YOLO Mentions bring attention to special
songs featured in that week’s YOLO List. Get the latest list here!

Alright so I’ve been waiting to talk about this song for far too long, and I won’t wait a moment longer! The first time I heard this track was when Nero threw it on their essential mix (Click to DL) a few months back. All I could do was cue the essential mix up to 58:48 to hear that banger of a track drop for a less than a minute, until last week. Nero released their “Guilt EP” and this remix was one of the bonuses. You can bet Nero wouldn’t have chosen Feed Me‘s rendition for nothing. Classic Feed Me with his unruly concoction of bass and twists and grime, but with a build up and drop that rivals most. Feed Me’s kickin’ ass and taking names, and I’m looking forward to seeing where he takes his sound in the future.

Nero – Innocence (Feed Me Remix)

BONUS!

Robyn – Call Your Girlfriend (Feed Me Remix)
Feed Me – Silicone Lube

YOLO Mentions bring attention to special
songs featured in that week’s YOLO List. Get the latest list here!

With indie and alternative music being where it’s at, finding new music is as easy as watching a new episode of It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia (season 7 on the way!). And every once and awhile a commercial will surprise me with a quality tune I haven’t heard before. Let me start this off by saying that I’m pretty sure I’ve found a new love. Mette Lindberg, The Asteroids Galaxy Tour‘s frontwoman, is an adorable piece o’ meat and her sexy European accent brings only positive things. The Danish band consists of vocalist Lindberg and producer Lars Iverson. Their live act extends to a sextet that even has a badass horns section. They had their breakthrough in 2008 when they opened for Amy Winehouse and Apple featured “Around the Bend” in one of their iTouch commercials. Most recently, and how I found them, they were caught performing “The Golden Age” in a Heineken ad during NBA playoffs.

Commercial value aside, these guys have a lot to offer. Stringing similarites from acts like Dragonette and Lykke Li, this psychadelic pop band is a time machine ride from the 70s to today and back…and then through space. Their debut album Fruit was released in late 2009 and it’s a basket packed to the brim with a fresh selection of catchy goodness. They just put out The Golden Age EP mid April that featured three new tracks and an 80s cover. Real good stuff! I’d keep my eyes peeled for these guys.

Asteroids Galaxy Tour

Fantasy Friend Forever
The Golden Age
Around the Bend

I almost lost my shit when I saw that Doctor P and Flux Pavillion made the bill for Audiotistic this year. Circus Records has been working to get their boys Visas so they can finally show the U.S. exactly what’s up with dubstep now and where it’s headed in the future. It’s been a year since Gold Dust became the dubstep anthem for dj sets all over the world, acting as one of the gateway jams for most people into the genre. As far as dubstep goes, these two are among the best. Their styles are so uniquely awesome and hard-hitting that when they combine forces it’s something out of a dream. Doctor P’s ruthless squeaks on Flux’s bone rattling synths have yet to leave me disappointed and this song is no different. I love how their sounds are distinguishable in the track. Can you tell what’s who? The track drops July 3rd, so we got somethin’ extra to look forward to before the fourth.

Make sure you get your tickets for Audio asap. Last year’s was one of the best concerts I’ve ever attended. Mainly because I love the NOS Event Center for this shit, and it could have maybe been because of A-Trak, Treasure Fingers, Bassnectar, Rusko, Kid Cudi, Cosmic Gate, Kill the Noise, Harvard Bass and others…maybe.

Delightful Treats

WARNING: You NEED bass for these

Plan B – Love Goes Down (Doctor P Remix)
Flux Pavillion – Bass Cannon Delightful Choice!
12th Planet – Reasons (Doctor P Remix)
Flux Pavillion – Lines In Wax

What a week for house music! Tons of big names. Tons of big tracks.

First off we have the highly anticipated Swedish House Mafia project, codenamed ‘Save The World Tonight.’ It’s good but… Wait wait, let’s rewind for a second. Ever since SHM came out of nowhere and dropped ‘One’ last year, they’ve been desperately trying to churn out another bombshell to please their newfound hype. They squeezed out ‘Miami 2 Ibiza’ a few months later, but it just didn’t satisfy our thirsty ears. Well here we are, Swedish House Mafia’s most recent attempt to silence our ever-growing lust.

