Mixtape Vol. 15

"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench,

a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free,

and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."

Hunter S. Thompson

1. *Mp3: So Shifty + Ward 21 - Wine (Them Jeans Remix)

2. *Mp3: Tor - The CN Tower Can Work It Out (Final Fantasy Ft. Q-Tip)
3. *Mp3: Miike Snow - Silvia (Robotberget Remix)
4. *Mp3: AC Slater - Hello (Neon Steve Remix)
5. *Mp3: Dirty Disco Youth - Brains...Off (Fukkk Offf Remix)

New Gorillaz

Gorillaz have a new album dropping on March 9 titled Plastic Beach. This is the follow up album to their very successful album Demon Days released way back in 2005. Here is one of the first leaked tracks off it "Superfast Jellyfish" and a Alex Metric remix of another track "Stylo".

Mp3: Gorillaz - Superfast Jellyfish
Mp3: Gorillaz - Stylo (Alex Metric Remix)

Happy Birthday Man in Black

"You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. 

Close the door on the past. You don't try to forget the mistakes, 

but you don't dwell on it. You don't let it have any of your energy, 

or any of your time, or any of your space."

Johnny Cash

Today Johnny Cash turns 78 years old...Happy Birthday to the Man in Black.

Mp3: Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue
Mp3: Johnny Cash - Hurt

Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene announced that they will be releasing a new album this year and they leaked this track in anticipation. I look forward to hearing more...always been a big fan.

Mp3: Broken Social Scene - World Sick

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

I forgot how much I enjoyed The Good the Bad and the Ugly until I came across Bandini's Remix of Ennio Morricone's - L'Estesi Dell'Oro (The Ectasy of Gold) on hypem.com courtesy of popgoestheradio.
Originally released in Italy, it is a classic Clint Eastwood western directed by Sergio Leone and is the 3rd and final film in The Dollars Trilogy. If you haven't seen the movie don't watch the clip above because it is one of the final scenes. You might also recognize the song from a Nike commercial.

Mp3: Ennio Morricone - L'Estesi Dell'Oro (Bandini Remix)

Mixtape Vol. 14

"Art washes away from the soul

the dust of everyday life."

Pablo Picasso

1. *Mp3: La Roux - I'm Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)

2. *Mp3: Ellie Goulding - Starry Eyed (Velo's Wild Eyed Remix)
3. *Mp3: Stars - Sleep Tonight (Junior Boys Remix)
4. *Mp3: Danger - 4h30
5. *Mp3: Chromeo - Night By Night (Midnight Conspiracy Remix)

Still in Hawaii

I am still in Hawaii and it just so happens that the boat I am staying on has the whole first season of Magnum P.I. on DVD. I remember watching Magnum as a kid but watching it again and being in Hawaii...yeah it's a pretty awesome show.

Mp3: Mike Post and Pete Carpenter - Theme from Magnum P.I.

PRAY FOR HAITI

So sad...pray for the people in Haiti.

Mp3: Arcade Fire - Haiti

IN HAWAII!!!!!

I am in Hawaii for a couple weeks doing work and relaxing and eating pineapple and sleeping on a sail boat....soooooo my post are a little less frequent right now. In the mean time here is the hypem.com 2009 Music Blog Zeitgeist!!!!!!

Mp3: The Hype Machine Radio Show - 2009 Music Blog Zeitgeist

Phoenix Acoustic Session

Love me some Phoenix! Back in December the quartet stopped by SPIN magazine's NYC office for an intimate four-song acoustic set.

Mp3: Phoenix - 1901 (Acoustic SPIN Session)
Mp3: Phoenix - Lisztomania (Acoustic SPIN Session)

Mixtape Vol. 13

"Be always at war with your vices,

at peace with your neighbors,

and let each new year find you a better man."

