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Pixel Cheese is really starting to grow on me. The more I hear the more I like. But today I was extremely disappointed.

Pixel Cheese released a new demo of a new bootleg, and it was only 2 minutes. But my disappointment can be cured if you and all your friends go Like Pixel Cheeses Facebook page.

Once Pixel hits 3500 likes we will get the full version of the Till Sunshine Bootleg, so go do it NOW.

Till Sunshine – Pixel Cheese Dubbymash

The Conductor is a great guy, he went to Lollapalooza this year and brought me back a Two Door Cinema Club shirt. Unfortunately he forgot to give it to me before he moved to the Yukon. For those of you who aren’t up to speed on Canadian geography, its comparable to moving from California to New York is the dead of winter. Regardless something good came out of Lollapalooza, and its this video which is an acoustic rendition of What You Know by Two Door Cinema Club.

At one point or another in your life, you’ve listened to Dashboard Confessional. There is no need to lie, or explain yourself. Chris Carrabba writes and performs heartfelt soul wrenching songs that strike you to the core when you hear them.

Well today Chris Carrabba released a four song free EP that features him performing acoustic covers of other peoples songs. Just because he didn’t write them doesn’t make them any less sensational. Plus when its free how can you really go wrong? This EP will fit perfectly in your iTunes collection (between Alter The Ending and Dusk and Summer if you change the artist to Dashboard Confessional).

Check out I’m In Love With A Girl and Skyway below and Click Here to head to Chris’ blog to download the EP for free.

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I’m In Love With A Girl – Chris Carrabba

Skyway – Chris Carrabba

Just before Halloween Bunnyhop dropped a mini mix that provided the soundtrack for countless halloween parties. Well now that we are a full three days into the terrible month that is November Bunnyhop has something new for us.

Bunnyhop has done a live remix of Niia’s track Secrets of the Trade. It’s a chilled out tune that benefits from a slight electro tweak. The vocals are outstanding and this track is just what I needed to hear after a long day at the office, (ya I work at an office now).

So stream and download this track below and watch out for more from Bunnyhop, I am expecting great things. Enjoy.
Secrets of the Trade – Bunnyhop Remix

Protest The Hero always look like they are having so much fun while creating metal core. Looking for examples? Check out the new video for Hair Trigger. Riding tandem bikes while rocking out is epic. Enjoy.

Once again I’m blown away by music coming out of the Dim Mak camp, one of these days it will click in that I should just always expect amazing things.

Dillon Francis gives Earthquakey People the remix treatment and flips the track into a blippy masterpiece. This track originally is done by Steve Aoki and features Rivers Cuomo, although if you blink you might miss the Weezer front man.

The track won’t be available to buy until November 22nd, but in three weeks you’ll be able to pick this track up from Ultra Records. Stream the song below.

Earthquakey People – Steve Aoki feat. Rivers Cuomo (Dillon Francis Remix)

I guess hanging out with The Conductor has taught me something, or at least taught me to remember the names of great Canadian electro artists.

The Conductor used to rave (speak highly of, not dance like he was on some strange substance) about Overwerk and I never really looked into him. But now with The Conductor driving across the country with one of the worst tweeters of all time, (@TeeeOh) its up to me to post the latest and greatest in electronic music.

Well today OVERWERK announced that he will be releasing a brand new EP at the end of November. The Nth Degree will be available as a free download on November 30th, but if you can’t wait that long we’ve got a new single to tide you over.

Buzzin is a great tune with solid builds that will have you head bobbin all night. Stream below and download while you still can.

Buzzin’ – OVERWERK

On Sunday The Conductor brought you a bunch of Mashups that rocked your weekend. One of those mashups was one done by DOSVEC.

I’m going to throw it out there and say that DOSVEC is my favourite mashup maker right now. It’s hard to not get excited when a new DOSVEC mix comes across the news feed. Well he has done it again with the Feeling Good mashup.

This one features a ton of a capellas over a Flo Rida instrumental, but my favourite transition comes at the 2:50 point when DOSVEC breaks things down into Ellie Gouldings The Lights. Check out the stream below and download this one while you still can.

Feeling Good – DOSVEC Mashup

Got another new Pixel Cheese Bootleg to help cure your hangover. We’re All ID Friends is a little bit of this and a little bit of that mixed and mashed together to create something new and amazing.

Pixel Cheese has mashed We Are Your Friends with vocals from We’re All No One. Thrown in with that is a new track from the upcoming Avicii release that I know a lot of people are really excited for.

You can check out this track below as well it is being offered as a free download so enjoy.

Avicii vs. NERVO vs. Justice – We’re All ID Friends (Pixel Cheese Cover Bootleg)

Mac Miller just dropped the video for Party on Fifth Ave. This is the third single from Blue Slide Park and Mac gives a new spin to a classic beat. I really think Blue Slide Park is going to catapult Mac Miller into another stratosphere, what do you think?

Happy Violence by Dada Life is a great track, but Uppermost just took it to another level.

This Uppermost remix is dropping on Monday but we’ve got a short preview of the track for you. The vocal hook got my attention then the beat break down blew me away.

Enjoy this 1:23 of new music and hopefully we can share the full track with you Monday.

Happy Violence – Dada Life (Uppermost Remix)

This track comes off the forthcoming 15 Years of Hospital Records which is set to drop November 28th. The album is said to fully cover the past, present and future of Hospital Records with a variety of remixes and original material. I’m excited to see what this album has to offer, and if it is anything like this track, we are in for a treat.

Here is something special for you. You can now check out the first four minutes of Talihina Sky, which is the new documentary about The Kings of Leon. They have such an amazing story and come from backgrounds most of us could not even imagine. It drops next week, so you won’t have to wait long to watch the rest of the flick.

Back when Google+ still had the peoples interest it brought me to discover The Finger. I even did a post on their track Die Die Superhero.

Well fast forward a few months and The Finger have just released their first single In A Fragment of Time. I really like this track and I’m sure Illa Scorsese probably feels the same way.

You can check out In A Fragment below and check back for more album details as they become available.

In A Fragment of Time – The Finger

It’s that time of year again to dust off your punch bowl and break out your best vintage costume. With all the stress of finding an outfit that is better than your friends, the music to go along with your Halloween party is often left on the back burner.

Well Ed Flynn, A.K.A. Bunnyhop has just released his Hard as Hell Halloween Minimix giving you a solid start to your party playlist. This 19 minute mix features an array of songs including stuff from Ducksauce and Skrillex.

You can stream the mini mix below and if you move quick you can download it. Check out the stream and click on Read More to get the full track list.

Hard as Hell Halloween Minimix – Ed Flynn

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Ok this video is just awesome. Not at all what I expected going into watching this. Usually you expect serious and epic videos, not a guy dressed up in an elephant costume. The track is also amazing so enjoy.

In my younger darker years when my entire wardrobe consisted of black hoodies and band shirts, I regularly listened to Escape The Fate. I kind of grew out of those band shirts along with Escape The Fate but I still enjoy listening to their back catalogue when the mood is right.

Today I came across a Cragga Remix of Gorgeous Nightmare which is a track off their new self titled album. The remix is amazing but is more electro then screamo for my liking, but I guess thats why it is a remix.

The band is offering this track as a free download so you can check it out below and Click Here to head to their website to surrender your date of birth and email address for the download link. It’s well worth it.

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Gorgeous Nightmare (Cragga Remix) – Escape The Fate

Ok so I’m a few days late on this but better late than never right? I picked up the I Love Life, Thank You mixtape a couple days ago when it dropped and forgot to add it to iTunes until today. On the first listen I came across his Love Lost track which Mac lays a verse over a Temper Trap sample.

If you’re a long time Ambassador Beats reader you’ll remember how I used to post any and ever remix that featured The Temper Trap. I love their Conditions album and still listen to it regularly, so when I came across Mac Millers version I have high expectations.

Thankfully Mac does the track justice and has now successfully pumped me up even more for Blue Slide Park.

Check out Love Lost below along with the mixtape.

Download I Love Life, Thank You Mixtape – Mac Miller

Love Lost – Mac Miller

Usually The Conductor and I try to avoid posting the same song twice in a row, but I had a great idea. Let’s have a Battle of the Bootlegs! Now what I’m going to ask you to do is to listen to this PS1 Bootleg of Someone Like You and then go and listen to the Mikael Weermets Remix below and Tweet us @Ambassadorbeats to tell us which one you like better.

Since I rarely if ever listen to the radio I had not heard this song until The Conductor posted it yesterday. Then this morning we received this remix so I guess we might as well strike while the iron is hot and post both.

So check out both tunes and let us know which one you like better. I know which one I like…

Someone Like You – Adele (PS1 Bootleg Mix)

Bombay Bicycle Club released a new video today from their latest album A Different Kind of Fix. Still is a straight forward performance video that leaves the entire emphasis on the song, and with this song thats how it should be. It’s haunting and beautiful all at the same time. I’m glad they didn’t try to glam up the video with a ridiculous story line and decided instead to allow the music to speak for itself.