All Around The World

Even more Villains this time around, it seems like you can't check out a music blog without running into a new, great remix from them. This post has some of the real highlights of my latest blog crawl (holler at NME and Buzz en Direkt). Also included, one of the best songs from Phoenix lately; namely the one they put out for free in advance of their record in late march. Enjoy.

My genre of the day: Villains Remixes

What you need to be listening to:

Little Bit (Villains Remix) - Lykke Li
To anyone keeping track, it's obvious I'm a sucker for the original Little Bit and all its remixes. Villains put its signature touches on the song with a tight bassline.
Little Bit - YouTube

Boom Boom Pow (Boys Noize Remix) - Black Eyed Peas feat. 50 Cent & Ciroc Obama
At first, I wasn't sure how I felt about this track, especially because I wasn't the biggest fan of the original. The grittiness of it has grown on me though, and 50's flow is a sharp addition. The download doesn't have the Youtube's shout outs.
Boom Boom Pow - YouTube

Quicksand (Joe and Will Ask? Remix) - La Roux
Another stand-up La Roux remix following in the tracks of Skream, Hostage, etc. Adds some good melodic, electro energy to make it flow better than the original.
Quicksand - YouTube

And now for some Phoenix:

1901 - Phoenix



NEXT POST: Coming super soon. New Dizzee Rascal, for sure and some new hip-hop fire.

Can You Feel It?

Remember when Britney Spears was hot? Really hot (I couldn't resist the pic)? Even though those days are over, her new songs have really been picked up by the top remixers out there (see Bring The House Down post in April). Case in point, check out the Villains remix later in this post. Also, sorry about the lack of consistency in posting, I've just had a lot to do lately and a few gigs to keep me busy. I think I am going to move to a less frequent posting schedule (twice a week? weekly?) and just try to stuff each post; subscribe by e-mail to hear about a new post as soon as it drops. Also, I'm running out of good genres, so my genre of day is going to be on a break for a bit.

What you need to be listening to:

Circus (Villains Remix) - Britney Spears
Another solid remix from Villains, these guys get it done. It adds some catchy thump to the over-the-top original.
Circus - YouTube

Leave The World Behind (Barletta Edit) - Swedish House Mafia & Laidback Luke
I would move to Sweden to join these guys (definitely a requirement as they quasi-booted out the stellar Eric Prydz/Pryda for moving to London); it's hard to match their knack for monster house hits that they just keep pumping out, along with great remixes. This is a nice edit, that's been circulating the blogs (Hypemachine stream, look for the play button at the bottom right).
Leave The World Behind - Stream

Feel It - DJ Felli Fel Feat. T-Pain, Sean Paul, Flo Rida & Pitbull
This is just one of those thumping mainstream club songs that got me amped.
Feel It - YouTube

Also...

Holler at my boy Kemmik out of Cali who finally got a blog going. Check it out for his own beats; there's some good stuff there and I can see some fire from him once he gets going.

Speaking of fire from local peeps, ZP Boy Wonder dropped a new one for 4/20, check it out.

NEXT POST: Nope, no idea.