Benjamin Franklin

1. *Mp3: Keep It Going Louder Ft. Nina Sky - Major Lazer (Diplo Remix)
2. *Mp3: Until We Bleed Ft. Lykke Li - Kleerup
3. *Mp3: ShakeDown Street - Grateful Dead (Tommie Sunshine Brooklyn Fire Edit)
4. *Mp3: Empire - Violca (The Disco Villians Remix)
5. *Mp3: Cum On Feel The Noise - Quiet Riot (Kids At The Bar Remix)

So long 2009...

DJ Earworm has taken the Top 25 hits of 2009, according to Billboard and arranged and mashed them all into one 4 and 1/2 minute song. I am pretty impressed that this can be done and made into a reasonably enjoyable song. It even has a bit of a theme and a decent song structure.

*Mp3: DJ Earworm - United States of Pop 2009

Merry Happy!!!!!

I have been really busy over the holidays and haven't been able to post as often as I like...sorry!

Crookers + Soulwax + Mixhell - We Love Animals

This is Crookers December teaser for their up coming, 20 track, album "Tons of Friends", dropping March 2010. Yeah "We Love Animals" is good! The build up and the layers...awesome! Thanks to the peeps over at aooa.tv for the video! The video is only 1:46 but the full song below is over 4 minutes long.

*Mp3: Crookers ft Soulwax & Mixhell - We Love Animals

Jason Mraz - "I'm Yours" Ukulele Remix

Wow is all I have to say! This video was posted on youtube on Dec 6 and has been viewed almost 7 million times. According to the youtube page the boy is only 5, from Japan, speaks only japanese, and has been playing the ukulele for a year. Again WOW music is amazing! Below I include the original so you can compare the two versions.

*Mp3: Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

Mixtape Vol. 12

"And in the end, it's not the

years in your life that count.

It's the life in your years."

Abraham Lincoln

1. *Mp3: The Notorious B.I.G. vs. Miley Cyrus - Party And Bullshit In The USA (Hathbanger Mash Up)
2. *Mp3: Drake - Best I Ever Had (Matamatics Remix)
3. *Mp3: Said The Whale - Gentlemen Remix ft SHAD
4. *Mp3: Tupac - California Love (Deadmau5 Edit)
5. *Mp3: The Pixies - Where Is My Mind (Bassnecter Remix)

You know all my gangstahhh so dangers not a strangeahhh

Diplo and his peeps over at Mad Decent are remixing Gucci’s Cold War mixtapes, the first track leaked is "Dangers Not A Stranger". Yeah, it's pretty awesome, love the classic early 90s Mariah "Can't Let Go" sample.

*Mp3: Gucci Mane - Dangers Not A Stranger (Diplo Remix)

Cudder...the king of indie samples

If he is not collaborating with them he is sampling them....LCD Soundsystem, Band of Horses, Ratatat, MGMT, and Little Boots, just to name a few. In this latest track floating around, "Cudderisback", dat kid named Cudi samples Vampire Weekend's song "Ottoman". Keep doing what you do Cudi cause I am a sucker for indie samples.

*Mp3: Kid Cudi - Cudderisback (Vampire Weekend Sample)
*Mp3: Kid Cudi - Can I Be (LCD Soundsystem Sample)
*Mp3: Kid Cudi - The Prayer (Band of Horses Sample)

Fyfe Dangerfield

Fyfe Dangerfield the front man for the UK’s Guillemots has an upcoming debut solo album, “Fly Yellow Moon” dropping this January, & the album’s new single "She Needs Me" is out. The first leaked single "When You Walk In The Room" caught my ear a while back but I didn't want to comment on it until I had a chance to hear another song from his solo project. Needless to say I think we'll be hearing a lot more buzz about this album as we head into the new year.

*Mp3: Fyfe Dangerfield - She Needs Me
*Mp3: Fyfe Dangerfield - When You Walk In The Room

Cold War Kids "Audience"

Long Beach’s Cold War Kids return with a soulful & firm-footed new and FREE song, “Audience,” off of their forthcoming EP, Behave Yourself, out digitally 12.21 & physically 01.19. Download exclusively from RCRD LBL's myspace or their webpage.

*Mp3: Cold War Kids - Audience