Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch Remixed by Chin & TroubleMaker

Laced with epic electronic drum fills and fade in/outs that make you think you’re losing your hearing, Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups has been remixed. TroubleMaker got together with Chin (aka Kristian Rile) to give the shoegaze rockers track a trance-like treatment. The blend is quite intoxicating and definitely worth a listen if you need to take a few minutes for yourself to relieve a bit of stress. Hell, even if you’re not stressed and you have a hankering for some good ol’ electronic shoegaze, this will easily fulfill your auditory needs!

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Silversun Pickups - Panic Switch (TroubleMaker and Chin Remix)

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Kid Cudi Signs With Universal Motown

On the strength of the single Day ‘N’ Nite, Universal Motown has snapped up this chart smashing hip hop artist. Kid Cudi manages to touch on multiple genres including, R&B, rock, pop and of course, hip hop. If you’ve lived in a cave and haven’t heard Kid Cudi yet, you can listen to the entire album stream of Plain Pat & Emile Presents a Kid Named Cudi below. It’s great to see a hip hop artist that isn’t using auto-tune on every track, being signed to a major label .

You can read more about the Kid Cudi record deal over at Hip Hop Press!

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IDMF003 - Mind Tree Album Stream And Download

IDM Forums just dropped an amazing compilation featuring some up and coming electronic artists that contribute to the community. In the words of IDM, “Every possible emotion is touched upon: melancholy, anger, excitement, and happiness being just a few, and all of them are perfectly blended into a cross-genre compilation of only a fraction of the talented artists that contribute to IDM Forums.” If you feel like escaping your busy life for a little bit, kick your feet up, play this album and just let yourself go. It’s an auditory massage that doesn’t cost a dime, and doesn’t leave you covered in massage oil at the end of the hour!

01:  Mosaic Mosaic - Irresolution (Solution)
02:  Bitbasic - Fractal Pants
03:  Sourone - Making Every Promise Empty
04:  Ibunshi - Sipher
05:  The Get - The Darkness
06:  Permutated - Death Ray Nocturnal
07:  Dfader - What Was Lost Can Never Be Found
08:  tuneboxii - Feed The Keys
09:  Sartre - The Great Elk
10:  Son of Akira - Panhandler Interlude
11:  Halogen - The Rocketeer
12:  Pointblank - Keep Walking
13:  Me+You - E Piano
14:  IG-88 - Planet Parenthood
15:  Jwilson - It Flickers Between The Endless
16:  Altered Tensions - Things Change Swiftly
17:  Atra Aeterna - When the World Ends

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Bjork Gets Remixed By Switch

If I were going to hop in a Mars bound space ship flown by Buck Rodgers, and it would be a 5 minute 15 second journey, I know what would be playing while on this mission: Bjork’s Nattura, remixed by Switch. This gem of a remix takes you from warp speed, to cruising, through turbulence, and then lands you without a scratch on your head. This could also be used as the song that plays during the Space Mountain ride and I wouldn’t complain. Regardless, sit back, crank up your speakers and get lost in this insane remix.

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Bjork - Nattura (Switch remix)

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Eminem Video For We Made You

Well, it’s been 5 years since Eminem was last significant in the mainstream hip hop world, and nothing has changed. From the over the top videos to the ridiculous pop culture references, this is a man that craves the limelight so much, that he can’t seem to escape the past. However, what worked in the past might not work out in the present, as TRL is just a memory, he has no auto-tune on his voice, and there is no Lil Wayne cameo. Did I also mention that the whiny reggae voice isn’t flattering when it spans an ENTIRE song?

Eminem should have kept his retirement promise, while living in Boca Raton playing 18 holes on the daily with Bob Barker. Since he hasn’t and I think a laugh a day at the pompus is good for your heart, I’ll be a friend and give you one!

Eminem - We Made You

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And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Isis Unveiled (video)

Former buzzworthy band with a name that would make sense on a Panic At The Disco tracklist, has released a new video for the song Isis Unveiled. The video is definitely not something you’ll want to watch if you are currently on acid (as I know so many people surf the internet while on acid), but it is something you’ll want to see if you like insane demons, clans of dead people and the mug of Conrad Keely. Of course the music that accompanies it is worth a listen as well, so enjoy yourself!

