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Somewhere / Scissor Sisters / Magic Hour

As promised, here comes one of the songs off of the new Scissor Sisters album. It’s one of the stronger tracks, in my opinion, and definitely makes me curious to hear what else the record has to offer.

The new Scissor Sisters album Magic Hour dropped today. The one song I’ve heard so far I’ve liked, so stay tuned for that to be uploaded. In the meantime, enjoy this cheesy (and fake) infomercial for the record that features the guy from Queens of the Stone Age.

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Run Boy Run (SebastiAn remix) / Woodkid / Run Boy Run

I spent most of the afternoon listening to this remix by the fabulous SebastiAn (of Ed Banger Records fame) of Run Boy Run by Woodkid. The original is, of course, great, but the extra spin on things that SebastiAn adds just makes it that much better. Side note: the singer’s voice totally reminds me of Antony Hegarty…

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I’m pretty sure that I heard this remix last summer, but I think it was only once (which wasn’t enough times, let me tell you). I really like the minimalistic style that Clock Opera employs here, i.e. not using the full lyrics, but instead sampling bits of the refrain and certain key beats, using them to form something almost completely new (yet so familiar at the same time). One more reason to love both Metronomy and Clock Opera.

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Take A Walk / Passion Pit / Beautiful Life

Here’s the new Passion Pit single from their upcoming album Gossamer (July 2012). I wasn’t too taken with it, but maybe someone else will be.

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Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) (Tommie Sunshine's Quaalude Edit) / The Arcade Fire / Jonny Puma's Best of 2010 (Tracasseur)

I’ve been listening to this song on a loop since yesterday. I just can’t get enough of it, and I can’t really explain why. The disco hand claps? The stunning vocals? The environmentally conscious lyrics? Not sure, but I think this one is a keeper. 

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Cosmic Love (Short Club Remix) / Florence + The Machine / Cosmic Love

This is a fairly spectacular remix of Florence and the Machine’s “Cosmic Love.” I think I’ve said that about every remix of Florence I’ve heard (except for that one by The Weeknd… oh, and that other one by The xx), but this time I definitely think that this one is definitely the best.

Finally!

I guess I’ve been pretty hard on The Strokes in the past (mainly due to their lack of perceived substantial musical progression), but that doesn’t mean that I don’t enjoy their music. I do! 

I didn’t realize that they made a video for this song (which happens to be one of my favorites of their later stuff), and I must say, this is the most animated I’ve seen Julian Casablancas in years. If you compare it to their first video, I think you’ll see the difference right away. 

The Strokes, “You Only Live Once” (2006)