Archive for April, 2008

Langhorne Slim

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at April 30, 2008 in langhorne slim, folk, indie, music and mp3. 2 Comments

Marni Wandner from Sneak Attack Media deserves a lot of praise for her perseverance. Not only does she send out regular emails, of which I am a recipient, but she also mails me the occasional physical copy of an album regardless of whether or not I reviewed the previous album {or dozen}. And now I’ve just realized I really have no idea as to the gender associated with the name Marni… so here’s to you, androgynous Marni, thanks for the hard work.

On this occasion I had the privilege of opening a package containing the latest effort by Langhorne Slim. He’s a singer/songwriter bloke who, on this album Langhorne Slim & The War Birds (iTunes), could easily be cataloged alongside early Dylan, or present day contemporaries such as Josh Ritter, Paolo Nutini, and Zach Williams. It’s a mournful disc filled with love songs; some happy and some more downtrodden. Taken altogether this is a very cohesive effort that moves with an assured pace from the brief and quick opener, Spinning Compass, to the melancholy closing track, Hummingbird.

mp3 : Langhorne Slim - Spinning Compass {removed by request}
mp3 : Langhorne Slim - Hummingbird {removed by request}
mp3 : Langhorne Slim - Rebel Side of Heaven {added by request}

This has easily been one of my favorite albums thus far in 2008. I know it’s rather ridiculous to say that seeing as how there’s no way to know, come end of the year, what albums will have staying power month after month. But I’d be willing to bet that come the end of the year I’ll still be listening to this disc as much as Cloud Cult or MGMT. {I’d also like to point out that Langhorne played a show just last night with Josh Ritter. I think pairing him with Zach Williams would be equally beneficial}.

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Kosovo

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at April 29, 2008 in kosovo, indie, music and mp3. 0 Comments

Kosovo is a trio of young lads out of Austin, Texas and they create a ethereal, minimalistic, electronic sound that has more layers than your favorite Jello salad. Their debut, Pascal EP, has yet to receive a proper release date although their myspace page is still claiming it will be released sometime in 2007 with a follow up LP to come in 2008. {I’m not sure if you’ve caught that their myspace is apparently living in the past, but it is}. Although I’m not entirely sure when their EP will see the light of day, whether or not they’ll tour in support of it, or if they’ll get paid enough to make a few more discs, one thing I can say for certain is that they make solid electronica music. A sort of Frou Frou meets The Knife sort of easy listening, distortion and effect filled musical appetizer.

mp3 : Kosovo - A Terraformed Existence
mp3 : Kosovo - Milk of Magnesia

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Pinback

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at April 28, 2008 in pinback, indie, music and mp3. 2 Comments

Pinback has been a band that I’ve enjoyed for a number of years now. They create an extremely mellow vibe with their indie pop rock and yet they present it all with a rather rapid fire hyper style of music. Think Death Cab for Cutie meets Jimmy Eat World meets the better half of Nada Surf. The three songs I’m posting today come from various albums in the Pinback library and can be found on Pinback (iTunes), Some Voices (iTunes), and their latest effort Autumn of the Seraphs (iTunes).

mp3 : Pinback - Lyon
mp3 : Pinback - Manchuria
mp3 : Pinback - From Nothing to Nowhere

Enjoy your Monday. Enjoy the music.

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The Sound of Arrows

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at April 25, 2008 in labrador, sound of arrows, indie, music and mp3. 0 Comments

I have been slacking lately. I’ve been relying too much on word of mouth and a massive stack of albums {that mostly are yet to be heard by me} sitting in my room to do all this blogging work for me. In the fray, and slack, I’ve failed to breeze through my favorite label’s web sites perusing their new fare. And at the top of my favorite foreign labels list sits the unassuming label Labrador. And from this brilliant little Swedish label has come some of the best indie pop ever put out.

The Sound of Arrows is a little duo that creates music which is a bit electro pop, a bit indie darling, and bit of a throwback to the better days. They list Harry Nilsson and the Jackson 5 alongside Jens Lekman and Sambassadeur in their list of influences and I think that gives a fairly accurate picture as to what The Sound of Arrows sounds like. The following track is from their debut EP, Danger!, which will be available May 7th and will be followed by an autumn release of their first proper LP.

mp3 : The Sound of Arrows - Danger!

