Hey all, in case you ever wonder “oh man, I wonder what a podcast of cool new music bookended with a nerdy voiced blogger introducing the songs would sound like?” I have your answer. I started doing this podcast for a sort’ve “online zine” thing. I know, lame. And so are podcasts. But there are good songs? Anyway just thought if you were interested you could check it out.
Little Boots-New in Town
YACHT-Psychic City (Voodoo City)
Passion Pit-Little Secrets
Rainbow in Arabia-Holiday in Congo
Hecuba-Suffering
Patrick Wolf-Hard Times
Kap Bambino-Batcaves
File under: best tour name ever. A-Trak is hittin’ the road with some of his buddies this summer. It will be awesome. No date in Dallas? 
Date in Austin with one of the best line-ups…but I probably won’t go. Tour dates after the cut below.
In related A-Trak news, he did some scratches on Kid Cudi’s goofy take on Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face,” appropriately titled “Poke Her Face.” Well now word is that Cudi will release the track as his second single (following the ridiculously popular “Day N Nite”) but renamed as “Make Her Say.”
♫ Kid Cudi – Make Her Say (ft Kanye West, Common, & A-Trak)
Here’s a musician for those of you that prefer your songs brooding, sweeping, and mildly epic. Think Andrew Bird and Beirut.
There’s a video for Dan Black’s re-working of his “Hypntz” and it’s full of cool opening montage scenes from movies made from the lyrics in the song. Thanks to Big Stereo for pointing it out (they’ve got a nice Passion Pit remix of the song too! Check it out!).
Filed under: Music | Tags: a-trak, chromeo, cut copy, dj mehdi, feist, frankie knuckles, fred falke, grizzly bear, hercules & love affair, holy ghost!, joakim, mix, morgan geist, sebastien tellier, the presets, tiga
Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks (Fred Falke Extended Remix)
Cut Copy – Hearts on Fire (Holy Ghost! Remix)
Feist – Sea Lion (Chromeo Remix)
Hercules & Love Affair – Blind (Frankie Knuckles Dub)
Sebastien Tellier – Kilometer (A-Trak Dub Mix)
Tiga – Good as Gold (Morgan Geist Monophonic Mix)
The Presets – If I Know You (Alternate Version)
DJ Mehdi – Pocket Piano (Joakim Remix)
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ALSO! We have a winner on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs contest!! The winner is Eddie! Because Karen O is always sumptuous! Thanks for playing everyone!
We are very excited about YACHT’s new album See Mystery Lights if you haven’t noticed (check the search button and search how many times we post on these dudes). Finally, Pitchfork premiered a new song from the album. Check it out!
The song is apparently a “cover version” of a song by Rich Jensen. Read more about it over at YACHT’s website, and listen to the original.
This new video for the Presets’ “Kicking & Screaming” from Apocalypso makes me sick I missed them on their last tour.
I have really really enjoyed Patrick Wolf’s new album The Bachelor. I didn’t know how I’d feel about it, because I only liked about three songs on The Magic Position, but this one’s a bit more consistent all the way through. Plus, having Tilda Swinton doing spoken word? Yes please.
Anyway, this remix of stand-out “Hard Times” by Jack Beats isn’t a radical change. But it does remind me of Patrick Wolf cruising around space on the Moonraker.
♫ Hard Times (Jack Beats Remix)
c/o Gosh Damn
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The Yeah Yeah Yeahs released a new video for the fantastic “Heads Will Roll.” It’s half part Thriller, half part Teen Wolf. Check it out here. Don’t forget that TODAY is the last chance to enter our contest to win a copy of It’s Blitz! with poster! Enter here.
