new song/video: i blame coco likes it golden

There's a new star on the rise, and her name is I Blame Coco. Well, actually Coco is the lead singer's name, and the band's name is I Blame Coco. She's Sting's daughter, shockingly, because I love her and he makes me want to kill kittens. At first I thought this was a boy singing, but it's shockingly a beautiful girl. Hooray sexism. Enjoy this slightly above average song! (I actually am growing quite fond of it).

new Röyksopp!

God, I love Royksopp sometimes. This is no Girl & The Robot, but it's still quite stellar. So interesting, to boot. Granted, it's not exactly club material, but it does make me happy... so get on it!

fire in your new shoes (MAJR mashmix)

So, I'm a poor DJ. I don't have the money for the bigtime equipment or studio time to make the shit I dream about making, but I do what I can. Necessity is, indeed, the mother of invention... yada yada, etc etc.

I was a big club dancer before I was ever a DJ, and often a remix or a single is not danceable enough for my liking in said situations. So, I fix these things sometimes. Whether it's mashing two remixes together and manipulating the tracks, or it's completely replacing the backing of one track and replacing it with another... I basically just want a song to be danceable enough for me to love, as well as make the crowds, for whom I play, dance.

Here's the latest track, one of the biggest dance tracks of the summer (everywhere but DC, it seems) from Kaskade ft. Dragonette on which I've been working. It's a mash of a very trance-centric remix by Sultan & Ned Shepard (a remix that Kaskade, himself, has been using to play it live) and a very electro-dance remix by Ming. These two tracks were so good and had perfect moments in each of them... but I couldn't decide which to play live... so I molded them together to my pleasure, and manipulated all the levels to my liking- Enjoy!

benassi returns!

Thanks to DJ Matt Bailer, I was passed this track. Benny Benassi always produces remixes that make me cream my jeans. I could spit out superlatives galore about why he does so... but really I have no idea. It just is. I love his style and always have. Enjoy this angsty, dirty, aggressively sexy track from Skunk Anansie!

love this video

pop vomit day, hooray!

I don't love these whores, but I do sometimes enjoy them as a guilty pleasure. I don't promote such behavior, as it is already abused... but we all need some level of relating to the general public, and there are many things worse than contrived terrible(-y delicious) pop. Huzzah!

Karen O and Martina Sorbara resurface

Two of the leading ladies of indie pop recently lent their vocals to two decent tracks. Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O and Dragonette's Martina Sorbara have enhanced the following tracks in a fashion I find inviting. Check them out!

La Roux - In For The Kill LIVES AGAIN!

So, La Roux (which is a band, not a girl, btw), has American-ized the video for In For The Kill... a track that is nearly 2 years old and still just as good. The Dr. Rosen Rosen remix I posted earlier this week really breathed new life into my love for the song.

There have been a great deal of covering, remixes, and brand new crap that shouldn't probably exist, but I'm glad for once that America has one extra chromosome when it comes to music. I get to relive the amazing album AGAIN. No, I'm not being sarcastic. Well, mostly. Here is the new video, along with a couple remixes. One (Le Castle Vania) is amazing. The Kanye West one is as terrible as he is, and the other ones are pretty good. Yes Yes, I know there are loads other remixes, but these are the only ones you need. Prove me wrong. Enjoy!
So I just realized that I never posted last month's SHIFT: Eyes Wide Drunk set-list! Haha... well, here ya go! Get ready for this month... on the 30th we destroy all that is good and sacred with our Halloween bash.

Set-List
Masquerade (intro)- Andrew Lloyd Webber
Moar Robyn & Amanda Stuff - DJ MAJR mashmix
Monster (Wart!me remix) - Lady Gaga
Scream (LA Riots remix) - Kelis
Royal T - Crookers ft. Roisin Murphy
Blue Monday (Verdis remix) - New Order
Clap Your Hands (Fred Falke remix) - Sia
Me & Myself - BenDJ ft. Sushy
All The Lovers (Wawa & Mmb remix) - Kylie Minogue
Can't Believe A Single Word (LA Riots remix) - VHS or Beta
Pop Goes The World - The Gossip
Dynamite (Mixin Marc remix) - Taio Cruz
Bulletproof (Iamxl remix) - La Roux
Hot N Fun (Boys Noize remix) - N.E.R.D.
DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love (DJ Kue remix) - Usher
2 Songs Crashed - Blur vs. Gwen Stefani
Not Fair (Brentz Annie Nightingale remix) - Lily Allen
I Like That - Richard Vission & Static Revenger ft. Luciana
Hang With Me (DJ MAJR remix) - Robyn vs. LA Riots vs. Avicii
Remedy (Buffetlibre vs. Sidechains remix) - Little Boots
Dancing On My Own (Buzz Junkies remix) - Robyn
Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis
Untouched - The Veronicas
Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
Cobrastyle - Robyn
Imma Be - The Black-Eyed Peas
Hypnotize - Notorious B.I.G.
Shoop - Salt N Pepa
Teeth - Lady Gaga
The Sign - Ace Of Base
Doo Wop (That Thing) - Lauryn Hill
New In Town - Little Boots
Take Me Out (Daft Punk remix) - Franz Ferdinand
Last Nite - The Strokes
Oh My God - Ida Maria
Kiss With A Fist - Florence + The Machine
One Two Step - Ciara ft. Missy Elliot
Like A Drug - Kylie Minogue
Shampain - Marina & The Diamonds
I Want Everything - Sneaky Sound System
Heavy Cross (Fred Falke remix) - The Gossip
Fuck The Pain Away - Peaches
Paranoiattack (The Sneekers remix) - The Faint
Rocket (Richard X 84 remix) - Goldfrapp
Criminal Intent - Robyn
Only Girl (In The World) - Rihanna
Commander (DJ MAJR edit) - Kelly Rowland
Oh No! - Marina & The Diamonds
Push It - Salt N Pepa
Fembot - Robyn
Boots & Boys - Ke$ha
Celebrity Skin - Hole
Gotta Get Thru This - Daniel Bedingfield

NEW Ting Tings - We're Not The Same

I am not sure how I feel about this one. I appreciate The Ting Tings. I really do. I just often feel like they could take more advantage of their talent... but that being said, I think this isn't bad at first listen, and I'll give it some more time. I do like the first single (though I have to admit that it didn't blow me away, by any means), Hands (posted previously). I'll put that down below, as well... just to be nice. See... I'm not a big dickhead, after all.