

This Brooklyn duo's soaring synth-pop hooks have stayed refreshingly breezy and buoyant since their 2008 debut, Does You Inspire You. Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly weave warped R&B grooves and woozy psychedelic flourishes through icy '80s-inspired synths and crisp drum programming. The effect is dreamy. Polachek carries ethereal melodies with breathy vocals that can sound as delicate as a bird, as soulful as Beyoncé, or as foreboding as PJ Harvey. Still, the pair remain fun, funky, and primed to pump euphoria onto the dance floor—especially when covering the late, great Bowie.