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Press release of the day: A post-pop Pocahontas

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By Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
January 21, 2009

Our friends at Magnum PR sent this promotional photo of Chicago's Via Tania. It's about time someone came along to fill the market niche for dour, gothed-out ukulele-strumming sirens in Song of Hiawatha costume. You'd never guess that she got her start in the "vowel-free noise-pop outfit Spdfgh" before going solo with the new album moon pop (apparently now vowels are in, but capital letters are out), featuring a sound the press release describes as ranging from "Tim-Burton-esque" to "campfire balladry" to "scando-disco."

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Previous Press Releases of the Day: • The edge of Tomato • Nothing scandalous, just some booze and Jenga • Robots fish for prostates • The Rake Angel • Listening to dirt • Reindeer games at the Red Stag • Does St. Paul owe the Pope $3.4 million? • Tonic Sol-fa visit the Don Shelby Radio Show • Rybak proclaims Tonic Sol-fa Day in Minneapolis • Ruddy ducks, Autoharp warriors, boozing ladies, YogaSoul, Quincy Jones, and the hateful warmongers who are Tonic Sol-fa

Published on 1/21/09.

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