For this week’s Remix Friday, we’ve got some tight jams that are sure to make their way onto your weekend playlist. The remixed tracks are songs originally done by MGMT, Drake, Justice, Wu-Tang, Kid Cudi, Ratatat, Kings of Leon, Phoenix, Imogen Heap, Feist, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The remixing artists are Chiddy Bang, Matamatics, Starters, Benny Benassi, DJ Slink, Alex Metric, Diplo, and A-Trak. Listen to all of them and enjoy.

[audio:remix-friday-5/Phoenix - Lisztomania (Alex Metric Remix).mp3]

[audio:remix-friday-5/Chiddy Bang - Kids (Feat. MGMT).mp3]

[audio:remix-friday-5/Justice vs Wu-Tang - Cream Your Friends (Starters DJs Mix).mp3]

[audio:remix-friday-5/Kid Cudi MGMT Ratatat - Pursuit of Happiness (Benny Benassi Remix).mp3]

[audio:remix-friday-5/Kings of Leon - Use Somebody (DJ Slink Mix).mp3]

[audio:remix-friday-5/Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix) (Club Edit).mp3]

[audio:remix-friday-5/Feist - I Feel It All (Diplo Remix).mp3]

[audio:remix-friday-5/Imogen Heap - Headlock (matamatics remix).mp3]

[audio:remix-friday-5/Drake - Best I Ever Had (matamatics remix).mp3]

So I just came across the soundtrack for the upcoming Spike Jonze flick Where the Wild Things Are. Jonze selected Yeah Yeah Yeah’s frontwoman Karen O. to help make the soundtrack as reminiscent of childhood as possible. I find this notion a little strange, since the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s are more known for being in your face, off the wall, and quirky. They aren’t known for their huge child fanbase.

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Once upon a time there was this brilliant film director named Patrick Daughters who directed short films, commercials and videos for indie artists. They were brilliant. The end?

Ooh, not even close. This Cali cool man is all but 33 years old, pumping out more indie-related videos than a 17-year-old guitar player with a bad haircut and a YouTube account. He’s the one behind the avant-garde, split screen video of King of Leon’s ‘Bucket’ and the iPod-induced sensation of Feist’s ‘1234’ (not to mention the ultra chic ‘My Moon My Man,’ ‘Mushaboom,’ and ‘I Feel it All’).

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It may not need justification, but it’s become so obvious that I have to talk about it.

Artists love It’s Blitz!. They just want to get their hands around it, their fingers in it.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have succeeded in making even the alternative unorthodox with this latest album release. And track by track, the remixes pour out. Ears first perked with Animal Collective’s take on ‘Zero,’ a dark horse remixer if that race ever existed. Intriguing, worth the listen, but nothing to write home about.

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