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I found a couple songs through a grooveshark mercedes ad today.  Apparently they want to make “coupe remixes” and have you choose 8 out of 12 pre-chosen songs to remix and they’ll remix the most voted 8 into an album.  I figured pre-selected songs should be good enough to listen to and found a couple songs that I liked.

I’ve heard of a few of Metric’s songs but I never got around to checking them out further.  I’ve decided “Help I’m Alive” is worth listening to several times and adding to my indie party playlist (kidding… sort of).  I don’t get how they manage to make the song sound broody and then flip around into a light major bit and it all sounds listenable and connected.

I’ve never heard of School of Seven Bells, but I liked “Windstorm” enough to want to listen to more of their stuff.

“Dance (if you wanna)” by Vivian Girls has an upbeat unrefined indie sound that would fit well with songs by Black Kids or Best Coast.

And listen to Johnny Cash just because.  I want to hear how they decide to remix “Walk the Line.”

All mentioned songs can be listened to here as well.