Thieves By Tuesday*

I've been the best example of a little girl lost this month, with all sorts of trouble I'm getting myself into. Another thing: Sorry for the long absence and I hope you'd find this post entertaining.

:: Ke$ha - Tik Tok (Skeet Skeet Remix)
:: Panda Bear - I'm Not (Phase One Remix)
:: Edwin van Cleef - Overtaken (Neo Tokyo Remix)
:: Shakira - She Wolf (Skeet Skeet's Dancefloor Dub)
:: Green Velvet (featuring Kid Sister) - Shake and Pop (Steve Aoki Remix)
:: Florence and the Machine - Dog Days are Over (James Major Remix)
:: Little Boots - Earthquake (Daedelus Remix)
:: Sugar & Gold - AYA (Justin Van Der Volgen Instrumental Remix)
:: Datarock - The Pretender (Holy Ghost Remix Radio Edit)
:: Phoenix - Fences (Neo Tokyo Remix)
:: Yeasayer - Ambling Alp (Memory Tapes Remix)
:: Chromeo - Night By Night (Skream Remix)
:: Royksopp - Tricky Tricky (Beyond Deep Remix)
:: WKBDYB? - Love of Luxury (Lake Heartbeat’s Lake Luxury Remix)
:: Freeform Five - Break Me (Jackson And His Computer Band Remix)
:: Peter Bjorn & John - It Don’t Move Me (Silver Columns Mix)


This is a good one. The Cheek’s Hung Up is originally produced by Ed Buller and mixed by Alan Moulder. More stuff coming from these guys this 2010!

:: Cheek - Hung Up (Everything Everything Remix)

Pariah has a way with remixing. They have this remixing technique that weaves ethereal notes that you might find oddly creepy but would totally kill for.

:: Bombay Bicycle Club - Always Like This (Pariah Mix)
:: Ellie Goulding - Under The Sheets (Pariah Remix)

She-bang courtesy of Cassian and Chicago's Hey Champ.

:: Empire Of The Sun - Standing On The Shore (Cassian Remix)
:: Mike Posner - Cooler Than Me (Hey Champ Remix)

The Twelves transformed Seven's gloom to dancefloor worthy track. Fever Ray's next single,‘ Keep The Streets Empty For Me’ is out last 24th Nov.

:: Fever Ray - Seven (The Twelves Remix)

Shiny sounds from the Starsmith!

:: Frankmusik - Better Off As Two (Starsmith Holidaying In The Heath Remix)

A lot of people have been saying how mediocre the Siriusmo remixes has been lately, but whoever thinks that these geniuses deliver half arsed remixes for dough should be burned at the stake!

:: Gossip - Heavy Cross (Siriusmo Dub)
:: Mayer Hawthorne - Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)


It's Sinden, for crying out loud. What more could you ask for?

:: Jack Splash - I Could Have Loved You (ft. Missy Elliot & Jazmine Sullivan) (Sinden Remix)

These two female artists are polar opposites. The Pop/Disco chart topper and the newcomer. But there are two things they have in common, radically refine taste in making music and getting awesome remixes for their singles.

:: Jessica 6 - Fun Girl (Byzar Remix)
:: Lady Gaga - Bad Romance (Hercules & Love Affair Dub)

2 atmospheric pieces by What Kind Of Breeze Do You Blow?

:: The XX - Night Time (What Kind of Breeze Do You Blow? Extended Edit)
:: Kings Of Convenience - Rule My World (What Kind of Breeze Do You Blow? Extended Edit)

Russ Chimes is King Midas. Every music he touches makes my ears bleed gold. The bold beats and epic piano rhythms keeps me hooked.

:: Steed Lord - Remember Me (Russ Chimes Remix)

The A-Trak remix is the more popular one but I'm giving credit to James Iha's symphonic and vintage-y feel.

:: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
:: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (James Iha Remix)

Don't you find it undoubtedly true that whatever track followed by the the names Lifelike, Aeroplane, Kris Menace, Prins Thomas is highly recommendable!!

:: Relation - Your Tiny Mind (Lifelike Radio Edit)
:: Robbie Williams - Bodies (Aeroplane Instrumental Remix)
:: Scott Hardkiss - You’re The Star (Kris Menace Remix)
:: The Phenomenal Handclap Band - You’ll Disappear (Prins Thomas Diskomiks)

EXTRA:
:: Jinder - Youth Blood

Til' next time!

