While the world (read: blog world) goes nuts for Passion Pit, we would rather ride with the guys that wrote "toxic". Sweden continues to churn out great pop music.

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This is funky!

An impressive cover of Missy Elliot's track by acoustic folk group Peggy Sue. They are from Brighton and will be a feature at Glastonbury too. Behold...

['All Up In My Grill'/Peggy Sue]

Times are hard, so artists have no option but to come up with creative concepts in an attempt to sell their product. Mos Def has fused our obsession with music and fashion by releasing his latest album 'The Estatic' in T-shirt format. For 40 bucks [About 25 smackers] the Mos Def Music Tee features the album cover art on the front, with the track-listing on the back and a unique download code on the swing tag. I'm not the download type as I'm a sucker for tangible music you can feel, inlay cards, CD and such. Then again, this kinda takes the music to the "tangible" level if you are the download type.

['Auditiorium'/Mos Def/Slick Rick]

['Everything Up'/Zero 7 x Mock 'n' Toof remix]

Sometimes, words are not necessary.

New JME x Jamhot collabo in the form of a documentary DVD/Magazine/Mixtape type-"ting" - available at Good Hood London.

"...the first installment in an on-going series linking the unseen and the unsung, the ignored and the adored, from 'the man on the street' to this issues host JME - all played on a big backing beat. A mix of print and video looking at the unraveling story of us, told through music, movement, words and people. This first Issue is a straight up tone setter, a taste, a signal of intent, the start of a format, a work in progress..."[More+]

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Some kick back, relax and spark it up, blunt music to compliment the perfect summer evening by French maestro BLUNDETTO. 'NO ID NO ENTRY' is a lucid selection of classic sentimental tracks to titillate any nostalgic soul beat-head. Blundetto has an album in the mixing process right now with collaborations from The Budos Band, Tommy Guerrero, Lateef, General Elektriks, Chico Mann and more. Download his latest mix here+.

DERKHED!

"It's so easy to be the dickhead. Today, I'm going to take the easy route - I'm going to be the dickhead!"

Real guys go for down to Mars gals.

['Starry Eyed'/Ellie Goulding x Jackwob Remix]