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DeVotchKa, Polyphonic Spree, more have a Nightmare

By Loren Lankford on 10:21 AM on October 31, 2008

Back in August, Billboard reported that on the 15th anniversary of the release of Tim Burton's beloved Nightmare Before Christmas, a bunch of beloved bands (and, um, Korn) were set to release an album inspired by the animated musical.... read more

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The Polyphonic Spree Wants You

By Jay Sweet on 12:00 AM on June 19, 2007

The world is a bleak, bleary place. We're under daily siege by despairing news and crippling angst as war, floods, drought, disease, famine and tragic violence bombard our collective consciousness. Ignore it all you want, but we live in troubling times... read more

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Polyphonic Spree To Tour

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on July 27, 2006

After spending the past several months in the studio working on its third album, 26-member band The Polyphonic Spree recently announced a short tour throughout North America beginning in September. With the release of a digital EP expected to coincide with the tour, The Polyphonic Spree will support Hasidic reggae singer Matisyahu for a number of performances. For more information on these shows click here... read more

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Polyphonic Spree To Play Holiday Benefit

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on November 9, 2005

The Texas-based Polyphonic Spree will play a holiday benefit concert Dec. 16 in Dallas. The show—co-sponsored by Spree mastermind Tim DeLaughter's Good Records—will help aid the annual Toys for Tots drive. The band encourages attendees to bring a toy with them to donate to the cause.... read more

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Sings of Life 2004

By Paste Staff on 12:00 AM on December 22, 2004

With this its sophomore effort, everyone’s favorite multicolored-robe-sporting Dallas-based 23-tet greatly improved on its original idea... read more

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The Polyphonic Spree

By Tom Lanham on 12:00 AM on August 1, 2004

OK, so you’ve got a meeting set up—a very important meeting. You’ve been granted an audience with one of rockdom’s most legendary figures, the (still remarkably) Thin White Duke himself, David Bowie... read more

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