SYFFAL Track Marks Volume XVI - The Bi-Weekly iTunes Fix for the Music Junkie

1) Midnight Life – The White Panda: This year’s best album get its mash up on courtesy of the genius White Panda duo. Just in case you thought Anthony Gonzalez was missing some pomp throwing Kanye on top was a nice touch.

2) Dj Got Us Fallin In Love Again (HYPER CRUSH REMIX) - Usher Feat. Pitbull: Usher and Pitbull make an odd appearance here on Track marks. Truth be told Hyper Crush remixes are my not so secret shame. I just wish they’d pick some different artists.

3) E.T. Feels Starry Eyed - Kap Slap: There are far too many artists featured on this popped out dubbby mash up. This track is something that will be great for car ride pump ups but an absolute nightmare for work stations and flight vacations. Funny how that works.

4) Houdin-o-mite (Taio Cruz vs Foster The People) - The Hood Internet:The Hood Internet are permanent track mark fixtures. They can take the most overplayed song or artist and make them feel totally new and fresh. Yes I just indirectly called Foster the People overplayed. Yes I'm still bitter about frisbeer….

5) Lost In Love (Neon Dreams Club Mix) - L-Vis 1990: L-Vis 1990 (aka James Connolly) is a London-based DJ and producer whose album debut album 'Neon Dreams will be released on October 3rd or 11th. The internet is offering up both dates as official release days. Perhaps it is so good it is worthy of two release dates. I'd buy that if the rest of the album is as good as Lost in Love

6) A Long Time (Chromeo Remix) - Mayer Hawthorne: God bless those Chromeo mooks. They are nobody I'd ever want to admit to hanging out with but they sure put out great music. This remix is so badass. Hawthorne's white boy soul gets a jolt of Chromeo energy and it makes all the difference.

7) End of Time (Adeptus Remix) - Computer Magic: Hunter College product Computer Magic's facebook still has them listed as unsigned. How is that possible? This song is awesome. Electronic pop never felt so equally whimsical and dangerous.

8) Big Jet Plane (Stern* disco edit) - Angus and Julia Stone: This version of Big Jet Plane could have staved off the mass rest session that occurred during their mid afternoon Coachella set. It has just enough of a driving dance beat to keep the blood pumping while retaining that core distant Angus sad sound.

9) Videotapes - Blouse: I was sold right from the get go. The distorted time bent opening had me before I even heard the rest of the woozy track. I'm smitten. Their debut album comes out on November 1st. You should mark it on your calendar.

10) 1979 (Smashing Pumpkins cover) - RAC (ft. Liz Anjos): When the history books of 90's rock get written it is almost guaranteed that Billy Corgan and company will be written off as an afterthought while the Pearl Jam and Nirvana will be canonized. That's a shame. Here's hoping covers like this will remind people what kind of awesome songs they created. This poppy RAC led cover is a teen dream.

11) Keep Time - Gauntlet Hair: Gauntlet Hair are two dude BFFS from Colorado who have been creating heavy soaked in reverb pop jams since, according to them, they were 15. This would be an impressive fact if I knew how old they are now. Who cares? Gauntlet Hair's debut album is out 10/18 via Dead Oceans.

12) As Young As Yesterday - Korallreven: I feel like i wouldn't be doing my job properly if I didn't include a jam from Sweden on this mix. Korallreven's drum machine aided future swooshes and shimmering vocals will fill that quota nicely.

13) Last Words (RAC Maury Mix) - Clubfeet: The RAC has reached a certain Track mark stature where a new remix will get added to the mixtape without even one spin. I have that much faith in what they do. How many people can you say that for? Death, Taxes, The RAC.

14) Gotta Go - Oberhofer: If Glasvegas decided they wanted to make a summery Drums-esque track I'd imagine it would sound like Oberhofer's Gotta Go. This one track from these Brooklynites has me on full stalker mode. I liked their facebook, followed their twitter, and emailed their press contact. What I learned: They are currently working on their debut album slated to release early next year and they currently have no tour dates.

15) 'Shake It Out (Remix)' (Feat. The Weeknd) - Florence and the Machine: I can't think of a recent female artist who was loved by both hipsters and mom and Pop Wal-Mart alike. Shoehorning "The Dog Days Are Over" into trailers for Julia Roberts movies had a lot to do with that I'm guessing. My sister would eat a steaming pile of dog shit if Julia Roberts asked. I'm certain of this. This track is the opposite of a steaming pile of dog shit.

16) Somebody That I Used to Know - Gotye: This was a track I initially dismissed because of the video, and because the opening 90 seconds were so unassuming. After multiple people told me to go revisit it I decided I needed to give it another chance. I hit youtube, closed my eyes, and had my world rocked as I let the whole thing play out. I am man enough to admit I made a mistake. This track rocks.

17) Your Love (The Outfield cover) - JJ: Sure JJ might look like Ann from Arrested Development but that doesn't change the fact that she rocks. This cover of arguably the most well known and highly regarded one hit wonder of the 1980's gets reborn in the most basic stripped down way. It is plain and unpolished... kind of like Egg... I mean Ann.

18) Finally - The Frames - I fell hard for Once, a 2006 musical built around Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova's fake turned real courtship. Flash to 2011 & we're presented with a documentary that more or less is a sequel no one asked for. Storybook endings never end well in real life. Yes I'm jaded. Here's the trailer for the movie that follows them after the success of their film Once & subsequent Oscar win and the fractures that follow.

19) You (what would I do without) - Deblanke: Daniel DeBlanke of the Robotanists and Sukulltape ventures out on his own and finds his own voice on this stellar track. This guy knows string arrangements! The song grows from a stirpped down affair to something Brian Wilson would be proud of.

20) Wicked Game - James Vincent McMorrow: Someone must have passed the JVMCM (that's what his friends call him) a memo letting him know that I like to close out track marks with slow jams or covers. He smartly, for the second time in a moth, came to the table with a slow jam cover, thus nailing down the anchor leg of the mixture. This cover is so badass. Hey JVMCM, keep them coming!