Mashup maestro, Girl Talk (aka Greg Gillis), is hitting the road for a huge NA tour. If you love to dance (and sweat) for hours, this is show you don’t want to miss. California stops are below, but be sure to check out the complete tour schedule here.
Girl Talk is also putting the finishing touches on the as yet untitled follow up to Feed the Animals, which is said to be released by the end of this year, via Illegal Art.
The song is 5 years old now, but if you haven’t heard it or if it’s been awhile, Do They Know It’s Halloween? is a must have addition for any Halloween playlist.
The song is a satire of Do They Know It’s Christmas? and is performed by a huge cast of alt/indie artists (including Win Butler & Regine Chassagne of Arcade Fire, Beck, Feist, J’aime Tambeur of Islands, Peaches, Dntel, Jenny Lewis, Devendra Banhart, and Karen O), under the moniker North American Hallowe’en Prevention Initiative (NAHPI). And like the song that inspired it, all proceeds from the song are donated to charity (in this case, UNICEF: The United Nations Children’s Fund). Watch the music video below and purchase the song here.
I love mashups. What’s not to like about two or more songs coming together to create something new and exciting? When they’re done right, very little. Done wrong? That’s a different story.
If you’re a regular visiter/listener of the hype machine, you know mashups are all over the blogosphere and I bet if you check right now, there is at least one mashup in the top 10 of thehype machines popular songs. Chances are, one of my favorites below is on that list as well.
But without further ado, I proudly present my favorite mashups (for at least the next 15 minutes). And be sure to check out 35mmBeats for more mashup favorites.
The White Panda are putting out some of the best mashups right now. Unfortunately, I can’t post any tracks, but you can download all of them here(the Big Boi//Discovery mashup, Shutterbug Swing Tree, is my absolute favorite).
Want more favorites of mine? Check out my favorite remixes here and my favorite free/legal music sites here.
Taking on probably my favorite track off of Crystal Castle’s latest, Robert Smith leads his one of a kind vocals to the remix version of Not in Love. The track is due out December 6 as the A-Side of a single.
