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Land of Bingo - Bottle It In Land of Bingo - Headwarmer The Knocks - Aint Too Proud To Beg Boombox Saints - Bringin' The Boom Back Bangers & Mash! - Switch (Remix) Phoenix - Lisztomania (Daze Remix) Albert - Murder Laden Indie Finger (Take A Biff Off) GAYNGS - Coercion Van (MK Larada Regrind)

The Idle Hands - Socialite Death Squad________________My favorite Twin Cities band The Idle Hands are springing back into action with a new EP, Life Is Beautiful. Fans of Brit pop and danceable indie rock should check these guys out. The Pretty Kids Collective / Twitter / Facebook

The Cars - Blue TipMove Like ThisOut May 2011

Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (COPYCAT'S Slight Re-edit) Sugarhill Gang - Rappers Delight (COPYCAT'S Re-edit) The O'Jays - For The Love Of Money (COPYCAT'S Re-edit) Kurtis Blow - The Breaks (COPYCAT'S Slight Re-edit) De La Soul - Say No Go (COPYCAT'S Slight Re-edit) Herbie Hancock - Rockit 2.002 (COPYCAT'S Slight Re-edit) Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel - White Lines (

Adele - Rolling In The Deep (Cousin Cole Remix)

My current music crush is Phantogram, a duo from Saratoga Springs NY consisting of guitarist Josh Carter and keyboardist Sarah Barthel. Their debut album Eyelid Movies originally came out November of 2009, then got reissued in February of 2010 by Barsuk and Ghostly International. Somehow I completely missed them on my usually trusty muso-radar. In December my brother posted his top records of the

Moving Units - Pink RedemptionOne of my favorite bands to came out of the oughties' post-punk rebirth movement was Moving Units. I was a huge fan of their debut album, 2004's Dangerous Dreams. Taut grooves, snotty guitars and danceable beats made it an oft played record that year. 2007's Hexes For Exes further refined their style. Now they are poised to return, releasing a new EP, Tension

Born from jam sessions in the aftermath of punk, Pigbag gathered steam after convincing Simon Underwood to join the fun following his departure from The Pop Group. The band signed to Dick O'Dell's Y Records. Their first single was 1981's instrumental classic called "Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag", a stonking tight groove with skronky horns and a title that gave a "wink, wink" to James Brown. It

ESG - Dance To The Beat Of My MoodyLondon's Fire Records has released a great two-disc compilation - Dance To The Best of ESG - from New York's legendary punk/funk family band ESG (Emerald, Sapphire and Gold.) Covering their earliest Martin Hannett produced tracks such as "Moody" and "UFO" right through their latest releases from the oughties, this compilation leans heavily on the foundation

Cut Copy - Take Me Over (Thee Loving Hand Remix by Tim Goldsworthy)

Tis the season for best of lists. SIART listened to and loved lots of music this year. Below is a list of 50 records that rocked my year. They aren't in any order - these are the 50 that got the most play. There are a couple of reissues on it. Little Dragon's Machine Dreams and Lindstrøm & Christabelle's Real Life Is No Cool from 2009 should be on here too - I discovered both in 2010 and played

Duran Duran's new single is being given away free on iTunes today. All You Need Is Now is the title track from their forthcoming Mark Ronson produced album. It is quite delicious, hearkening back to the band's glory days. The album is out digitally on Dec. 21st with a physical release in the new year.

Discodeine feat. Jarvis Cocker - Synchronize (Radio Edit)Pentile + Pilooski x Jarvis Cocker + DFA = fabulous.__________Facebook / MySpace / DFA

Röyksopp are giving away a nice freebie today. It is their cover of Le Cantique de Noël aka O Holy Night. It is a dreamy, atmospheric version and I love it. But then I love Röyksopp a lot. Here is their little PR blurb..."This time around, on the receiving end of our special treatment we find an instrumental 'harp only' version of a well known Christmas song, the very old-school Le Cantique

Anyone who knows me knows that I love Duran Duran - always have, probably always will. For those of you who didn't know, the band's new Mark Ronson produced album All You Need Is Now hits digital outlets next week with a physical release in February. I came across this remix of Rio today by Fare Soldi and it is bitchin'. LOVE it.

I put this little Xmas mix tape together last year. It has a bunch of fun holiday music, both traditional classics and some leftfield gems too. A great soundtrack for whatever you are doing - decorating, dinner, cocktails.Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) - Darlene LoveChristmas in Hollis: Run D.M.C. - Very Special ChristmasWhite Christmas - The DriftersHappy Christmas - John & Yoko and The

Raashan Ahmad - Beautiful UglyFor What You've Lost_____________Facebook/Twit ter/Myspace/BlogCrown City Rockers

The Human League - Night People (Villa Remix)New music from the Human League!

Robyn - Indestructible (A-Trak Remix)Robyn's Body Talk album is in stores today.

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