In a killer move, Robert Nanna the man who has graced our presence as the singer for such bands as Braid, Hey Mercedes, and most recently The City on Film now contributes mini-songs for a t-shirt website entitled Threadless. On a weekly basis, Nanna records between 4 to 10 short songs most of the time running no longer than 2 minutes in length that can heard on the site.

Each song, as far as I can tell, is inspired by a t-shirt design sold at the website. Quite an act of genius if you ask me. Currently the list of mini-songs totals more than 175 tracks.

Take a listen now and put a smile back on your face.

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Following in the footsteps of coast to coast projects like The Postal Service and Hot Snakes, the latest music collabration comes in the form of Telephono. While both of the above projects were actual bands, Telephono is more of an musical experiment, however, using the same technique of recording. One artist may set down a vocal track, while another may add his/her little trademark to the song. They are never recording anything together instead the material is sent from one artist to another like a game of telephone.

Coyote Bones frontman David Matysiak lead the way by gathering such artists as Robert Nanna (Braid/Hey Mercedes), Tim Kasher (Cursive/The Good Life), Mike Kinsella (Joan of Arc/Owen), Jason Lowenstein (Sebadoh), Dapose (The Faint/VVerevvolf Grehv) and Clark Baechle (The Faint) among others to create a truely new sound for Telephono.

Over a period of 6 months 10 songs were created by a hybrid of 50 musicians and a box set of all the music is currently available through the Telephono website. Included in the set is 5 unique 7" records with handcrafted, screened, and hand numbered art and packaging along with a supplemental cd of the songs found on the box set, as well as rarities, unreleased tracks and new Telephono songs for the public to work on themselves and share among one another.

Thanks to Pitchfork for this exciting news!

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My opinion of Reggie and the Full Effect goes way back. In the early days of Vagrant Records, when The Get Up Kids had just released Something to Write Home About, I discovered the first evolution of Reggie. A side project created by TGUK keyboardist, James Dewees and singer Matt Pryor, the band released its first record entitled Greatest Hits 1984-1987 on Second Nature Recordings swapping vocals from track to track. A gimmick band created to sprout off some great ridiculously catchy (not to mention silly) songs that would never end up on an album from their day job, The Get Up Kids. The follow-up released by Vagrant a little while later,now containing simply Dewees, was equally as satisfying but felt it was missing something. I can't honestly comment on the two records that followed because I lost a bit of interest in his search for self-parody. The latest record Last Stop : Crappy Town, though seems more highly influenced by Dewees past band Coalesce. He rotates from singing to screaming throughout the entire album. Sadly while the record contains quite abit of originality I could never complete get into it. The track 'N train' is the highlight of the album and really grabs hold of my interest and doesn't let go. Unfortunately, it is also the last track and is a little too late. The album is also a bit of a risk with some reviews bound to rename it "Last Stop: Crappy Album." While not that bad, I must say it still was a bit of a disappointment.

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If you were around during the heyday of indie rock the names Jason Gnewikow and Scott Winegard should sound relatively familiar. Gnewikow used to play guitar for The Promise Ring while Winegard was the bassist for Texas is the Reason.

In case you were wondering what the hell they are doing now, I have an answer for you. They joined up with ex-The Gloria Record drummer Brian Malone and singer John Herguth to form House and Parish. The band, which calls Brooklyn home, has been on the up and up since their debut EP One, One-Thousand hit shelves late last year with the help of Arena Rock Recordings. House and Parish has created a sound all their own, choosing wisely not to harp back on similar territory of their past efforts.

Back in April of this year, the band reported that they planned to distribute 3 self-released singles featuring bonus tracks and covers, however, as of yet nothing has come to fruition. According to their label's website the band has decided to take a little break. We can only hope this "break" does not last very long.

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The house that Fugazi built, Dischord Records, has released their entire catalog for your downloading pleasure. Individual songs can be downloaded by purchasing digital credits, which contain 15 downloads for only $10. Complete releases can also be downloaded for three separate prices: Full length albums for $7, Maxi-albums for $8, and EPs for $4. Free MP3 downloads of albums will also be available with the purchase of each LP release.

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