Lasgo - Out Of My Mind

Lasgo has a new singer, and while she has a great voice, this track is missing the hard beat we are used to with Lasgo. Still diggin it and I’ll be checking out the upcoming remixes. 7/10

PS - Good god is the new chick hot!

Shontelle - T-Shirt - Josh Harris Radio Mix

Josh Harris Radio Mix - Never heard of Josh Harris but he has a unique funky style.  More of a deep remix, but still decent.  7/10

Leona Lewis - Better In Time - Jason Nevins Radio Edit

Jason Nevins Radio Edit - Jason Nevins doesn’t disappoint on this remix!  This one will be a club banger for a while.  9/10

Pink - So What - Bimbo Jones Radio Edit

Bimbo Jones Radio Edit - This is a sick remix of one of my current favorite songs. Lovin the drops! 8/10

Jesse McCartney - It’s Over - Gimo Mix

Gimo Mix - Very sick remix to a track that is increasing it’s spins every week. Bang this one in the clubs! 8/10

Brandy - Right Here (Departed) - Moto Blanco Radio Edit

Moto Blanco Radio Edit - The Moto Blanco boys do a fantastic job on this remix. Excellent job speeding up the track and making it more of a club track. Excellent! 8/10

Deerhunter - Microcastle

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Deerhunter - Microcastle

“While Deerhunter’s 2007 breakout, “Cryptograms,” was teeming with a sort of raw unpredictability, “Microcastle” falls more along the mellower lines of frontman Bradford Cox’s Atlas Sound side project. Here Cox and his bandmates take a proverbial chill pill, finding solace in dreamy psych-pop draped in gentle-to-moderate washes of feedback. “Agoraphobia” and “Never Stop” have definite pop sensibilities, while the title track’s sparse guitar lines build into a Pixies-style breakdown. A haunting piano leads “Green Jacket” before evaporating into Cox’s washed-out vocals, and the woozy guitar backing “Twilight at Carbon Light” closes the set out by escalating into a spectacular wall of noise. Another winner full of eerie beauty and restraint. —Jill Menze”

Queen and Paul Rodgers - The Cosmos Rocks

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Queen and Paul Rodgers - The Cosmos Rocks

“While Paul Rodgers has been performing with Queen since 2004, it’s taken until now for the trio (minus original bassist John Deacon) to make an album. It’s a shame that the end result, the first under the Queen name in 13 years, is not very memorable. While Rodgers’ voice is instantly recognizable, there are only flashes of the multitracked vocals and intricate guitar harmonies that were Queen’s calling card. “Cosmos” has its charms; first single “C-Lebrity” features an assist from Foo Fighter Taylor Hawkins, and “Call Me” is a playful song that sounds like late-period Queen. Too many tracks are merely competent bluesy rockers or ballads; the bridge of “Still Burning” flirts with the rhythm of “We Will Rock You,” marking the best union of the disparate Rodgers and Queen styles. —Bram Teitelman”

Bloc Party - Intimacy

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Bloc Party - Intimacy

“It’s easy to hear why Bloc Party decided to rush release the digital edition of its third studio disc in August. Full of jagged guitar riffs, forward-motion drum beats and air-siren keyboard lines—not to mention a true-to-its-title lyrical focus on the excruciating end of a romantic relationship—”Intimacy” is the English dance-punk outfit’s most urgent-sounding effort yet, and frontman Kele Okereke and his bandmates probably couldn’t bear the thought of waiting two or three months for it to be heard. As it happens, the album’s heat hasn’t cooled yet. On such tracks as opener “Ares,” “Trojan Horse” and “Mercury” (the album’s drum’n'bass-inspired lead single) Bloc Party generates a textural and emotional intensity that it has only hinted at in the past.—Mikael Wood”

Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns

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Snow Patrol - A Hundred Million Suns

“Snow Patrol handily manages the challenge of following up breakthrough album “Eyes Open” on “A Hundred Million Suns.” The music’s inherent dignity ensures that lyrics like “Kiss me, kiss me/Life is way too short to scream and shout” don’t draw smirks, and it keeps the brazen romanticism and sentimentality from becoming too glaring. “If There’s a Rocket Tie Me to It” nods to Coldplay, preserving the driving urgency of previous hit “Chasing Cars.” “Take Back the City” and “Engines” also hijack the beat, but midtempo winners “Lifeboats” and “The Golden Floor” are much better realized. Three-act, 16-minute finale “The Lightening Strike” recounts being forced to take shelter with a beloved in a storm and the revered memory of those transcendent moments. “I don’t want to run/Just overwhelm me,” Gary Lightbody sings—an ample description for the album’s overall intentions. —Christa L. Titus”

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