Pitchfork is reporting ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead will be releasing a new four-song EP entitled The Secret of Elena's Tomb this year. my reaction was "holy fuck! yes yes yes!"

Pulp Magazine Art: The Secret of Elena's Tomb

i like it when record label's offer full MP3 samples. there's a much higher chance i'll give your band a shot if it has an MP3 download instead of that streaming windows media and especially real player shit.

• The International Noise Conspiracy covers N.E.R.D.'s "Baby Doll" (MP3: Epitaph, 4.9MB)
• Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - "Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?" (MP3: Lookout Records, 4.6MB)
• Bright Eyes - "Lover I Don't Have to Love" (MP3: Saddle Creek, 1.8MB)
• Division of Laura Lee - "We've Been Planning This For Years" (MP3: Burning Heart, 1.9MB)
• The Faint - "Agenda Suicide" (MP3: Saddle Creek, 1.8MB)
• Interpol - "PDA" (MP3: Matador, 5.8MB)
• Shat - "Tit Fuck" (MP3: Buddyhead, 648KB)
• Digger - "Try and Catch Me" (MP3: Hopeless, 4.2MB)