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By Rudy Klapper, September 3, 2010 8:00 am

Nothing like some filthy electro house to get the holiday weekend started off right.

Porter Robinson – “Say My Name (Original Mix)”

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By Rudy Klapper, September 2, 2010 8:00 am

Everything I do, I do it big. Can’t wait for this guy’s record to drop.

Wiz Khalifa – “Black and Yellow”

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By Rudy Klapper, September 1, 2010 8:00 am

Old song, but I’m starting to make a list of best-of-2010 and this definitely earns a spot. Band received an appropriate amount of buzz but Astro Coast wasn’t exactly amazing – this song, however, is.

Surfer Blood – “Catholic Pagans”

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By Rudy Klapper, August 27, 2010 8:00 am

In Ghost Colours is one of my favorite CDs of the past decade – needless to say, I’m pretty excited for Cut Copy’s upcoming release. “Where I’m Going” tones down the group’s trademark electro for a Beach Boys vibe that’s perfect for the dog days of summer.

Cut Copy – “Where I’m Going”

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By Rudy Klapper, August 26, 2010 8:00 am

Hip-hop/funk savant Cee Lo has been a part of some pretty great projects in his career (Goodie Mob, Gnarls Barkley), but this solo release might just blow them all away. Kiss-off anthem of the year? Fuck that, this could be a song of the year. Plus he fulfills my imagination of Charles Barkley singing.

Cee-Lo – “Fuck You”

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By Rudy Klapper, August 25, 2010 8:00 am

High Violet has really grown on me in the past month, and no track as much as “Conversation 16.” Drummer Bryan Devendorf just killing it as always.

The National – “Conversation 16″

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By Rudy Klapper, August 23, 2010 8:00 am

Happy Eels! Tomorrow Morning is the third in Mark Everett’s loose concept trilogy and comes out tomorrow. It’s also much better than those previous releases, as Everett does his once-a-decade happy thing.

Eels – “What I Have To Offer”

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By Rudy Klapper, August 20, 2010 1:00 am

So Teenage Dream finally leaked and I can finally listen to what I’m sure will be one of the best albums of the year…but first I had to put this on repeat because it’s an epic mix. Makes me wish I had seen Kaskade back at Electric Daisy Carnival.

Katy Perry – “Teenage Dream (Kaskade Club Mix)”

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By Rudy Klapper, August 18, 2010 8:00 am

Sort of a mixture between fun., Free Energy, and a whole heap of summer-lovin’ pop-rock that wants to be HUGE, not just hooky. Catchy  melodies that seem like they’re fit for an arena even though they work just as well on headphones. Steel Train, the band’s third album, came out at the end of June – better late than never.

Steel Train – “You Are Dangerous”

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By Rudy Klapper, August 17, 2010 8:00 am

I didn’t even know Ra Ra Riot were releasing a new album until last week, but The Orchard, which drops next Tuesday, has pretty much all I’ve been listening to the past week. It’s a more cerebral affair than their Vampire Weekend-esque debut, pushing those fine ladies rocking the strings to the front of the mix and generally making some pretty well-crafted, thought-out tunes. “Boy” was released online a couple of weeks ago and is a pretty fantastic, upbeat single, but “Kansai” is a more apt indicator of what the band was going for. Of course, both are awesome.

“Boy”

“Kansai”

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By Rudy Klapper, August 16, 2010 8:00 am

Can't find a legitimate picture of him unless he's Borgore's identical twin

Filthier than doing a line of your own dandruff (thanks Youtube!), Tomba’s new single is pretty much exactly what I expected after hearing the 35-minute sewage treatment plant that was “Disturbed.”

Tomba – “Come Out and Play ft. OTG & Sharon”

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By Rudy Klapper, August 13, 2010 12:00 pm

Few better ways to kick off a weekend than with a new track from dance-punk mainstays !!!, whose 4th album, Strange Weather, Isnt It?, comes out Aug. 24. After the thorough listens I gave the new album (read: once-through so far), “The Hammer” immediately leapt out as the dirtiest. More cowbell?

!!! – “The Hammer”