I’ve never gone from happy, to sad, back to happy to quickly as I did just now. I got a nice email telling me that Devin Davis had an animated video for “Giant Spiders,” so I was pretty excited. However, this video is of sub-par quality and really not that entertaining. Sounds mean to say, [...]

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If Halloween had a soundtrack, it would be Blood Cape by Elliott the Letter Ostrich. These crazy cats sound like a blend of Meatloaf and The Unicorns, and while they occasionally might make you laugh, there’s no kidding around when it comes to their music. Blood Cape‘s subject matter is just as dark as its [...]

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This weekend Robert Schneider once again proved that he’s the nicest guy in the music biz by releasing a Halloween song for free online. Being the hip guy that he is, it was originally sent to the E6 Townhall’s Gmail account, but some evil doer changed the password. So he was nice enough to email [...]

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Here’s a wonderful recording of a Colin Meloy solo show soon after he recorded his Moz covers EP. It’s choc full of songs that never seem to get enough time in the Decemberists’ setlist (Trapeze, Gymnast, etc), Moz covers, and all around awesome tunes. This is a must have for Decemberists fans. ZIP: Colin Meloy [...]

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Central Services are a perfect Seattle band: great pop tunes with a brain to back them up. KEXP has already picked up on their goodness by adding their new song, “Song 89,” to their rotation. Now if only some record label would tune in and sign these guys. I mean, one of the Math and [...]

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(From NME) Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci frontman Euros Childs is set to release his first solo album in February 2006. The singer will precede the release of the as-yet-untitled LP with a single, ‘Donkey Island’, on November 28 and will go on a short UK tour starting that day. Childs revealed the inspiration behind the single, [...]

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Michael Nau of Page France does the ‘Said the Guests’ over at STG. The Light Footwork have started a cool, Jones Soda-ish contest on their website. If you send in your photos, they might be featured on the front page of their website. However, the real prize is that they’re going to pick their favorite [...]

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This was featured on a Myspace page somewhere, so I’m thinking this is sorta legal. Either way, it’ll be taken down in a week or so. Anyways, for those of you keeping count, this is the fifth Islands studio track that’s been leaked; but only the third that will actually be on the album. “Don’t [...]

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What’s the matter, hipster? Polyphonic Spree not happy enough? Architecture in Helsinki not quite capture that child-like innosense you’re looking for? Well, you can thank Dean from The Secret Unicorns Forum for bringing The Triangles to my attention. As is the trend with most bands that make me feel all gooey inside, The Triangles hail [...]

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