Ellie Goulding - "Little Dreams"

i'm not usually the biggest fan of Ellie Goulding's stuff, but this song caught my ears.

John Legend & The Roots - "Wake Up" (Arcade Fire cover)

a great twist on the song, especially at the end; but doesnt quite live up to the original.

cleaner studio version:

SIDENOTE: at Osheaga 2009 i actually saw The Roots not knowing who they were, but being pleasantly surprised by their contagious energy and performance. and then the next year at Osheaga 2010, Arcade Fire was the saturday night headliner and guess what song they closed the show with: Wake Up. (Coincidence? Potentially.)

The Killers - "Read My Mind"

one of my favourite music videos "of all time." love every second.

Starfucker - "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"

better than the Cyndi Lauper version??

Two Door Cinema Club - "I Can Talk"

and another good one:

Gorillaz - "Crystalised" (the xx cover)

i love the xx, and i'll blog any good remix that comes my way.

Case in point: Brit-based Gorillaz's cover of Crystalised--

Gorillaz - Crystalised The XX Cover by Andriy Andrushkiv

Robyn - Indestructible (A-Trak Remix)

A-Trak is more than an 'A track', he's tractless. There is no extent or lapse of time holding this guy back. His remixes float through space like Guglielmo Marconi's first transatlantic wireless signal in 1901. He is Signal Hill.

And here is his remix of Robyn's Indestructible:

Robyn - Indestructible (A-Trak Remix)

SIDENOTE: A-Trak (Alain Macklovitch) is a Montreal-born disc jockey (DJ). He is one half of the disco house duo Duck Sauce, and his brother is the lead singer of the acclaimed electro-pop band Chromeo. Go Canada!