I need some fresh pop music

Shogun

I make playlists for this swank restaurant I work for. They depended on me to regularly provide good music on friday and saturday nights specifically. During the week we play this old rag-time music on a satellite channel. It seriously sounds like Fallout 3 every time I walk out on the floor. I've been promising for over a month now I would bring in a new playlist with fresh pop music that would get the floor jumping.

I have yet to deliver. My previous play list was good, but it was all older stuff predominantly funk and whatnot. That's fine, but at the moment I am trying to come up with a creative list that people can enjoy and which is socially acceptable.

Here are some of the artists I have thus far:

FrankMusik
Michael Jackson
Chester French
Jamiroquai
Ghostland Observatory
Madonna
Justin Timberlake
NERD
Robin Thicke
Von Bondies
The Ataris
Daft Punk.

Some these songs are questionable in my eyes but I need to fill a six hour block. I'm on a new machine so I'm missing literal gigs of music. I have about two hours of music right now and I need to fill at least a six hour block. I have until 4pm tomorrow to fill this thing out and I could really use some help.

mere_immortal

Couple of great new pop bands/singers from the UK.

Florence and the Machine
Little Boots

Great dancy/poppy stuff.

Nappuccino

Gotye.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnXFJOXvL_A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56DFLG-z9ng&feature=related

LCD sound system

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieT_lf9wK28

Burial: might be a bit of a stretch (its more pure dance music and a bit slow BUT, its good and might work as a group to change the pace of things)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hI4bSCy9iE

mere_immortal

Also if they like The Ataris they'll prob like;

The Gaslight Anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOBb13yDnzo

All American Rejects

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSbGur1dz9k

Shogun

Lot of good stuff here. I've added some tracks from Little Boots and LCD Sound System. These are along the lines I'm looking for I still have at least three hours of time to fill

Toefoo

Fischerspooner is amazing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkoLYnrEoYY

New album is great dance-ish pop

oldsak

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyfL9-flOes&feature=related

Lintilla

Totally Michael is a one-man pop-punk band set to dance music. Most of his songs are about things like going to prom, riding his bike, and partying all summer long and are swear-free. Just avoid Casual Satisfaction. Other pop acts I adore these days are Muscles An Australian DJ who sings alot about junk food and dancing all night.

Durandal Infinity

I have Lady GaGa love game stuck in my head. I look like a psychotic humming it at the rifle range.

Kiwi

Janelle Monae
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHgbzNHVg0c

http://prettymuchamazing.com/mp3/buzz-in-2009-janelle-monae

VV Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3-Q4T7bC2c

La Roux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOYufRHQSms

Here are some pretty killer acoustic/live versions of Lady GaGa and Florence and the Machine songs, too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwdXnlvUe3I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25TOBBnpUGk

Forkes

Basment Jaxx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8md51JnCNFQ

RenegadeSilence

The Black Ghosts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVAdxmd0RdA

Passion Pit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zherMkcXdo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jp1Dk7nzs7M

La Roux

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0679vkxBhg

Royksopp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBvaHZIrt0o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST2BGQWeOgY

Chairlift

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LG39Wp7OzQ

Two Door Cinema Club

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_tJl7s3QI0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RkMdHoH7lg

Flosstradamus ft. Caroline Polachek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jXxHXSTsPs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBgf2ZxIDZk
EDIT: Woops just noticed the dance part.

Lepton

Try The Fray

Never underestimate the classics, though. Throw some Beetles and Billy Joel in there, maybe with some Skynyrd and Guns 'n' Roses.

metaghost

Gavin Castleton:

Coffeelocks

His new album (from which that comes) is pretty chock full of interesting pop, though the above seems perhaps the best suite to a restaurant atmosphere. The full record streams from his website.

Adda

I'm not a big pop fan but can recommend this guy that I listened to the other day.

Jack Peñate

I'm sure other people have said but La Roux, Little Boots, Florence & the Machine are all pretty up beat and non offensive. MGMT are pretty light as well.

Oh while I'm at it Ladyhawke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HDZNR9cY4

or Friendly Fires.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyA8zfouG4Y

Vater5B

A few groups I've been digging lately:

Sleeping at Last: (their newer stuff is better, but I couldn't find any videos of it)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya80UbNgM1s

School of Seven Bells:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1An2pjS4mKE

Actually anyone on Ghostly International is pretty good-
Deastro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfZynzlz_2s&feature=channel_page

ufo

Since you said little boots worked I'd reccomend:
black kids, cut copy, does it offend you Yeah!, mgmt, moving units, justice, the ting tings, el ten eleven(all instrumental but very dancey).

They aren't all the same but they all have lots of great indie dance/pseudo pop tracks. I wish I could reccomend crystal castles but I get the feeling they wouldn't quite work in that setting.

KalTorak

I'm going to second Lady Gaga. Her stuff is the first pop/dance music I've been interested in in years. If you're looking to get people up and moving, probably the best ones from her album would be "Just Dance," "Poker Face," "Love Game," and maybe "Boys Boys Boys." "Paparazzi" is also really good, though a bit slower.

Decius

Don't know if you're into power pop, but I'll go ahead and recommend The New Pornographers. They have some catchy tracks, notably "Use It" and "Mass Romantic".

Official site if you're so inclined.

Deebaser

CAKE (anything),
Our Lady Peace,
Matthew Sweet (anything off Girlfriend or 100%)

Nappuccino

I just got the new Dirty Projectors, seems promising for what you're looking for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4he_jgJrMCk&feature=related