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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: Lil Wayne x (500) Days of Summer – (500) Days of Weezy Mixtape

After hearing Notorious B.I.G. rap over the entire xx album earlier this year, nothing surprises me anymore, not even an album that mashes the (500) Days of Summer soundtrack with the incarcerated Lil Wayne (well maybe a little). (Continue reading to download)

NEW: Kid Cudi – “Mojo So Dope”

After the cheesy 90′s rehash that was Kid Cudi’s newest collaboration with Kanye West, “Erase Me”, comes this laid back tune. (Continue reading)

2010 marks SPIN Magazine’s 25th Anniversary and to celebrate the momentous occasion, together with ZYNC from American Express, the magazine are putting on 5 huge shows in New York City this week, but you don’t have to be in NYC to see these amazing gigs. Each show will be broadcast at SPIN.com.

After presenting shows with the Smashing Pumpkins, the Flaming Lips, the Black Keys and the National, SPIN and ZYNC are ending this week of amazing shows 25 years in the making with Spiritualized, who will perform their classic album, Ladies and Gentleman We Are Floating in Space. To tune in, all you have to do is go over to SPIN.com/SPIN25Live at around 8PM EST tonight.

CHECK OUT: 10 Minutes Worth of More New Daft Punk from Tron: Legacy

Thanks to a loyal readyer, Kavinsky_69, for sending the YouTube link to 10 minutes worth of new Daft Punk material for the upcoming film Tron: Legacy. Earlier this week, 6 tracks from Tron: Legacy‘s score hit the internet. This new 10 minute does not feature score tracks but tunes that Daft Punk created for Tron‘s brightly colored, slick Sci-Fi world and it sounds very much like DP’s Discovery days. Of course, the subject of legitimacy is once again at the forefront, but the clip does sound promising. Time will tell if this is real or not.  Listen to the 10 minute clip now.

PREMIERE: Katy Perry x Snoop Dogg x Chiddy Bang – “California Gurls” (Inner Party System Remix) MP3

I secretly love Katy Perry and Snoop Dogg’s “California Gurls”, and now that Inner Party System and Chiddy Bang have come over and remixed the track to oblivion, I feel somewhat validated. (Continue reading to DOWNLOAD)

NEW: Ra Ra Riot – “Too Dramatic”

Here is the newest from Ra Ra Riot’s forthcoming LP, The Orchard (which is a whole lot of fun, by the way), due out August 24 on Barsuk Records. Hold on to your frail indie hearts as I say this; but “Too Dramatic”, a bouncy write-off of overtly dramatic girlfriends, sounds like it’s influenced equally by the Dirty Projectors’ pop-ier material and Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij. (Continue reading)

DOWNLOAD:  Entire Set from Sleigh Bells at Primavera Sound 2010

You can download Sleigh Bells’ entire set at this year’s Primavera Sound. Big ups to Some Kind of Awesome for upload all of this. You can listen or download the ten-track set here.

WATCH: Robyn – “Hang With Me” (Music Video)

Robyn has just released a music video for the new single version of “Hang With Me”. If you recall, “Hang With Me” was given a synth revamp for Robyn’s upcoming Body Talk Pt. 2 (due out in September). As Muumuse points out, the “Hang With Me” video offers a rare, intimate glimpse of Robyn as a pop star. (Continue reading)

2010 marks SPIN Magazine’s 25th Anniversary and to celebrate the momentous occasion, together with ZYNC from American Express, the magazine are putting on 5 huge shows in New York City this week, but you don’t have to be in NYC to see these amazing gigs. Each show will be broadcast at SPIN.com.

So far this week, SPIN and ZYNC have put on shows featuring Smashing Pumpkins, The Flaming Lips and The Black Keys, today they are presenting The National with very special guests Kurt Vile and Suckers. If you were to only pick one SPIN25 gig to watch, make it this one. Catch the full show by tuning in @ SPIN.com/SPIN25Live at around 8PM EST.

PS: Tomorrow marks the final SPIN25 show in NYC featuring Spiritualized!

RECOMMENDED: The Pass – “Trap of Mirrors” MP3

“Trap of Mirrors” is the first single off the Pass’ debut album BURST. A few weeks ago we premiered the music video to the excellent “Treatment of the Sun“, but with “Trap of Mirrors”, The Pass are giving away the mp3 for your downloading pleasure. As if you need any other incentive to download free music from The Pass, I can assure you that “Trap of Mirrors” is instantly catchy and lives up to early favorites from their Colors EP like “Crosswalk Stereo“. I hope big things come the Pass’ way; their saccharine pop sensibility can’t be ignored. (Continue reading to DOWNLOAD)

WATCH: My Gold Mask – “Dancing On My Own” (Robyn Cover)

You might remember My Gold Mask from last year’s feverishly good “Violet Eyes” single, or their respectable A Thousand Voices EP (this is the first time you’ve heard of the band, I highly recommend check out the aforementioned links). The band has been hard at work recording new material for an upcoming 12″ single due out in September. Gretta and Jack have also touring and pleasing crowds left and right. In fact, they sent us a video of them covering Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own” at Chicago’s Hideout last month. WATCH HERE.

LISTEN: Usher – Hot Toddy (feat. Jay-Z)

The weirdly homo-erotically titled “Hot Toddy” is Usher’s upcoming single with Jay-Z, set to hit urban circuits in a couple of weeks. “Hot Toddy” is a hot little number that deserves a listen or two from even the most discerning listeners, who are probably still nose deep in Arcade Fire’s new album. Don’t worry about your cred and give “Toddy” a listen, if not only for Jay-Z aka King HOV’s verse. If it means anything to you, it’s miles ahead of America’s ridiculously idiotic current No. 1 single. (Continue reading)

NEW?: Lauryn Hill – Repercussions

Is Lauryn Hill back with “Repercussions”? Possibly. That’s is what Hill responds when asked if she’s recording new material. If “Repercussions” is indeed new, it is the first taste of the too-long awaited Miseducation of Lauren Hill follow-up. (Continue Reading)

WATCH: Girls – Oh My Love

In the video below you will find Girls’ frontman, Christopher Owens, perform a brand new “kind of a country song”, which he says will sound cool if Taylor Swift “adapted” it. I’ve got to admit, he has a point. With talks of forever-lasting puppy love and references to pretty lies and pretty eyes, “Oh My Love” has Taylor Swift written all over it. Maybe a duet? Holler @taylorswift13 on Twitter and make it happen. (Continue reading to watch)