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2. Weezer, "Heart Songs"
From Weezer's recently leaked, not-very-good new album, here's very possibly the worst song Rivers Cuomo's written since all the ones on Make Believe. [Idolator]
3. Alphabeat, "Digital Love" (Daft Punk cover)
The affable Danes cover DP's fifth-best song with an acoustic guitar and a tambourine (synthesizers are expensive). [Stereogum]
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2. The Rapture, "No Sex for Ben"
This new Timbaland-produced track from the GTA IV soundtrack is awesome, even if your name happens to be Ben. [Hyperbole]
3. Bun B feat. Lupe Fiasco, "Swang on 'em"
Bun B and Lupe rap about fast, tricked-out cars on this song from Bun's upcoming record. The production makes it sound like they're riding around in a Ford Model A with Elliot Ness in hot pursuit. [Attorney St.]
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2. Sad Kermit, "Needle in the Hay" (Elliott Smith cover)
ScarJo isn't the only movie star angling for a side career covering depressing rock songs. You may remember Kermit's version of NIN's "Hurt," which showed him battling an addiction to heroin. Now, he's contemplating suicide while shaving, Richie Tenenbaum style. It's increasingly less easy being green, apparently. [Fabulist]
3. Tokyo Police Club, "Tessellate (Tom Campesinos! Remix)"
Tom, of the supercute Welsh band Los Campesinos!, tries to prove he has a tough side by adding lots of crashes to this newish TPC track. It almost works. [Ryan's Smashing Life]
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2. Lindsay Lohan, "Bossy"
On Lohan's new track she claims, "If I want it, then I get it — now." Mink-wearing club kids can probably back her up on this one. [Beeb Blog]
3. Rolling Stones, "I'm Free (DJ Shadow Chase Bank Remix)"
First came the Nokia promotion, and now we find that Shadow took a crack at remixing the Stones for Chase, but they ended up using another version in the commercial. Does it count as selling out if they pay you for doing nothing? [Party Ends]
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2. She & Him, "Change Is Hard" (live)
M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel swing by the Late Late Show for a pretty excellent performance, which is probably your best chance to see them play live since movie stars don't sleep on couches or ride in vans (we're still holding out hope for ScarJo, though). [Culture Bully]
3. Hot Chip, "Wearing My Rolex" (Wiley cover)
Hot Chip get covered in grime when they try on Wiley's "Rolex." It's not as gross as that sounds, though. [Pitchfork]
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2. Elvis Costello, "Stella Hurt"
From Elvis's excellent new album, Momofuku, this "Foxey Lady" copy almost makes up for the opera he wrote. (He'll have to rip off "Crosstown Traffic" to make us forget about that album with Burt Bacharach, though.) [Stereo Jealousy via Rock Daily]
3. The Hood Internet vs. Lykke Li
How good is this mash-up? So good that, just this once, we'll break our strict rule against posting mash-ups above the jump. [Hood Internet via Idolator]
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2. J Dilla, "Trucks"
On this previously unreleased track, Dilla takes Gary Numan's "Cars" — a spooky social critique of the isolation of technology and consumerism — and uses it for the basis of "Trucks," a song about how awesome trucks are. [Nialler9]
3. Britney Spears, "Something More"
An unreleased Britney track has surfaced, and as nobody's sure whether it's a new song or just an outtake, we can be certain of only one thing: It's terrible. [Pretty Much Amazing]
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2. Pharoahe Monch, "Broken Heart"
Monch's girl left him just before he was "ready to deliver the ring, just like Frodo the Hobbit." But with tracks this good, he can walk tall. [Passion of the Weiss]
3. The Chap, "Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley"
What we assumed would be a song about the gender-switching composer of the Clockwork Orange soundtrack is instead about ... something else. But the music has identity problems in the best way, sounding like Momus mixed with Morricone.
[Pinglewood]
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2. Stereolab, "Three Women"
Stereolab stopped sounding experimental enough to warrant their moniker sometime around the turn of the century, but this brand-new track (off their new album, Chemical Chords, due in August) still isn't bad. [Some Velvet Blog]
3. Feist, "I Feel It All" (live on The Colbert Report)
Feist and Colbert do a little cross-dressing (and flirting!) before she launches into a typically amazing version of her current hit. Political satire is rarely this cute. [Culture Bully]
1. Prince, "Creep" (Live at Coachella)
Every year we think the plane tickets and $300 admission to Coachella aren't going to be worth it, and then we find out something like this happens. But even if we won't get any of that desert sunshine, with the Internet, we can at least bask in a little faded glory on our iPods. [Deaf Indie Elephants]
2. The Roots, "I Will Not Apologize"
The Roots tricked us all into thinking that "Birthday Girl" was going to be the first single from their new record, but now it isn't going to be on the album. But as you can tell from this actual (and awesome) song from the album, we shouldn't expect much contrition. [Mixtape Maestro]
3. Free Kitten, "Seasick"
Noisy feminist supergroup Free Kitten (featuring members of Pussy Galore, Sonic Youth, and Boredoms) is back after a decade with a song about a spiteful lady pirate. This is the best news we've heard all day, aside from Prince's Radiohead cover, of course. [Pitchfork]
4. George Benson, "Turn Your Love Around (Database remix)"
This track is the first to be released from Buffetlibre's new eighties remix project. Kudos to the label for daring to shine light on the music of a lost era. [Lemur Blog]
5. Kidz in the Hall, "Drivin Down the Block (remix feat. Bun B, Pusha T, Clipse, and the Cool Kids)"
The "z" lets you know these guys aren't aging Canuck comedians, so you get more chicken heads than Chicken Ladies. Still, 30 Helens agree that this is a great remix of their new song. [Get Weird Turn Pro]
—Ehren Gresehover
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