POSTMUSIC

Hope you’re in the mood for indie/dance remixes, because that’s what you’re gonna get today – a whole lot of it. By now, I’m sure many of you have heard the new Arcade Fire album The Suburbs – I actually have not yet, despite being a once-big fan of the ‘Fire. At first glance, this appears to be a trademark Arcade Fire album – even the album name and track titles suggest so. The track Sprawl II sounds like another AF classic, and there’s a couple of subtle edits out there including one by Rotiv and another by Thunderlust.

1. Arcade Fire – Sprawl 3.0 (Rotiv Mix) ★★★★☆

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2. Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Thunderlust Remix) ★★★★☆

Where the hell have I been? My other long lost indie/pop love Au Revoir Simone had a 2009 release Still Night, Still Light, which flew completely out of my radar. If it wasn’t for this remix of Only You Can Make You Happy by Punches, I may have never known. This remix is (also) apparently old news, but what do I (or you) care? LISTEN TO IT.

3. Au Revoir Simone – Only You Can Make You Happy (PUNCHES Remix) ★★★★☆

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I think the best news I’ve heard all week was that there are some new remixes of the song Neverest by Chicago’s Hey Champ. Both remixes are stellar – I can’t tell which one I like better, the one by Database or the one by Treasure Fingers. Either way, now I can’t get the song out of my head.

4. Hey Champ – Neverest (Database Remix) ★★★★★

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5. Hey Champ – Neverest (Treasure Fingers Remix) ★★★★★

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Speaking of Treasure Fingers, I am diggin’ his remix of Love Get Out Of My Way, the single by London duo Monarchy – who honestly I’m not so sure about. This brand of indie/electro-pop has not been my cup of tea as of late, and I don’t quite get all the blog hype. But, I do like this particular song, and the Treasure Fingers remix is the best one outta the bunch IMO.

6. Monarchy – Love Get Out Of My Way (Treasure Fingers Remix) ★★★★☆

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As if you don’t know by now, anytime LAZRtag puts out a remix, it’s a safe bet that it’s gonna be a BANGER. Even if the original song is by a band like The Xx, who seem to have the most amount of poor remixes associated with their name in the past year or so. That shouldn’t be surprising – the Xx aren’t exactly a band you can get down to, but for some reason, everyone and their moms have remixed their songs this year. This isn’t one of LAZRtag’s best work, but it’s still impressive. And not exactly a dance floor banger, but this is definitely one for fans of The Xx.

7. The Xx – Stars (LAZRtag Remix) ★★★★☆

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Is this a mashup or a remix or both? Either way, I’m pleased. Miike Snow meets Passion Pit – it’s about as good as it sounds.

8. Miike Snow vs. Passion Pit – Black and Blue (NAPT Remix) ★★★★☆

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I thought it was interesting and perhaps unnecessary for indie band Gossip (formerly known as THE Gossip) to drop “The” from their name. Either way, here’s a remix of Vertical Rhythm off the 2009 album Music For Men.

9. Gossip – Vertical Rhythm (DWNTWN Remix) ★★★★☆

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I still haven’t heard a remix of Barbara Streisand that has fully won me over, maybe with the exception of the O-God unofficial remix – released prior to the original mix by Duck Sauce – and maybe the remix below. Either way, could I be so bold to say that this was the jam of the summer? Oh yes.

10. Duck Sauce – Barbara Streisand (Stardust Breaking Bones Remix) ★★★★☆

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Another NRT for the books. See you next time. ♥♥♥

Bonus Traxx:
11. Eminem – Love The Way You Lie (ft. Rihanna) (Sickboy Remix) ★★★★☆

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12. Taio Cruz – Dynamite (Mixin Marc Club Remix) ★★★★☆

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In case you didn’t know already, Wolfgang Gartner is a baad, baad maan – as in, he’s one of the best electro-house producers out there right now. Those boys CLKCLKBNG aren’t so bad either. The Albuquerque duo have put out some quality remixes, including their latest with Wolfgang’s banger Hookshot. While you’re at it, check out the Wolfgang remix of Cold Act III by Classixx.

1. Wolfgang Gartner – Hookshoot (CLKCLKBNG Remix) ★★★★★

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2. Classixx – Cold Act Ill (Wolfgang Gartner Monster Mix) ★★★★★

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This next one is maybe one of my top three uses of YYY’s Heads Will Roll. Song might be outdone or outdated, but a good mashup nevertheless.

3. Yeah Yeah Yeahs vs. A-Trak – Heads Will Roll (Electric Soulside ft. Odissi Mix) ★★★★☆

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The new Chromeo album is just around the corner, and the first single Don’t Turn The Lights On hasn’t disappointed many fans – although the song is perhaps not as dancefloor-friendly as some of the other classic Chromeo cuts. The Aeroplane remix has been all over the place, and surely there are many more on the way. While I wait for a more bangin’ remix, we can rock the remix by HappyBoxx.

