Flosstradamus made a track with some…ahem… smoky undertones. Take this track, titled ”Rollup,” and put it through the goofy sounds filter of Baauer and you get this sexy, nasty, kitchen sink remix.  This track popped up and it’s my weekend hype song for sure, and I don’t even smoke. It’s off the new, “Fool’s Gold Clubhouse vol. 2″ collection and it’s available for download July 30.  Pick up what’s being thrown down and download some more Flosstradamus and Baauer at their soundclouds.

Flosstradamus – Rollup (Baauer Remix)

For those of you who haven’t heard yet, you can stream the Com Truise album through his label, Ghostly. We gave you a preview of a track earlier, here’s the whole thing for your robot ears’ listening pleasure.

Greetings all.  As the newest member of the SlaptheBass team, I felt I should give a quick introduction to the types of things you can expect to see from me.  As you can tell from some earlier posts, I am very much into exactly what the other guys are (and hopefully what you are). This is an opportunity to show maybe where I stray a bit from the norm. Let’s get this mini mix started with three tracks I want you to hear.  The first is from long standing members of the electronic dance scene Data Romance.  This guy girl duo recently put out several covers to thank their loyal fans. One stood out like a rose in a daisy bouquet.  Data Romance has covered Tom Waits’ “Clap Hands” to make an ethereal trip through this chilled down re-imagining of a great track.  They have also covered Deftones, Miike Snow, and Johnny Cash for this effort.

Data Romance – “Clap Hands (Tom Waits Cover)”

Next up is a DJ Steve Aoki remix of Girls’ Generation track, “Mr. Taxi.”  This one is straight club: Pump your fist, drink your vodka waters, and hit the floor for the hook. We all need a little more K-Pop in our life, and this is a diluted version of it, but still fun.

Girls’ Generation – “Mr. Taxi (Aoki Remix)”

This final track gets my vote because it’s Portal related.  TheFatRat’s mashup “Still Alive (Zedd vs GLaDOS)” is a brostep mix that is sure to annoy your parents and knock the Skrillex right out of you.  He plays with empty space a bit making the track sound like it’s taking deep breaths and getting ready for the big drops.  Fun tracks all three, and I hope you enjoy them.

TheFatRat – “Still Alive (Zedd vs. GLaDOS)”

Missed in 2011

Normally I find myself frustrated with bands whose names bring up strange results on Google, but thankfully I know enough to put “Fun Band” in the search bar.  Welcome to a wonderful little slice of indie done in a ear shakingly and retrotastically funderfull style reminiscent of the big stadium bands of the 70′s.  It really sound like a lost ELO album at times, produced by Brian May, and run through a 1974 Stereophonic rock music maker.  The band is based out of New York and is releasing a new album in February of 2012 which we are increasingly excited about.  The big single out right now is “We are Young- feat. Janelle Monáe” and it’s worth a listen or ten.  Pick up their first album “Aim and Ignite” on iTunes, but first check out the opening track, “Be Calm.”

fun. – “We Are Young (ft. Janelle Monáe)”

fun. – “Be Calm”

Missed in 2011

This was too fun to pass up.  The Vaccines have a wonderfully straight forward tone; a low fi vintage sound makes them feel like a time traveler from 1986 went back to start a 50′s garage band.  Ramones, The Strokes, and even a little bit of Vampire Weekend comes in from time to time (especially on the danceable “Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra)” ).  Singer Justin Young sings a bit like a one-octave tuned up Leonard Cohen.  It’s deep and breathy and fills in the big space of their music nicely.  Their new album was recorded in a few weeks in London where they originally hail from and is called, “What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?”  Tracks to hook yourself into  are “Post Break Up Sex,” “Wrecking Bar (Ra Ra Ra)” and “Norgaard.”  Throw on your button ups and your saddle shoes and mosh it out tonight.

The Vaccines – “Post Break-up Sex”

The Vaccines – “Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra)”

We all remember pretending to be our favorite 8-bit character when we were kids.  Megaman, Mario, Luigi (what kind of sad kid were you?) Samus (for gamer girls), the list goes on.  Some of you might remember doing this last week.  We all have music from our favorite games to accompany us on this imagination land adventure.  Someone took that to another level; someone decided pretend wasn’t enough and they hacked a NES console to pull those sounds out and make the most adventurous, pop-punky, chiptune  you’ve ever heard.  Anamanaguchi is that someone.  And we may have missed them in 2011 (or maybe 2010) but they’re taking off in a big way.  They wrote and performed the “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game” soundtrack and have remixes from and of Das Racist and RAC.  Check them out on the most recent single “Airbrushed,” the track, “Rainbow in the Dark (Das Racist Remix),” and a track from their first EP “Jetpack Blues, Sunset Hues.”  More on Anamanaguchi head HERE.

Anamanaguchi – “Airbrushed”

Anamanaguchi – “Rainbow in the Dark (Das Racist Remix)”