Photos: Belisle (Fleet Foxes), Ochenfels (Wilco)

Wilco & Fleet Foxes, “I Shall Be Released” [Bob Dylan Cover]
So, hey, it’s Friday, so let’s sum up: the economy is steadily imploding, the gap between the dream candidate and the nightmare candidate is narrowing and half the country remains smitten by someone who refers to Russia as their “next-door neighbor.” Seriously: can we be released? Like, any time today would be fine. We’ll just wait outside for it.

Katy Perry, “Electric Feel” [MGMT Cover]
From the world’s least erotic song about two girls kissing to an alarmingly sexy cover of blog-level electro. Oh, Katy Perry, thou art a woman of strange and curious extremes.

Dr. Dooom, “Leave Me Alone” [Peanut Butter Wolf Mix]
“A&R been trying to figure me out for years/Trying to reduplicate me,” rattles Kool Keith halfway through this doomy gem. And, yeah, he’s totally right: every time we hang out with an A&R guy, they’re talking about how they’re really looking to sign more hyper-articulate cult-level Dadaist rappers with questionable quality control and a knack for turning up late to concerts and doing a series of generally inexplicable things.

DJ Jam, ‘87 Mastermix [Mixtape]
So within the first ten seconds of this mixtape, DJ Jam goes from “F— Tha Police” to “I Need Love” to UTFO’s “Ya Wanna Be Cold With Me.” That’s like going from gummi bears to cake to ten zillion dollars. You should almost just tape this MP3 and listen to it in a Walkman.

Kaiser Chiefs, “Never Miss a Beat” [Cut Copy Remix]
At this point we’re trying to avoid posting anymore Justice remixes. It’s not even a personal beef or anything, they’re just like Zelig at this point. There’s a Justice remix of a conversation we had last week. Justice is coming over at noon to remix our lunch. So when you’re trying to avoid Justice remixes, what you end up with are things like Cut Copy remixes. This one makes the Kaiser Chiefs sound like Duran Duran. Which is fine by us.