In my opinion, it’s eh.
We all know SHM is the epitome of mainstream house, but this new one takes it too far. The vocals are a bit girly and the chanting is quite irritating. This is some shit I’d expect from David Guetta.

Next up we have fresh goodies from Afrojack. I wont go much into ‘Selecta’. A strong kick leads us into a heavy build, followed by an emblematic Dutch drop. Typical Afrojack. However, this other new track is something worth mentioning. ‘Pop On Acid’ is a restoration of his world-renowned classic, and my favorite Ajack banger of all time, ‘Pacha on Acid’. It’s completely rebuilt from the 4-bar to the white noise. The new leadsynth sounds like an angry raccoon about to prance on an unsuspecting trashcan. It’s perfect. Things get really spicy at the 3:30 mark, Ajax shows us how deep the rabbit hole goes with an artistic piano piece, slowly and reassuringly raising the tempo back into the final and epic drop.

Lets see what else I have in my goody bag. Ah of course, Avicii. Everybody and their mothers have been awaiting the official release of ID. Well here it is! Beside’s the name nothings been tweaked; but you know what they say, “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it.”

Last but not least, I have this uncageable beast from Peacetreaty. This track from hell has been safely locked away in my arsenal of dance floor inducing mayhem. It’s time to let her run free. That huuuuuuuuuge bass kick combined with ruthless dutch energy guarantees frenzy.

WEDNESDAY W0MP #4

Swedish House Mafia – Save The World (ft. John Martin) (Original Mix)
Afrojack – Selecta (Original Mix)
Afrojack – Pop On Acid (Original Mix)
Avicii – Levels (Original Mix)
Peacetreaty – Change (Original Mix)

– Chronic Mncher

Michael Woods has been establishing himself well on Mau5trap records. With the tremendous success of ‘First Aid’ and ‘Dynamik’, Woods is proving to be a worthy contender in the house arena. Well, I just got my hands on his newest banger and I gotta say, it’s one of the sexiest dance floor destroyers I’ve heard in a while. Bottomless bass and topless synths explode with Wood’s familiar flavor; ‘No Access’ is about to be my neighbor’s new favorite track. Whether they like it or not.

Michael Woods – No Access (Original Mix) <-♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

– Chronic Mncher

A fairly fresh beat weaved its way into my library a couple days ago, bringing back a very familiar tune I’m sure. This time, hip-hop beat producer Gramatik puts some new age bass and funk on the timeless Led Zeppelin classic, and now I’m back to cycling through a track I played the f*ck out as a kid. Very willingly though, it’s much too soothing.

Led Zeppelin – Stairway To Hip-Hop Heaven (Gramatik Remix)

The CoachellAltDelight series will put focus on the low key Coachella
artists that we at C+A+D feel like you should know about.
Less than a week til we’re all together!

Ok so these guys may not be as “low key” as the other artists we’ll be bringing up, but I just don’t want anyone to take a chance of missing ’em. And besides their name is WAY smaller on the flyer than they deserve. Jack Beats are turn table extraordinaires. They produce, remix, and DJ with an unmatched wobbly style that’s consistently filled with grimy bass. Jack Beats is formed of members of two separate turntable crews in the UK: Plus One from the Scratch Perverts and Beni G from the Mixologists. Together they throw down some of the nastiest sets I could ask for, and I’m saying this from first-hand experience. I’ve seen them twice and that’s not gonna stop me from being front and center for this. Their turntable experience is very apparent through their mixes, and I’m hoping they’ll bring out some unexpected tricks with their liveset at Coachella. They’ve got an album that’s set to release this year, so be ready for a lot of new tracks in Indio on Sunday!

-If you wanna see the video I got of them at HARD Haunted Mansion 2010, Click Here.
-Or Click Here to hear their new song “Elevator Music.”

J-J-J-Jack Beats

Jack Beats – All Night ft. John B Fresh Beats!
AC Slater – Jack Got Jacked (Jack Beats Remix) C+A+D Favorite!
TC – Deep (Jack Beats Remix) [HQ Set Rip]
La Roux – I’m Not Your Toy (Jack Beats Remix)
Florence and the Machine – Drumming Song (Jack Beats Remix)