There isn’t anything we don’t love about this track; the languid jazz guitar textures, the subdued vocal sample on the 1’s, the overdubbed claps on the downbeats. “Hook Up Mics” is legit. Get into Bulgarian beatmaker Kay Be below.
Kay Be – Hook Up MicsKay Be 
(Bandcamp)
Rating 8.3
Ambassadors sound a lot like the soul/electro-informed indie sound of 2011. Like the concept of that sound, not any actual band. No actual band sounds exactly like that really. There are contenders; TV on the Radio, and uhmmm I don’t know, tUnE-yArDs. Anyway, these blokes sound like TV on the Radio. A TVOTR that are playing high stakes. Ambassadors, with a track like “Unconsolable”, are band that is absolutely gunning for major label notice.
Ambassadors – UnconsolableAmbassadors 
(Myspace)
Rating 7.8
The Bullitts via Pink Floyd, David Bowie, and Supergrass link up w Mr. Badu for a psych-r&b (did we really just take it there) jam that sounds not quite like anything you’ve likely heard before (except those above bands).
The Bullitts – Run & Hide (Feat. Jay Electronica)
The Bullitts 
(Official) (Twitter)
Rating 8.3
Two popular LA bands play “Pass the Remix”.
Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks (Grouplove & Captain Remix) Grouplove – Colours (Foster the People Remix)Foster the People 
(Official) (Facebook)
Grouplove (Official) (Facebook
Rating 8.0 / 8.4
Whoa! (Joey Lawrence) Get to steppin! (Martin Lawrence)
Just 21, Gemini could be massive very soon.
Gemini – Elevate
Gemini (Soundcloud) (Facebook)
Rating 8.4
“In the Wind” is wayyyy too big a song not to be getting more blogoverse run. The track by Russians On-The-Go is epic, anthemic, uplifting in all the right club-filling, crossover sort of ways. In the right hands, “In the Wind” can do big things. MUST. PLAY. AGAIN.
On-The-Go – In the Wind via TBEOn-The-Go 
(Myspace) (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
The ubiquitous Alpines track is excellently remixed by Maya Jane Coles a/k/a Nocturnal Sunshine. Ms. Coles spins a darker, dub-ier, almost techno-tinged wrap onto the mix. We like it. What do y’all think?
Alpines – Cocoon (Nocturnal Sunshine Remix)Maya Jane Coles (Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Have you ever wondered what Kings of Convenience might sound like on top a bedroom electro beat???
Superhumanoids – Malta (Get People Remix)Get People (Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
The Kills take Marilyn Monroe’s ballad of the old west into a bit more quieter, sparer place. Mosshart or GTFO.
The Kills – One Silver Dollar (Marilyn Monroe)The Kills 
(Official) (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Radiohead continue their long march towards shining up that gloomy shitbrick of an LP they dropped earlier this year. This time “Separator” gets the A-List remix treatment via the Four Tet man. The mix is one part spaceballs, one part Massive Attack’s “Teardrop”, and one part “pretty good” remix. See if you can sort all those parts out for yourself below.
Radiohead – Separator (Four Tet Remix)
Rating 8.0
Your fav 90’s revivalists, Grouplove are all set to release their debut album Never Trust a Happy Song on 13 Sep (US) and 5 Sep (UK). The bouncy, catchy “Tongue Tied” is the LP’s lead single. Watch the Grouplove crew wylin out backwards in 3-D (if only more of life could be experienced this way) in the cool clip for the track below.
Grouplove – Tongue TiedGrouplove (Facebook) (Official)
Rating 8.6
Our buddies from Bombay Bicycle Club will be the featured artist on our Virgin Mobile Live radio show today (3 PM Eastern/12 PM Pacific). We’ve got a great interview we did with them at SXSW and we’ll be spinning a few of our favorites from their catalogue include new single “Shuffle”. (Sounds great, right?) But to keep you sated for the next couple hours we’re dropping this cool new remix for “Shuffle” done by a fav of the blog, Bibio (courtesy of PMA). Check that shit below.
Bombay Bicycle Club – Shuffle (Bibio Remix)Rating 8.2
