New Polyphonic Spree Demo - "Apart"

Tim DeLaughter's posted another GarageBand demo of new Polyphonic material, again getting vulnerable and going it alone with a couple of guitars and multi-tracked vocals on the tentatively titled "Apart." The Polyphonic Spree - "Apart (Demo)" (MP3) He says it's... CONTINUE READING NEW POLYPHONIC SPREE DEMO - "APART"»

Posted on July 21, 2009 in MP3 (1 comments)
Tags: Kings Of Convenience | The Polyphonic Spree | Tim DeLaughter

New Polyphonic Spree Demo - "Blurry"

As Tim DeLaughter notes regarding the Built To Spill-y "Blurry": "This is how the songs usually start, in a demo process. Pretty stripped down. So, enjoy the process of the seed." It's not hard imagining where the seed goes after... CONTINUE READING NEW POLYPHONIC SPREE DEMO - "BLURRY"»

Posted on July 20, 2009 in MP3 (2 comments)
Tags: Girls | The Polyphonic Spree

Tim DeLaughter Stops The Gap Between Polyphonic Spree LPs With The United States Of Tara's Theme Song

You should really be watching Diablo Cody's new Showtime show if you like unrealistic characters and the worst of Juno's dialogue and generally being infuriated for 30 minutes at a go. Aside from those reasons, it also happens to be... CONTINUE READING TIM DELAUGHTER STOPS THE GAP BETWEEN POLYPHONIC SPREE LPS WITH THE UNITED STATES OF TARA'S THEME SONG»

Posted on January 26, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | Romance | The Polyphonic Spree | Tim DeLaughter

DeVotchKa, Sparklehorse, Album Leaf Cover The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's cult stop-motion film turns 15 this year, and as previously reported a motley crew of indie and goth-pop acts have recorded covers for an updated soundtrack called Nightmare Revisited. It's fun to hear Polyphonic Spree and Album Leaf... CONTINUE READING DEVOTCHKA, SPARKLEHORSE, ALBUM LEAF COVER THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS»

The Nightmare Before Christmas Revisited By Various Alt And Indie Rockers

Get ready goths and Evanescence fans, Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary. As part of the spooky fanfare, Billboard reports that Walt Disney Records is putting out Nightmare Revisited, a collection of covers, re-recordings, and... CONTINUE READING THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS REVISITED BY VARIOUS ALT AND INDIE ROCKERS»

R.I.P. TVT

Yeah, the industry keeps on shifting. TVT, the New York-based independent label that brought us Nine Inch Nails back in the day, has reportedly "terminated" most of its employees and is filing for Chapter 11. Looks like the Polyphonic Spree, Pitbull, Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz, Pitbull, Ambulance LTD, and Ying Yang Twins are without a home. Still no word on how this will affect Lil' Jon's forthcoming Crunk Rock. TVT's been in a protracted and costly legal battle with Cash Money Click and, yes, nobody buys records anymore, but we blame the whole mess on Punk Goes Crunk. Just because.

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Posted on February 19, 2008 (11 comments)

New Polyphonic Spree Video - "We Crawl"

Tim DeLaughter's finally done it; his choral rock symphony officially has more Sections than it does members. And this here "Section 26 (We Crawl)" is the most personal yet, videographically anyway. By training home movie cameras on themselves in their... CONTINUE READING NEW POLYPHONIC SPREE VIDEO - "WE CRAWL"»

Posted on January 14, 2008 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: The Polyphonic Spree

Holidays Are Times Of Magic, Free MP3s

Thank you, Jim Noir. Over the past few weeks, more and more bands have come to the holiday table with new, seasonally appropriate songs to help get festive. As would be expected, it's definitely a mixed bag (stocking?), but there... CONTINUE READING HOLIDAYS ARE TIMES OF MAGIC, FREE MP3S»

Free Futbol Jamz

As we made painfully clear during World Cup season, we know little of this soccer, and our news updates on the sport's attempt to woo the USofA revolve around the snore-worthy exploits of Posh and Becks. MLS is on it,... CONTINUE READING FREE FUTBOL JAMZ»

Posted on August 16, 2007 in MP3 (6 comments)
Tags: Bad Brains | RJD2 | The Polyphonic Spree | The Rapture

Lollapalooza '07: Friday In Photos

Plenty of guitar rawk to go around, but Lolla Day One was a dancer's delight: Ghostland Observatory, M.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Daft Punk ... bodies were moved and clothes were drenched. But of course there was plenty of fun from... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: FRIDAY IN PHOTOS»

New Polyphonic Spree Video - "Running Away"

Much like the vid assembled for their full-album promo mashup, the clip for Polyphonic's first single from The Fragile Army features nothing but still photos, sequenced together by Hal Samples to give DeLaughter's black-clad battalion a sorely needed sense of... CONTINUE READING NEW POLYPHONIC SPREE VIDEO - "RUNNING AWAY"»

