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As expected, M.I.A’s new single “Bad Girls” premiered online this morning. An early version of the track was originally included in Maya’s Vicki Leekx mixtape last year. The single will be available at online retailers tomorrow, Jan. 31, and a video is coming in early February. Check out the full “Bad Girls” below:

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Seemly out of nowhere, Brooklyn MC Zebra Katz (though, he tends to refer to himself as Zabra F*cking Katz) dropped a free six track EP on Jeffree’s – a Mad Decent-associated label with a habit of dropping free releases on the regular. The EP is anchored by “Ima Read,” a super catchy and endlessly replayable minimal bass track. Like any proper online debut, “Ima Read” comes equipped with a video as compelling as the song. Perhaps even more compelling. It’s a hell of an introduction from an MC whose future work we’re anticipating.

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It’s been too long since we’ve heard new material from Brooklyn-via-Philly electro-R&B princess Santi White, so we were so psyched last week when she confirmed to V Magazine that her new record, Master of My Make-Believe, would feature collaborations from Switch, Dave Sitek, Nick Zinner, and others. Now, we have a new track to listen to called “Big Mouth,” masterminded by Major Lazer’s quieter and perhaps more talented half, Switch and Buraka Som Sistema (who counts Diplo and M.I.A. as fans).

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Brooklyn’s Friends caught our attention in 2011 with the effortlessly cool, hyper-catchy girl-group sass of “I’m His Girl,” and, in a recent session with BBC’s Radio 1, they proved they’re not a one-trick pony with super-sexy synth-pop jam “A Thing Like This.”

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Porcelain Raft’s Mauro Remiddi is on a hot streak with his woozy, reverb-drenched electropop jams. The latest track to see daylight from his debut record Strange Weekend, “Unless You Speak From Your Heart,” will end up being the “Two Weeks” of 2012 if we have anything to say about it – it’s not just that piano riff that draws similarities, it’s in that irresistible spreading-smile jubilance and mixtape-ready catchiness, that sun-blinded, day-drunk instant carefree anthem feeling, too.

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New Albany, Indiana might not be a musical mecca, and its latest prodigal sons (and daughter) Houndmouth might not have the greatest band name of all time, but press play on their debut single “Penitentiary,” shut your eyes, and don’t think about anything except how good this song is, and we guarantee all your worries will be erased.

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