For some reason I can’t help but think of Mommas and The Poppas when I hear this track. In a good way. And at the same time I could easily see them opening for MGMT.

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Sir Salvatore Remixes Radiohead

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at April 23, 2008 in radiohead, sir salvatore, remix, indie, music and mp3. 2 Comments

This is what is sounds like when a fairly straightforward indie band {whom I’ve talked about here} takes a run at remixing the remixed track of the year. That of course being Radiohead’s track, Nude. Now I’m not sure if you remix crazy meth addicts out there fully appreciate these remixes you’ve been bobbing your heads to over the last month or so. For the uneducated and uninformed, the vast majority of these remixes are an almost complete departure from the original track put down by Thom Yorke and company. And I do mean complete departure as in “what!?!? Pluto really isn’t a planet…” type of departure.

Not looking to disappoint, Sir Salvatore takes the once somber tune and smacks it solidly into indie left field. It’s quirky, it’s filled with a bouncing drum rhythm, and they’ve run Thom’s vocals through a weird, hyper-vibrato type of a effect which gives this remix its own special sound. Enjoy. And special thanks for the gents of Sir Salvatore for sending this track to me.

mp3 : Radiohead - Nude (Sir Salvatore Remix)

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Half-handed Cloud

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at April 22, 2008 in half-handed cloud, indie, asthmatic kitty, music and mp3. 6 Comments

I’ve been a fan of Half-handed Cloud for a long time now. I guess I’ve been a fan ever since he signed up with Asthmatic Kitty {aka Sufjan Steven’s brainchild/label}. Now this little love affair of mine hasn’t ever matured into a full blown fling, but that might be because most of John Ringhofer’s music seems to be carved up into idiosyncratic, almost childish, mashed up melodies. They flit from idea to idea as quickly as a group of five year olds change the rules of tag on the playground and that’s inherently what’s to love about his music. There is something precocious and innocent about these ultimately playful melodies and arrangements. I just don’t know how long I could listen to only Half-handed Cloud before I found myself a bit wanting for more adult conversation.

mp3 : Half-handed Cloud - Pre-Teen Apocalyptic Film Acting (Medley)

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Sunny Day Sets Fire

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at April 21, 2008 in sunny day sets fire, remix, indie, music and mp3. 4 Comments

I have no idea how I came into possession of these tracks. I don’t know where they came from in any way shape or form. What I do know is that they hail from Sunny Day Sets Fire’s latest effort, a remix amalgamation titled Stranger Remix EP (iTunes), and they provide the perfect antidote for whatever your life has thrown at you this Monday. Whether it’s a simple case of “why can’t it be Friday already” or “wow, I’m fat today” this EP is sure to make you happy enough to get through another week.

mp3 : Sunny Day Sets Fire - Brainless (Baron Von Luxxury Remix)
mp3 : Sunny Day Sets Fire - Wilderness (CSS Remix)
mp3 : Sunny Day Sets Fire - Stranger

The remainder of the EP, which is a pretty convincing full length eight tracks, is more in the same vein of Sunny Day Sets Fire pop tracks remixed up into their more danceable counterparts. It reminds me a lot of the classic Kings of Convenience remixes.

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Phantom Planet : Raise The Dead

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at April 18, 2008 in phantom planet, album, pop, indie, music and mp3. 3 Comments

Phantom Planet has come a long way since being known largely as the band Jason Schwartzman left so he could focusing on acting and/or the band with that one song for that one show about The O.C. Regardless of first impressions or first exposures, these four gentlemen have come a long way since those days.

Their original release was rather ho-hum southern California version of indie pop. Filled with acoustic guitars and wistful melodies Is Missing (iTunes) was a decent effort, but it wasn’t until their breakthrough sophomore effort, The Guest (iTunes) {which featured the smash hit California}, that they achieved the privilege of having a nationwide fanbase. Unfortunately for many of those fans Phantom Planet’s third album, their first to simply be called Phantom Planet (iTunes), was quite the drastic departure from their trademark breezy surfer style. Although it was critically heralded, and I might add I love it to this day, it went a long way toward alienating many of their fans and served to reinforce the image that they were just those guys with that one song on that one show about The O.C.

