Wolf Parade’s Scott Coffey-directed video for EXPO 86 rocker “Yulia” features an astronaut love story that feels like a nod to Sub Pop labelmates of the past, the Postal Service. (Coffey’s the guy who did the zombie love story for Handsome Furs’ “I’m Confused.”) Watc...

Anyone with a set of ears knows Owl City sounds a lot like the Postal Service. Just in case you weren't sure, though, Adam Young and his laptop basically admitted to ripping off Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello. He didn't stop there: Young also nabbed a photo of Chicago called "Ice On The Lake" by a guy named Ben Eubank (aka benisntfunny) for pa...

Bang the Fallon gong, this is easily the best bit on Late Night since "Let Us Play With Your Look," and Sara Schaefer's right in that it's a good reminder of why Jimmy got the job in the first place. (It's good to have reminders!) Has the Late Night writing staff been sitting on this since the show's launch, though? Or did they just realize it w...

In an interview with EW Adam Young, aka laptop sensation Owl City, admits his no. 1 single "Fireflies" and the Postal Service in general "are pretty similar," but at the same time claims he's "a lot more of a Death Cab fan." For example, he'd only heard Get Up "a little bit" before people started pointing out the pilfering:I've become more of a ...

"There never really was a plan to do a second album." That's Ben Gibbard talking to Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily a couple of months ago about the Postal Service. Sweden's Miike Snow-- a trio of "Toxic" producers/writers Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, plus Fires of Rome front guy Andrew Wyatt-- do a credible job of going Pos...