Before the duo’s long-awaited album, Light Years, is released in early-September, Eliot Lipp and Leo 123 (a.k.a. Dark Party) will drop their Patrol Patrol EP tomorrow, June 22. Released via Old Tacoma, the forthcoming EP features two original songs, “Patrol Patrol” and “Status,” along with a remix of each track. Brooklyn’s Mux Mool handles the rework of “Patrol Patrol,” and fellow NY-resident Michna is updating “Status” (get it?!). Another remix EP will is on its way for August, so keep your eyes peeled for that, and check out the Patrol Patrol EP’s artwork below.

In keeping up with its annual mix series, Top Billin associate and Finnish party-starting production duo Sharkslayer just hooked us up with the latest addition to its downloadable DJ sets, Dead Men Tell No Tales, and now we bring it to you. Sharkslayer’s mix is bass-heavy and club-ready, to be sure, but in ways less typical than most. XLR8R producers of interest Drop the Lime, Egyptrixx, Cosmin TRG, and Supra1 all make appearances throughout the set’s hour-plus runtime, along with exciting contributions from a handful of low-end-dedicated dance music’s lesser known tunesmiths. Dead Men precedes the DJ/production duo’s upcoming tour of Australia/New Zealand, and is available for free download here. Check out the full tracklist below.

01. Phil Kieran – Tartan Paint
02. Goldfish Und Der Lulz – Love Me Fender
03. Hobo – Orange Dyno
04. Legobeat – Dog, Owl, Bag (Woo Banger Remix)
05. Cytric – Filthy Beats (Hugo Rizzo & Unik Tech Mix)
06. Art Vs. Science – Parlez Vous Francais (Nadastrom Remix)
07. Headshotboyz – My Brand New V8
08. French Fries – Predador (Sharkslayer Nassau Vip)
09. Milt Mortez – Hobble
10. Sticky K – The Weirdo (Sharkslayer Nassau Mix)
11. Roulet – Dongo
12. Redlight – Stupid (instrumental)
14. Biass – Slap In The Bass
15. Dillon Francis & Dj Ammo – Westside
16. Lucid – Run It
17. Drop The Lime – Sex Sax (Dillon Francis Remix)
18. Egyptrixx – Phones (Sharkslayer Nassau Vip)
19. Beataucue – Wolves (Sharkslayer Remix)
20. Tom Staar – Two Tone Simms
21. Sharkslayer – Hammerhead
22. DJ Pushups – Things
23. The Others – Quantum Leap
24. Cosmin TRG – Strobe Lick
25. Supra 1 f. Amy Douglas – Still Believe (The Boogaloo Crew Arpsteppa Remix)

Brooklyn’s Nick Chacona (pictured above) released his debut album Love in the Middle earlier this year on Moodmusic. Now, the former XLR8R columnist has rallied a handful of the more recognizable producers from the world’s house and disco scenes for an EP of remixes of Love‘s monstrous boogie track, “The Fear.” The Fear Remixes features tweaked versions of the track from Anthony Mansfield, Bostro Pesopeo, Beg to Differ, and more, and will be released June 30 on Moodmusic. Check out the artwork and tracklist below.

01 The Fear (Beg To Differ Remix
02 The Fear (Bostro Pesopeo Remix)
03 The Fear (Gegenheimer & Jenius Remix)
04 The Fear (Sare Havlicek Remix)
05 The Fear (Bostro Pesopeo Dub)
06 The Fear (Sare Havlicek Dub)
07 The Fear (Anthony Mansfield Remix

Two members of the veteran Detroit techno collective Underground Resistance have come together on a new project, which will be exhibited this Saturday, June 19 at 10 Critics in Detroit. Entitled Something in the Sky, the show is an audio/visual performance dreamt up by Jeff Mills (pictured above) based around the sights, sounds, and emotions surrounding the idea of UFO encounters. A partner of Mills in the UR crew, Mike Banks, caught wind of the upcoming show, and opted to add himself to the bill with a special performance of his own, introducing the four-hour exhibition. From the press release, “Something in the Sky…explores the extraordinary aspects and perspective of unidentified sightings in the Detroit Metro area, the United States, and around the world, and is about the human reaction to such occurrences. It displays our subconscious feelings as they emerge and come out into the light by such encounter.” Far out, huh? Limited presale tickets and more detailed info on the event is available here.

Toronto is undoubtedly abuzz this week, and while a good portion of that buzz can be attributed to its many diverse neighbo(u)rhoods flaunting their national pride during World Cup, there’s much to be said for the city’s NXNE festival, which takes over 50 venues for seven days, with music, film, and all sorts of music-related goings on.

First, the quick bummer news: Recent XLR8R.com heat-bringer Dominique Young Unique—we found out as we tried to schedule an interview with her—had to pull out of the proceedings after losing her voice nights before.

