Cut Copy

Cut Copy survived as one of the fortunate standouts of the indie-dance-punk-whatever wave that crashed on both sides of the Atlantic at the start of the millennium (possibly because the band’s Melbourne shores don’t dip into the same pool). 2008’s critically hailed In Ghost Colours saw the band breaking even further from that pack, adding layers of swooning, gorgeous pop to its burbling electro for a record that’s equally euphoric in the sunshine or a dank nightclub. Rather than relying on those lush, radio-ready structures of In Ghost Colours, the band’s latest, 2011’s Zonoscope, often lets the arrangements ride, most spectacularly on the 6-minute round-and-round rave of the opener, “Need You Now.”

Updated 09/21/2011