Mashup of the Year

TMC is always looking for the next great mashup - check out Jess' post on the Eddie Money vs. the Ting Tings below. For a long time now, my personal favorite mashers have been The Arbiters, a LA-based dj trio responsible for the first mashup I really liked - "Sure Side of Fame" - and my long-time ringtone - "Missing Sweet Love".

Unfortunately they haven't put out much new that I've been able to find in quite a while, and I've been looking to fill the gap. I think DJ Earworm may have finally filled the bill. He really got me with his Beyoncé vs. Tom Petty "If I Were a Free Fallin' Boy", and I'm a sucker for his cleverly themed songs. Check out his tour-de-force "United State of Pop 2008" here, a mash of the year's most popular songs that somehow manages not to feel too forced. Other pluses: his website is definitely a notch above your average MySpaceMusic account, and! he posts mp3s of all of his work.



Listen for more of DJ Earworm on TMC and suggest some new mashing virtuosos for us to check out....

"Sure Side of Fame" by The Arbiters

"If I Were a Free-Fallin' Boy" by DJ Earworm

Usually this is where we'd encourage you to go out and buy albums if you like the tracks... but I don't know that you could buy from these guys if you tried. Instead, we guess you could hire them to dj your next hipster event.

Oren Lavie's "Her Morning Elegance"

We are alive and kicking at TMC, but I have been busy. Hence, no posting...

I've seen some visitors via StatCounter, so here's something to tide you over. Perhaps you've heard Oren Lavie before in the commercial for the classy Chevy Malibu or at your local coffee shop. He's multi-talented: a singer, songwriter, playwright, and theater director from Israel. Now in New York, he's made it big with this stop animation video for "Her Morning Elegance."

I won't say that all stop-motion videos are hits, but... a good song with stop-animation is gold. Also, I love beds. I love lying in beds. And I love covers. TMC co-host, Kate, would agree. Enjoy!