Most music posts these days are looking back at all the top 40 wonders, remixes, mash-ups, and all-around ridiculousnesses of 2009, although those who know me may note my overall nostalgic temperament, when it comes to music (and the new year) there’s no time for looking back, only onward and upwards.

The first song is a little re-do by Pitbull of Kesha’s now-ubiquitous club hit “Tik Tok,” which I am still inclined to call “Tick Tock (P-Diddy).” It’s honestly not that great of an addition, admittedly, and Pitbull only offers a rap intro for the main song, but I’m always one for re-makes of songs that keep old, sometimes overplayed songs fresh and alive at parties.

Better jams after the jump!

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Christmas is officially over; but, that doesn’t mean the Egg Nog should stop flowing. Holiday Cheer is perpetual in my book. And to commemorate continuous holiday cheer, snow-storms, and good remixes, I have a new Wale track along with some superb remixes by guru DJs Three Fingers.

First off, DC’s own Wale came out with a new song which hits close to home for us as residents of the District. His rendition of “Bed Rock” starts out with “The Snowstorm is over, I gotta make it to the Wizards game tonight.” The rest of the track demonstrates the lyrical dexterity that Wale has shown on his tracks time after time. Our man, also twitters mid rap. Epic.

Second off, we have a couple great (although older) remixes from the majesty of the Three Fingers. I was told about these two Australians earlier this break, and I was more than a little impressed. Their remixes of Calvin Harris’ new-old “I’m Not Alone” and MSTRKRFT’s “Heart Beat.” Both songs have a spacey house feel that Three Fingers throws down on most of their tracks, which I in turn love love love.

So there we have it. A couple new remixes, a great new Wale track, and the Holidays are still going strong. Keep the party going wherever you find yourself.

This year, while eating copious amounts of stuffing, turkey, and mashed potatoes, I gave thanks for my family, friends, and good remixes. In order to fully give thanks I’m happy to post a couple great tracks this week from The White Panda and Erol Alkan.

I’ve heard a couple of The White Panda’s mashes in the past, the TI/Passion Pit mash and more recently a Eminem/the Who mash, but I was never too impressed; none of them really made me shake my baby maker, if you catch my drift.

The Panda’s newest mash, a deadly combo of Wiz Khalifa, Umek and Beltek, and User absolutely blew me away. Somehow the Slovenian house beatz of Umek blend perfectly into the raps of both Wiz and Usher. Perfect for any rave party people may be hosting in the near future, Army of Yeah is definitely a new member to my top ten list.

The second track is a remake by the ever elusive Gonzales of a Erol Alkan and Boys Noize song, “Waves.” Gonzales takes the electrified, spacey style of Boys Noize and Erol Alkan and softens it down to a mellow, wonderful, in a word melodious track.

By no means is this a party song, or even a chilling-with-friends-song; rather it’s a sitting-alone-doing-homework or just-woke-up song. The piano progression, in my mind, is what a freight train would sound like if it could play the piano, an ever growing intensity with the rhythm of train tracks continues throughout the song, with breaks here and there at various stations along the route.

I hope everyone enjoys these tracks, as always, and I hope food comas haven’t taken claim to many lives this Thanksgiving. School starts back up in two days, don’t get too excited.

This week I’ve got some of the usual stuff, and something a little out of the norm for Remix Your Weekend. The first is part of the third collaboration album between two of my favorite Hip Hoppers, Slug and Murs, collectively known as Felt. The second is a great remix of LMFAO (who in turn remixed a Gaga song that I posted some time ago).

Although Felt’s first album was a little disappointing considering the two big names associated with it, their second album absolutely blew me away. Now, Aesop Rock brings his well known, rather industrial style (a la None Shall Pass) as the producer of their newest drop, A Tribute to Rosie Perez.

The song, “She Sonnet,” is, if nothing else, a great underground anthem: the beat is obviously the work of Aesop Rock with noises that could easily be heard in some factory, while Felt and Slug continue the caliber of lyrical style that they’ve brought in the past. I was a little sad with some of the other songs I’ve heard from this CD, but at the very least “She Sonnet” will prove to be one of the better underground tracks of the year thus far.

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This weekend’s songs may not be mash-ups per se, but as per usual they involve the genre blending skillz, this time from two amazing MC’s: Cool Kids and Public Enemy.

The first track, a collaboration of Cool Kids and Hey Champ, will fulfill your mellow Indie Hop requirements. Though a mellow track, (We are) Champions definitely rox sox: a slow indie chorus and instrumental mixed with MF Doom-esque raps of Cool Kids at the very least makes heads bob, even if kids won’t break it down to this track.

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Stranger Encounters of the Knocks Remix

Every once in a while I stumble upon a track that absolutely floors me. The results of these episodes can include: eyes tearing up, spontaneous dancing in my room, and, often times, a couple yells of sheer joy. The track for this week is one of those ball busters.

I became aware of The Knocks (AKA Mr. J-Pratt and DJ B-roc) earlier in the summer because of their bomb-tastic remix of Wale’s jam Chillin’. The NYC DJs also own a small label, Heavy Rock Music, a decent output of underground pop/remix music.

In this particular case The Knocks have taken the single, Bringin’ It Back, from Master Shortie’s new album, stripped it down slightly, and added some quirky vocal-echoing effects.  The result: a great song for any party.

I’ll readily admit that I do enjoy the original slightly more, and that it was the original that got me moving my feet in the first place: the fuller sound, and 80’s synth background really hit me just right; however, as it stands an MP3 version of the original doesn’t exist on the inter-web fo’ free (as far as my prying fingers could tell), so we will have to settle with just watching the super fun video over and over, and listening to The Knocks’ great take on this soon to be bumping club hit.

Besides that, have a great Homecoming Weekend!

I don’t know if it’s possible to come across too many good songs in the span of a week, but this week I came pretty close. Mash-ups of David Guetta, remixes of Bone Thugs, and so many others.

Sadly, I had to narrow down our selection to a couple fabulous party tracks for the weekend: a new DJ Earworm mash, and a Dskotek remix of Bone Thugs N Harmony.

DJ Earworm in front of a giant fly’s eye.

The former’s mash of Sean Kingston’s greatest hits “hits” the mark. It’s a smooth and rather deadly combination of many of Sean Kingston’s greats including “Beautiful Girls,” “I Can Feel It,” and “Sean Kingston.” Say what you will about Kingston as an artist, Earworm’s rendition will make any party bump in sweaty ecstasy.

Real Thugz Jump Wallz.

The second track is a remix of the classic “Foe The Love of $.” You need to let this track grow a little bit on you, let it slowly intensify until it peaks at around 0:49, then shit gets real, real fast. I find songs like this are ideal for groups of drunken college students: most of them will be too drunk to notice the build up, but when it hits they trip balls and get dirt nasty.