0679 - Clearest Heartbeat

Pegboard Nerds are finally getting back on my good side, and the MIU remix of their track Hearbit only helps the cause.  This remix is killer, with a huge bass, great fast tonal scaling, and just an intense "in your face" vibe.  I'm not sure if this would be considered hardcore or dubstep, but one of the last drops makes me think it might just have a killer bassline.  I love this remix and I hope you like it too.
Second up today is the Gryffin Remix of CHVRCHES track Clearest Blue.  This one is absolutely gorgeous, with a drop progression that had me swinging and got stuck in my head immediately.  The vocals are pretty on point, and the entire song just has a very uplifting and intense feel.  Enjoy these 2 tracks and I will see you back here tomorrow!

Pegboard Nerds - Heartbit (MIU Remix)

CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue (Gryffin Remix)

0667 - Don't Wait And Be Alone

First up today is a great track from Gazzo featuring SugarWhiskey called What You Waiting For.  This one just has a really fun and energizing feel to it.  It's not a amazingly unique song but I love the tones and the energy it gives off is quick moving and extremely dancey!  Enjoy!

Also for you on this Hump Day is a new track from Pegboard Nerds, who I think I can finally listen to without hating everything again, and Grabbitz called All Alone.  This Drumpstep track is a bit strange but I really enjoyed it.  With a great melody and nice big and glitchy bass, this one got me really hyped.  The melodic and calm transition sequences really make the big drops feel so much more epic!

Gazzo - What You Waiting For

Pegboard Nerds & Grabbitz - All Alone

0596 - Pirates are Haunting the Mansion

So Pegboard Nerds may have made the most ridiculous Halloween Track to date.  Taking samples of both vocals and audio from Luigi's Mansion to make a Dubsteppy confusing soundscape.  The tonal sections are beautiful, and very reminiscent of the game, but the "Mario" vocal samples are a bit strange.  Overally not bad for a Halloween track, and I can't wait until this gets mixed into someone's set.  I CRAVE IT.
Saturday Night has been absolutely killing it by creating atmospheres for their songs, as both Sheriff and Saloon created such great visuals in my head.  Well they are back with another track called Pirates, and this one follows the formula to perfection.  With parts that sound like the orchestral soundtrack from Pirates of the Caribbean, to great drops that feel like a pirate ship is stalking you on the water.  Another great track, I can't wait to see what they do next!

Pegboard Nerds - Luigi's Mansion (Free Download)

Saturday Night - Pirates (Free Download)

0579 - Keep That Swamp Thing Down

Welcome back to Banger Wednesday, featuring a track I hope you have already heard and a new one!  The track I hope you have already heard is a Pegboard Nerds track that I honestly thought I posted a long time ago!  Its strange, it features a sick and bizarre banjo, and just gets stuck in my head for weeks in my head.  Swamp thing is a little outside their usual style, but then again so was Pink Cloud and that was magical!
Second up is a remix from Shanahan of Jus Jack and Speed Limit's track All Falls Down.  The builds are really quality, with a lot of different instruments, a great vocal track, and a drop that surprised me a little bit.  It may seem a bit generic, but I really loved this one.  Sit back, relax, and enjoy these tracks.  Hopefully back to dailies tomorrow!

Pegboard Nerds - Swamp Thing

Jus Jack & Speed Limit - All Falls Down (Shanahan Remix)

0571 - Good Guys Pegboard

So if you enjoyed the Pegboard Nerds song from yesterday Pink Clouds, then I have some really cool news.  Pegboard is donating all sales from their merch, music, and new EP Pink Cloud which comes out October 23rd to help fight Breast Cancer.  If there was ever a reason to pay for a good cause, I say music is one of them.

First song up on this holiest of Funky Fridays is from Slanger called The Way You Love Me.  This FutureFunk track features a lot of piano and beautiful melodies, while really throwing in that funk groove and making me car dance like a goddamn idiot.  A great groovy track to get you into the weekend!

Also up today is a GhettoFunk track from Slynk called We Come To Party.  This one kinda concerned me, but once I started it I knew that I was wrong.  The very dirty sounding funk rhythms really work well with the rap and soul feel.  Kinda reminds me of the soundtrack to Undercover Brother from a long time ago.  Enjoy these and I will see you on Monday!

