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The Postal Service are an American indie electropop band based in Seattle, Washington, which started life as a side project for singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie and produc
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Sounds like:
Death Cab for Cutie,
Ben Gibbard,
Dntel
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Jason Grishkoff
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Jun 9, 2013
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You know the deal: Sundays are slow as far as new music is concerned, so I'm pulling one of my favorites from way back when. In this case, "We Will Become Silhouettes" is the lucky winner -- originally released way back in February of 2005.Fortunatel...
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Sounds like:
Cat Power,
Kings of Convenience,
Broken Social Scene
By
Jason Grishkoff
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Apr 26, 2013
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We originally featured this remix as the Song of the Day back in October of 2010. Alas, when we made our transition to Soundcloud, we had to drop the song -- it just didn't exist on their platform.Fortunately, yesterday Arts & Crafts pulled this ...
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Sounds like:
Death Cab for Cutie,
Ben Gibbard,
Dntel
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Mar 21, 2013
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Another new one from The Postal Service? Sure, it's a B side that was recorded 10 years ago, but it's going to be on Disc 2 of the upcoming re-release of Give Up."Turn Around" paints The Postal Service in a slightly different light: upbeat, poppy and...
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4

Sounds like:
Jenny lewis,
DNTEL,
Death Cab For Cutie
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Feb 11, 2013
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We all know the hype about The Postal Service reuniting for tour (with Jenny Lewis providing backing vocals). But I wasn't expecting a new track!Turns out the deluxe release is going to include 15 bonus songs, including this unreleased track "A Tatte...
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By
Philip Friedman
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Feb 8, 2013
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With all the hype surrounding the huge announcement of The Postal Service going on tour in celebration of the 10 year anniversary of Give Up, we are all reminded of the brilliance that was Ben Gibbard and Dntel sending tracks back and forth through ...
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6

Sounds like:
Cat Power,
Kings of Convenience,
Broken Social Scene
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Oct 25, 2010
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Flashing back to 2004: Feist relases the first single off Let iIt Die in November, featuring lyrics about a simple life in a small town (it was also featured in 500 Days of Summer in 2009).Wonderfully upbeat acoustic, folk track by one of the best fe...
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7

Sounds like:
Death Cab for Cutie,
Ben Gibbard,
Dntel
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Aug 18, 2010
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Enter the Mexicans With Guns remix of "We Will Become The Silhouettes", the best-named Remix of 2009 (beating out Hipster Or Homeless by a narrow margin). This track is phenomenal. The slow intro reminds me of Vangelis' "Chariots of Fire" - epic to s...
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8

Sounds like:
Death Cab for Cutie,
Ben Gibbard,
Dntel
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Feb 5, 2010
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It's easy to forget how amazing this album sounded back in 2003, especially since it spawned an army of mediocre imitators. Electronica-based indie pop is an established branch of indie rock these days, but no one's managed to do it as good as Jimmy ...
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