Tennis
One of the most-blogged new artists from last week, this Denver husband and wife clearly impressed with their whimsical indie-pop charms. Debut 7” is sure to sell out fast.
http://www.myspace.com/tennisinc

Tinie Tempah and Snoop Dogg
USA meets England and this time it’s not a draw. Snoop adds an extra flavour to Tinie Tempah’s smash hit Pass Out.
http://bit.ly/snooptempah

Cockandbullkid
After a quiet period, promising pop star Anita Blay (pictured) returns with a song called er, Cockandbullkid. Despite the lack of imagination in song-naming, the string-assisted tune itself is superb pop.
http://bit.ly/cocknbull

Soulwax remix LCD Soundsystem
The Belgian brothers (who play Dublin during August Bank Holiday weekend) do their thing with LCD album track You Wanted A Hit.
http://bit.ly/lcdwax

Beastie Boys mashup album
From the same guy who brought you the Jay-Z/Radiohead remix album Jaydiohead, comes a mashup album where the Beastie Boys are mashed up with themselves to surprisingly good effect.
http://www.doublecheckyourhead.com/

Neon Indian remixes Au Revoir Simone
One of my favourite new acts of the year remixes the Brooklyn girl trio into a synthesized Italo-esque head swhirl.
http://short.ie/neonsimone

Starsmith takes on Lisa Mitchell
Rising London producer Starsmith takes Australian Idol winner into new Balearic territory.
http://short.ie/starsmiff

New Los Campesinos!
The under-rated Welsh septet quietly released a new song and video for ‘The Sea is a Good Place to Think Of The Future’ on their blog last week.
http://short.ie/loscamp

The best songs on the web this week..

1. Lykke Li covers Kings of Leon
   The Swedish popstress takes on the Nashville rockers’ tale of a condemned pregnancy and creates a bit of magic with KOL’s Caleb Followill on backing vocals. [MP3]
2. Aeroplane remix MGMT
   Nearly a year on and MGMT are still doing the business. This remix of ‘Electric Feel’ is another master-stroke from Belgium’s Aeroplane after their reworking of Grace Jones and Friendly Fires.[MP3]
3. Peter Gabriel covers Vampire Weekend
   Not content with being namechecked in the song ‘Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa’, Gabriel repays the compliment by getting together with Hot Chip to record his own version. [Illegal Tender]
4. The Rub’s Best of 2008
   Give it up one last time for 2008. A two hour mix of the best hip-hop and R&B tunes of last year as put together by the same guys who made those exhaustively brilliant hip-hop mixes. [The Rub]