Slanger - The Way You Love Me

Slynk - We Come To Party

0570 - A Whole New Pegboard

Pegboard released a song that I had to double check that it was actually Pegboard Nerds who released it.  This one seems nothing like I've ever heard from them.  Slower, good vocals, and altogether beautiful.  Pink Clouds is a jump into new territory for them, and I hope to see them do it more because they absolutely killed it!
Also up today is a sweet Indie Dance track from Pylot called Blurred Vision.  It has a very Tron feel to it and it is a really groovy track.  Not in the way that Funk usually is, but in a very relaxed dance vibe.  Give it a listen and let me know if you like it!

Pegboard Nerds - Pink Clouds

Pylot - Blurred Vision

0462 - Don't Try This at Home

Banger Wednesday is back and I have two tracks for you today.  The first is a festival ready and killer bounce track from Matt Watkins called Riot (admittedly a little in bad taste with the current events).  Its got a great bouncy chorus with a great anthem like build to get the crowd pumped up.  Tonally its not the best but it would for sure get most people moving!
Second up is a sweet drumstep from Pegboard Nerds, who I still don't know how I feel about.  Its an overally good and solid song, with great builds and a really nice vocal drop.  I just can't get over that show I saw them at and how just abysmal they were live.  Try not to think about that though, because this song does have a really epic set of horns.  I hope you enjoy it!

Matt Watkins - Riot

Pegboard Nerds - Try This

0450 - Dual of the Madness

A very heavy track to get you started on your week.  I know I have said my fair share about Pegboard Nerds and how much their live performance upset me, but I am starting to appreciate the music more.  They recently had a track, Bring the Madness that did extremely well and I will share it as well because I couldn't tell which I liked more, the original or the Noisestorm Remix.  The original is done more in a drumstep style while the remix is considered breakbeat, at least in my mind.  The original hits really hard and heavy, while the remix is a bit more tonal.  I do love the combination of rap and electronic that have been surfacing lately, so listen to both and let me know which one you like more!  You can also get the original and all 3 remixes for free here (Free Download).

Pegboard Nerds & Escision - Bring the Madness

Pegboard Nerds & Escision - Bring the Madness (Noisestorm Remix)

0301 - Just Wait. Your Hero Is Coming

Welcome to day two of free week!

Today's first track is a remix of Hero, the breakout Pegboard Nerds hit that is one of many songs to help get Monstercat music on the map.  Nick Thayer gets his hands on this track and does something really cool with it, transitioning it into a very different sound.  Keeping the great build that makes the original great, he staggers the introduction stuff and turns the drop into much more a dubstep feel.  It still easily has the energy of the original, but gives it a new spin that just sounds so fluid.  Give it a listen and pick up the download!

Second up is the Elephante remix of Lemaitre's track Wait.  Elephante seems to keep popping up everywhere I look and his stuff never seems to disappoint.  This remix is very NuDisco and has a fantastic flow as well as mixing in of the great happy vocals.  It makes it a little heavier while still keeping the great tonality in check.  A truly great NuDisco remix!

Pegboard Nerds - Hero (Nick Thayer Remix) Free Download

Lemaitre - Wait (Elephante Remix) Free Download

0230 - Gettin Jiggy with Metal Alive

Mashup Monday is in full swing, and I think I finally found a solid stream of mashups to keep monday going strong through this blog.  I also have something really cool to share with you, and it comes in the form of a dubstep song that is played on a guitar.  Alive by Krewella has been huge, and the Pegboard Nerds remix was pretty stellar.  You have never heard it like this though, I promise you.

Krewella - Alive (Pegboard Nerds Remix) (Guitar cover by Cole Rolland)

Now for the mashup that makes Monday such a great day.  A little pop and whole lot funk, this mashup brings in Will Smith, Robin Thicke, Jesse J, and DJ Cassidy together for a really stellar collaboration.  Give it a listen and pick up the download if you like it!

DJ Cassidy, Robing Thicke, Jessie J vs. Will Smith - Jiggy With All Hearts (MixmstrStel Mashup)

0188 - A new side of the Pegboard

Everyone who comes here semi frequently knows that I am a big fan of The Pegboard Nerds, and their usually electronic and house sounds have always hit me in a good place.  Well they are back with something a little off their usual song and dance.  Coming into a new genre, hard dance, they make a splash with a huge track called Hero.  The track has the great vocals that can be easily associated with their name, along with the new twist of hard dance.  This usually isn't my favorite genre but Nanobii and now this track are starting to change my opinion!

Pegboard Nerds (feat. Elizaveta) - Hero

0168 - Opposite Ends of the Spectrum

Today I have two tracks for you, from opposite ends of the musical spectrum, one that goes hard and one that pulls back to a more chill musical view.

