It’s getting close to the end of the year! Keep an eye stuff in the next few weeks, I’ll try to figure out my opinions on the best stuff of the year (or something). Here’s your FRIDAY FIX

Katy B & Ms. Dynamite – Lights On (Skream remix)

Shooooot, the Skreamix of Lights On sounds delightful!

Eskimo – We Got More

A very cool video by Cyriak, whose crazy recursive animation work you will probably recognize, whether or not you know him by name.

Dr. Dre – Kush (feat. Snoop Dogg & Akon)

I don’t need to post this, but the release of this video is an event. It’s great to see Dre in something other than a commercial. The one where he’s got a CGI robot face mask for HP/Beats Laptops is the stupidest thing I’ve ever seen him do. Kush, on the other hand, is a fitting reward for our twelve years of patience. The scene is full of green and orange club lights, expensive dranks and sexy women; with Snoop Dogg looking at home right in the middle of it all. Nate Dogg’s simple hook effortlessly promotes it from banger to full-on earworm – Kush is the spiritual sequel to The Next Episode. And how apropos…

Croydon’s dubstep juggernaut has been BUSY. Between Magnetic Man and his upcoming album, “Outside the Box”, Skream is killing it right now.

Here’s the new official video for Listenin’ to the Records on My Wall, from Skream’s new album, out August 9.

Meanwhile, there’s a video out for Perfect Stranger, by Magnetic Man x Katy B. Last time Katy B worked with Benga, we got Katy on a Mission, and I STILL can’t stop listening to that fire.

Skream’s been doing it for a minute, and his efforts are paying off bigtime. Magnetic man might be the first dubstep act to be signed to a major label, but we’ve already seen the likes of Chase & Status producing beats for Rihanna. Between brostep and the kind of accessible vocal dubstep we’re hearing from Katy B, it’s got some people feeling uneasy about the future of the genre. I’m glad they’re getting their money, this is good-ass music – but I can see where the bloggers are coming from. I don’t want to have to fight through an arena crowd the next time Datsik or Rusko comes to town. The grime nights here in Victoria are full of underground weirdos and that’s the way I like it! I’m not too concerned, though. Innovators tend to keep innovating.

Hey dudes, here’s a couple big big big ones for yous.

Magnetic Man – I Need Air

Magnetic Man is a dubstep supergroup made up of Skream, Benga and Artwork. After Skream murdered Glastonbury with this one, they’ve got an official video out. The video is basically just a bunch of live footage, but it’s really fitting because the song sounds like an utter dancefloor destroyer. Predictably, the record is blowing up and there have been a few remixes released already, but I like the original one best.

Benga also produced the beat for this one, Katy On A Mission by Katy B

I’m in love with this one.