Behind the Eight Ball

• Windy City band, Arks, makes Spin's band of the week
• Tokyo Police Club sign to Saddle Creek (home to Bright Eyes, Cursive, Art in Manila)
• Paste and Pitchfork love Los Campesinos!
• For amusement purposes only: Quietdrive performs "Time After Time"...on a cruise boat
• The Ludo Video Thing is inaugurated
• Indie/psych? music video by Kytaja
• I actually really want to see this Beatles-backed movie: Across the Universe out in September