The mysterious DJ duo DJA and DSJ are back with a followup to their first ’80s action-movie mixtape with more pumped up and steroid-assisted tunes from Rocky, Scarface, Top Gun and Cocaine Cowboys.

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Blood Bros: Heaven2Hell by maddecent

Beth Ditto & Simian Mobile Disco EP

The Gossip singer and the London dance duo hooked up before on the brilliant disco-dance track Cruel Intentions in 2009. Their partnership was obviously a fruitful one so they got back in the studio and have just released a 4-track EP of similar tunes.

Irish Bloggers’ Sound of 2011 compilation

Two Irish music bloggers – Swear I’m Not Paul and 2UIBestow got together and posted a Soundcloud compilation of Irish artists they think will be worth more investigation in 2011. It includes Milan Jay, B-Movie Lightning, Deaf Joe, The Riot Tapes, A Northern Light and more.

Listen at Swear I’m Not Paul »

Dirty Beaches

While most of Taiwan-born Canada-based Alex Zhang Hungtai’s music is reminiscent of electro-punks Suicide, Lord Knows Best showcases a different side to his music. It’s a smokey lo-fi serenade with Hungtai in bar-room, loose tie mode.

Listen at The Hype Machine »

Summer Mixtape
I’ve compiled a list of recommended summer songs consisting of tracks chosen by Twitter followers of Nialler9 for those blue-sky days.
Listen to the Summer Twitter Mixtape

Ferranti
Rousing electro-pop in its embryonic stages from a London three-piece. Check out the demo of ‘Run’.
http://www.myspace.com/ferrantimusic

My Toys Like Me
Imagine Martina-Topley Bird singing atop some weird schizophrenic synth-pop and you’ve got the considerable gist of this London two-piece.
Listen at Aurgasm