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It's been a long, long time, again.
I don't know why, but it always seems to go in spurts. A couple of weeks with a lot of music, a couple of months with none. Hopefully I can keep it up this time. Not that I haven't said that before too haha.

Anyways, I'm really excited to share these next tracks with you. The youtube playlist that I had made before worked really well, in my opinion, and I will try to create another one for this next post. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to put download links up this time; last time I did, I basically got a cease and desist letter saying, "yo, that music you're putting up? take it down, or else. kthxbye" So, no more downloads. But definitely yes to streams, they cannot stop that.



First up is a song that I had heard in the past, but I'll give credit to Lauren for reminding me of this awesomeness: We have Swedish House Mafia teaming up with Tinie Tempah for this awesome song. This song has been mixed the $%@! out, but I think this one is at the top with Miike Snow's mix coming close behind.

Swedish House Mafia - Miami 2 Ibiza ft (Tinie Tempah)

Fun Fact: Ibiza is a tiny island off the coast of Spain, known for it's clubs.



Skrillex... how should I describe them. They (he) goes HARD. As in, all the way in super dirty hard. I, for one, am a huge fan. It's just something that you listen to and surrender all your emotions and movement to. And you are left confused at the end of the track because you have no idea what just happened. They have a new album that came out last month, if you like these, get it. It's awesome.

Also, just a warning, Kill Everybody is creepy. Very creepy.


Skrillex - Kill Everybody
Skrillex - Slats Slats Slats




Wiz Kalifa is basically made of weed. I cannot think of a song of his that doesn't mention weed. And this is the same. But, it's really dirty. And everyone knows dirty = good. Also, who's Too Short?

Wiz Kalifa - On My Level ft. Too Short




The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, now updated to 2011 standards. Very chill.

Ennio Morricone - L'Estasi Dell'Oro (Bandini Remix)




If I had to say who my favorite mashup artist is, I would definitely have to say The White Panda. I think there's been one or two songs of there's that I haven't really enjoyed. They didn't disappoint me this time either. Shooting Superstars is one of my favorite songs of all time, and the other two are pretty good too. Have to say that I think they expected too much from their slant syncopation they were trying to get going with Roscoe Dash's part at the end of Stereo Hands, but other than that, top notch.

The White Panda - Shooting Superstars
The White Panda - Infinite Dream
The White Panda - Stereo Hands




Usually good mixes come from really good music. Except with Monarchy. I've listened to all of their original songs, have not liked a single one. This one is the same. Pretty bad. But Benny Benassi saved it, thank god.

Monarchy - Love Get Out of My Way (Benny Benassi Remix)




Taking a short break from all this electro-oriented music, here's a couple of non-remixed ( :-O ) songs that are some of my favorites. Especially Little Lion Man. God, it's a good song. Don't know much about either of them though.

Erin McCarley - Pony, It's OK
Mumford and Sons - Little Lion Man




I heard a couple of rappers lately that I really like that I want to get to know better. Doesn't hurt to have a couple of superstars like Kanye and Robyn to back you up to help you get noticed. Also, this way has a pretty damn good music video.

Dilated Peoples - This Way
Robyn - Cobrastyle Remix (Ft. Ish)





While we're on Kanye, here's a song I really really like. It's a Pretty Light's mix of his All of the Lights. And a mix of Pink Floyd's Time. Pretty Lights is soooo good. They definitely make the songs less lyrical, but the music makes it all worth it. Not happy songs, but it's Valentine's day. Screw happy.

Kanye West - All of the Lights (Pretty Lights Remix)
Pink Floyd - Time (Pretty Lights Remix)




I have to admit, most of the songs that I like I like because of the music, not because of the lyrics. That's partially because most songs that come out don't have particularly good lyrics. For example, I love Train, but all their songs that are good are about love and how it's great and how you're great blah blah blah. Lame. Plain White T's. LAME. Good, catchy tunes sometimes. But no real depth. Or meaning. I guess you don't need that for 12 year old girl audiences. Here's a song though, that's really just a form of expression. With really good music.


Lupe Fiasco - Words I Never Said (Ft. Skylar Grey)




Enjoy!