1. The Cure, “Exploding Head Syndrome (65 Days of Static Remix)â€
Robert Smith wrote an angry letter to his label about the band’s newest EP, in which he said of the above megamix, “YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY £4.83 FOR THE 65DOS REMIX…!!! WHO THE FUCK IS GOING TO PAY THIS AND NOT FEEL TOTALLY RIPPED OFF?†We’re quoting him out of context, but we totally agree. [Pitchfork]
2. Lupe Fiasco, “Phat Joeâ€
In a display of either remarkable restraint or remarkable laziness, Lupe declined to write a third verse for this unreleased Food & Liquor–era track (“I feel it’s very unnecessaryâ€). It might’ve helped, though. [Pretty Much Amazing]
3. Little Joy, “No One’s Better Sakeâ€
The only thing preventing the Strokes from having more side projects (this one a reggae band featuring Fabrizio Moretti) than Broken Social Scene is the fact that they have half as many band members. [Cold Cut]
4. Nelly feat. T.I. and LL Cool J, “Hold Upâ€
Nelly gives some unusual investment advice on this new single: “I’m gonna buy me the fall.†As financially unorthodox as buying an entire season is, it’s probably smarter than keeping your money in the stock market these days. [Surviving the Golden Age]
5. Pussycat Dolls, “Don’t Wanna Fall in Love†(Jane Child cover)
The new Pussycat Dolls album leaked this weekend, and amid a double-album’s worth of passable 2008 pop is this not-bad cover of passable 1990 track. [Mixtape Maestro]