Posted on June 5, 2007 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Renee Zellweger | The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart | The Polyphonic Spree

New Polyphonic Spree - "Running Away"

You Polyphonic Spree fans have liked what you've heard of the record so far, so here's the first single from the Texan troupe's new record. Keeping with DeLaughter's episodic symphony motif, the track's full title is "Section 22 [Running Away],"... CONTINUE READING NEW POLYPHONIC SPREE - "RUNNING AWAY"»

Posted on May 26, 2007 in MP3 (11 comments)
Tags: The Polyphonic Spree

Premature Evaluation: The Polyphonic Spree - The Fragile Army

Who wins in a cage match -- Danielson Famile, I'm From Barcelona, or the Polyphonic Spree? Daniel has the biggest reason to fight: Tim DeLaughter nabbed dude’s choral robe idea, landed car commercial placement, etc. On the other hand, I'm... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: THE POLYPHONIC SPREE - THE FRAGILE ARMY»

Posted on May 25, 2007 in MP3, Premature Evaluation (28 comments)
Tags: The Polyphonic Spree

New Polyphonic Spree - "Light To Follow"

Thanks Matt for the heads up on the first track to surface from Tim DeLaughter's latest set of Sections. "Light To Follow" (that's §29 for those compiling such things) is a sprawling thumper, all slinky bassline with a mix of... CONTINUE READING NEW POLYPHONIC SPREE - "LIGHT TO FOLLOW"»

Posted on May 17, 2007 in MP3, Tour Dates (13 comments)
Tags: The Polyphonic Spree

The Fragile Army Cover

The bold block lettering says "army," the words toppling over each other indicates the fragility. And the flock of seagulls is ... DeLaughter having a laugh? Maybe. TVT releases The Fragile Army on June 19th. Check the entire record in... CONTINUE READING THE FRAGILE ARMY COVER»

Posted on May 15, 2007 in Album Art (19 comments)
Tags: The Polyphonic Spree

New Polyphonic Spree - "The Fragile Army"

Forget mashed up track segments, here's a full course of the title track from the forthcoming The Fragile Army, set to a series of band and crowd pics, ending with the message "This video was created using 2,341 still photos.... CONTINUE READING NEW POLYPHONIC SPREE - "THE FRAGILE ARMY"»

Posted on May 2, 2007 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: The Polyphonic Spree

The Fragile Army, Mashed

It's been a tough to keep up with just how many of our favorite bands were dropping new material in '07, and Tim DeLaughter's solution is one to grab even the most ADD-addled blogger: ditch the rainbow robes, don the... CONTINUE READING THE FRAGILE ARMY, MASHED»

Posted on April 26, 2007 in MP3 (7 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | Michelle Obama | Modest Mouse | The Polyphonic Spree

A Lesson In Drug Culture From Tim Harrington & Brian Teasley

The great zine Chunklet and Super Deluxe had Les Savy Fav's Tim Harrington and The Polyphonic Spree's Brian Teasley make hams of themselves on the streets during SXSW. Tim's a natural. Surprised? Les Savy favatics can hear tiny bits of... CONTINUE READING A LESSON IN DRUG CULTURE FROM TIM HARRINGTON & BRIAN TEASLEY»

Posted on April 13, 2007 in Video (4 comments)
Tags: Les Savy Fav | The Polyphonic Spree

SXSW Video: The Polyphonic Spree @ Club De Ville

One of the most-hailed sets of last week's fest came from the disrobed, black parade of The Polyphonic Spree at Hot Freaks! bloggapalooza at Club de Ville. Tim DeLaughter regaled the crowd, acting as military-fatigue clad conductor and corralling his... CONTINUE READING SXSW VIDEO: THE POLYPHONIC SPREE @ CLUB DE VILLE»

Posted on March 23, 2007 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: SXSW | The Polyphonic Spree

SXSW: Last Day In Austin

As promised, here's our last photo roundup of the shows we hit and folks we pestered on the streets of Austin during this year's South By Southwest music festival. All in all we had a great time, saw some old... CONTINUE READING SXSW: LAST DAY IN AUSTIN»

Lollapalooza Update

PJ Harvey and Le Tigre join the Lollapalooza 2004 line-up, which already includes Morrissey, Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, String Cheese Incident, Modest Mouse, the Polyphonic Spree, Gomez and the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA UPDATE»

Polyphonic Spree Cover David Bowie

Stream "Five Years." Thanks to Product Shop for that one, and for the Courtney Meets Janet buzz! Aging breast-baring divas gotta stick together.... CONTINUE READING POLYPHONIC SPREE COVER DAVID BOWIE»

Posted on March 30, 2004 (6 comments)
Tags: The Polyphonic Spree

More Lollapalooza 2004 Buzz

In addition to Morrissey, Flaming Lips, and Sonic Youth... String Cheese Incident, Polyphonic Spree, and Modest Mouse have signed on.... CONTINUE READING MORE LOLLAPALOOZA 2004 BUZZ»