Tried & Tested

School sucks, work is worse, and fall is falling in buckets, but these five tracks (chosen by five of the city’s best DJs) give us reason to believe that the sun will come out again, someday.

DJ Neoteric
Go Dumb Saturdays at the Columbia
DJ UNK featuring OutKast and Jim Jones “Walk It Out (Remix)”
“The hottest track in the South gets the southern-playalistic treatment, and we get a taste of the OutKast we dearly miss.”

Wundrkut
Get Up Get Down Fridays at Shine
Percee P “Raw Heat”
“This is a solid dose of hip-hop from outside the box, and it’s a song that will shake your rump.”

Jay-Auto
Bodyrock Fridays at Library Square Public House
Tennishero featuring Chelonis R. Jones “Alone (Tiebreak Version)”
“A hot driving beat with shades of Depeche Mode and some soulful R?&?B vocals make this one a sure-fire panties-on-the-dance-floor hit.”

DJ Betti Forde
Stacked Tuesdays at Celebrities
Viberator Fridays at Lick Nightclub
ProCon “Foxhole”
“This is fast, driving electro-rock that’s meaty, not cheesy, with a killer hook that makes it an anthem.”

Luke McKeehan
Nordic Trax Records
Wagon Cookin’ Start to Play/Don’t Stop
“Eclectic and crossover are such overused terms these days, but I would be hard-pressed to find a dance floor anywhere—besides Granville Street on Fridays and Saturdays—where this wicked new EP would not bring down the house.”