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White Folks Get Crunk — This is one of those party tunes that just refuses to die. A new rework of the jam into a mixable party treat. Some real bangin drums and synth at the end of the track. Take Me Out (Heavyweight DJs Party Dug) – Franz Ferdinand download | mp3 Name ... more info

Guardian Music — Can you dance to a song called Cockadoodledon't? A startling new work called Off Kilter uses Ivor Cutler's songs to celebrate Scottish danceOne weekend last summer, Ashley Page was sitting at home playing some CDs. The choreographer credited with rev... more info

Guardian Music — Partisans, LondonBritish jazz-fusion group Partisans always sounds like the regular confederacy it's been since 1996: the tricky zigzagging heads are played with flawless attack, and the quartet's trademark quality of seamless idiom and time-shifting... more info

Sheena Beaston — Every year around this time, San Francisco-based DJ couple, A Plus D, duke it out, fighting over which of the past year's mashups are good enough to make it on to their Best of Bootie album, an annual compilation mix of the year's best mashes.This se... more info

Guardian Music — • HMV paying £46m to secure Mama and trump rival bid• Mama behind UK's best-known live music venuesMusic-to-books retailer HMV has ramped up its bid to capture more of the entertainment pound with a deal to buy the company behind some ... more info

Rollo & Grady — Rolling Stone Magazine 25 Best Albums of 2009 25 Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. II 24 Monsters Of Folk – Monsters Of Folk 23 Levon Helm – Electric Dirt 22 Franz Ferdinand – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand 21 Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest 20 Y... more info

Shark Party, CA — All right, you know the drill - 50 best songs of 2009, with one song per album (or else there'd be a hell of a lot less diversity here). Open the links in a new tab to find what I think are the best versions of each track on the net. Now let t... more info

Guardian Music — Mini Viva are Britt Love and Frankee Connolly. They were 'manufactured' by the Xenomania hit-makers, are managed by Simon Fuller and are getting attention from NME. Better remember their name ...'When I feel something is a hit, I feel it from top to... more info

8/1 — 50 Bombay Bicycle Club - I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose 49 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone 48 Atlas Sound Logos 47 Telepathe - Dance Mother46 Gallows - Grey Britain45 Richard Hawley - Truelove's Gutter44 Oneida - Rated O43 Franz Ferdinand - T... more info