• Before they were famous: rappers as seen in their high-school yearbooks.
• Animal Collective have designed a range of shoes for charity.
• Someone figured out that ambient music and police radio transmissions go well together.
• A Seattle band has sold their naming rights for $251,000. They are now called BuyStock.net Band.
• Yes, there’s a world record for the most toothpicks in a beard.

1. The global music blogger mixtape
24 songs from 24 countries as chosen by a music blogger from each country. It’s like the Eurovision except waaaaay cooler.
http://www.nialler9.com/tag/map/

2. Animal Collective remix Yeah Yeah Yeahs
One indie heavyweight remixes another. AC’s remix of ‘Hero’ replaces the rock with a sparse atmosphere.
http://tinyurl.com/yyysAC

3. Major Lazer debut
Diplo drops the first tune from Major Lazer’s LP which features Santigold and Mr. Lexx over an infectious guitar line.
http://tinyurl.com/lazerline

4. The Streets posts songs on Twitter
Mike Skinner posted MP3s of new songs ‘I Love My Phone’, ‘Trust Me’ and ‘David Hassles’ via Twitter last week.
http://tinyurl.com/streettweet

1. Lily Allen remix
   German DJ Christian Vorbau makes some subtle changes to Allen’s recent single ‘The Fear’ which vastly improves on the original while making it a little bit more dancefloor friendly to boot. Listen at Pretty Much Amazing.
   Pretty Much Amazing
2. Jaydiohead
   A mashup album featuring Jay-Z over Radiohead is much much better than it sounds.
   Jaydiohead.com
3. Animal Collective vs. Frankie Knuckles
   Staying on the mashup/remix tip, ‘My Girls’ from AC’s Merriweather Post Pavilion gets paired with the house DJ Frankie Knuckles track ‘Your Love’ to great effect.
   Fully Fitted
4. New Peter Bjorn and John track
   Kanye West of all people leaked ‘Nothing To Worry About’ last week on his blog saying simply: “SH*T IS DOPE!!  DRUMS ARE CRAZY AND I LIKE THE KIDS ON THE HOOK”. Exactly my thoughts Kanye..
   The Hype Machine