This writer is utterly devastated to realize that early 2010s music has now come around for its time in the nostalgia spotlight. The once forward-thinking jams of MGMT, STRFKR, Foster the People and alt-J now bring listeners back to a simpler time, when one could dance with friends and do crazy things like “leave the house without getting sick.” The glistening synths, bright guitars, slinky rhythms and carefree lyricism of the time are now a tonic to the low morale that has become our norm—but an electric torch burns on at The Ritz this Thursday.

Electric Feels
Thu, 9pm, $20
The Ritz, San Jose

Like so many great parties, Electric Feels got its start in Los Angeles. As you might guess from the night’s name—borrowed from one of MGMT’s biggest jams—DJs will be spinning all the electronically infused hits that kept you tuned into Live 105 for the first half of the 2000s: the bouncy spasticity of Arctic Monkeys; the beautiful, blippy melancholy of The Postal Service; the buzzing, triumphant sine waves of Justice; and the symphonic, synthy sadness of The Killers. All this, plus rock & roll sounds from The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Black Keys and newer tunes from the likes of CHVRCHES, BØRNS and alt-J.

Electric Feels
Sat, 9pm, $10
The Ritz, San Jose