First, we go turbo chill.  Imagine a song that you can just close your eyes to and imagine yourself on a beach without a care in the world, the wind in your hair, and the sun hitting you with that perfect temperature.  Now throw in some flute.  Thats what you get from the new track De Nacht from De Hofnar.  WIthout a doubt one of the most chill tracks I have heard in a long time, and it will for sure be accompanying me on my relaxation trip, wherever and whenever that may be.

De Hofnar - De Nacht

Finally we have the incoming remixes of the new track from Pegboard Nerds, Bassline Kickin (You can listen to the original here).  There are more than a few but the three free ones I have for you today come from Astronaut, Silverback, and Dzeko & Torres.  Personally, I like the one from Astronaut better but its likely because the one from Dzeko & Torres is big room which is not my style.  Even the one from Silverback is good as dubstep, but they are all so different its really hard to compare them under the same genre and category.  Listen to them both, pick up the entire remix EP for free, and let me know which one you think is better!

FREE REMIX EP(Free Download Link Here)

Pegboard Nerds - Bassline Kickin (Astronaut Remix) 

Pegboard Nerds - Bassline Kickin (Dzeko & Torres Remix) 

Pegboard Nerds - Bassline Kickin (Silverback Remix)

0128 - Lucid Dreams for the Holidays

Pegboard Nerds are filthy and I love them so much.  Everything they do on the Monstercat label and all of the stuff they release independently.  Usually they have been doing a lot of remixes, and this one is something really special.  Lucid Dreams by Mat Zo is a really great track by itself, but Pegboard Nerds throw their own unique twist onto it.  Check it out below and enjoy the day after the fat man breaks into your house!

Mat Zo - Lucid Dreams (Pegboard Nerds Remix)

067 - Collaboration: Awesome + Favorite = Mind Blown

First of all, before I get into my big love for this song, if you haven't heard Krewella's new album, go listen to it now.  I honestly never thought much about Krewella and always pegged their music as nothing too exceptional.  I am one to admit my mistakes, I MESSED UP BIG TIME.  This album is honestly one of the best that I have heard in a long time.  Props to them for making something so exceptional, my favorite songs being "Come and Get It" as well as the one I am going to share with you today titled "This is Not the End".  Not only does this song appeal to just about every electronic music bone in my body, but it also features one of my favorite DJ groups, Pegboard Nerds.  I follow these guys religiously and download just about everything they put out because they continue to amaze me.  The combination of these two groups is really one for the ages, and easily the song to listen to off of Krewella's album.  Here's the kicker, Monstercatmedia is giving the song away for free.  Its for sure worth the download and I will provide the link below.  This track is dedicated to second chances!

067 - Krewella & Pegboard Nerds - This is Not the End

Free Download! (go to the 9/18 tab)

050 - Special Request: Workout Free Friday

Free is Awesome, Everyone knows that.  I have had a special request for today's post, so I will fulfill it with pleasure.  Electronic music keeps me going, keeps my heart racing, my head bobbing, and want to share it with everyone.  So by this logic it makes sense that the kind of music shared here on this blog is great workout music.  One of my friends has asked for a list of songs that are great to work out to and can also be found and downloaded for free.  I have done my best to come up with a solid list, even tested a few of them out on a run.  Hope you enjoy them and let me know if you have recomendations for more lists like this! Also I inserted what type of workout I would use the song for (cardio, weights, etc.) Links are for download and streaming.
(Songs are listed in no particular order/ranking)
1. Zedd - Into the Lair - Though pretty short, this is one of my favorites to run to.  Keeps your heartbeat up, feet in motion, just feels natural to power through this one and push up the tempo.
2. Mord Fustang - If You Want - This just feels like a song to lift weights to.  Constant tempo that keeps the confidence up and doesn't overwhelm.
3. Grant Lazlo - Jericho - Honestly not sure where I would put this song, all depends on your view on electro swing.  Could work anywhere
4. Pegboard Nerds - Disconnected - Perfect for anything and everything.  One of my favorite songs right now (very likely to show up in the mix I am working on fyi!)
5. Madeon - The City - I like this song for lifting, its got a great small break in the middle and then picks right back up.  Great for your rest and then go straight into the next set!
All of these are just my opinions and all are actually on my list of songs that I work out to.  Hope you enjoy your weekend, see you right back here on Monday!

009 - We Are One With The Weekend

This week is all about letting go and letting summer take control. let your hair down, throw on that song you dont know if your friends will like, let loose, but be safe. I am all for this lifestyle, we only live once, and now is the time for us 20-something year olds to make mistakes and have fun with our lives. Enjoy this track that promotes just that. 

009- Pegboard Nerds - We Are One