I think you should check out the latest effort by The Whitest Boy Alive and Erlend Øye. The band's second album is called Rules and I think it is great.
You might not recognize the name, mainly because it contains a character that I don't even think is real (its accomplish with option+shit+O), but Erlend Øye's voice is distinctively clear to fans of other indy scene greats like Röyksopp and Kings of Convenience. However the sound coming out of this album is different. I call it uniquely familiar. A departure from some of the electronica or drum machine style that has dominated much of his/their sound, yet not so far removed that you loose what happens when his soothing voice meshes with a tight beat.
However, here the beat has a funky 70's feel. A hybrid of jazzy funk with disco personality gives the album a throwback sensibility, but Øye's voice and lyrics give it a modern spin that I really dig.
Check it out.
The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules
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