Mouse on Mars

The problem with far too much electronica is that it’s so darn electronic—mechanistic, repetitious and soulless. (That’s one of the things that drove us out of the dance clubs before we were thirtysomething with bad knees.) What we love about Mouse on Mars, and especially the German duo’s wonderful new album Radical Connector, is how organic the music sounds—the seemingly random pops, bleeps, whirrs and vocalizations all fit together in some strangely computerized but very groovy way. We especially keep returning to “Wipe That Sound,” a perfect rolling rhythm that isn’t built at all the way James Brown would have approached a song, and yet is irrepressibly and indubitably funky. 110 N. 5th St., Minneapolis; 612-338-3383; www.thequestclub.com