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Metric - "Help I'm Alive" (80kidz Remix) (tour dates / MP3)

Thursday, Oct 29, 2009

80kidz, Japanese DJs who’ve created remixes for acts like Simian Mobile Disco, Phenomenal Handclap Band, and Dan Black, now have bestowed their mash-up genius on Metric’s hit, “Help I’m Alive”, making it a bouncy synth jam. Metric has also released an acoustic EP, entitled Plug In, Plug Out available on Amazon. Take a gander at Plug In, Plug Out‘s tracklist as well as the band’s upcoming North American tour dates after the jump.


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Help I’m Alive (80kidz Remix) [MP3]
     



  
SONG LIST
01 Gimme Sympathy
02 Gold Gun Girls
03 Help I’m Alive
04 Satellite Mind
05 Twilight Galaxy


TOUR DATES
10.28.09 – Burton Cummings Theatre – Winnipeg, MB
10.29.09 – The Odeon – Saskatoon, SK
10.30.09 – Big 4 (Stampede Park) – Calgary, AB
10.31.09 – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium – Edmonton, AB
11.02.09 – Kelowna Community Theatre – Kelowna, BC
11.03.09 – Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC
11.16.09 – Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
11.17.09 – Portland City Music Hall – Portland, ME
11.18.09 – Webster – Hartford, CT
11.19.09 – Lupo’s – Providence, RI
11.20.09 – House of Blues – Boston, MA
11.21.09 – Northern Lights – Clifton Park, NY
11.23.09 – Ram’s Head Live! – Baltimore, MD
11.24.09 – Mr. Small’s – Pittsburgh, PA
11.25.09 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
11.27.09 – Neighborhood Theatre – Charlotte, NC
11.28.09 – Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
11.29.09 – Republic – New Orleans, LA
11.30.09 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
12.01.09 – La Zona Rosa – Austin, TX
12.02.09 – Palladium Ballroom – Dallas, TX

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