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May 5, 2013 | 11:00 AM | By

The Week’s Best MP3 Downloads, incl. The Postal Service, Grandchildren, Joseph Arthur, Mount Moriah, and more

photos by Myriam Santos

Photo by Myriam Santos

XPN’s Gotta Hear Song of the Week featured Joseph Arthur and his new song “Saint of Impossible Causes.” The track comes from Arthur’s upcoming album The Ballad of Boogie Christ. Stream and download the song below, and learn more about Ballad here.

Wednesday’s My Morning Download featured a quartet from Nashville called The Features and their song “The Disorder.”  The band is a musical chameleon, drawing their quirky sound from classic rock, indie rock, southern soul and more with ease.  They’ll be at MilkBoy Philly on Wednesday, May 8th; go here for info.

Mount Moriah delivered a stirring performance for this week’s Folkadelphia session.  The North Carolina band performed songs from their recent Miracle Temple LP – download the full set on Folkadelphia’s Bandcamp here, and listen to “White Sands” below.

We got a double dose of Key Studio Sessions this week.  Liz & the Lost Boys turned in a preview of their upcoming LP on Wednesday, with jazzy harp-playing and theatrical vocals.  Thursday saw the release of the Key Studio Sessions Vol. 7, featuring tracks from Waxahatchee, Pissed Jeans and more.  Download the compilation here, grab the full Liz & the Lost Boys appearance here and stream their song “I’ll Stay” below.

In advance of its release on May 7th, Grandchildren‘s Golden Age was the topic of this week’s Unlocked series.  The in-depth look at the local band’s new album kicked-off with a download of “End Times.”  Revisit the full feature here and download “End Times” here.

Finally, The Postal Service are celebrating the 10th anniversary release of its album, Give Up. From it, download one of the two new songs from re-release, “A Tattered Line Of String.”

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Recordings, Grandchildren, Joseph Arthur, Liz and the Lost Boys, Mount Moriah, The Features, The Postal Service
April 29, 2013 | 8:00 AM | By

My Morning Download: “A Tattered Line of String” by The Postal Service (playing The Mann Center June 17)

Photo Credit: Brian Tamborello

Photo Credit: Brian Tamborello


The Postal Service – Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie) and prodcer Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel) – have reunited for a tour and the 10th anniversary release of Give Up, a collection of electro-pop songs that has a lasting influence on indie rock since its release in February, 2003. No one foresaw the influence the record would have. The album’s most popular song “Such Great Heights,” began to seep into the zietgeist of pop culture over a period of a couple of years. It was covered by Iron & Wine on the 2004 film and soundtrack, Garden State, and was prominently featured on Greys Anatomy in 2005. The band has not released a second album, however have taken the anniversary of Give Up’s release to tour, which bring them to The Mann Center on Monday, June 17.

The deluxe edition of Give Up features two new songs, “A Tattered Line of String” and “Turn Around.” Below, download “A Tattered Line Of String.”

The Postal Service play The Mann Center on Monday, June 17 with Ra Ra Riot. Go here for tickets.
Purchase Give Up here.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Events, Recordings, My Morning Download, Sub Pop, The Mann Center, The Postal Service
April 25, 2013 | 11:22 AM | By

Listen: Feist’s “Mushaboom” gets remixed by the Postal Service (playing the Mann Center on June 17)

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Feist has gotten the remix treatment by The Postal Service. It’s from a new collection called Open Season, featuring various remixes and collaborations from Gonzalez, Apostles of Hustle and K-os. Below, listen to the remix of “Mushaboom.” The Postal Service play The Mann Center on Monday, June 17th.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, Recordings, Feist, The Postal Service
April 14, 2013 | 12:00 PM | By

Watch The Postal Service’s set from Coachella (playing the Mann Center on June 17)

Photo Credit: Brian Tamborello

Photo Credit: Brian Tamborello

The Postal Service played Coachella yesterday. Watch the band’s entire set below. They play the The Mann Center on Monday, June 17th with special guests Ra Ra Riot. Go here for tickets. The 10th anniversary reissue of their classic Give Up is out now.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, Coachella, The Postal Service
March 22, 2013 | 8:20 AM | By

Listen to a new song by The Postal Service, “Turn Around” (playing The Mann Center on June 17th)

“Turn Around” is another new song by The Postal Service from its deluxe 10th anniversary edition of the band’s one and only album, Give Up out on April 9th on Sub Pop Records. The Postal Service is Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel and Figurine, and will be joined by Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley. The band plays The Mann Center on Monday, June 17th. Tickets are on sale now. Go here for more information.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Events, News, The Postal Service
March 6, 2013 | 4:02 PM | By

Why didn’t Moby, Aimee Mann or Weird Al Yankovic make it into The Postal Service?

Screen shot 2013-03-06 at 3.43.36 PMThis ranks up there with Ted Leo’s “Bottled In Cork” video as a brilliant crossover of indie rock and internet sketch comedy. Under the guise of a recently uncovered “audition reel” for The Postal Service, we see comedian Jon Daly as “Dave from Sub Pop” sitting down with Jimmy Tamborello to find a partner for his “weird genius shit.” Among those audtioning: Jon Wurster from Superchunk, singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, Tom DeLonge from Blink-182, Duff McKagan from Guns N’ Roses (though neither Jimmy nor Dave believe him), parody popster Weird Al Yankovic (whose accordion-wailing “We Will Become Like Silhouettes” might be the best thing he’s done in years), and Moby, who delivers a particularly memorable freakout. Watch it below – it’s eight minutes but well worth it. The Postal Service play the Mann Center for the Performing Arts on June 17th; tickets and more information are available here.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Mann Center, The Postal Service
February 19, 2013 | 10:26 AM | By

Just Announced: The Postal Service will play The Mann on 6/17

Following the announcement of a 10th Anniversary Give Up reissue and the release of a brand new track, The Postal Service have scheduled a North American tour that brings them to The Mann Center on June 17th.  The Benjamin Gibbard / Jimmy Tamborello partnership released Give Up in 2003 with widespread acclaim thanks to stand-out tracks “Such Great Heights” and “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.”  The reissue, out through Sub Pop on April 9th, will include all ten original slots along with a second disc of remixes, covers and a pair of new tracks including the just-released “A Tattered Line of String.”

The accompanying summer tour sees The Postal Service bringing along Jenny Lewis (Rilo Kiley) to add some guest vocals to the mix.  Tickets and information for the all-ages show at The Mann on June 17th can be found here.  Below, stream “A Tattered Line of String” and view the full reissue tracklist here.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, News, The Mann Center, The Postal Service