4. Chromeo – Don’t Turn The Lights On (Aeroplane Remix) ★★★★☆

5. Chromeo – Don’t Turn The Lights On (HappyBoxx Remix) ★★★★☆

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Those boys Designer Drugs are at it again and have put out yet another bangin’ remix for us to enjoy. But, I’m still not sure what to make of IAMX, which you might better know as a side project of Chris Corner, aka co-founder of 90s trip-hop band Sneaker Pimps.

6. IAMX – Spit It Out (Designer Drugs Remix) ★★★★★

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I don’t know how many times I have to say this, but this dude BetaTraxx aka The Artist Formerly Known as Redlight is SICK. I’m so happy he sent me his latest original, Mafiosa, a couple days ago.

7. BetaTraxx – Mafiosa ★★★★★

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This is the first time I’ve heard of Aniki from Norway, but here’s one called Put On My Raving Kicks which features So-Cal’s hottest MC in the electro scene, Whiskey Pete. And by now, you should know how Cold Bank likes to get down.

8. Aniki – Put On My Raving Kicks (ft. Whiskey Pete) (Cold Bank Remix) ★★★★★

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I’m loving the Scissor Sisters‘ single Any Which Way and thevideo. This is one of the funkiest, fun, dancefloor jams I’ve heard in quite some time, and that’s coming from someone who hasn’t always been so fond of the ‘Sisters. Better yet, why not enjoy a remix from someone like Keljet who has done more a handful of good ones?

9. Scissor Sisters – Any Which Way (Keljet Remix) ★★★★★

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I won’t be doing another one of these for a couple weeks, so hope you enjoyed it.

BONUS t00nz:
10. Kelis – 4th of July (BetaTraxx Remix) ★★★★★

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11. Lady Gaga – Monster (Richie Beretta Remix) ★★★★☆

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12. Flo Rida – The Club Can’t Handle Me (Electrolightz Remix NB Verse) ★★★★★

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13. Katy Perry – Teenage Dream (Temabes Remix) ★★★★★

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My first impression of English singer/songwriter Neon Hitch is that “this whole thing is too good to be true.”

While sounding like any other average female pop star, Neon Hitch is currently enjoying a relatively non-mainstream, blog-friendly status – which I guarantee will not last very long. She’s already got a collaboration with 3OH!3 on the radio, a spot on this year’s Lollapalooza, and even provided background vocals for Ke$ha’s Blah Blah Blah. It’s only a matter of time before there is a transition from blog novelty to “America’s Next Pop Sweetheart” (think the few weeks in the blog world when Katy Perry first emerged with Ur So Gay and I Kissed A Girl). Vocally, she reminds me a lot of English singer/songwriter Katie Melua. The difference is that Neon Hitch is in much better packaging and ready to be sold to the masses – MTV, radio, magazines, etc. It’s only a matter of time.

All biases aside, her formula for writing/making music is, quite frankly, GENIUS imo – even if so far she’s essentially just covered other people’s songs. Here’s the catch: in some instances, she covers two or more different songs at the same time – like some sort of ‘cover-of-a-mashup remix’ hybrid that almost deserves its own genre name. “Re-coverup” perhaps? Either way, this is the best thing to happen to the music blogosphere since Chiddy Bang.

Take, for instance, her song What Starry Eyes Know, a cover/mashup of Two Door Cinema Club’s What You Know and Ellie Goulding’s Starry Eyes, two of this year’s more popular indie tracks.

Neon Hitch – What Starry Eyes Know (Two Door Cinema Club vs. Ellie Goulding)

Then, there are some cover song selections that aren’t so…”credible,” like her cover of Snoop Dogg’s Drop It Like It’s Hot. Don’t get me wrong, I like this cover, despite it being a bubblegum-pop interpretation of a Snoop hit that I’ve never cared much for. Unfortunately, we’ve heard this sort of thing a million times before, like all the coffee shop singer/songwriter types transforming hip-hop songs into acoustic/pop renditions. I lean toward lumping this particular cover in that same vein.

Neon Hitch – Drop It Like It’s Hot (Snoop Dogg cover)

Similarly, Neon Hitch’s mashup/cover of Sia’s Breathe Me and Mike Posner’s Cooler Than Me doesn’t really do a whole lot for me. For one, I don’t think I’ll ever like that Mike Posner song, regardless of who’s singing it. Still, you got to give NH credit for making the song tolerable. Plus, Sia is awesome. I kinda wish NH had paired the song with something that WASN’T Mike Posner.

