It’s the weekend. Here’s what’s going on…

For all you New Yorkers, Dillon Francis and Skism are playing tonight at Webster Hall. However, if you want to avoid that whole shit show (and if you’ve been to Webster Hall before you know what I’m talking about…), be adventurous and make the trek out to Brooklyn to catch the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Heavy Trash, and a DJ set by Bear in Heaven at Brooklyn Bowl. Also worth mentioning, Fucked Up, DOM, Big Troubles, and Radical Dads are playing at the Brooklyn Night Bazaar. (DOM will blow your mind.) Saturday looks a bit more laid-back. The National is playing at the Beacon Theater and Atlas Sound, Carnivores, and Frank Broyles will be gracing the stage of the Bell House.

(Dillon Francis)

L.A. crew, tonight is one for all you club kids. Le Castle Vania and Spencer & Hill will be playing Avalon’s weekly party, Control, which never disappoints, but the big news is what’s going down tomorrow. HARD & Mouth Taped Shut are putting on a free show at the Palladium where Deadmau5, Proxy, James Murphy, and Eye will be tearing it up. Try to make this, it will be one for the books. EDM is walking the razor’s edge between what’s been a blogosphere perpetuated youth uprising and what will soon be the mainstream co-opting yet another subculture for profit. (Danstradamus, who’s French btw, says the end is near.) Now, if you didn’t come to rave, Oh My Rockness is presenting  Baths, DNTEL, and Raleigh Moncrief  at the El Rey Theatre that same night. All of them are solid artists with amazing live sets.

(Mau5)

Bay dwellers, our Hard & Mouth Taped Shut party is a day earlier than our SoCal siblings’. Major Lazer, Proxy, James Murphy, and Eye will all be there. Look, I know Major Lazer is all the rage, but just hear me out for one second. If you show up for just the headliner, you’ll see their show, and this is what will happen. People with bleached mohawks in strange clothes will jump off ladders onto one another’s erotically sprawled out bodies. They’ll proceed to have fake sex on stage, and you’ll think to yourself WTF is going on. All the while Switch and Diplo will be spinning. Then at some point Diplo will do some weird shout outs in a swanky white suit. You’ll leave wondering what you saw, and why everyone seems to think it was so great. Trust me. Go early. The highlight of your night will be Proxy. Only one word can describe this guy, raw. He always kills it. If you didn’t get tickets for tonight’s “Hardfest,” we’ve got a back up plan for you. Dada Life is playing across town at Ruby Skye. (Inflatable Bananas are guaranteed!)  Also, tomorrow night Pinback and Ghettoblaster are playing at Bottom of the Hill.

(Proxy)
Now for some tunes. This week saw a lot of releases, leaks, and new discoveries. We’ve got some leaks off Steve Aoki’s upcoming full length, two amazing mash-ups from 5 & A Dime, a new Skream track, and regretably, even some Lady Gaga. Boom.
Metric – Collect Call (Adventure Club Remix)

Lady Gaga – Marry The Night (Sander Van Doorn Remix)

Steve Aoki feat LMFAO & Nervo – Livin My Love (Original Mix)

Skream – Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dumb! feat. Trim

AndDrop! & Mike Spliff – Centurion (Original Mix)

Arty & Mat Zo – Mozart

Kaskade with Rebecca & Fiona – Turn It Down (Carli Remix)
Skrillex – All I Ask of You (The S Remix)
5 & A Dime – #Bassmob
5 & A Dime – Only The Beginning
Young L – Loud Pockets (Hudson Mohawke Remix)
Stalley – Go On (Lunice Remix)
Oliver – Footsteps
Chuckie – Who is Ready to Jump (Dillon Francis Remix)
Noisia – Again Sometime? feat. Sofi
Xilent – For Once feat. Skyflake

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Another week, another great bunch of songs! This week’s edition of Music Is What Feelings Sound Like has contributions form Moths, Bonobo, Atlas Sound and many more. Enjoy!

Moths – Heart
Youth Lagoon – Cannons
Rebecca & Fiona – Jane Doe
Bonobo – We Could Forever
Atlas Sound – Terra Incognita
TEED – Dream On
Lemaître – Excuse Me
Urban Cone – Freak
FC Kahuna – Hayling (Max Cooper Remix)
Jasper Bjorke – Heaven (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
Dead Man’s Bones – Lose Your Soul (Turbotito Remix)

 
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P.S. If you haven’t seen Layer Cake you really should.

Last weekend we saw Yelle at the Mezzanine in San Francisco. The place was packed to capacity, and contrary to what history would have you think, the Frenchies blew the place up. We met some fine people, learned new handshakes, and even got groped by some rollie pollies. We’ve posted pictures on our Facebook page. Like us in the sidebar and tag your friends!

Breaking Ground By Breaking Ice

When you were a kid, did you ever have to play that lame ice breaker game where you say a slogan followed by “in my pants?”  For instance, “taste the rainbow in my pants”… “just do it in my pants”… etc etc.  Well, this is the musical realization of that game because it is literally a paradise circus in my pants, caused by a massive attack in my pants.
 
Not only is the song utterly fantastic in my pants, but the music video is so provocative yet so artistic that it’s going to blow your mind.  The British duo Robert “3D” Del Naja and Grant “Daddy G” Marshall make up Massive Attack. This is the Zeds Dead Remix, and I don’t expect it to be the last.
 
So if you have the self restraint, listen to the song first without watching the video and just try to imagine what it would look like.  Then remove all sharp objects from the vicinity and strap yourself in.
 
Massive Attack – Paradise Circus (Zeds Dead Remix)
 

WARNING: This is very much (visually) uncensored

The Grow & Go

Well, it’s that time of year again.  Men everywhere are throwing caution to the wind and letting their inner selves out the only way we know how: Mustaches.  Such a simple thing can be styled (or not) to show off a man’s true colors.  It’s only fitting that after a month of donning pink and wearing ribbons for breast cancer awareness month, that the ladies respect the ticklers for prostate cancer awareness month.

And wouldn’t you know it one of my all time favorite producers, Lange, has just released “Lange Remixed.”  His latest album since last year’s amazing “Harmonic Motion,” this two-disc compilation is composed of 29 reworked tracks.  The best part about Lange albums?  He always includes full continuous a DJ mix at the end of the disc.  But wait a minute… Lange Remixed has 2x the discs… That couldn’t mean what I think it means, could it?  Fuck.  Yes.  Well worth the purchase.

So have a go, and don’t forget to grow.

Lange – Let It All Out feat. Sarah Howells (Andy Moor Remix)

Lange – Under Pressure (Steve Brian Remix)

Lange – Songless (Mark Sherry Outburst Remix)