drwex | Music replacement therapy (Reply)

For the second time in two days my PC blew its brains out late yesterday. A side effect of that was the loss of all the songs I had opened in tabs but hadn't blogged about. For whatever reason, Firefox's session recovery failed. So, in lieu of what I'd planned to blog you get these.

http://www.djcougar.com/videopage.html
Yesterday I noted two fairly whacked videos off of Mashuptown. The first of those was done by DJ Cougar who, it turns out, has a whole page of his video mashups. I haven't had time to watch most of these, but I've liked the ones I've seen so far.

http://hypem.com/#/track/868802/MSTRKRFT+-+Heartbreaker+Laidback+Luke+Remix+
I've been listening to MSTRKRFT for a while now. Their original stuff is good and it's being remixed here and there with some success. This is one of the better attempts. They're Canadian, which is a little unusual in the music I listen to, but don't hold that against them.

And finally, two for MizA:
http://hypem.com/#/track/867905
Lily Allen is probably best known for her UK #1 single "Smile" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZyTOROlo9E) and a style that mixes 20s-era chanteuse singing with brass-balls lyrics, an unabashed accent, and modern rhythms. This track is called "Fuck You" and it's... um, well, just listen to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrb2JwIZ8j8
Seven Nation Army is another of those tracks I'm surprised doesn't get more remixing. It's got a heavy bass riff and straightforward driving beats. This is a fairly good remix, using more rap lyrics and some tempo distortions that I wouldn't expect to work but hey, it does.