Neon Hitch – Cooler Than Me (Sia vs. Mike Posner, Remix Mashup)

And yet (being quite openly hypocritical here), I don’t mind her take of Billionaire, a personal guilty-pleasure Top 40 song by Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes. The difference, according to Neon Hitch, is that she “doesn’t want to be a billionaire, who fucking cares?” Billionaire? No way. But, NH might have to settle on being a multi-millionaire, once all the smoke clears.

Neon Hitch – Billionaire (Who Fuckin’ Cares)

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Hello nUb ravers,

At last, we have reached NRT #50.

So…what now?

I wanted to do something “special” for the occasion. I initially made a half-ass’d “2010 Top Ten”-type of list that ended up getting axed at the last minute. So instead, it’s business as usual, meaning 10 hand-picked songs from the past couple of weeks. Boring I know, but whatever.

I wrote NRT #49 like…maybe two…three weeks ago? I was gone fishin’ (brb).

In all honesty, you didn’t miss much. Your best bet might be some of these songs – like the MSTRKRFT version of the A-Team Theme. It’s been everywhere, but if you haven’t heard it yet, do so – RIGHT NOW. While you’re at it, grab the MSTRKRFT remix of Laidback Luke’s Till Tonight (banger).

1. MSTRKRFT – A-Team Theme (Face Mix)

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2. Laidback Luke – Till Tonight (MSTRKRFT Remix)

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Despite the lack of attention PM has been getting from me in recent weeks, I did post a video last week of GRUM’s Through The Night. That whole album Heartbeats is pretty rad, and I can’t wait for it to be officially available in the US. In the mean time, us Americans have plenty of remixes to enjoy – including another solid remix by The Aston Shuffle and one by Joe and Will Ask? from a few months back.

3. Grum – Can’t Shake This Feeling (The Aston Shuffle Remix)

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4. Grum – Heartbeats (Joe & Will Ask? Remix)

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The last time The Bloody Beetroots remixed a Proxy track (Who Are You?) – it was pretty sick. But, I personally prefer the production quality of the latest BB-Proxy banger, Vibrate.

5. Proxy – Vibrate (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)

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Designer Drugs meets Stereoheroes. What more do I need to say here, really?

6. Designer Drugs – Riot (Stereoheroes Remix)

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For a while there, DiscoTech were predominantly known for their banger remixes, spanning all types of different artists. But, there electro-disco hybrid original mixes have been even more impressive IMO. Check out the latest collab with Whitenoize.

7. Whitenoize & DiscoTech – Burnin’

Like DiscoTech, duo Disco Villains is also mostly known for their sweeet remixes, but their original mixes can’t be overlooked, including the latest one, Crickets. Check out the remix by Dopefish.

8. The Disco Villains – Crickets (Dopefish Remix)

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I’ve been so skeptical of Tiga remixes – why are there so many and why do they all suck? But in this case, I had to check it out b/c it was done by Chicago’s Midnight Conspiracy. It’s pretty good.

9. Tiga – What You Need (Midnight Conspiracy Summer of ‘87 Remix)

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Dragonette fans – whatcha think of Our Summer? I’m OK with it, and I’m also OK with this version.

10. Dragonette – Our Summer (Skeet Extended Version)

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Yay for 50. Who knows what 51 will bring?

Bonus ch00ns:
11. Eagles of Death Metal – Secret Plans (Mustard Pimp Remix)

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12. The Killers – Smile Like You Mean It (Madeon Remix)

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13. DJ Schmolli – Big Booty Bitches In Miami (Bombs Away vs. LMFAO vs. Busta Rhymes vs. Sir Mix-A-Lot)

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14. Passion Pit – Little Secrets (LAZRtag Remix – Club Edit)

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Here’s a new promotional DJ mix by Postmusic’s own, p33r0y.

Tunes:
LAZRtag – Never Gonna Stop
Kids At The Bar – So We Can Party (ETC ETC Remix)
Hyper Crush – Keep Up (Tony Arzadon Remix)
Ross.FM – Don’t Stop A Sexy Bitch (David Guetta and Akon vs. Wolfgang Gartner)
Kylesa – Scapegoat (Mustard Pimp Remix)
Proxy – Who Are You? (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)
Mustard Pimp – Pigeon Flu
Dada Life – Let’s Get Bleeped Tonite (Mustard Pimp Remix)
Mustard Pimp – Cherry (ft. Kali) (Mustard Pimp Dark Remix)
Mr. Oizo – Gay Dentists
Scanners – We Never Close Our Eyes (LAZRtag Remix)
Katy Perry – California Gurls (Hyper Crush Remix)
Lady GaGa – Monster (DJ Kue Remix)
Passion Pit – Little Secrets (The Filth Remix)
Le Castle Vania – Nobody Gets Out Alive

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