Urban Outfitters

Burial (Benny
Blanco Remix
Feat. Neon Hitch)

Miike Snow's sweet, melancholy "Burial" gets a whole new life when Benny Blanco adds up-and-coming British MC Neon Hitch.

itunes / www.myspace.com/miikesnow

Tonight's Today

This British crooner channels the Caribbean more than Covent Garden on this song—there might even be a hint of steel drum in there.

itunes / www.myspace.com/jackpenate

Vacationing
People

They ain't foreign—just from California—but this LA four-piece's laidback sound has already found a fan in Grizzly Bear, and that's a good fan to have.

itunes / www.myspace.com/foreignborn

Coast of
Carolina

What happens if you get Telekinesis and Telepathe in the same room? We can only hope to find out someday. Until then, a song for crystalline early mornings.

www.myspace.com/telekinesismusic

Young Adult
Friction

Adolescence is about love and about angst. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart is about when the two go together.

itunes / www.myspace.com/thepainsofbeingpureatheart

Boy Boy

This red-headed wisp is NYC's resident androgynous it-girl. You've seen her everywhere, and now with the release of her debut EP, you can hear her everywhere too.

itunes / www.myspace.com/lissytrullie

Percussion Gun

This Brooklyn six-piece will soon release their second album, It's Frightening. But, as evidenced by the laughter at the opening of this track, it's not that bad.

itunes / www.myspace.com/whiterabbits

Quiet Dog

Sometimes you want to hear new artists. Sometimes you just want to hear legends. Mos Def has a new home on Downtown, and this flow will never get old.

itunes / www.myspace.com/mosdef

Frustration

Only a band from Manchester could make dark, gloomy big sounds that still make you want to dance.

itunes / www.myspace.com/thewhipmanchester

Solid Gold

You though disco was dead? What'd you think this was, 1984? Nu-uh. This is 2009, baby, and the Golden Filter wants you to break out the Halston and hot pants.

www.myspace.com/thegoldenfilter

Leader of
the Pack

Born and raised in Stockholm, Mapei sounds like a grimy Missy Elliot with the aggression and flow of MC Lyte. Once again, Sweden holds it down.

itunes / www.myspace.com/Mapei

Stuck on Repeat

The title of this song is more like a prediction: Little Boot's glittery sound is addicting and you're just going to want more, more, more...

itunes / www.myspace.com/littlebootsmusic

Preparation's
Kids Choir

So good and blippy it could be the soundtrack to video game about happy bunnies.

itunes / www.myspace.com/prefusion1973

Red F

Judging from the brain-shattering frenetic composition of this song, Dan Deacon is clearly OCD, but the good, genius kind, not the kind that makes you lick lightswitches.

itunes / www.myspace.com/dandeacon

Son of a Gun

Kurt Cobain once described the Vaselines as his "favorite songwriters of all time." What more convincing do you need?

itunes / www.myspace.com/thevaselinesband

No Hope Kids

Fuzzy noise pop from San Diego—what the Beach Boys might have made if they listened to hip-hop and rode skateboards.

itunes / www.myspace.com/wavves

Skeletons

You know what's awesome? Sheet-cake Wednesdays. You know what else is awesome? These kids: brother and sister Ivan, 15, and Ada, 13.

itunes / www.myspace.com/tinymasters

Departure

Crystal Stilts are one of the most buzzed-about bands in Brooklyn. And that says a lot, because Brooklyn's like the band capital of the world, or something.

itunes / www.myspace.com/crystalstilts

New Age

Close your eyes and smell the incense. Venus is in your house tonight.

itunes / www.myspace.com/sleepysun

Used to Be

This Baltimore-based duo make hazy melodies that evoke the pleasures of sleeping all day and staying up all night.

itunes / www.myspace.com/beachhousemusic

It Gets Your
Body Movin'

Wait for it, wait for it... after that melodic whistle, it sure as hell does.

www.myspace.com/suckerstheband