Gorgeous Nosaj Thing remix + banging Fenech-Soler remix = very happy bunny.

Listen: Radiohead – Reckoner (Nosaj Thing Remix) ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Marina And The Diamonds – Hollywood (Fenech-Soler Remix) ←♥♥♥
MP3: Radiohead – Reckoner (Nosaj Thing Remix)
MP3: Marina And The Diamonds – Hollywood (Fenech Soler Remix)

Thanks to Faisal and Too Many Sebastians for these.

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What an awful title haha. Do yourself a favour and add The Hood Internet to whatever RSS reader you have. You won’t regret it. Creating mash-ups using the music from indie/alternative songs and splicing it with siiiick rhymes, The Hood Internet really are excellent. The xx/DMX mash-up is their latest offering and probably their best one since that Grizzly Bear one.

Listen: DMX Vs. The xx – The xx Gon’ Give It To Ya [The Hood Internet] ←♥♥♥
Listen: Michael Jackson Vs. Ratatat – Billie ‘Wildcat’ Jean [The Hood Internet] ←♥♥♥
MP3: DMX Vs. The xx – The xx Gon’ Give It To Ya [The Hood Internet]
MP3: Michael Jackson Vs. Ratatat – Billie ‘Wildcat’ Jean [The Hood Internet]

They were also quick off the mark with their Yeasayer mashup.

Listen: BG Vs. Yeasayer – Like Yea(h)sayer [The Hood Internet] ←♥♥♥
Listen: Kid Sister Vs. Pitbull Vs. Phonat – Free Control Ocho [The Hood Internet] ←♥♥♥
MP3: BG Vs. Yeasayer – Like Yea(h)sayer [The Hood Internet]
MP3: Kid Sister Vs. Pitbull Vs. Phonat – Free Control Ocho [The Hood Internet]

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This song has totally grown on me – I’ve caught myself singing it on a few occasions now. That’s a good enough reason to post this song right? Delphic‘s new album ‘Acolyte’ is also pretty good – I need to listen to it more but so far it’s one of 2010s best. Also these are the two best remixes of this song out there.

Listen: Delphic – Doubt ←♥♥♥
Listen: Delphic – Doubt (Riton Re-Rub) ←♥♥♥
Listen: Delphic – Doubt (Cryptonites Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: Delphic – Doubt
MP3: Delphic – Doubt (Riton Re-Rub)
MP3: Delphic – Doubt (Cryptonites Remix)

Thanks to Discobelle and LAFriendly for the remixes.

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This is what I got up to on New Years. Missed Aeroplane unfortunately because I was bringing in the bells at a house party :’( Great night. Highlight? When Erol blasted the Harvard Bass remix of Acid Girls.

Listen: Breakbot – Make You Mine ←♥♥♥
Listen: Congorock – Babylon ←♥♥♥♥
MP3: Breakbot – Make You Mine
MP3: Congorock – Babylon

Thanks to Too Many Sebastians and Panormx for these gems.

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While everyone and their big fat mother are busy trying to find new ways to talk about The Knife‘s new material, I’d like to talk about a great new album I’ve been listening to. It’s called ‘Astrocoast’ and it’s by a band called Surfer Blood. Reminds me of both the Shins (the voice) and the Whigs (the rest). Agree?

Edinburgh Skyline from Arthur’s Seat

Listen: Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes ←♥♥
Listen: Surfer Blood – Swim (To Reach The End) ←♥♥
MP3: Surfer Blood – Floating Vibes
MP3: Surfer Blood – Swim (To Reach The End)

Thanks to Et Musique Pour Tous for these.

And yes, it’s STILL snowing here.

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Listen: Wolfmother – White Feather (Burns Remix) ←♥♥
Listen: Larry Tee – Let’s Make Nasty (Don Diablo Remix) ←♥
Listen: Classixx – I’ll Get You (Gigamesh Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: Wolfmother – White Feather (Burns Remix)
MP3: Larry Tee – Let’s Make Nasty (Don Diablo Remix)
MP3: Classixx – I’ll Get You (Gigamesh Remix)

I ♥ Lady Gaga. There, I said it. Totally avoided her for ages but about a month ago when I heard ‘Bad Romance‘ I had to hear more. Very talented lady. Anyway, here’s Grum‘s ace remix – much better than the Hercules & Love Affair remix in my opinion. Thanks to Futuristic Silence for this gem of a Gonzales remix. Saxy. Finally is the Joakim remix of Friendly Fires which stood out when I first heard Annie Mac play it a few weeks ago.

