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Foreign Beggars & Noisia – Contact

Had to get this one posted before I wrapped up the weekend. Noisia doin’ it large.

So Lady Gaga’s single for Alejandro is out… The video isn’t the biz, so don’t bother, but the single came up in conversation with Ben earlier during our weekly Breaking Bad roundtable. The single has a big remix by mister Rusko on it, but what really caught my attention was the remix by Skrillex, an electro house dude from LA whose work I was previously not privy to.

After a few go-rounds with his hectic remix of Alejandro, I looked the dude up and it would seem he’s got an EP available for free download.

Download “My Name Is Skrillex” EP for free and check out Skrillex on myspace

Here’s a preview:

HYPE CHECK: DOES THE NEW DRAKE ALBUM STINK?

My first impression of Thank Me Later was “It’s no So Far Gone” (the mixtape, not the EP which wasn’t as good). The dude has talent, and I was excited for his debut LP but never that excited. But I guess a lot of people were, and there was just no way the album could live up to the hype. Or… maybe everyone got sick of Drizzy after seeing that same Sprite commercial 200 times during every basketball game? Whaaaaat! I think it’s still a great album, and there’s no doubt it’s got some rippers on there… but it’s not what it could have been.

Two years ago I wouldn’t have believed you if you’d told me I’d be bumping Uffie harder than Drake – I can still barely believe it. The new Uffie is FIRE.

Uffie – MC’s Can Kiss

This is my favorite shit right now!

Boards of Canada, a Scottish electronic duo, know exactly how to make you close your eyes and remember those special days. Dayvan Cowboy off of their The Campfire Headphase album is what i’ve been listening to this week up North.
Explore and listen.

Easy Feelings

(Via Grooveshark playlist)

Air – Cherry Blossom Girl

Yann Tiersen – Comptine D’un Autre Été: L’après Midi

Explosions In The Sky – The Only Moment We Were Alone

I’ve been listening to a lot of drag music lately.

White Ring – Roses

Also known as “haunted house” or ”witch house”, I’ve seen drag records most aptly described as “screwgaze” (a portmanteau of shoegaze and screwed/chopped). Groups like SALEM and oOoOO bring a really brilliant sound; familiar 808s suspended among a dark, incongruous droning. Imagine a styrofoam cup with a voodoo doll in it. The southern hiphop / DJ Screw influence is much more apparent on certain tracks, but it’s all intriguing.

Salem – Redlights

Peep White Ring on myspace, oOoOO on myspace, Salem on myspace

Don’t miss Salem on We Make it Good, vol. 11 – featuring oOoOO and Salem’s own fantastic remix of Gucci Mane’s “Round One”.

Roll Deep crew’s Wiley teamed up with mega-babe Jodie Connor once again for his latest single, Electric Boogaloo! Electric Boogaloo is the third single from Wiley’s upcoming The Elusive.

Wiley – Electric Boogaloo (Find A Way) (feat. J2K & Jodie Connor)

KEEP IT ROCKIN’ // PARTY AIN’T STOPPIN!!!!!!

I didn’t post the video for Good Times when it first came out in March, and embedding is disabled (dumb!), but make sure to watch it 100 times if you haven’t already. It’s huuge. Not exactly what you’d expect to hear from a grime crew, but huge!  Roll Deep – Good Times (feat. Jodie Connor)

Catching up on a few dancefloor-destroyers that I haven’t yet posted. This is Scooter – The Sound Above My Hair.

I love how the global hardstyle community treats their cheesy craft with the seriousness of a Shakespearean theatre group.

Eric Wareheim from Tim and Eric Awesome show, a show that Duncan greatly supports and loves, has been dipping his hands in directing music videos and HEALTH’s We are Water just got added to the list.

Top notch video and song!

I’m still working up in Iqaluit so posts are still expected to be short and sweet

Joakim from JJ is awesome. In these live videos from SXSW 2010, he just stands in one spot on the stage and doesn’t do anything but sway back and forth, and occasionally smoke a cigarette.

JJ – Ecstasy (live @ SXSW 2010)

Dude looks like Val Kilmer’s character from HEAT, so he’s forever in my good books based on that alone.

JJ – My Way (live @ SXSW 2010)

Is it not cool to call it SXSW 2010 anymore? Do we have to start call it "South-By" now? I hope not.

Every so often, The Hood Internet simply KILLS IT. This is Drake vs. Free Energy – (This Shit Was) All I know.

The Hood Internet – (This Shit Was) All I Know [Drake x Free Energy] by hoodinternet

It works so perfectly! “Thank Me Later” is out June 15th, and Free Energy’s “Stuck on Nothing” is out NOW.