If you’ve ever wanted to hear the voice behind all these inane posts, then Tuesday is your day. I’ll be sitting in for an hour at 11 a.m. PT/MT as part of Guest DJ Week at Arizona State radio station the Blaze (1260 AM), which allows you to stream from the comfort of the chair you are sitting in right now.

Day 1 already offered up a few of my favorite local people, who likely will be tough acts to follow: Jim Adkins from Jimmy Eat World; Jason Woodbury from Hands on Fire and Martin Cizmar, music editor of Phoenix New Times.

In preparing for this – I was told to put about an hour’s worth of music together – I’ve learned it’s impossible to cram in everything I’d want people to hear. My working list of songs comes from artists that I feel are representative of regular postings around here, though I’m 99.9 percent positive I’m leaving something worthwhile on the cutting-room floor (sorry, Radar Bros. … maybe next time).

So tune in if you can. I’ve been told only about a hundred times that I have a (deep) voice for radio. I guess we’ll find out if that’s true.

Touring partners Her Space Holiday and City Light (coming to Modified on May 10) have collaborated on a split EP for which they cover each other. City Light takes on Her Space Holiday’s New Kid Revival and Her Space Holiday reworks All You Demons, from City Light’s forthcoming full-length Burn Out Bright.

The EP, due out April 7 on iTunes via Banter Records, is only two songs, but the kind folks at Banter have given us the green light to post Her Space Holiday’s contribution and the City Light original. (By the way, City Light is comprised of Nick Andre from Her Space Holiday; Denver Dalley from Desaparecidos; Andy Fitts from Aqueduct and Seattle singer/songwriter Matthew Shaw.)

• Her Space Holiday | All You Demons (City Light cover)
• City Light | All You Demons

It’s pure coincidence, I’m sure, that Eriksolo from Meanest Man Contest e-mailed me to let me know about MMC’s remix of a new Daedelus track. Just the other day I was at a thrift store, staring at the piles of worthless/busted keyboards, speakers, joysticks, etc., and I couldn’t help but think of MMC’s great track Throwing Away Broken Electronics, an ode to dead technology.

MMC’s latest project is a reworking of a Daedelus song Off to the Races, which is available on a split EP on a new label called Friends of Friends. Eric sums it up thusly:

“The idea behind the label is that they ask an artist to do a split EP, and that artist asks a friend to do the other half of the EP, and then the artists ask another friend to create a piece of art, which then gets printed on a limited edition t-shirt that is sold as the physical component of the digital music release. The package comes with a bunch of remixes, of which my track is one.”

The project has been featured recently on XLR8R, the Amoeba blog and Pitchfork.

The EP is available on eMusic or at the FoF store. Below is the tracklisting and an mp3 of the MMC remix:

Friends of Friends, Volume 1:
1. Daedelus – C’est Super
2. Daedelus – LA Nocturn
3. Daedelus – Off to the Races
4. Jogger – Nice Tights
5. Jogger – Litre o’ Cola
6. Jogger – Nephicide

Remixes:
Daedelus – C’est Super (Michna Remix)
Daedelus – LA Nocturn (Eliot Lipp Remix)
Daedelus – Off to the Races (Meanest Man Contest Remix feat. Cuzzo)
Jogger – Nice Tights (Nosaj Thing Remix)
Jogger – Nice Tights (Mexicans with Guns Remix)
Jogger – Nice Tights (Grahm of Thunderheist Remix)
Jogger – Nice Tights (Keenhouse Remix)

• Daedelus | Off to the Races (Meanest Man Contest remix feat. Cuzzo)

Related:
Meanest Man Contest: We Blame You EP
Black Mirror: Quarterbar remix
Meanest Man Contest: new video!
I Used to Love H.E.R.: Eriksolo (Meanest Man Contest)
Meanest Man Contest: Partially Smart
Meanest Man Contest 7-inch

Fair or not, I tend to give Davíd Garza a bit of a free pass. That’s what happens when a guy writes what I’d have to consider one of my top 10 albums of the ’90s. I don’t hesitate to say This Euphoria (1998) belongs in every collection. (Overdub is pretty great, too.)

Problem is, Garza, who hails from Austin, has a bit of that Ryan Adams problem: He’s immensely prolific … maybe to a fault. At the very least, it’s hard to keep up with his numerous releases, many of which have been digital-only in recent years.

So I shouldn’t have been surprised to realize that I totally missed the boat on Garza’s late ’08 release, Dream Delay (available on eMusic). I actually was clued in by Paul Ford’s often-hilarious six-word reviews of SXSW mp3s, in which he gave the Garza song 2 Sinners in the Garden five dots/circle thingies (the highest rating).

Because I just got Dream Delay, I’m still soaking it in, but it does feature guest spots from Fiona Apple (who chose Garza to open for her on tour), Al Jourgensen of Ministry (WTF?) and Jim Ward of At the Drive-In/Sparta/Sleepercar.

Check out 2 Sinners in the Garden, which Ford ever-tersely said is “better than most soundtrack-friendly indie.”

• Davíd Garza | 2 Sinners in the Garden

BONUS:

• Davíd Garza | Float Away

(From This Euphoria. Put it on your next mixtape and thank me later.)