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Sorry for the semi-hiatus state I’ve been in. Ugh. Holidays are always so taxing… There’s been so much going on. FlossyD has been all over the place, Pase Rock, Treasure Fingers, Johnny Love, man.. the list goes on. I tried to post up on it all, but it’s all me over here and these mornings aren’t getting any better. And there’s new years tomorrow.

I’m going to go to the Spoon show at the Metro and bypass all the stupid hassles usually associated with the holiday. Switch will be bumping downstairs afterwards, so you really can’t go wrong with that lineup. Plus, I’ve never seen Spoon. I’m pretty excited. There aren’t too many big gigs in Chicago this upcoming month, so that means that I will be doing a lot of digging around on the internet to find music to occupy my time. I get distracted very easily. Send me some tunes, yours or somebody elses. I don’t care. Let’s get a dialog going! Yeah!

Let’s start this off with a mixtape by my man DJ Cherry Cola. It’s mental. Here are the cover and song listings. Somewhere in there is the best Paul McCartney remix I’ve ever heard, too. The “Temporary Secretary” Radio Slave edit. Classic.

DJ Cherry Cola’s Off The Hook Mixtape Part 1.mp3

Ok, We Are Terrorists have crafted one of the most forthcoming and groundbreaking electro rock hybrids I’ve heard in a long time, formed out of a Revolte single. Take a listen to this one real quick.

Revolte - Ironical Sexism (We Are Terrorists Remix)

Pfunkt! Woah!! Where does all this hostility come from?? I can smell hair burning and feel brain cells exploding when that Miyagi remix kicks on. You have to hear this to believe it! Baby! If PBR doesn’t make a commercial tailored around that track with drunken hipster kids fighting and fucking in a basement then I don’t know who’s running the ad department over in Milwaukee.

Mr. Miyagi - Pick Your Posion (Pfunkt Remix)

Pfunkt - Sexercise

Yuksek has been around lately. Here and there kicking up dust with some more remixes. It’s nice to hear some more Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya, throw in Brodinski and you have yourself a pretty killer little track, no? Not necessarily your killer pounding electro track- more relaxed for a synth riddled vocal blend until the drop towards the end. The Teenage Bad Girl remix is off of the Cocotte Picture EP- a single I’ve somewhat overlooked until recently. Sort of has a SebastiAn feel to it.

Bitchee Bitchee Ya Ya Ya - Fuck Friend (Yuksek & Brodinski Remix)

Teenage Bad Girl - Hands Of A Stranger (Yuksek Remix)

Just dug up this dEsigner Drugs remix a little bit ago. These remixes of Thieves Like Us just keep getting better and better. You always need the party anthem right before huge new years celebrations, right? Well here it is.

Thieves Like Us - Drugs In My Body (dEsigner Drugs Remix)

I expect this year to be one full of Boy 8-Bit. For the last few months the English DJ has been popping up with remixes from every angle. From electro to idm, dub,8bit, whatever- the man’s been all over, lately gaining plenty of recognition since the Burial explosion across the boards. Are you really surprised?

Burial - Archangel (Boy8-Bit’s Simple Remix)

The Black Ghosts - Any Way You Choose To Give It (Boy 8-Bit Version)

Chromeo - Needy Girl (Boy 8-Bit’s Talk Box Dub)