The Beat Generation: Digital Rock, A Playlist

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Chest thumping, heart pounding, flying by the seat of your pants”these are attributes that some of the best rock and electronic music have in common. We’ve covered the rockers who like to occasionally jam on an 808 before in The Beat Generation, but what about the musicians that synthesize their proclivities for rock and electronica? Digital rock, as a subgenre, probably has the longest and most fleshed out history of any category of electronic music. (Not the coolest though, that’s a fight between Chicago house and Detroit techno.) From the late ’70s on, from new wave to dance-punk, rock and electronica have co-habitated in harmony.  Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, Culture Club, Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, The Postal Service, Justice. Those guys sound familiar? Sure, it’s a wide umbrella, but that just means that with digital rock”or electro rock or synth rock or whatever”there’s something for everyone to love.

Which brings us to today’s post.  We put together a little playlist of some of our favorite OurStage digital rockers for your listening pleasure this weekend afternoon. So sit back, relax and enjoy, dear reader. You’ve earned it.