Freeload: Mystery Jets, “Half in Love With Elizabeth (Delorean Remix)”
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We’ve been half in love with canned tuna fish for a very long time, so we know exactly what Mystery Jets is talking about in this song. But where the original (video above) made us think about the hard times when fish in a can felt like an undeserved luxury, the Delorean remix just makes us want to feed it to our cat, Nip Catdubs. (via Neon Gold)
Download: Mystery Jets, “Half in Love With Elizabeth (Delorean Remix)”
Freeload: Mystery Jets, “Three Doors Down (Plimsouls Remix)”
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Though it will probably never overtake “Love In This Club” in sheer version frequency on The FADER, “Three Doors Down” is making a strong run at second. Plimsouls’ remix, which we got from the diligent Discobelle, removes the sparkling wine vibe of the original almost entirely and replaces it with gnarly vodka energy beer that will probably make us puke if we jump around too much and ultimately make us want to go back to the Mystery Jets’ version. Just like a remix should.
Download: Mystery Jets, “Three Doors Down (Plimsouls Remix)”
Video: Mystery Jets, “Two Doors Down”
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Several things are confirmed by this video:
1. Our hair sucks ass
2. INXS is the next touchstone. You heard it here first.
3. “Two Doors Down” is an instant summer jam in whatever version you hear it.
4. Pleats are not easy, but when they’re right they’re unstoppable.
That’s all we can think of.
Freeload: Mystery Jets, “Hideaway (Switch Remix)”
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It seems like every morning the last couple of weeks we’ve been talking about Mystery Jets in some form, whether it’s a Plimsouls remix or a covering Vampire Weekend with Natty on vocals or an acoustic set on the Beeb. So why not keep it going with this new Switch remix, provided by Merok Records via Fluo Kids. Unsurprisingly, it is completely maniacal.
Download: Mystery Jets, “Hideaway (Switch Remix)”
Dollars To Pounds: ’Strate To The Top
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Thanks to jokers like the Wombats, Scouting For Girls and One Night Only, the currency of indie-pop has become so devalued that, these days, to admit to an occasional weakness for nice boys with guitars playing songs that sound good on the radio is about as socially acceptable as secretly photographing your neighbour’s kids in the paddling pool. But we can’t listen to doom metal and kuduro all day, right? Luckily there are still a few gangs of clued-up suburban whippersnappers putting just enough spin on the old formula to pierce our jaded defences. There’s been a lot of industry agitation surrounding Essex lads Magistrates in the last couple of months, and justifiably so.
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posted on Apr 2, 2008 in DOLLARS TO POUNDS tags Cajun Dance Party, Johnny Foreigner, Magistrates, Mystery Jets, rock
Audio: Mystery Jets, “Flakes”
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Mystery Jets’ “Flakes” is probably about snowflakes, at least sort of. It’s kinda sappy but it works because, dudes, like it or not, it’s the holidays so we may as well all get into it and listen to this song on headphones while we twirl around in Central Park like our lives are a romantic comedy. Maybe we’ll ice skate on a frozen lake and have a really fun snowball fight and sing this song as a Christmas carol, or alternately be all Grinchy about the holidays and then have it warm our hearts. The possibilities are totally endless, but for those of you who are not inclined to enjoy at least some of winter, you should still listen because Erol Alkan produced it.
