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March 5, 2008

The 'Gum Drop Volume XXVII: Hear New Witch, Win Radiohead Swag

We're really digging Witch's Paralyzed, out 3/18 on Tee Pee. This week's Drop, "Old Trap Mine," is the epic finale from that nine-song collection, which finds the Vermont/Western Mass crew expanding into heavier, sludgier, occasionally up-tempo punk-ish realms. The rhythm section of bassist Dave Sweetapple and drummer J Mascis is out of control (Deep Wound, yeah, but remember Upsidedown Cross?). Vocalist/guitarist Kyle Thomas and non-pictured guitarist Asa Irons, both also of folk crew Feathers, pack the jams with dense, airy psychedelic grooves and hooks. You can get a taste of all the aforementioned and find out what "Old Trap Line" has to do with Vipassana Meditation and Andrei Tarkovsky if you click here.

Witch - 'Old Trap Line'

For the prize-giving portion of this week's 'Gum Drop, we offered the change to win a limited-edition Radiohead 4GB USB stick packed with the seven Parlophone albums. It's shaped like the Radiohead bear! Seriously...

This is what the lil' bugger looks like.

As you can tell, it comes with a wee Radiohead-emblazoned case. Here it is opened up and ready for action.

The USB includes all seven Parlophone albums -- including one live album -- as CD-quality WAV files, along with the digital artwork for each:

Pablo Honey (1993)
The Bends (1995)
OK Computer (1997)
Kid A (2000)
Amnesiac (2001)
I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings (2001)
Hail To The Thief (2003)

Need to jog your memory re: the song listings? Head here. We have one stick for one winner. Please enter here. Also, there's still time to enter and win last week's prize of a Gibson Epiphone Dot hollow-body electric guitar and a copy of Astra Heights' debut CD. Enter now.

CONTEST ENDS 03/19/08 AT 12PM EST.

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My hubby would love this!

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my daughter would love this!

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very nice!

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Sell out. Just 'cuz this Guy Pierce gave you some freebies? C'mon, you knew this isn't what the artist wants.

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Excellent gift!

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love it

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neat

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Good prize.

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Please count me in...cool item!

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Looks really cool!

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pretty cool. count me in

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very cool...never saw anthing like it

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Please sign me up and make me a winner, I would like to give this to my son.

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This is so cool

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wow!

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looks good to me

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Great giveaway!

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great prize

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My son would be in heaven. Pick me to win.

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let me win

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That's a cute gadget and I'd love to win it.

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i want this bad, my son would love it

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they would go crazy if I won this for them. thanks for sponsoring this contest.

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That is incredibly sweet. Must.Have.Now!

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Very cute, Thanks for considering me...

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cool add me please

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Nice Prize...

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Hoping I win this one.........like it

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I would LOVE to win very much...

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count me in

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Yeah!

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iI would love to win this.

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this looks very cool!

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I would love this

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Truly awesome - add me to the list!

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I would LOVE to win this!!!!!!!!

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I'll be waiting to reply to your email telling me I am the winner.

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I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo, and I don't belong here but I do love Radiohead!

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I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo, and I don't belong here but I do love Radiohead!

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nice!

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great prize

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I want that!

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I would love to win this prize

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What an excellent prize.
Heidi
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I'd love to win this....thanks!

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WIN WIN WIN!!!

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I would love to have this. Please enter me.

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