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Afghan Raiders Remix The Faint - Mirror Error

I was jumping up and down like an excited schoolgirl when I saw that the Afghan Raiders were featured on Spin.com.  This was amazing on 2 accounts:

1. I’m not a schoolgirl, yet I could mimic the jumping capability of one perfectly. I am trying to figure out what I should do with this new found talent.

2. It’s great to see these guys getting the press they deserve after busting their asses in the studio and on the road.

If you’ve never heard the Afghan Raiders, it is about time that you do. Their tracks are pure electro-thrash with pulsating beats that blend perfectly with Mikey Francis’ distorted vocals. Beans and Mikey do their best to make sure that you know they are not DJ’s, and they make this quite apparent during their live sets that are sure to scorch your eyebrows off. Give a listen to the Afghan Raiders track below which remixes The Faint’s Mirror Error.

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Mirror Error - The Faint (Afghan Raiders Remix)

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Junior Boys Stream Begone Dull Care

If you like Canadian music with lots of synth beeps, blips and bops, than I’ve got something for you! Junior Boys are releasing Begone Dull Care on April 7th, but thanks to the guys at Imeem, you are able to stream this album below. I’m not sure that you can have a wild free-for all kegger type listening party with your friends for this album, but you can definitely invite a few over for some Jenga, Rubik’s Cube battles and grape soda. I suggest this because that’s what I’m doing later on. Enjoy the free album stream below!

Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care

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El Grupo Nuevo De Omar Rodriguez Lopez

Omar Rodriguez Lopez is a man who apparently never sleeps, belongs to more bands than Dave Grohl, and can be used as a brillo pad if you turn him upside down and run him across the floor. Aside from all of those amazing facts, he is finally releasing Cryptomnesia, which is the first release in a series of three albums recorded in 2006. The album’s lineup is quite impressive and includes Zach Hill (HELLA) on drums, Jonathan Hischke (HELLA) on synth bass, and Juan Alderete de la Peña (THE MARS VOLTA) on bass guitar. Aside from those players, Cryptomnesia features the vocals of Cedric Bixler Zavala on eight of the album’s eleven tracks.

Check out the trailer below, and get ready for this bad boy to drop.

Track Listing
1. Tuberculoids
2. Half Kleptos
3. Cryptomnesia
4. They’re Coming To Get You, Barbara
5. Puny Humans
6. Shake Is For 8th Graders
7. Noir
8. Paper Cunts
9. Elderly Pair Beaten With Hammer
10. Warren Oates
11. Fuck Your Mouth

* A special limited advance vinyl offering of only 3,000 copies will be made available exclusively to Indie Retail in honor of RECORD STORE DAY on April 18th. The album will see it’s official release on May 5, 2009.

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Nine Inch Nails Releases Strobe Light

The rumors are true! Nine Inch Nails has finally dropped their new album Strobe Light today. It’s a bit of a departure from previous albums, but Trent Reznor always knows what his fans want. The new album is produced by Timbaland and has a shit hot tracklist:

track list:

1. intro skit
2. everybody’s doing it (featuring chris martin, jay-z AND bono)
3. black t-shirt
4. pussygrinder (featuring sheryl crow)
5. coffin on the dancefloor
6. this rhythm is infected
7. slide to the dark side
8. even closer (featuring justin timberlake and maynard james keenan)
9. on the list (she’s not)
10. clap trap crack slap
11. laid, paid and played (featuring fergie of the black eyed peas and al jourgensen)
12. feel like being dead again
13. still hurts (featuring alicia keys)
14. outro skit

NIN is testing out a revolutionary album delivery system in which you input your email, and your credit card will be charged $18.98 plus a $10 digital delivery convenience fee. Your files will arrive as windows media files playable on quite a few players with your name embedded all over them just in case you lose them. You will also receive an exclusive photo and a free email account with our partner Google’s Gmail service.

If this doesn’t tickle your fancy, I’m not sure what will! By the way…If you read all the way down to this line and didn’t realize that NIN had a sense of humor, than your April Fools day radar is really on the blink!

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