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The Postal Service In just 10 years, their name has turned into something quaint. The U.S. Postal Service provided the means for the collaboration between Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello. They snail-mailed tapes back and for

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The Postal Service

In just 10 years, their name has turned into something quaint. The U.S. Postal Service provided the means for the collaboration between Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Dntel's Jimmy Tamborello. They snail-mailed tapes back and forth, occasionally looping in Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis, to create Give Up, a one-off project that became a classic amalgamation of earnest indie-rock romanticism and subtle, atmospheric electronica. Songs such as "Such Great Heights," "Nothing Better," and "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" mark an era. To commemorate the platinum-selling album's aluminum anniversary, Give Up has been reissued with a second disc of bonus tracks, covers, and a pair of newly completed songs (both very good). Best of all, Gibbard, Tamborello, and Lewis (with help from the Mynabirds' Laura Burhenn) are touring, and they come to the Mann on Monday.    - Steve Klinge

Cody ChestnuTT/ Johnny Popcorn

Since 2002, Cody ChestnuTT has seemed at a standstill. The raw, emotive, and swaggering singing/songwriting guitarist and vocalist dropped his luscious lo-fi album debut, the two-CD

The Headphone Masterpiece

, and appeared on the Roots'

Phrenology

with his co-penned "The Seed (2.0)" that year. In one 12-month swoop, he showed what potent, poetic, socially conscious soul should be and helped the Roots to one of its finest moments. Then ChestnuTT all but disappeared. A 2006 live recording went unreleased. He had an EP,

Black Skin No Value

, in 2010, and a quietly released CD,

Landing on a Hundred

, in 2012. The latter was humbly filled with gospel, punk, and R&B riffs. Here's hoping we see more of the enigmatic wonder in 2013. Opening the show is Philly's Johnny Popcorn, the whack and wonderful new wave/funk experiment (think N.E.R.D.) from the mind and mouth of Hezekiah Davis.

- A.D. Amorosi

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