Sleepyhead by Passion Pit (The Knocks Remix)

Who : The Knocks (producer duo) from NY.
What : I’m not quite sure if this is making a great song greater, but its an interesting take that makes me want to turn the volume up. You might recognize these guys from when they remixed Katy Perry or from the American G-Funk album with DJ Benzi.
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Watch Your Step by Green Go

Who : Green Go from Guelph.
What : From their debut album to be released in May, here’s Guelph’s dance-party inciting Green Go with Watch Your Step . Their music has started to infiltrate campus radio here in Canada as well as the CBCr3 podcast, now they’ve on the road in Ontario (myspace ). The sound […]

New song by Peter, Bjorn & John (Kanye approved)

I’m on my fourth listen at the moment and really loving this new song from Sweden’s Peter, Bjorn & John. I’m really starting to believe (even though people have been saying it for quite a while) that Sweden has it all going on for new music these days. The song is called Nothing To Worry […]

Stereo by Shortwave

Who : Shortwave from a town called Malice in Toronto.
What : We’re convinced that this song reminds us of something. When I say we, I mean the temporary return of webmachine and ex-office mate Ian Krykorka. He’s been dealing with a pesky mailing list all day, eating leftover stocking candy from my desk and reminding […]

The last word on 2008 Year End Lists

Hype Machine’s Zeitgeist. The 50 best songs, artists and albums, voted by the blogs (including my submissions). Each day until friday we get 10 more, counting down to #1. Anyone got any guesses? I’m thinking that Fleet Foxes or TV On The Radio will take the cake.