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Mr Vega is an indie electro producer and remixer from Brooklyn, New York. He has done remixes for Britney Spears, Kanye West, Justice, etc. He also makes his own music like this new crunching electro track Dreamin with the Lights on which features the vocals of Jamie Righetti from Firekrotch.

Listen to Mr Vega “Dreamin with The Lights on” Featuring Firekrotch below:

Prince previewed his new album to Los Angeles’ rock radio station Indie 103 last week. Prince wants nothing to do with record labels and tries to figure out how to operate without a record label.

Check out four new Prince tracks Wall of Berlin, Crimson and Clover, 4ever, Colonized Mind over at the Pretty Much Amazing blog or stream them here >>

Update: listen to all the new Prince tracks on his new site www.lotusflow3r.com

The marvellous song My Body Is A Cage by Arcade Fire is featured in a new TV spot/trailer for the upcoming David Fincher movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt and Tilda Swinton.

Watch the trailer below:

I like music that has structure and Fujiya & Miyagi material is just that. Here´s the latest single from their latest album Lightbulbs and the video for Sore Thumb, directed by Wade Shotter. The video is simple and cool, analog pretending to be digital.

Watch Fujiya & Miyagi - Sore Thumb below:

Check out this Mr. Vega remix of Ulysses, Franz Ferdinand´s new single.
Listen to Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses (Mr. Vega Mix) here >>
(Via themusicslut.com)

Indie girls Au Revoir Simone contribute a song for I’ll Stay ‘Til After Christmas compilation, to be released December 2.

Listen to Au Revoir Simone - It’s Christmastime Again here >>
(Via thecultureofme.com)

The new Franz Ferdinand single Ulysses premiered yesterday on NME radio. Ulysses sounds very Franz Ferdinand like, nicely pompous. After three listens, I think Ulysses takes a few listens to grow on you, but it´s worth it.

Listen to Franz Ferdinand - Ulysses below (radio rip):

Check out this new remix: rapper Jim Jones raps over MGMT´s magnificent Electric Feel.

Download MGMT feat. Jim Jones - Electric Feel (Dirty Remix) here >>

The new Antony & The Johnsons album The Crying Light is out on January 20th. It will feature the mournful song Another World, which is also the title track of the EP Antony & co released in October.

Download Antony & The Johnsons - Another World here >>

Kid Cudi´s semi old hit and online favorite Day N Nite gets more mainstream attention. Day N Nite was featured on the latest episode of HBO´s Entourage last Monday and Pete Tong plays the brilliant Crookers remix of Day N Nite on his BBC Radio 1 show.

Listen and download Kid Cudi - Day N Nite (Crookers Mix) below: