I’m happy to hear that Britney’s still rocking the wobble. Whether or not she ever intentionally referenced dubstep in the past, she’s picked up that gauntlet like a true champion. Now, some serious popstep.

The xx – Shelter (HULK Remix)

HULK, the adamantine duo of Claw and Richie August, have been hanging out at the top of my playlist for a good six months now. You should listen to their remix of The xx’s Shelter as much as possible, because it becomes a free download at 10,000 plays. And I want that download. (ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!)

When the weather’s warmer, I make a habit of muttering into a voice recorder under the cover of darkness along the margins of suburbia as it bleeds into the wilds of the Canadian north. I discuss things like used vehicle sales practices and paragraph spacing with Mister Peepers, my ornithological confidant. We once discussed HULK.

If I recall correctly, this topic resulted in an unusual amount of hooting from Peepers, presumably because he—for once—agreed with my statement that HULK fucking rules. The stealthy raptor, you have to understand, is a hard-line anarchist who rarely entertains my ruminations as he disagrees with their socialist leanings on a deeply fundamental level.

But I guess all free-willed radicals love a dope bassline.