Phantom Planet released their fourth album, Raise The Dead (iTunes), this past Tuesday and I believe it is their most accomplished album to date. Proving once and for all that there really is a middle ground between the two extremes of their sound {as demonstrated on their previous two efforts} Raise The Dead is at times a rocker, and at times a slow acoustic romp around beach fires, sure to be enjoyed whether you’re chilling in the Midwest or enjoying an endless summer. From the opening title track to the excellent closing track Raise The Dead reads like a talent rap sheet for what these four West Coast buddies are ultimately capable. In brief, this is what indie Cali-pop is all about.

mp3 : Phantom Planet - Raise The Dead
mp3 : Phantom Planet - Do The Panic

For those of you interested in hearing more I’ll be putting another track of their’s up in this month’s BOTM post in a couple of weeks. It’ll be worth hearing more, trust me, the entire album is solid.

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The Federalists

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at April 17, 2008 in federalists, indie, music and mp3. 1 Comment

According to their myspace page, which also doubles as their actual website {really though, how hard is it to program a simple site}, The Federalists think of themselves as an indie, country, rock amalgamation. I’m fine with those credentials as long as I can interpret the “country” tag as really meaning southern rock, and I also get to add to the mix pure Cali-pop. And when I say Cali-pop I’m of course referencing the sounds of bands like Phantom Planet on their album The Guest and Rooney on their album debut album Rooney. It’s a breezy, jangly, ultimately satisfying trip through apocalyptic futures and odes to girls alike.

The following tracks hail from The Federalists first proper full length (amazon) (iTunes) and I included them both because they’re very different from each other. To be honest, the first time through the album Friendly Fire was my favorite song. It reminds me of Death Cab circa Transatlanicism and all the wonderful slightly depressing emotions the future may or may not hold. On the other hand it took a fair number of trips through the disc to really appreciate City Girl. It starts awkwardly, at best, and I couldn’t get into it until I came to appreciate the evolution the song undertakes throughout the four minutes. It’s as if the music serves as a aural depiction of country versus city and the final resolution to separate with the line “and as you find your way back home I found sanity / knowing I could live without you next to me.”

mp3 : The Federalists - Friendly Fire
mp3 : The Federalists - City Girl

This is yet another album that has been sitting on my desktop, collecting e-dust, waiting to be given an adequate listen. Luckily for both of us I finally got around to attempting to clear out a massive folder I have marked “blog tracks.” There’s a daunting number of albums still waiting for the right mood to strike me, but fear not, I will press on.

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Temposhark

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at April 16, 2008 in temposhark, music and mp3. 0 Comments

I apologize for this post. I’ve been sitting on this information for far too long and I probably should have told all of you about this London four piece ages ago. Temposhark play a style of music that is most obviously influenced by Imogen Heap and Frou Frou, but some tracks also seem to contain traces of Fall Out Boy and !!!.

All three of these tracks come from their latest effort which they call The Invisible Line (iTunes). They hail as the first, second, and fifth track on the album and I’m posting them because I feel they do a great job of showcasing the breadth of Temposhark’s talent. And I must add that these boys from London possess a lot of it. The entire album is filled with clever hooks, entirely danceable beats, and enough tempo sharking to satisfy the club or your front sitting nook.

mp3 : Temposhark - Don’t Mess With Me
mp3 : Temposhark - Joy
mp3 : Temposhark - Not That Big (feat Imogen Heap)

I think it’s fair to say there are allusions to Fall Out Boy, !!!, and obviously Imogen Heap in these tracks. But feel free to argue in the comments if you so wish. I enjoy a good discussion. Also, and I feel I must add this, I think certain tracks on this album are absolutely begging to be remixed into oblivion. Any takers?

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TWF Turns Two with Sufjan Stevens

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at April 15, 2008 in the world forgot, birthday, two years, twf, sufjan stevens, music, indie and mp3. 3 Comments

Well it’s that time of year again. The time where I once again reminisce about all the fun I’ve had blogging here on The World Forgot. It’s been two full years now since this little music blog was launched and I’d like to think that it’s grown up a bit in the intervening time. Now that I’m officially a toddling blog you can expect me to be even more temperamental, demanding, and precocious than ever before. Here’s to hoping that the next two years will prove to be just as much fun as the past two have been.

