WIN SILVERSUN PICKUPS TICKETS ON TWITTER

To celebrate Silversun Pickups' headlining tour dates this summer, Dangerbird Records is giving fans a chance to win tickets to every tour date from the label's Twitter account (@dangerbird).

To enter to win, fans should simply follow @dangerbird and Tweet in photos inspired by some of the band's best lyrics. For example, via @dangerbird:Win tix to SSPU Edmonton: tweet @ us with a photo inspired by the lyric “I swear any moment you will hear my spirit explode” #SSPUtix

Find each city's assigned lyric and full instructionshere:

http://www.dangerbirdrecords.com/news/entry/ssputix

Search #SSPUtix to see all of the great submissions, and check back often for updates and winners' photos!

SILVERSUN PICKUPS HIT #1 WITH PANIC SWITCH

It’s been 11 years since an independent artist ranked #1 on Billboard’s Hot Modern Rock Songs chart and today, Silversun Pickups are the proud new title-holders.

Lead single “Panic Switch,” from Swoon, has impressively jumped over tracks from Linkin Park and Green Day, which were also in the running. This is truly a triumphant day for Dangerbird and the band, as only three songs by artists on independently distributed labels have reached this position.

The quartet is currently making their way across Europe and will return in August for festival appearances, as well as a string of newly announced tour dates.

SSPU also played Morning Becomes Eclectic earlier this month (June 4). Head to the Morning Becomes Eclectic archives to watch or hear the performance. And don’t miss the band’s performance on Yahoo! Music’s “The New Now."

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PANIC SWITCH” TURNED ON AT MODERN ROCK RADIO - #1 MOST ADDED

While Silversun Pickups prepares for their live debut of 2009, lead single “Panic Switch” has earned the #1 Most Added title at Modern Rock Radio this week, earning 24 adds total. The L.A. quartet is quickly shifting into high gear, as the April 14 release of Swoon on Dangerbird Records is lurking just ahead.

The first of two performances at SXSW will be at Stubbs Friday, March 20, for the Guitar Hero® Metallica Event, followed by one at Antone’s Saturday, March 21, at 12:00 a.m. SSPU has asked some local and international friends to join them for their Saturday show: The Duke Spirit (UK), Afternoons (L.A.), The Happy Hollows (L.A.) and The Pity Party (L.A.).

Silversun Pickups once again enlisted producer Dave Cooley and mixer Tony Hoffer for Swoon, the gurus behind Carnavas, to help create a tapestry of romanticism and frenzy. The band continues to enjoy its dichotomous relationship with sound, comfortably weaving from beauty into aggression, whilst dense melodies ricochet off distortion. “Panic Switch,” parades that classic SSPU formula: the steady, searing bass leads the charge, as the guitar falls in, drums march, keys echo, all in salute to Aubert’s sweet, wafting vocals. The accompanying video was recently shot in Los Angeles by Grammy-nominated James Frost, whose credits include Radiohead’s “House of Cards.” MTV News recently offered a sneak peek into the making of Swoon, showcasing the band in the studio and two songs from this forthcoming album.

Silversun Pickups will play a pre-Coachella warm-up show at the Glass House in Pomona, Calif. Sunday, April 12 before helping to usher in the 10^th annual Music and Arts Festival alongside Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Franz Ferdinand and Leonard Cohen but will first warm up. The quartet has also been added to The Sasquatch Festival line-up on May 25.

Check out their new single “Panic Switch” here:

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