Titus Andronicus photo from Merry Swankster

This Saturday, the After The Jump Fest kicks off in Brooklyn. Health, Titus Andronicus, Mixel Pixel and Pattern Is Movement will be headling the night show at The Music Hall Of Williamsburg. The shows is a benefit to raise awareness about the importance of music education for children in NYC. There will also be a ton of bands playing during the day at TMHOW, along with a stage next door at Galapagos. Get all the info here. 

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It seems like everybody is getting into the whole “Music 2.0″ thing lately by letting their fans remix songs. Here are a few examples.

Radiohead has offered up the track “Nude” for musical sacrifice to all you Ableton-ites out there. The only catch? You have to pay $0.99 for each part of the song off of iTunes (vocal, bass, guitar, drums, strings). If you’re track is voted into the top 10 on RadioheadRemix.com, the band will listen to your sweet tune. Not much of a prize, we know, but hey, maybe they’ll ask you to open up their next tour or something! So I guess keep working on your best Thom Yorke impression there kid.

English math-rock whiz kids Foals are asking fans to remix their song “Electric Bloom.”  You can find all the info and the files right here, courtesy of Last.fm.

Although they aren’t offering you the chance to remix their songs, L.A. noise makers Health had some of their friends try their hand at a track or two. The tracklist includes remixes by Crystal Castles, Thrust Lab, Pink Skulls, and many more. You can preorder the album, Health//Disco, over at Insound or get your grubby hands on a copy when it’s released on May 13th.

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All photos by Tiff Yoon

Once a month, in a ritual as old as time itself, every hipster in the Philadelphia area and surrounding counties migrates to the club Transit for a Bacchanalian style orgy (the party kind, not the dirty kind, you perv) called Making Time. Originated by near-legendary Philly club guy Dave P, Making Time brings together live electronic acts and good old fashioned grinding in a way few other parties can pull off. I’ve been to some great Making Times (seeing one of Simian Mobile Disco’s first American performances) and some awful ones (getting Night at the Roxbury-ed by smelly fixed gear boys). This months party, featuring Canadian electro act Crystal Castles and genre-jumpers Health, was the best one thus far.

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Now this, ladies and gentlemen, is a tour! Psych-rockers Health and 8-bit weirdo-dancers Crystal Castles are set to take over the U.S. in a tour of epic proportions. Starting in March, the two will be criss-crossing the country in support of their latest efforts: Health’s self-titled album already out on Lovepump United, and Crystal Castle’s upcoming full-length due out March 18th. Heck, the two like each other so much they currently have a split remix single out now on Lovepump (for real though, Crystal Castle’s remix of Health’s “Crimewave” is seriously amazing) . Check out the dates after the jump.

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