As I was thinking over what to post to mark this momentous occasion, while also contemplating that my relationship with this blog has now out performed even the longest of my romantic endeavors, I turned once again to the artist that quite literally got me into blogging in the first place. That artist is Sufjan Stevens and two years ago he was on literally every blog that you had ever heard of on at least a monthly basis. It was my interest in exploring his music, and his storytelling {along with a fair amount of other influences}, that led me to start blogging two years ago. And to commemorate this moment I’ve diced up a a small live set that Sufjan preformed for PENultimate Lit in 2007.

mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, IL (Live at PENultimate Lit)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Interlude 01 (Live at PENultimate Lit)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Barn Owl, Night Killer (Live at PENultimate Lit)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - Interlude 02 (Live at PENultimate Lit)
mp3 : Sufjan Stevens - The Mistress Witch from Mcclure (Or The Mind That Knows Itself) (Live at PENultimate Lit

This is the entire set he played that day, cut up into individual tracks, and posted in the order they appear in the performance. If you’d care to download the set as one continuous recording you can find that here on PEN American Center’s website. I chose Sufjan for today’s post because of how influential his music has been on how I think and write about music, but also because I’ve blogged about him far more times than any other artist I’ve mentioned here. To check all the posts that include Sufjan Stevens here on The World Forgot simply click here.

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AA Bondy

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at April 12, 2008 in aa bondy, folk, indie, music and mp3. 2 Comments

It’s raining where I am today. And I’m glad that I was up late last night to catch AA Bondy preforming the title track to his album American Hearts (iTunes), which is being reissued on Fat Possum Records on April 15, as he closed the show for Conan. The album is filled with rainy day folk anthems.

mp3 : AA Bondy - American Hearts
mp3 : AA Bondy - Killed Myself When I Was Young
mp3 : AA Bondy - Rapture (Sweet Rapture)
mp3 : AA Bondy - Hang Down Your Head (Tom Waits Cover)

For those of you who live out on the East Coast and are bored tonight or tomorrow evening you should make a solid effort to see AA Bondy play live. He’s playing with The Weakerthans right now and that would make for an amazing night of music. Tonight he’s at Pearl St. Club Room in Northampton, Massachusetts, and tomorrow he’s playing at the Town Ballroom in Buffalo, New York.

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Ladytron

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at April 11, 2008 in ladytron, electronic, music and mp3. 19 Comments

I listen to Elliot Smith when I want to be sad, Ben Folds Live when I want to sing along to every single song on an entire album, and Ladytron when I want to be confused as to what I should feel. There’s a wealth of emotions associated with Ladytron’s slightly depressing, slightly muffled, electronic mire. If Cut Copy {my post from yesterday} took all that glittered about the eighties and put it through a twenty first century strainer then Ladytron has taken all the repressed memories of that glam decade and done the same. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to be depressed or be overjoyed that other people in this world can find beauty and love in the parts of life that aren’t immediately cuddly and warm. The track Black Cat comes from Ladytron’s upcoming album Velocifero and from this first single it appears as it’ll be a darker, more dreary, affair than Light and Magic (iTunes) was.

mp3 : Ladytron - Black Cat
mp3 : Ladytron - Seventeen

I’ve not seen them live, nor will I probably get a chance to do so {they feel a bit like a flash in the pan phenomenon}, but I reckon a set mixing Marilyn Manson mall goth with Smashing Pumpkins dreary pastiche would fit them well. Especially if everything, all the time, was black. In other news, I felt like I should include this track below as so continue the ruse. Enjoy it if you dare.

mp3 : Ladytron - Predict the Day

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Cut Copy

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at April 10, 2008 in cut copy, music and mp3. 5 Comments

Sometimes I forget how totally kick ass the eighties were. Let’s face it, I was only eight years old when the nineties body slammed the eighties into the past, but there were some good times to be had as a youngster in the eighties {my R2D2 pj’s were awesome}. But just when that grand decade starts to slide into the dark recesses of my mind a band like Cut Copy comes and brings all the yummy laser tag goodness right back to the front. I don’t think I’ve heard straight up eighties dance revival since, well, the eighties. Listen to the entire album, In Ghost Colours (iTunes), and you’ll be pleasantly thrilled with laser bleeps, heavy synth, breezy vocals, and a general sense of nostalgia.

mp3 : Cut Copy - Far Away
mp3 : Cut Copy - Unforgettable Season

And although these three boys from Melbourne {pronounced Mel-burn, not Mel-Jason-Bourne for all you ignorant Yanks} do have a certain throwback quality throughout their sound they’re not to be confused with yet another tribute band. As a good friend recently reminded me “bad writers imitate, great writers steal,” and that’s exactly what Cut Copy has done. They strip mined the eighties for all they were worth and have come away with a sound that sparkles of bedazzled jean jackets, junior high roller skating parties, and awkward hair cuts, and yet contains a glossy and utterly twenty first century finish. Nostalgia never sounded so good.