DD/MM/YYYY

Okay, now onto the good stuff: Aside from amazing weather, a sweet serving of Smoke’s poutine, and a John Doe hotel-elevator run-in, Thursday’s highlights for us would definitely include Toronto faves DD/MM/YYYY , who ripped through a 35-minute set at The Garrison. All angular synth, guitar, and drum noise from five youngsters taking a page from the book of Don Caballero and Lightning Bolt, it was loud, hot, and sticky enough to send us up the street for a cold one at The Communist’s Daughter, a cozy Little Portugal hole in the wall frequented by the likes of Metric and Broken Social Scene, before heading across the way to try (unsuccessfully) to catch a secret set by—whatdya know—Broken Social Scene.

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The city granted NXNE a special drink-’til-4 a.m. license, so a 2 a.m. set by XLR8R regular FaltyDL at The Drake Underground seemed a proper end to the night (note to other cities: 4 a.m. last calls are a good idea during rock fests). To know Drew “FaltyDL” Lustman is to know that you never know what to expect from one of his club sets—he can get a crowd grooving in fewer 16 bars, or he can intentionally clear a lame-ass dancefloor with an intense jungle assault. Last night he got off on the good foot, with a DJ Nate juke track kicking off his set, and keeping the smallish crowd sufficiently pumped til the wee hours.

Check back here Monday for a full weekend-long wrap-up from Toronto.

First The Grey Album, then Girl Talk, and now this. Bi-coastal producer Jason Drake (a.k.a. Cassettes Won’t Listen) prepared this meeting of seemingly disparate musical entities between studio sessions for his forthcoming new full-length album, and is now unleashing Animal Ox, a meeting of Animal Collective and Cannibal Ox. Whether this is a “hipster’s wet dream” or not, the basis for the idea has interesting roots. To paraphrase the press release, Cannibal Ox’s 2001 album, The Cold Vein, was a highly influential release that launched both El-P’s group and label into the underground hip-hop spotlight when it came out. Hundreds of miles away at the same time, Animal Collective came together and started slowly climbing the ladder to indie stardom. Animal Ox joins the genre-defying nature of Animal Collective’s discography with Cannibal Ox’s singular opus in what Cassettes Won’t Listen hopes is a respectful and interesting way—he’s essentially paying homage to some of indie music’s most unparalleled icons. Check out the album’s artwork and tracklist below, and download the whole thing for free here.

01 A B-Boys Alpha
02 Battle For Asgard
03 The F-word
04 Vein
05 Real Earth
06 Raspberry Fields
07 Atom
08 Scream Phoenix
09 Painkillers

No matter what title is currently most popular for his music (future-garage, post-dubstep, whatever-you-call-it), UK tune maker and Blunted Robots co-owner Brackles is constantly at work making and releasing those kind of forward-thinking jams we’ve all come to crave. Recently, the multi-tasking DJ/producer added another bit of work to his already crowded schedule: crafting the first installment of the Songs For Endless Cities mix series for new !K7-affiliated label Cool in the Pool. The new DJ set is Brackles first mix album, and is said to be “a slice of Brackles after hours and out of hours, with the afterglow still burning, maybe the rhythms still bumping, but with the freedom to rove around a bit, enjoying and exploring sound without always having to turn back to the dancefloor.” Nearly every track in the bass-heavy mix comes from a producer of high-regard, including Flying Lotus, Cooly G, Deadboy, Zomby, Kyle Hall, and a brand-new, exclusive track from Brackles himself. Songs For Endless Cities Volume 1: Brackles is out August 31. Check out the full tracklist and cover art below, and get incoming info about the release here.

1. Flying Lotus – My Chippy (WARP)
2. Floating Points – Peoples Potential (EGLO)
3. Zomby – Tarantula (HYPERDUB)
4. Roska – I Need Love feat. Anesha (RINSE)
5. Brackles – Blo (COOL IN THE POOL / !K7)
6. Martin Kemp – No Charisma (BLUNTED ROBOTS)
7. Kyle Hall – Luv for KMFH (WILD OATS)
8. Cooly G – Love Dub Refix (HYPERDUB)
9. DJ Dom – Sunshowers (BLUNTED ROBOTS)
10. DJ Mystery – Speechless feat. Natalie K (DJ MYSTERY)
11. Hypno – Over The Top (PTN/RAMP)
12. Rishi Romero – African Forest (MADE IN NL)
13. Breach – Fatherless (PTN/RAMP)
14. Deadboy – If You Want Me (NUMBERS)
15. 2562 – Dinosaur (TECTONIC)
16. Dorian Concept – Trilingual Dance Sexperience (AFFINE)
17. Funkineven – Must Move (EGLO)