The official line-up for the 2012 Coachella Festival–a strange world where hipsters, hip-hop enthusiasts, ravers and wandering Burning Man attendees, join for one magical celebration–has just been announced.

The two week line-up includes some majorly MuuMuse Approved acts, including Swedish House Mafia, Florence + The Machine, Avicii, Morgan Page, M83, Kaskade, Afrojack, Miike Snow, Santigold and many, many more.

Will you be heading to Coachella Valley for this year’s festival? Who knows…I just may show up twirling in the crowd!

Unless you’ve been living under a Sweden-sized rock, you’d know that Robyn has just released her latest single from Body Talk this week in the US: “Call Your Girlfriend.”

The remix bundle, which was released on iTunes this week, includes a slew of fabulous mixes like the Kaskade mix and the dubstep-tastic Feed Me remix.

But my favorite of the bunch by far is the Sultan & Ned Shepard remix, which incorporates new spacey blips and bleeps, crashing drums and an utterly filthy, Girls Aloud-esque guitar strum that makes the Swedish chanteuse’s sugary proposition sound much more rowdy. My sugar is RAW!

The beat is so unforgivably bangin’, it’ll have him ditching his old chick in no time!

The “Call Your Girlfriend” Remixes EP was released on May 10. (iTunes)

As my Muusers may already know, I’m a massive fan of both Kaskade and his side outfit, Late Night Alumni. Lush dream-pop? Always and forever, please!

Today the band released “It’s Not Happening,” the lead single from their third studio album Haunted, which is due out on February 8. (LISTEN)

While the song’s skittering trip-hop beat is slightly more uptempo than the band’s usual output, the warm, setting sun electronica wisps and hazy blips of electronica recall the classic work of Late Night Alumni. “It’s Not Happening” is an invigorating groove, fit to set the mood at the swankiest of lounges or that trendy French bistro downtown.

Along with the original, the single’s release also comes bundled on iTunes with a remix by Kaskade, which takes the original and adds a jagged, progressive house beat on top. “It’s not happening, it’s not happening,” Becky Jean Williams sugary-sweet voice echoes on repeat above a steadily climbing beat.

But by the time the beat crashes at 3 minutes in, you’ll know quite well: It’s happening, indeed.

“It’s Not Happening” was released on January 11. (iTunes)

As you all must know by now, Kaskade has just digitally unleashed his sixth studio album, Dynasty (with a physical release to follow on May 11).

In order to celebrate the release, MuuMuse is proud to be giving away ONE PAIR of tickets to see Kaskade playing live at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City on May 8, where he will be joined by Infected Mushroom and Hercules and the Love Affair.

To enter to win, send me an e-mail with the subject line “KASKADE” telling me your favorite Kaskade track OR tweet me (and follow me!) with the following phrase: “Hey @muumuse, I want to see Kaskade too!” The winner will be selected and notified on May 5 at 12 p.m. EST.

The show is bound to be incredible. Hurry up and enter now!

To preview and purchase Dynasty on iTunes, click here. To hear more from Kaskade, check out his MySpace page right here.

MuuMuse Approved Tracks for the Week of April 25, 2010

5. The Runaways – Cherry Bomb
Saw the biopic on Wednesday. It wasn’t very good (aside from Dakota Fanning’s spot-on performance), but I’ll be damned if I haven’t been blasting this ever since.
4. Robyn – Cry When You Get Older
Layered electronica and complex rhythms. The dancehall queen takes it to another level yet again.
3. Lolene – Rich (Fake It ‘Til You Make It)
My life’s mantra at the moment.
2. Robyn – Don’t Fucking Tell Me What To Do
This song is killing me. Is it all about the song title? Yes…yes it is.
1. Diana Vickers – Once
The song is not a new addition to my playlists by any means. I am just too proud of this chick for officially hitting #1 on the UK Single Charts today. Congrats, Diana! Totally deserved. Album review coming this week.

Huzzah! An official press release!

Kaskade is releasing his sixth studio album, Dynasty, on April 27 on iTunes (May 11 everywhere else).

The first single from the album will be “Dynasty,” featuring Haley (who’s previously sung on such MuuMuse favorites as “Move For Me” and “I Remember.”) And now, the song:

There we go. As you can hear, it’s still Kaskade at his best, featuring classic beats and waves of emotion. He continues to do no wrong in my eyes.

The single can now be purchased at iTunes here.

Kaskade will be touring the country to promote this release. Click “Read More” to check out the full list of dates he’ll be appearing!

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It’s time to get transitive up in this bitch.

I love Kaskade. Kaskade is a member of Late Night Alumni. Therefore, I love me some Late Night Alumni.

But Kaskade or otherwise, I’ve always adored this group. Composed of lead singer Becky Jean Williams, Finn Bjarnson, John Hancock, and Ryan Raddon (Kaskade), Late Night Alumni is a stunning dreamy dance-pop outfit responsible for some the lushest, heaven-sent soundscapes I’ve ever heard (as well as the soundtrack to countless makeup tutorials by Michelle Phan–love her so hard!)

The group’s latest album, Of Birds, Bees, Butterflies, etc., was released digitally in November of last year. However, the physical release just happened on February 2.

To celebrate the album’s physical release, MuuMuse is proud to be giving away TWO COPIES of the album. To win, send a blank e-mail to muumuse@gmail.com with the subject line “ALUMNI,” or send a tweet my way with the phrase “I want to stay up with @muumuse listening to Late Night Alumni!” Two random winners will be selected at 12 p.m. EST on February 24.

And now, enjoy–this is the sound of something beautiful.

Kaskade proves that he literally does no wrong with his remix of “Waves of Change,” the new single stemming from Samantha James‘ long anticipated sophomore record off of Om Records.

Such a dream, I could listen on and on and on…

Click here to check out the “Waves of Change” single on iTunes.