I dunno, Lily Allen mashups are like buses, turn your head for a minute and 2 come at once and whizz past the bus stop.

I missed these first time (uh, like 2 weeks? YEARS in blog land) but the first is by the excellent ThriftshopXL – I raved about the last Lily video he did with the Cure, and now Lilyest Hobo (please no dog jokes) which got the thumbs up from the label and b3ta and loads of other places. In fact it had pervaded my consciousness that something callled the Lilyest Hobo was out there, but never clicked on the link..If I’d seen TXL next to it I would have immediately because he’s always quality.

And the next is a surprise – me liking a Darkness mashup! I know, Lily now Darkness, what is Tim coming to? Anyway mixed with the wonderful Buraka Son Sistema by the french bootlegger Elocnep (one to watch, kids!) and from Foolklegs II – which if it’s anything as good as the first one is well worth downloading as I just have. I’ll let you know.

Bat For Lashes: Daniel vs The Cure: A Forest (Thriftshop XL’s Obvious Mashup) from Thriftshop XL on Vimeo.

Many of you might not know the name Thriftshop XL – but along with Eclectic Method he is one of the video mashup pioneers from the early days of the current mashup scene…involved with video mashes played on TV such as on The Hits and The Box and I think involved with MTV Mash (remember that?), involvement with End of the Month Club in Glasgow and an alround good bloke. Really there are a lot of video mashers out there, but very few who are quality and take it beyond the basic cut A vs B – TXL is one of that few.

So here’s his latest video mixing Bat for Lashes with the Cure, the Bat for Lashes song is very hot (well in my BBC Radio 6 world anyway) and this works very well, the moody Cure video and the scary video for Daniel (balaclavas! AARGH!) providing a great video.

Check out his site for more, including the excellent video and audio for LiliBye, continuing the Cure theme mixing them with Lily Allen…

Oh and other video mashers? To paraphrase Ian Fondue: Welcome to big skool.

*Yes I know he’s not gone away if you look at his YouTube channel, but then it’s not news and *I* missed it so that’s what matters, eh?