Yeah that’s right… I’ve only gone and been linked to from Rolling Fucking Stone! I’ve hit the big time! I’ll be bigger than Balloon Boy!

Hahaha, OK its only a little click of the button under the ‘Mashup’ link – but seriously thats quite cool right?!

Aaaaaaanyway, back to what I do best – hunt for little ear nuggets for your pleasure so you don’t have to. Recently Track-Reviewed on Pitchfork, Letting Up Despite Great Faults caught my ear as one to watch. A little digging threw up a great wee Passion Pit remix.

Listen: Letting Up Despite Great Faults – In Steps ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Passion Pit – Little Secrets (Letting Up Despite Great Faults Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: Letting Up Despite Great Faults – In Steps
MP3: Passion Pit – Little Secrets (Letting Up Despite Great Faults Remix)

p.s. WTF happened to Passion Pit? Are they still around?

OK quick catch-up. I went to see Micachu on Saturday at Sneaky Pete’s, Edinburgh. I won’t lie – I was actually really disappointed with their set, and wouldn’t recommend them live. However, the night wasn’t a total loss, as the support band was recently Mercury-music-prize-nominated The Invisible. I can’t tell you how amazing they were.

Listen: The Invisible – London Girl ←♥♥♥
Listen: The Invisible – London Girl (Dolby Anol Pre-Op Remix) ←♥♥ (2.55 onwards)
Listen: The Invisible – London Girl (Dolby Anol Post-Op Remix)
Listen: The Invisible – London Girl (Nightmoves Remix)
MP3: The Invisible – London Girl
MP3: The Invisible – London Girl (Dolby Anol Pre-Op Remix)
MP3: The Invisible – London Girl (Dolby Anol Post-Op Remix)
MP3: The Invisible – London Girl (Nightmoves Remix)

I can hear why people compare them to TV On The Radio – and, I admit, I was one of those who brushed them off as merely copycat bastards. But seeing them live completely changed my opinion. Highly recommended. And yes, they blew Mica-shite off the stage. Harsh. I still like her album though.

Listen: The Invisible – OK ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: The Invisible – OK (Headman Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: The Invisible – OK
MP3: The Invisible – OK (Headman Remix)

It’s a shame, because these MP3s (and their album for that matter) don’t do them justice.

Sunday morning and I can’ t believe I threw this post together – I’m shattered.

Listen: Joss Stone – Governmentalist (Feat. Nas) ←♥♥♥
Listen: Mayer Hawthorne – Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix) ←♥♥
Listen: Keenhouse – Ari-es (GRUM Remix) ←♥♥♥
Listen: Keenhouse – Ari-es (Quinten 909 Remix) ←♥♥♥
Listen: What Kind of Breeze Do You Blow? – Love of Luxury (Lake Heartbeat’s Lake Luxury Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: Joss Stone – Governmentalist (Feat. Nas)
MP3: Mayer Hawthorne – Green Eyed Love (Classixx Remix)
MP3: Keenhouse – Ari-es (GRUM Remix)
MP3: Keenhouse – Ari-es (Quinten 909 Remix)
MP3: What Kind of Breeze Do You Blow? – Love of Luxury (Lake Heartbeat’s Lake Luxury Remix)

Listen: Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – Dance The Way I Feel (Armand Van Helden Club Mix)
Listen: The Secret Handshake – Summer Of ’98 (The Bloody Beetroots Remix) ←♥♥♥
MP3: Ou Est Le Swimming Pool – Dance The Way I Feel (Armand Van Helden Club Mix)
MP3: The Secret Handshake – Summer Of ’98 (The Bloody Beetroots Remix)

Cheers and big love to LAFriendly and RARCHE for these.

Guess where I’m going on Sunday…… YEEAAAH BOYEEEEEEEE!!!!

If you download one Annie Mac minimix this year, make it GRUMs.

Listen: GRUM – Minimix for Annie Mac (Radio 1) ←♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy (GRUM Remix)
Listen: Passion Pit – To Kingdom Come (GRUM Remix)
MP3: GRUM – Minimix for Annie Mac (Radio 1)
MP3: Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy (GRUM Remix)
MP3: Passion Pit – To Kingdom Come (GRUM Remix)

Minimix tracklist in comments section. Genius.

Saw this on HypeM the other day – most FUN remix I’ve heard for a while.

Listen: Major Lazer – Pon De Floor (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix) ←♥♥♥
MP3: Major Lazer – Pon De Floor (Chewy Chocolate Cookies Remix)

Yeah I saw Foamo last Friday – I know, this post is verrrry late. He rocked Cabaret Voltaire – we were on the vodka Red Bulls all night and ripped up the front row with our impeccable dance moves giving it the big licks. I’d give him an 8/10. He’s new but he’s got potential.

Oh yeah, some bastard hit the fire alarm at about 2.15am. The lights came on, the music stopped, and we all had to file outside. Foamo went out right behind me. There was a chant started on our way out. “FOAMO! FOAMO!” I turned round to Foamo and said, “They’re chanting your name“. He laughed. He understood why.

