The best album to start with! The Faint are one of the greatest bands working today and make music that you can't help but dance to. This album is very dark and gothic, yet retains a propulsive beat and insane, distorted vocals. Best track: "Your Retro Career Melted"

Unlike other dance-punk bands on this list, Bloc Party are very political. Combining the angular guitar of Gang of Four with dance beats and a Robert Smith-esque vocal style, Bloc Party become one of the more interesting bands working today. Best Song: "Helecopter"

One of the crazier bands on this list. Test Icicles (besides having an awesome name) mix everything they like into a blender and come out with something amazing! Mixing elements of dance, punk, metal, grindcore, and techno together sounds unlistenable, but Test Icicles pull it off (and pull it off well). Best song: "Circle Square Triangle"

James Murphy is basically the godfather of dance-punk. With his label, DFA Records, dance-punk was finally critically recognized. Best songs "Losing My Edge" and "Daft Punk Is Playing At My House"

Very similar to what the Faint are doing but with a poppier sound. Best Song: "Between Us & Them"

Hailing from Brazil, this group of rowdy, vulgar punk rockers make one of the funnier and exciting albums of 2006. Their song "Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex" can be heard in iPod commercials. Best Song: "Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above"

Alternating between a male and female vocalist, The Lovemakers draw many comparisons to The Human League, but they are much, much better! Best Song: "Dance"

The side project of brothers Ronny (of Joy Electric) and Jason (of Starflyer 59) Martin. Their collaboration works perfectly. Ronny brings his synths and Jason brings his distortion pedals! My Bloody Valentine meets Depeche Mode. Best Song: "Deaf Will Hear"

Very similar to LCD Soundsystem, only a little more disco and Giorgio Moroder-esque! Best Song: "Acceptable in the 80's"

Heavily influenced by (and compared in the music press to) Joy Division, both in music and vocals. One can also hear the influence of the Psychedelic Furs and Television as well. Best Song: "Say Hello to the Angels"

Many of the bands on this list are updates of past bands (The Sounds=Blondie, Interpol=Joy Division, *stellastar=Echo & the Bunnymen, Bloc Party=Gang of Four), Shiny Toy Guns would be most comparable to Erasure. Best Songs: "Le Disko" and "When They Came For Us"

Mixing psychedelia, electro, and avant-pop, MGMT have crafted a pop masterpiece! Kind of a dancier Of Montreal (whom they toured with). Best Song: "Kids"

Sugary bubblegum pop influenced by Duran Duran and ABC. The entire album is OK, but the song, "Apart" is well worth the price of the album. Best Song: "Apart" (of course)

An amazing Australian band best described as a mixture of New Order and Duran Duran. Produced by Tim Goldsworthy (DFA). Best Song: "So Haunted"

Termed "Nu-Rave" by the British music press, Klaxons are a more psychedelic form of dance-punk. Awesome! Best Song: "Golden Skans"

Next to the Killers, these guys are the most popular band on this list. It's quite odd because all the bands they draw influences from (Gang of Four and Wire) never even had a hit.

An amazing shoegazey electro band that got lumped with many of the electroclash bands of the late 90's/early 00's (like Fischerspooner and Tiga), but Ladytron are much more indebted to Gary Numan and Slowdive. Best Track "Destroy Everything You Touch"

A very odd choice for Fat Wreck Chords, this band sounds like Devo fronted by Polly Styrene. Best Track: "Robot Man"

Often compared to (and claimed as rip-offs of) Daft Punk, these French punks make the kind of electronic music only a rocker could make. Best Songs: "Stress" and "Waters Of Nazareth"

After the breakup of art-rock band, Simian, two members formed Simian Mobile Disco. Incorporating house, electro and disco with elements of rock and hip hop, they create one of the better electronic albums of the 21st century. Best Song: "Hustler"