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The Mission District

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at April 9, 2008 in canada, mission district, music and mp3. 0 Comments

Have you ever consistently stayed up far too late and consequently slept, for weeks at a time, until the late afternoon. For many of you this is probably known quite simply as the undergrad schedule. For anyone that’s over twenty five this is probably known as the recipe for typical hangover symptoms without ever touching a drop of alcohol. Fortunately, regardless of your wealth or lack thereof of rem cycles, I have the perfect music for this Wednesday afternoon.

The Mission District is a six piece band from the beautiful city of Montreal {easily one of my favorite of the Canadian cities - although I have yet to tour Vancouver}. They play a type of music that one could easily say is influenced {sometimes heavily} by the success of The Killers. These boys set themselves apart from the plethora of copy cat bands touring the great plains by putting their own twist on what amounts to beautiful synth/guitar anthem rock, filled with soaring melodies and just enough happiness to keep your fingers reaching to turn this music up.

mp3 : The Mission District - Anchor
mp3 : The Mission District - Youth Games

Both of these tracks hail from their recently released LP called Youth Games (iTunes). I love Canadian bands.

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The Sapiens

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at April 8, 2008 in punk, sapiens, indie, music and mp3. 0 Comments

It’s been a long time since I listened to anything that could be classified as punk music. For the most part I’m sick of the pop punk genre. So I’ll admit it was with more than a little hesitation that I gave The Sapiens a listen. Thankfully I was pleasantly surprised with a frenetic style of classic seventies revival meets pure punk gyration. The energy in these studio tracks is astounding and it’s a nice break from the endless radio friendly crooner or the ever present bass heavy remix.

mp3 : The Sapiens - Void
mp3 : The Sapiens - Waitress, Waitress

Both of these tracks hail from The Sapiens’ latest effort, an EP titled Vs. The Hornet (iTunes) (cdbaby), which seques between lofi rockers like Waitress, Waitress and more grating punk stylings such as Every Corner. Void is my favorite track off of this EP as there’s something endearing about driving guitar riffs, synth, and drum beats that serve as a perfect backing to a chorus of vocals. Although this five piece Chicago band has been called everything from dance rock to indie electro I’m sticking by my first impression of seventies revival punk lofi mash up. {I can see Rod Stewart possibly singing Waitress, Waitress. Maybe if he wasn’t so old?}

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BOTR vol 04

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at April 7, 2008 in mystery jets, new order, dmitry fyodorov, immuzikation, hot chip, dlid, ladytron, melody, peter rauhofer, jeremy sherrer, black dominoes, peter holmstrom, raveonettes, mccoys, mta, kriss kross, plimsouls, best of the remix, botr, timbaland, daft punk, music, remix, justice, one republic, redial, get cape wear cape fly, boys noize, cut copy, vampire weekend, mgmt and mp3. 10 Comments

Honestly, I need to update the graphics for the Best of series. These pictures of earthrise are getting a bit, well, old. Hey, at least I made this one black and white to differentiate BOTR from BOTM {which stands for Best of the Remix and Best of the Month for all you newbs just coming to check out TWF for the first time}. Whether you’re a first time reader {aka music downloader} or you’re just checking back on your blog subscriptions, hello and welcome to the fourth installment of Best of the Remix. I began this series about four months ago when I noticed that my Best of the Month compilations were becoming bogged down with various and sundry remixed tracks. Anyway, since I’m currently le bored with le music scene {other than the newest Cloud Cult, MGMT, and The National} I’m just going to post these little remix gems and basically make fun of them. Sorry for all of those who now have to wade through commentary just to get to the music, so sorry bout ya. This is a blog after all, not a P2P service.

