It’s always a good day when a piece of news includes music, cats and science all in one.Scientists have been hard at work solving life’s major problems and answering our deepest, most important questions. Specifically, researchers at the University of Wisconsin have been busy creating music for cats.The team created custom kitty music by laying beats that were within the same frequencies that felines use to communicate with each other. The tempo is also similar to the speed that cats purr.47 different cats had this music played to them. Success included when cats rubbed up against the speakers while ‘cat music’ played, whereas they just stood around when ‘human music’ was played.Here’s one example:The full report can be found here, as written…

Ever craved a hashtag that uprooted your deepest emotion regarding EDM strugglers? Neither have we – but courtesy of Chicago dance legend Derrick Carter we now have #derphouse, the hashtag antithesis of everything that’s derpy about music today.As if public psalms from the bible of derp – the #derphouse revolution has got us thinking about the serious integration of derpy moves from those in and outside the industry alike. Targeting some of the most infuriating attitudes and actions from the scene – it’s hard to disagree that we have a disproportionate amount of derp in the electronic community.Deemed by many as a tag which carries condescension and arrogance in spades – …

With news that Kele of Bloc Party is heading to Australia for a club tour this month it reminded us of a time when the band were front and centre of the world, and with it some radical remixes that followed.We weren’t talking about any old remixes either with some big re-workings from Boys Noize, Digitalism, MSTRKRFT, Mogwai, RAC and plenty more of both classic and new cuts.Some focus on the grindy, guitar thrashing elements, others introduce Bloc Party to the dancefloor (ahem, Ejeca) and then there’s… The Streets remix hahaHow’d we do?1. Bloc Party – Where Is Home? (Burial Remix)2. Bloc Party – Helicopter feat Peaches (Weird Science Remix)3. Bloc Party – Montreal (Ejeca Remix)4. …

Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Snoopzilla, Snoop Lion….. hmmm, I wonder what his disco name will be?I guess he wasn’t satisfied with rap and reggae, because it’s been reported that this album will be full of funk, disco and gooood times – and he’s enlisted the help of Pharrell Williams!Williams will be the sole producer of Snoop’s upcoming album ‘Bush,’ his 13th studio record. Confirmed guests include Stevie Wonder, Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Wilson.Here’s the album art. Yep, it’s a dog[g] eating a bush. I’ll leave the interpretations up to you.Disco sure has been enjoying all kinds of revivals recently, and Snoop’s the latest to jump on the bandwagon. I don’t really know if it’s going to be me …

Madeon feat. Passion Pit – Pay No Mind A bit Pop, but I still like it.