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This is so mainstream pop and so catchy. And who can resist Leighton Meester, she´s gorgeous and going to be a huge huge star.

Watch the video for Good Girls Go Bad by Cobra Starship featuring Leighton Meester below:

Love the sample!
This is the new Jay-Z video, directed by Anthony Mandler and featuring Harvey Keitel & LeBron James.
Watch the video for D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune) by Jay-Z below:

What a wonderful cover of an early Michael Jackson song I Wanna be Where You Are by Erykah Badu and The Roots.
The track  is from Michael Jackson´s 1972 debut solo LP, Got to Be There.
Download Erykah Badu & The Roots – I Wanna be Where You Are (MJ Cover) here>>
(Via gorillavsbear.net)

The wonderful Crystal Castles remix English indie rock band White Lies. Here´s the new video for White Lies upcoming single Death remixed by Crystal Castles. The visual style of the video is absolutely stunning.

Watch the video White Lies – Death (Crystal Castles Remix) below:

Sidechains is the guy who´s done one of the best Into The Groove remixes. Here´s Sidechains Summer Classics mixtape for Palms Out Sounds. “A collection of summer classics of house, techno, bootlegs, breaks, 90’s”. What a great collection of tracks, the mixtape starts powerfully with AC/DC.

Summer is the best time for listening to mixtapes! So download Sidechains Mixtape: Sounds of Summer 02 here>>

Tracklisting:

AC/DC-Thunderstruck vs Plastikman-SpastiK (Sidechains Bootleg MIX)
Nightcrawlers – Push the feeling
Phoenix – If I ever feel Better (Buffalo Bunch RMX)
Cassius – 1999 Radio mix
Dave Clarke – The Compass
Raw Man – Lovers
Daft Punk – Highlife
Gusto – Discos Revenge
Mathew Herbert -Moving like a train (Smith N Hack RMX)
Feadz – Cool As Feadz
Moods- A feeling
Alex Party – Saturday Night Party
Ferenc – Yes Sir I Can Hardcore (Michael Mayer RMX)
CLS – Can You Feel it? (In House Dub)
E-Dancer – Velocity Funk
The Prodigy – Wind it up (Rewound)
Kylie Minogue & The Visionmasters – Keep on Pumping it
TMX – Far Out RMX
Marky Mark – Good Vibrations
Strike – You Sure Do
Shamen – Ebeneezer goode
Awesome 3 – Don’t go
Fatboy Slim vs Wildchild – Renegade Master
Bizarre Inc feat. Angie Brown – I’m Gonna Get you
Pharoahe Monch – Simon Says
2 Evissa – Oh La La
Sandy B – Make the World Go Round
Alphabeat – Fantastic (Radioclit RMX)
Underworld – Rez
Laurent Garnier – Crispy Bacon
Chemical Brothers – Star Guitar
Layo & Bushwaka – Love Story
The Good Men – Give it Up
Lil Louis – French Kiss
Jaydee – Plastic Dreams
Gat Decor- Passion
Sidechains vs UltranatÈ – Free

Not sure if this remix is new, it might be from 2005, the year The Bravery´s outstanding single Honest Mistake was released. Superdiscount is Etienne de Crecy and this remix is really worth checking out.

Download The Bravery – Honest Mistake (Super Discount Remix) here>>
(Via Sundtrak.com)

Whenever I´ve had to mention my all time favorite songs, Billie Jean by Michael Jackson has been on the top 3. Here´s a fascinating demo from 1981 – check out Michael Jackson “Billie Jean” (Home Demo from 1981)>>
(Via The Good, The Bad, and The Unknown, source Rollingstone.com)

The Mama-se, mama-sa, mama-coo-sa chant from Wanna Be Startin’ Something’ has since been sampled many times and it has uplifted many songs like Rihanna´s Don´t Stop the Music.

Download Michael Jackson – Wanna Be Startin’ Something’ (Streetlife DJs Remix) here>>
(Via Waves At Night)

50 Cent´s tribute to Michael Jackson, King of Pop.

Listen to 50 Cent – “Where You Are” – Michael Jackson Tribute below:

Via thisis50.com

Final curtain call:

Danish indie rock band Mew release first single Repeaterbeater from their upcoming album No More Stories Are Told Today I’m Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World Is Grey I’m Tired Let’s Wash Away (yeah, the title is like a poem and does not sound your average happy Dane).

Get Mew – Repeaterbeater here>>
(Via stereogum.com)