By Aisling Sheehan
Ed Sheeran’s mellow vocals are a great counterpoint to Alabama rapper Yelawolf’s badass rhymes. The lyrics are clever, and the contrast really works. Sheeran gets bonus points for being friends with Britpop boy band One Direction. 🙂
Ed Sheeran & Yelawolf – You Don’t Know (For Fuck’s Sake)Ed Sheeran 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.2
David’s Lyre continues to roll forward with new track “English Roses”. “English Roses” balances very well great pop hooks with a bit less pop, spacier instrumental arrangement (Think 00’s British guitar music).
David’s Lyre – RosesDavid’s Lyre (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
Yeah we know mashes are lame and we know Avicii is for 16 year old girls but this mix of the Swinging Swede and Adventure Club by California-based (and 18 yo!) DJ Trevor Morgan is our shit. This is our shit right here. Turn it up loud. Tip to our friends at skeetbeatz.com for the heads up on this mix.
Avicii x Adventure Club – Modern Bromance 2 (Trevor Morgan Mix)Trevor Morgan 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Professional bearded dude Rick Rubin moonlights as remixer on this all the way thrown back version of Justice’s “On’n’On”. We’re talking alllll the way back. Like poppin’ 1978 jello shots at your other lover’s other lover’s fly backyard pool party back. Spin it.
Justice – On’n’On (Rick Rubin Remix)Justice 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
By Chris Gedos
The Micks are buddies of The N’ere Dowells. These are New York rockers who (it’s safe to say) compose anti-Manhattan music, for there’s something quintessentially iconoclastic and anti-capitalistic in their tone, something which speaks to the root of Rock itself. Just peep The Micks’ double A-side, oh-so-fittingly entitled, A. The raw production compliments songs fresh out of the think tank. Both groups will be playing at the Brooklyn Knitting Factory this Saturday the 28th (74 Leonard Street, New York, NY 10013). It’ll be seven of the best dollars you’ll ever spend. I promise.
The Micks 
(Bandcamp)
Rating 7.9
Capital Cities take their shot at a b3sci consensus Top 5 PF song. To help the CC blokes tackle the DSOTM opener is their friend Tupac, who when last we checked in with him was kickin’ it poolside in Cancun, seven sexy senoritas grabbing at his Fila (Tupac is fly enough to wear Fila in 2012.)
Capital Cities – Breathe (Feat. Tupac) (Pink Floyd Cover)Capital Cities (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
The Men bring the jams, the urgency, and the big guitars on new track “Open Your Heart”. A 3 minutes 40 full on go , there is not a wasted or half-assed second in the track. Give it a listen.
The Men – Open Your HeartThe Men (Official)
Rating 8.1
Our Cleveland Superfriends re-unite once more on “Gloryus”. Featuring production from b3sci fav beatmaker Hi-Tek, the vibed out track puts Cudder on some of the strongest shit we’ve heard out of him in a minute. Chip’s awesome just-released Tell Ya Friends mixtape is out now.
Chip Tha Ripper – Gloryus (Feat. KiD CuDi) (Prod. Hi-Tek)Chip Tha Ripper 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.0
So “Devil’s Work” was awesome, “Paddling Out” knocked us out, and now latest Happy To You track “Black Tin Box” transports us to another dimension? universe? somewhere not unlike Sweden? This more spaced-out look from the Snow boys is another top shelf entry to their canon. You will best want to be clicking that play button right about now.
Miike Snow – Black Tin Box (Feat. Lykke Li)Miike Snow 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
By Trevor Meyer
The Record Company, I’m just going to say that I absolutely love this band. My fellow Californians, hailing from Los Angeles, will soon grace the music world with an amazing debut LP. The Record Company brings the heat with blues, folk, and classic call and response techniques which are infused throughout their forthcoming Super Dead full-length. These guys are bringing back The Yardbirds and The Band with tracks like “Don’t Let Me Get Lonely,” and “I Want Change.” My favorite track, “Born Unnamed,” features a compelling likeness to the late, great Muddy Waters. Then, there’s “This Crooked City” which mixes elements of Southern blues and gospel. This LP delivers on attitude, just one listen to it and you’ll be walking with a new swagger in your step and you sure as hell won’t be afraid to ask out that girl you’ve been eyeing for the last few months.
The Record Company – Born UnnamedThe Record Company (Facebook) (Official)
Rating 8.7
We’ve already namechecked Quadron once today. (We have a habit of doing it a lot). But here’s one half of the Danish duo, producer Robin Hannibal, behind the boards for girlfriend Louie on the feel good, luxurious-sounding “Female Sensitivity”.
Louie – Female Sensitivity (Prod. Robin Hannibal)Louie (Facebook)
Rating 8.0
Sanders Bohlke’s plaintive, soul-bearing ballad “Search and Destroy” gets an awesome electro makeover by NY DJ Ruda Krishna. Sometimes the most wrenching types of melodies can be turned flipped into some of the best electronic music (“Levels”, Moby’s Play era, etc.) and Mr. Krishna’s mix is a very strong example.
Sanders Bohlke – Search and Destroy (Ruda Krishna Remix)Ruda Krishna (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
