Download Now: Stay+'s Quite Excellent Four-Track EP

With a name like Christian AIDS, is there any way you're not getting attention from music bloggers or the indie press? This UK band's been getting a lot of love from some hype machines lately thanks to their deft combination of witch house and four-on-the-floor aesthetics. Thankfully, the duo (since renamed "Stay+") have all the talent to back up the recent-ish interweb fanfare.

Coming off like a combination of Salem, The xx and Crystal Castles, the group trades in grimy bangers that are as appropriate on dimly lit dance floors as on 4 a.m. lonely subway rides home.

Though they don't have any official releases yet, Stay+ have a slew of remixes to their moniker, as well as the hosted-below four-track EP. Right now, it's only streaming on their Bandcamp page, but look for it to make a bigger splash sometime soon--these guys have come damn close to mastering this murky brand of genre hopping. I submit exhibits A, B, C and D...

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Stay+ - Fever
Stay+ - Scum
Stay+ - Young Luv
Stay+ - Stay Positive

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New Wu-Tang/Fugazi Mash-up Record May Be the Best Yet

It looks like laptop aficionados are getting a lot more creative with their full-length remix records because the latest effort to pop-up online, a mix of Wu-Tang Clan and Fugazi, could be the best one I've heard yet.

The project, cleverly titled Wugazi, has released two singles, but an entire album is due out in a week or so. And of course, it's titled 13 Chambers.

Between this project, the James Blake/Drake mash-up LP, James Drake, and last year's excellent Notorious B.I.G./The xx remixer, summer playlists should be spilling over with mash-up goodness...

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Wugazi - Sleep Rules Everything Around Me
Wugazi - Sweet Release
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James Drake - Wilhelm's Fucking Best
The Notorious xx - Dead Wrong Intro

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This New jj 7" Sounds Pretty Great Right Now...

Sweden's jj are pretty great. The band's latest single, Let Them? Also pretty great -- Not every band can soundtrack a party or a rainy afternoon, but jj pull it off, assuming the party in question is really cool...

Grab The xx-sampling, hip-hop referencing, all-around porceline jams below.

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Let Them - jj

I'm the One / Money on My Mind - jj

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These New Four Tet Remixes Sound Pretty Great

Kieran Hebden aka Four Tet has been a having a solid 2010. Way back in January, Hebden released There Is Love in You, a near-perfect record that I'm still spinning regularly. If that wasn't enough, the electronic-wizard recently dropped two long-form, chill remixes, one for Lindstrøm and the other for The xx.

The xx remix ("VCR") is the stronger of the two, but they're both solid, easy-going tracks. Grab them and a few other Four Tet favourites down below.

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VCR (Four Tet Remix) - The xx

Lovesick (Four Tet Remix) - Lindstrøm & Christabelle

Sing - Four Tet

Money Folder (Four Tet Remix) - Madvillain

As Serious As Your Life - Four Tet

Stick to My Side (Four Tet Remix) - Pantha Du Prince

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