Team Headshot has a new BFF in the band Echodrone. And when 2 groups love each other very much they like to express their love in the form of links and networking.

http://www.echodrone.com/

But they’re actually a shoegazer band based in San Francisco that’s really nifty and err…

Echodrone was birthed in summer 2005 from the miasma of Craigslist. Answering a call for like-minded musicians, Brandon and Mark F. joined Eugene and began Echodrone’s exploration of the intersection where Medicine, Ride, Stars of the Lid and Mogwai meet. Original drummer Kahlil Karn felt the call in June 2006 and provided a visual component to initial gigs, but parted ways with the band in June 2007. Another call out to Craigslist ensnared drummer/sonic maestro Mark Tarlton, who began contributing electronic touches to the mix. The final stage of Echodrone was set when Meredith Gibbons (ex-One Becomes One Hundred) replaced departing member Mark F.

The Echodrone recipe: combine Post-Rock textures, Ambient atmospherics, Dreampop harmonies and feedback-drenched classic Shoegaze into a mold shaped from the band’s musical exploration. The result: a cathartic mix of vivid musical colors and patterns that is greater than the sum of its parts. Echodrone is an indie band for those bored with the indie genre.

After first unleashing their barbaric yalp onto receptive audiences in September 2006, Echodrone has since played with such local luminaries as Sciflyer (Clairecords), Murder of Lilies, and Halcyon High. March 2007 saw the release of a debut 4-song EP, recorded at SoundPort Studios by Michael Padilla (Dora Flood) and released on the band’s own label, Isomer Records. This self-titled EP was a top-seller on shoegaze specialty retail site toneVENDOR and has received airplay locally on KALX, KSCU and KZSU, nationally on the respected online station Vertigo Radio, where opener “Here We Are” was voted 2 listener favorite in the first month of release, and internationally on Australia’s 3RRR station.

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Developed by: Infinity Ward
Published by: Activision
Score:85

I think back to the day when I first got Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare. At first I was apprehensive at the thought of playing through a WW2 style FPS with M16s instead of Thompsons. However I was surprised to see all the advancements that were made simply by changing the locale. The same thrills and overall experience was still there in the single player. However, what kept me coming back to the game habitually was the multiplayer. So now let’s get back to the present where I am playing the PS3 version of Modern Warfare 2 (sans the Call of Duty apparently). What may have been the most hotly anticpated game of 2009 is now here and I’ve decided to review it…in a timely manner of course. So let me start out by saying…

C’mon now. Really? Reserving a game in January that won’t be here until August and that will be in more than abundant supply at launch. Good job being proactive Gamestop. I’ll plunk down $5 right away and then ask a blind man to perform open heart surgery on me using a rusty knife and fork.

Trying to play Modern Warfare 2 and I can’t. Why? Because it’s another god-awful and probably useless update for the PS3. Sony, please cut it out, no one gives 2 shits about improved photo features. Oh and by the way Sam, I hate you so much right now for making me get this version. PS3 updates are working their way into Dead to THS.

Developed by: Bungie
Published by: Microsoft Game Studios
Score: 75

3 years and 4 days ago Halo 3, the game touted as “The most anticipated game of all time” (until the next one, that is) was released. We at THS almost immediately viewed the game as a big disappointment and have since moved on to greener pastures, however many players have remained faithful to the once-revolutionary-yet-now-average franchise. Those faithful have now been rewarded with Halo ODST, a title which introduces a new story campaign and an extra multi-player disc that includes, er, all the maps they’ve already bought.