What's playing?

At Moods we are always in search of new and modern sounds for the salon. Often we are asked about the music we are playing and for this reason we have compiled a list of what presently gets the most airplay.

Songs are chosen to be interesting yet unobtrusive to our salon atmosphere. We welcome you to get a hold of these albums, as the rest of the songs are definitely worth a listen!

La Roux

A British electro-pop synth duo band influenced by 1980s synthpop.

Fever ray
Karin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson is the lead vocalist of electronic music duo The Knife,  Andersson released her debut solo album under the name Fever Ray in 2009. Her vocal style is notable for both shrill and deep, distorted tones combined with her distinctive accent and the use of pitch-shifting, while her image as a performer tends to include the wearing of masks and other theatrical elements.

Miike Snow
A Swedish band, their first album, self-titled, was recorded in Stockholm and released early on May 12, 2009. The Guardian spoke highly of the band, saying Miike Snow's "coolly emotional pop suggests a-ha meets Animal Collective"

Bat for Lashes
Natasha Khan, also known by her stage name "Bat for Lashes", is a British alternative rock musician. As a musician she sings and plays the piano, guitar, harpsichord and the autoharp.

jj
jj is a band that release music through the Gothenburg-based record label Sincerely Yours, which was founded by the Swedish pop group The Tough Alliance

Telepathe
Telepathe is an experimental, avant-garde electronic girl double-act from Brooklyn noted for their unique sound.
Their debut album Dance Mother, described as synth-heavy avant-pop, was produced by TV on the Radio's David Sitek.

Little Boots
Victoria Christina Hesketh also known by her stage name Little Boots, is an English electropop musician. She sings and plays the keyboard, piano, stylophone and a Japanese electronic instrument, called Tenori-on.

Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara are an electro-folk band consisting of Canadian identical twins Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin

Fleet Foxes
Fleet Foxes is a five-piece Seattle-based band that received much critical praise and reviewers often noted their use of refined lyrics and vocal harmonies. The quintet describes its music as "baroque harmonic pop jams".

Bon Iver
American indie folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon's current band and most notable music project to date. Vernon independently released Bon Iver's debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago in July 2007, the majority of which was recorded while spending three months in a remote cabin in Northwestern Wisconsin.

The Pains of being Pure at Heart
An indie pop band from New York City.

Orange juice
Was a Scottish post-punk band founded in Glasgow as the Nu-Sonics in 1976. The band became Orange Juice in 1979. Orange Juice are best known for the hit "Rip It Up", which reached number 8 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1983, the band's only UK Top 40 hit.

School of Seven Bells
A three-piece band formed by Benjamin Curtis, together with identical twins Alejandra and Claudia Deheza. Their sound has been described as dreamy and ethereal, and the lyrics as abstract.

Band of Horses
An American indie rock band formed in 2004 in Seattle. The band has occasional Southern rock tendencies and a penchant for glimmering reverb.

Updated on August 2009