Listen: La Roux – Bulletproof (Foamo Remix) ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Cagedbaby – Forced (Foamo Remix) ←♥♥
Listen: Digital Manges – Manges (Sharkslayer Dub) ←♥♥♥
Listen: Calvin Harris – Ready For The Weekend (Fake Blood Remix) ←♥♥♥♥♥ (repost ♥s)
MP3: La Roux – Bulletproof (Foamo Remix)
MP3: Cagedbaby – Forced (Foamo Remix)
MP3: Digital Manges – Manges (Sharkslayer Dub)
MP3: Calvin Harris – Ready For The Weekend (Fake Blood Remix)

Started my PhD today. Below is La Jolla, California – I might be heading there in the future…

Listen: Atlas Sound – Shelia ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: The Very Best – Julia (Javelin Re-do) ←♥♥♥
Listen: HEALTH – Die Slow (Tobacco Remix) ←♥
MP3: Atlas Sound – Shelia
MP3: The Very Best – Julia (Javelin Re-do)
MP3: HEALTH – Die Slow (Tobacco Remix)

Atlas Sound‘s album is fantastic – this is a standout along with that one with Noah Lennox from Animal Collective.

Javelin have once again come up trumps with this dirty little switcheroo.

I just like this HEALTH remix – do I need a reason?

Colin submitted this photo of a bike path in Edinburgh for my blog. Cheers Colin!

Listen: Cassius – Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes (Don Diablo Remix)
MP3: Cassius – Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes (Don Diablo Remix)

Fuck Rumsfeld! Although, he did inspire the titles of these past 2 posts, so… thanks Donald. Originally I was just gonna pile everything into the one post, but that’s just too much for your tiny brains (and mine) to handle at one time. So I decided to split them up Hipster Runoff-style into “mainstream” and “alt” – at least what I consider “alt” anyway, you might have a completely different definition. This posts’ theme is therefore titled “Remixes Of Artists Who Are Alt“.

Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian

This may be old but I don’t care – Edwin Van Cleef rocks my little socks! Thanks TMS! Asian Dan recommended ‘Kyouki’ a couple days ago. You see how close my ears are to the ground ? The Tom Deluxx remix is another stormer! If I were to ever remix a song, I’d hope it would come out sounding like this Shoes remix – man when that beat drops it DROPS! Naaam Sayyyin??! Got that from LA Friendly. I should rename this post ‘Fucking Bangers To Bop To‘, especially after these 4 eardrum grenades! Kish from Futuristic Silence has awesome taste, and knows a tyrannosaurus beat when she hears it. You can thank her, then, for bringing to your attention this John Roman remix of Felix Cartal.

Listen: Edwin Van Cleef – Overtaken ←♥♥♥♥
Listen: Shinichi Osawa & Nima Tahmasebi – Kyouki ←♥♥♥
Listen: The Shoes – Movin’ In (Feat. Primary 1) (Tom Deluxx Remix) ←♥♥
Listen: Felix Cartal – Skeleton (John Roman Remix) ←♥♥
MP3: Edwin Van Cleef – Overtaken
MP3: Shinichi Osawa & Nima Tahmasebi – Kyouki
MP3: The Shoes – Movin’ In (Feat. Primary 1) (Tom Deluxx Remix)
MP3: Felix Cartal – Skeleton (John Roman Remix)

Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian

You’d be a Mightyfool not to like this IllStM & Zôl remix. See what I did there. Also, I’m really digging this AC Slater remix. That’s a great name for a DJ eh. I’d be Screech. Panoramix rulez. The Twelves are also yet to disappoint me. Weaving slinky disco basslines into their remixes like they own it.

Listen: Mightyfools – Cops! (IllStM & Zôl Remix)
Listen: Juiceboxxx – 100MPH (AC Slater Remix) ←♥
Listen: Yuksek – So Far Away From The Sea (The Twelves Remix)
MP3: Mightyfools – Cops! (IllStM & Zôl Remix)
MP3: Juiceboxxx – 100MPH (AC Slater Remix)
MP3: Yuksek – So Far Away From The Sea (The Twelves Remix)

The Conservatory (built 1832), Dalkeith Country Park, Midlothian

I actually saw Freeland when I was down in Brighton a few months ago for the Great Escape festival. I’ll be honest – I wasn’t impressed! They came on like Kajagoogoo, but with worse hairdos! HAHA! Joke. GRUM can also do no wrong, his remix of ‘Borderline’ is impressive (altogether now “DO YOU FEEL ME?“) but he really shines on his own track Heartbeats. Heartbeats (like VEGA‘s ‘No Reasons‘) will probably be in my year-end top 10 song list. Lastly, Lifelike is a brutha from another mutha who hasn’t slipped up at all recently. Wind down the end of this post with the 80s-indebted ‘Radio 84′ – fuck me it’s even in the title.

Listen: Freeland – Borderline (GRUM Remix) ←♥♥
Listen: GRUM – Heartbeats (Extended Mix) ←♥♥♥♥♥
Listen: Lifelike – Radio 84 (Lifelike Remix)
MP3: Freeland – Borderline (GRUM Remix)
MP3: GRUM – Heartbeats (Extended Mix)
MP3: Lifelike – Radio 84 (Lifelike Remix)

p.s. look at the size of that fucking chute!! I used to go there (Dalkeith Country Park) as a bairn. Fond memories