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Sia's new track, You've Changed, is a perky addition to her somber and dramatic hits (i.e. Breathe Me). Also something new from Britney Spears track - Infectious - produced by Polow da Don, The Bravery's The Spectator and Lady Gaga's I'm So Happy I Could Die. VV Brown does a Rolling Stones cover, tracks from Mt. Eden and Boys Noize AND YES - The Cold War Kids are BAAAACK. :) Below is a video of Lady Gaga's performance on AMA of Bad Romance/Speechless, Alicia Keys and Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind (which was probably the best performance of the night, give or take) (credit).

:: Sia - You've Changed
:: The Bravery - The Spectator
:: The Cold War Kids - Audience of One
:: Lady Gaga - I'm SO Happy I Could Die
:: Britney Spears - Infectious (prod. by Polow da Don)
:: VV Brown - Miss You (Rolling Stones Cover)
:: Mt. Eden - Seria Leone (Dubstep)
:: Boys Noize - Superfresh (Original Mix)

EXTRA:

Mariah Carey - 100 Percent
Lily Allen - Naive (The Kooks Cover)

BETTER CHECK THESE OUT TOO:

The Big Pink covers Beyonce's Sweet Dreams
Lykke Li sings The Shirelle's Will You Love Me Tomorrow

Isn't this some day? First I heard a cover of The Shirelles' Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow and now another one?

This time, Big Pink's doing their own version of Beyonce's chart-topper track, Sweet Dreams. Although most of us are familiar of the aggressive rock(*and a bit loud) edge of their songs, this one took me by surprise. It's sumptously mellow with the right amount of rock. The original is good, but you can't deny Big Pink scoring high with this one. Thanks to VandV!

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:: The Big Pink - Sweet Dreams (Beyonce Cover)
:: Beyonce - Sweet Dreams

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"..completely."

You might say I'm riding the wave here, but this is really a good cover of the song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. Other than Lykke Li, renowned music artists like Neil Diamond, Elton John, Cher, Davin Mason and Amy Winehouse recorded their own versions of the song. I'm enamored by the song when I heard it in The Bee Gees' tribute to Carole King, in which she called the version "definitive".

While I look for that Bee Gees cover, check out Lykke Li's track and the other Amy Winehouse's version of the The Shirelles hit.

:: Lykke Li - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles cover)
:: Amy Winehouse - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (The Shirelles cover)
:: The Shirelles - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

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John Mayer’s muchly-awaited new album has been leaked. Yes, the entire Battle Studies album. It’s his fourth album and it was released last November 17th. According to Mayer: “The album is called Battle Studies and that’s because it incorporates a lot of the lessons, a lot of the observations, and a little bit of advice. Like a handbook, like a heartbreak handbook.”

There is no doubt in my mind that John Mayer can write pleasant pop music and accent it nicely with excellent guitar playing. Battle Studies tries to incorporate a small portion of each. Of course, Mayer experiments with new guitar sounds (Half of My Heart, Crossroads, Edge of Desire), but the basic principle of his writing says the same - simplicity.

Many of the tracks are acceptable upon first listen but you could tell it feels unfinished. The potentially great tracks like Edge of Desire, Perfectly Lonely, and Heartbreak Warfare feels lacking in variation at some points that they turn out redundant. And Half of my Heart, while a perfect pop song, is an obvious ploy for more popularity from John Mayer. Why so? Well we have the appearance of Taylor Swift in the song, which didn't add much since she didn't offer anything to the song. Who Says was a lazy track and despite being pleasant, it just doesn't have enough bang! to keep the listeners glued to it.

Anyway, I'm hoping for a better John Mayer album next time because this one is an unbelievably bland record. BUT HOW ABOUT YOU? What do you think of Battle Studies?

Sidebit: Man, look at that sleeve. Whew.

:: Who Says*
:: Heartbreak Warfare*
:: Friends, Lovers or Nothing
:: Crossroads
:: Perfectly Lonely*
:: All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye
:: Assassin
:: War of My Life
:: Half of My Heart*
:: Edge of Desire*
:: Do You Know Me

BONUS TRACK: :: I'm On Fire (.m4a)*

:: Beach House - Norway

This is so luscious. The vocals are really good. Excited about hearing some more. Don't you find these guys a progressively good band? The more music they make, the better they get.

:: Sebastien Tellier - L'amour Et La Violence (Floating Points Mix)
:: Dirty Projectors - No Intention (Acoustic)
:: Coeur de Pirate - Umbrella ft. Julian Dore (Rihanna Cover)

Now this is new. The unstructured feel of the acoustics is certainly foreign to basic Hot Chip tracks but it's an interesting change. If this would be remixed, it would take a high curve to do that! Looking forward to an anthem from Hot Chip to clap our hands to!

:: Hot Chip - Take It In