Joe Goddard + Valentina + Soulwax + The Knocks + Dragonette

Holy wow. Times Square. Oh my goodness, Times Square. You are indisputably the worst. With people stopping every three or four steps to take a picture. And fatties parking their cabooses here and there and everywhere to look at maps or pull up directions on an iPhone. And tour groups and field trips blocking entire sidewalks for years at a time. I feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack every time I go outside and have to deal with people. And when I have to go outside to deal with people in Times Square? Christ. No thank you.

Joe Goddard feat. Valentina - Gabriel (Soulwax remix) by Greco-Roman

Let It Go (The Knocks Remix) - Dragonette by The Knocks

The Knocks + '96 Bulls

Yo. Christmas. This is gonna be so rad. I'm gonna be back in Texas. Gonna go in on the ill Christmas morning breakfast. Then a big Christmas dinner. Followed by late night Whataburger. And the next day I'll cop some dope breakfast foods. Maybe a home-cooked meal or two. Some Tex-Mex. And Whataburger again. Repeat, repeat, repeat. I'm gonna eat OD. OD, OD. I'm gonna be so fat when I get back to Brooklyn, holy goodness. Party rock the dining room, party rock the bathroom.

The Knocks - Brightside ('96 Bulls Remix) by '96 Bulls

The Knocks + The Supermen Lovers + Punks Jump Up

DJ B-Roc is good peoples. I mean, dude's kind of a proper rockstar at this point, so it'd be understandable if he were an insufferable douche. Let me be the first to say that if anyone in the galaxy gave half a turd about my DJing I'd be all, "Blah, blah, I'm the man, kiss my butt, light my cigarette, pop my bottles, blah, this steak is not medium rare, no tip for you, blah, etc." But B-Roc? He's all "down to earth" and "humble" and "nice" and "driven" and all that jazz. I mean, he's just another another dude with a cat, crappy vision, etc. Only difference being that he's rich and famous and talented and I'm just some unemployed loser blogging his videos. So basically we're exactly the same, which is pretty cool! Right?!



Just copped some bagels. Eight bagels, to be exact. Paid for six, got two for free. Oh yea, and I copped two pounds of cream cheese to go with it. I'm about to have the raging-est party in friggin' galaxy! Bah! None of you are on my level and I find it absolutely thrilling! (I think you're all on levels of equal or greater value, and I'd love to have a bagel party with every last one of you in the very near future.)

The Supermen Lovers feat Herr Styler & Cristine-C'est bon (Punks Jump Up Remix) by The Supermen Lovers

The Supermen Lovers feat Herr Styler & Cristine - C'est bon (Extended) by The Supermen Lovers

HOOPS + Katy B + Lenno + The Knocks

So I guess umma go get a flu shot in an hour or two. Which I guess makes sense. Because I don't wanna get OD sick or whatever, whatever. But like. What if I just didn't get a flu shot? And I went out and copped myself some flu? And lost my appetite? And just like. Lost fifteen pounds in a week or something? To get me on that emaciated tip? That's gotta be one of the fastest ways to crush the heroin chic game, right?

Katy B - Broken Record (HOOPS Remix) by wearthemhoops

Christ almighty. I'm super hungry right now. I ate some beans, but like. Yo, I need a proper meal. Meat. Potatoes. Maybe some spinach too if I'm feeling like the ill healthy lad. Water. Milk. Maybe a beer. Or I could just smoke a cigarette instead I guess. I dunno. I'll probably just go back to sleep and do none of the above.

The Knocks - Brightside (Lenno Remix) by Lenno

Captain Cuts + The Knocks + Avicii

So I'm DJing that party last night. Pop outside for some "fresh air" or "a cigarette" or "something." And hey, it's B-Roc from The Knocks walking down the street! So we chat for a bit. Mostly about cats. Because cats are awesome, you see. And then he tells me about some new Captain Cuts mash-up. With "Dancing with the DJ." And "Levels." And I'm all, "Ayo, send me that!" And he's all, "Yea, OK, whatever." And then he leaves, and my boy's all, "Who was that?" And I'm like, "Oh, that was B-Roc from The Knocks. Sorry, should've introduced y'all!" And he's all, "Greg, are you famous or something? How do you know The Knocks?" And I'm all, "Yea, I'm basically crazy famous." Because I stay lying to my friends.

Dancing With Avicii (Avicii vs. The Knocks) - Captain Cuts Mix by The Knocks

The Knocks + Solidisco

So The Knocks are one of the few groups whose originals I enjoy more than their remixes. Most cats I'm all, "Ayo, ill remix!" And then I hear an original track and it's like, "Nah dogs, not working. I still have love for you. But like. This isn't working." But then there's B-Roc and J-Patt. Remixes? On point. Originals? Even more so. "Make It Better" was my jam. "Dancing with the DJ" was killer. "Sunshine" has been getting serious plays. And the new joint "Brightside"? Probably their biggest tune yet.

Brightside by The Knocks

Also. Solidisco is DJ Dstar and Biacco. I dunno who Biacco is, but I'm sure he's a splendid young man. Dstar, on the other hand, I know. And this is one of the hardest working gents in the game. Production grind. Mixtape grind. Turntablism grind. This dude is literally never not grinding. And it's paying off. "Oughta Be" is a heater. Buy it now.

Oughta Be (Original Mix) **OUT NOW ON YOUNG ROBOTS** by Solidisco

(Somewhat related: I have no idea how to type his name. Is it "Dstar"? "DStar"? "D.Star"? Wild confused over here.)

The Knocks

I've sung The Knocks' praises on these pages before. "Blackout," "Make It Better," and "Dancing With The Dancing" are all still set staples, so I've come to expect a pop masterpiece every time B-Roc and JPatt put anything out. So no, I was not surprised when I liked the gents' cover of "Ain't Too Proud to Beg." But honestly, I didn't know whether or not JPatt had the pipes to take on this classic. Not that I doubted him; I simply hadn't heard the dude chirp on anything of this nature. But The Knocks crushed every bit of this cover just as they've crushed everything else for the past year. Surprise, surprise.

Aint Too Proud To Beg (cover) by The Knocks

The Knocks

I DJed a show with DJ B-Roc of The Knocks a few months back. Dude was on point and I was blown away. Unsurprisingly, the highlight of the set came when B-Roc dropped his group's new single "Make It Better." The song is so dope, so summery, so perfect. And you can download it now at the Neon Gold blog. Be sure to pre-order the single so you can cop all of the remixes when they drop.

The Knocks - "Make It Better" (via Neon Gold)

And in case you somehow missed it, check out The Knocks' previous single "Blackout." It's a true pop banger. Similarly dope.