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1 Home Blitz “S TUPID STREET” Like a teenage tweaker knocking over garbage cans, lo-fi maestro Daniel DiMaggio recorded this self-narrated power-pop blurt on the sidewalk in front of his New Jersey house.

^{2 Chingo Bling} “^{THEY CAN’T DEPORT US ALL}” ^{This rooster-flauntin’ Tejano MC gives his goofy jokes} a barbed-wire edge, skewering the border debate over a guitar-lickin’ track by Salih “Still Tippin’” Williams.

3D _c3ude N Nem “MCDONALD’S” The Chicago rap duo of “Watch My Feet” juke fame turn down the lights and ommit to treating the ladies with the respect they deserve—you want fries with that Ranch Snack Wrap, shawty?

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Imani Coppola “WOKE UP HWITE” In ¹⁹⁹⁷, Coppola was a college kid who rapped, sang, and rocked a violin on MTV. Now she hangs with Mike Patton and screams hilariously fucked punk songs like this.

^{5 Lil Mama} “^{G-SLIDE/TOUR BUS}” ^{With bratty-gal ghostwriter Dr. Luke (}“^{Since U Been Gone,}” “^Girl- friend,” “Love Me or Hate Me”) facilitating the nursery-rhyme synth jam, Brooklyn’s favorite half-pint pops off.

^{6 Sam Sparro} “^{BLACK AND GOLD}” ^{Great, another ’80s-retro, keytar-wielding hambone in tight gold} pants. But this L.A. singer/songwriter’s soul croon actually dazzles, nuzzling up to a slinky electro-funk groove.

^{7 Georgie James} “^{NEED YOUR NEEDS}” ^{They’re on Saddle Creek, and the main guy was in D.C. punk-} funkers Q and Not U, but this boy-girl combo is all wistfully sunny, floating-in-the-shallow-end ’70s-AM shimmy.

^{8 Minipop} “^{LIKE I DO}” ^{Dream-pop shabby chic at its most lush. Singer Tricia Kanne nestles into this Bay} Area band’s pillowy expanse of guitars and keyboards, wearily professing her love. Then she nods off.

9B _a9irds of Avalon “BICENTENNIAL BABY” Richard Linklater should put Ethan Hawke on hold (forever!) nd recut Dazed and Confused with this twin-guitar blast of scuzzed, fuzzed, and buzzed Cheap Trick cheekiness.

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A Place to Bury Strangers “TO FIX THE GASH IN YOUR HEAD” Led by effects-pedal auteur Oliver Ackermann, this Brooklyn band sounds like Kevin Shields bitch-slapping Al Jourgensen. With a purpose.

^{11 Monster Bobby} “^{THE CLOSEST EXPERIENCE TO THAT OF BEING WITH YOU IS THE} XPERIENCE OF TAKING DRUGS” A charming bit of pop-rock pocket lint from the Pipettes’ conceptualist.

^{12 Wiz Khalifa} “^{ALL IN M Y BLOOD}” ^{An infectiously chopped-up jazz-funk introduction to the Pittsburgh} MC. Predictably, Warner Bros. is pushing the synth-heavy hustler trash “Youngin on His Grind” instead.

13^1W _la3hite Williams “NEW VIOLENCE” This Girl Talk buddy and Dan Deacon tourmate is a member of the ptop-pop special-people club, but he’s also a sly songwriter with a closet full of quirky sounds and melodies.

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Para One “DUDUN-DUN (BOYS NOIZE REMIX)” Former French indie hip-hop producer drops a sleekly thumping tech-house Maybach, and DJ trickster Boys Noize graffitis “Bite me!” all over the hood.

^{15 Cannonball Jane} “^{TAKE IT TO FANTASTIC}” ^{An elementary-school music teacher from Connecticut,} Sharon Hagopian busts out the most effortlessly funky indie-rock G-slide not on the Go! Team’s new album.

Handsome Furs “Cannot Get Started” Handsome Furs’ excellent debut album, Plague Park, is all about the push and pull of committed long-term relationships, and this video hypothesizes that those connections can start anywhere. A hipster girl and gangster guy notice each other over french fries. The two have a quick make-out session in the middle of the street before driving off in his beat-up pickup. Is it fate or a one-night stand—or both?

Spoon
“Don’t You Evah”
A semi-sequel to a viral clip
of a beat-sensitive robot
named Keepon grooving to
the band’s “I Turn My Camera
On,” this video follows the
little guy’s travels throughout
Tokyo with his boom-box-
toting companion. When
they enter an electronics store,
a group of other robots can’t
help but get funky themselves.
If the machines are taking
over, at least we know they
have rhythm.

Hangar 18
“Bakin Soda”
This trio has a little fun with
3-D effects and a household
product. It’s hard to decide
what’s more jarring: DJ paWL’s
wacky alien helmet (a giant
pair of antenna headphones
and a net covering his face) or
his spastic dance moves while
he throws around the titular
additive. Either way, he’s very
excited about cooking up
some rock in the Pyrex—or
maybe just about keeping
his fridge smelling fresh.

Animal
C ollective
“ Peacebone”
Seemingly culled from a
serial killer’s home videos,
this five-minute nightmare
posits that most of America
is populated by inexplic-
able monsters. There’s a
dwarf-looking guy with a
giant head who exudes a
passive ferocity, while the
Alien-like chest-burster
that emerges from one of
the characters’ mouths
(and sings a bit, for good
measure) should put you
off the nation’s back roads
for quite some time.

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