sound oh so similar, you can differentiate different sounds from her tracks. While listening to “Lights Out” by Santogold, it did not sound like her typical tracks at all (it sounded like some pop-y rock track), then switching to Creator, which is more electronica/RnB sound to it. If you’re into MIA, you might enjoy listening to Santogold.

Santogold Tracks to Check Out

• Creator (M.I.A-esque)
• LES Artistes (uplifting and upbeat, somewhat like a power ballad)
• Lights Out (cheesy pop-rock sound)

Artist Link
Official Site
Myspace

You can find some free downloads of pretty cool tracks from Urban Outfitter’s blog. Download their Summer Mix here.

(If you’re not keen on downloading 100mb worth of MP3 tracks, you can preview the tracks on the site)

Sailor Jerry //
If you’re into tattoos you must know who Sailor Jerry is. You’ve probably seem his famous tattoo designs (found in his many flash cards) all over the place. The most common tattoo I would probably say would be either his pinup girls or swallows designs.

You can get your own Sailor Jerry tattoo at any tattoo parlor (check out a list of his flash cards, you’ll recognize them when you see them there). Also, there’s an apparel line for Sailor Jerry’s tattoo that sells everything from shoes to clothing for men, women and children.