Skip the whining and get all the tracks in one zip file : here {zshare = left click}

mp3 : Cut Copy - Lights & Music (Boys Noize Happy Birthday Remix)
Boys Noize, Thin White Duke you are not, but this goes a long way towards aping that certain type of ethereal sound. Who else thinks Cut Copy is just another band in a long string of New Order wannabes?

mp3 : Daft Punk - One More Time (Redial Goes To Hell Remix)
I think we should remix Daft Punk’s One More Time just one more time and be done remixing it forever. I mean honestly, the remixes of this track are getting almost as omnipresent as remixes of D.A.N.C.E.

mp3 : Get Cape Wear Cape Fly - Find The Time (Plimsoulds Remix)
I can’t seem to get enough of bands with whimsical names. I wish I could fly. I frequently dream that I can, although never once have I worn a cape in said dreams. At least this track has a fairy tale techno beat to accompany the excellent Get Cape Wear Cape Fly track.

mp3 : Kriss Kross - Jump (Customised by D*L*I*D Remix)
Now that NKOTB are officially getting back together, recording a new album, and going on a world wide tour I’m sure it’s just a matter of time before the dynamic duo kid rappers Kriss Kross get back together and convince us all to wear our pants backward again. Could we wear shoes backward this time too? Whatever they wear these kids could no doubt drop a rhyme.

mp3 : Ladytron - Destroy Everything You Touch (Hot Chip Remix)
What do you get when you combine Ladytron with Hot Chip? You get what amounts to one of the most searched after mp3’s on the interwebs. Come on you little downloading minions and get your fix here with the flavor of the week, they’ll be forgotten as fast as Arctic Monkeys.

mp3 : MGMT vs Daft Punk - One More Time to Pretend (Immuzikation Remix)
If you could splice Radiohead and Justice somewhere into this track you’d never have to download another remix ever for the rest of your life. Maybe throw in some Hot Chip for a little bit of fun and you’d have the ultimate remix. All ridiculousness aside this is easily my favorite track in this compilation. It’s just perfect.

mp3 : Mystery Jets - You Can’t Fool Me Dennis (Justice Remix)
Here’s some Justice remix for you all. Too bad I’m still listening to the above Immuzikation Remix to give a listen to this track as I’m writing it up. I’m sure it’s just as vanilla as literally every other Justice remix out there. {Actually it’s a surprisingly good remix that sounds mysteriously like a Brandon Flowers b side}.

mp3 : New Order - Blue Monday (Dmitry Fyodorov Remix)
I seriously do not know WTF this track is. Where did I find this? At least that’s what I’m thinking for the opening minute and a half. Then the lyrics kick in and you realize New Order are as influential on today’s music scene as the Beatles {ok, maybe that’s a stretch}.

mp3 : One Republic (feat Timbaland) - Apologize (Melody Ultimix)
I think we should make more remixes of Apologize. Never mind that the orginal track was remixed by Timbaland {who only very very slightly altered it to be honest}. We’ll just throw another “different” beat onto the track, maybe speed it up or slow it down, and call it a whole new mix.

mp3 : One Republic (feat Timbaland) - Apologize (Peter Rauhoffer Reconstruction Remix)
What’s that? You say you have another remix of Apologize? This one is almost seven minutes long and uses an echo effect to great… affect? Oh hell yeah. I’ll post that. I’ll post that right after another of the ubiquitous Apologize remixes. And they’ll love it. Oh. Hell. Yeah.

mp3 : The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy (Mta Hai Karate Remix)
The McCoys are dead right? Some of them are dead? If not I think they should get back together and open for the upcoming NKOTB / Kriss Kross reunion tour. Think about it. Hell, we could throw in Hammer and Vanilla Ice and have a damn fine show {or Icecapades}.

mp3 : The Ravonettes - Dead Sound (Peter Holmstrom and Jeremy Sherrer Remix)
The only thing missing from this remix is more distorted guitar noise in the opening twenty seconds. Other than that this might be what perfection sounds like in remixed heaven. Dead sound… dead sound… dead sound. Sing it!

mp3 : Vampire Weekend - Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa (Black Dominoes Remix)
I think Black Dominoes have somehow found a way to prove, beyond any reasonable doubt, that Vampire Weekend are ripping off Paul Simon’s Graceland. Honestly, if you didn’t hear it on the original recording, then just take a listen to this African drum beat over dubbed remix.

Ha ha ha. That was probably the most fun I’ve had posting here on TWF in awhile. Maybe I’ll just make fun of music from now on.

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