Listen: Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (Grum Remix) ←♥♥
Listen: Gonzales – Slow Down (Minitel Rose Fast Dance Remix) ←♥
Listen: Friendly Fires – On Board (Joakim Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: Lady Gaga – Bad Romance (Grum Remix)
MP3: Gonzales – Slow Down (Minitel Rose Fast Dance Remix)
MP3: Friendly Fires – On Board (Joakim Remix)

I’ll probably do a Scottish Friction Top 10 (Songs + Albums) for 2009 next week at some point – so keep your eyes peeled for that.

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Edinburgh from Gullane Beach, East Lothian

Listen: Boris Dlugosch – Bangkok ←♥♥♥♥ (Removed By Request)
Listen: The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die (Yuksek Remix) ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Jose James – Blackmagic (Joy Orbison’s Recreation) ←♥♥♥♥
MP3: Boris Dlugosch – Bangkok
MP3: The Prodigy – Invaders Must Die (Yuksek Remix)
MP3: Jose James – Blackmagic (Joy Orbison’s Recreation)

Thanks to El3ctro Night and AZNDan for these!

Bonus song that I loved at the end of Mad Men:
Listen: Skeeter Davis – The End Of The World ←♥♥♥
MP3: Skeeter Davis – The End Of The World

Saw Phoenix at the Glasgow Arches on Sunday just there. Sounded awesome live, but the crowd really didn’t seem up for it. It was quite disappointing actually. I went with my bro and an altbro, expecting it to be really jumpy – but it wasn’t. I dunno if it was because it was a Sunday and people didn’t want to go wild because they had work in the morning or what, but it was a total fucking buzzkill. Worse, it was like the crowd had never heard of ‘Too Young‘ (my fave Phoenix song) or any tunes pre-Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix for that matter.

Phoenix @ Arches, Glasgow

Enough of the rant FFS eh! Ok back to la choonage. Heard Sleigh Bells for the first time the other day and was kinda blown away – especially by this song. Sleigh Bells are a boy-girl duo who make a fucking glorious racket and I could see them going down a storm live – plus the singer is FIIIIT! Next is Juiceboxxx who apparently recorded this in one take. Anything with Javelin attached will at some point be posted by me – cos I’m obsessed. Slinky blue-eyed soul from Mayer Hawthorne puts a smile on my faces.

Listen: Sleigh Bells – Crown On The Ground ←♥♥♥
Listen: Juiceboxxx – Runnin’ (Produced By Javelin)
Listen: Mayer Hawthorne – Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin’
MP3: Sleigh Bells – Crown On The Ground
MP3: Juiceboxxx – Runnin’ (Produced By Javelin)
MP3: Mayer Hawthorne – Your Easy Lovin’ Ain’t Pleasin’ Nothin’

Caught this over at PMA and couldn’t resist a repost. Another fantastic Seven remix. I think Fever Ray sent each remixer a strongly worded email telling them to NOT. FUCK. THIS. UP. The Twelves didn’t. In fact, they made the best one yet. Lifelike sprinkled his Falke-dust over Barcelona and out popped this remix. Harvard Bass is fast becoming a staple of my morning wake-up audioporn. Harvard Bass = The Sex.

Listen: Fever Ray – Seven (The Twelves Remix) ←♥♥♥
Listen: Plastiscines – Barcelona (Lifelike Remix) ←♥
Listen: Beni – Maximus (Harvard Bass Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: Fever Ray – Seven (The Twelves Remix)
MP3: Plastiscines – Barcelona (Lifelike Remix)
MP3: Beni – Maximus (Harvard Bass Remix)

Saw this over at Sheena Beaston. Great 15-min minimix. A bit like Girl Talk.

Listen: Immuzikation – Ne Sucks Pas
MP3: Immuzikation – Ne Sucks Pas

Tracklist in the comments section!