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Ahhhhhhhhhhhh I’m so excited! *girlish squeal*

After searching for exciting new music for the past month and coming up short, I finally stumbled across the group Sleigh Bells and their new debut album Treats. And pardon the pun, but what a treat!

Oh, Sleigh Bells, how do I describe thee? It sounds like somebody threw dirty rock, heavy beats, electonica, and a cheer leading team into a blender. Wikipedia labels them “noise pop.” Could it get any better? Upon first listen, the music seemed a little harsh to the ears, but it grew on me. It is now my official summer jam album.

Find out more about Sleigh Bells here and listen to their album here.

Tip: Do not listen to this on your headphones!! It is meant to be blasted in your vehicle with the windows down and the bass up. My favorite tracks: Kids, Rill Rill, Treats, and Riot Rhythm.

I know Liz is the music maestro on here, but I have so many good picks myself that I couldn’t hold it in any longer, hope you don’t mind Liz!

Sound of Madness is Shinedown’s latest release, and has catapulted the Jacksonville, Florida band back in the limelight that they quietly slid from a few years ago.

Every now and then an album comes along with an almost perfect list of tracks; and of course, for everyone, these albums are different…for me, it’s Metallica’s black album in 1991 or AC/DC’s Back in Black in the 80’s.  Shinedown’s Sound of Madness is, in short, that good.

With several singles already released and getting airplay such as the title track “Sound of Madness”, “Breaking Inside”, “If You Only Knew” and “Devour”, Shinedown is back in a big way; check out the album here and enjoy!

A great article I found (albeit from last year) that goes into detail about managing Facebook’s plethora of privacy settings. With privacy on Facebook topping many news sites such as CNN and CNET, I thought this was fairly relevant

http://www.allfacebook.com/2009/02/facebook-privacy/