Music: Elliott Brood.

I just discovered this great little alt-country/folk band called Elliott Brood. There are songs both dark and wistful contained on their recent release, Ambassador, including a twistedly cheerful song about a town hanging, a song about the defeat of the South during the American Civil War, and a song about nostalgia for the World War II generation. The instrumentation makes sparse use of sampling and electronics, in favor of Southern fuzz guitar and banjo(?!). Fun stuff. They've posted the hanging song, one of the catchier songs on the album, in mp3 format here.