The Logs have returned from their recent trips to Italy and Florida and are back at work. The paparazzi sent us these unauthorized pictures of The Logs at the office; doing everything from taking a smoke break, mailing documents at the post office, getting something to eat & drink, having a board meeting and working hard on the phones. If you see any Pink Logs around your neck of the woods, be sure to send them to hushhush ATTACK! and we'll feature them in a future newsletter.

Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Epic Last Song (Almost Gold/Virgin)

Okay, here's the official story behind one of our favorite band names of the last decade, as told by synth player Dan Coop to the NME: "Everybody thinks the name is some kind of statement, but it's a quote from David Brent in 'The Office.' When me and [bassist/vocalist] James Rushent first started writing music together we decided to put it up on MySpace. We needed a name to put as our profile name so just put what was the first thing that was said on TV...we switched it on and Ricky Gervais was saying, 'Does it offend you, yeah? My drinking?' So, we just went with that. No thought whatsoever." The four-piece electro/punk/funk act from Reading, England (which also includes guitarist/vocalist Morgan Quaintance and drummer Rob Bloomfield) has already received airplay from Sirius Satellite's Left of Center, KROQ Los Angeles and WXRT Chicago to name a few. The group's music has garnered eclectic comparisons to other acts that span the full spectrum of today's rock music, ranging from Daft Punk and Justice to Muse and Rage Against the Machine.

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The four-piece known as Pistol Youth is something of an international supergroup, comprised of New Zealanders Bradley Carter from Steriogram on vocals/guitar and drummer Gavin Kerr from Wash, along with Australian guitarist Michael Guy Chislett from The Academy Is and Swedish bassist Anders Borgh from The First Class Hitmen. Of course, as you can imagine, trying to schedule sessions around the recording and touring priorities of four separate acts proved well-nigh impossible...but undaunted (and helped in good part by 21^st century technology), after talking about putting together an EP for over a year, the quartet pieced it all together without all four ever meeting in the same room. Though they facetiously describe the resulting sound as "four trainwrecks all intertwined," the self-released Smiling Can Backfire EP proved to be such a success that the foursome got together for the first time in a studio this past January in Los Angeles, with the goal of completing a full-length album. Check out this truly innovative video and to learn more about the band, go to http://www.myspace.com/pistolyouth

THE GEEKS ARE ALRIGHT: "The Geeks Were Right," the first single from Omaha indie idols The Faint's forthcoming album Fasciinatiion (blank.wav), moves to the top of the Mediaguide Alternative Specialty Song chart in its second week of release. The full-length itself vaults 5-2 on the Album end, trailing only Alt troubadour Beck, who once again grabs the top spot with Modern Guilt (Interscope) thanks to a pair of charting tracks on the Song side: "Orphans" at No.10 and "Gamma Ray" at No.13. Last week's holders of the top slot on the Song chart, The Verve with "Love is Noise," drop to No.2 this week, though the full-length Four (On Our Own) remains firmly ensconced in the third position on the Album index. The rest of the Top Five on the Song side this week are debuts, led by Nashville natives Be Your Own Pet at No.3 with "Becky," a track from their Get Damaged EP (XL), which bows at No.4 on the Album end. They're followed by longtime Alt faves the Dandy Warhols, who clock in at No.4 with "The Legend of the Last of the Outlaw Truckers"--wait a second, shouldn't that be a Kid Rock tune?--helping new album Earth to the Dandy Warhols (Beat the World) to a No.5 showing on the Album chart. The Dandy Warhols will be doing Euro summer festival circuit throughout July before mounting a North American tour in early September. Rounding out the Top Five is The Gaslight Anthem, who chart with the title track from their new album, The '59 Sound (Side One Dummy), which itself bows at No.11 on the Album end. The New Jersey quartet will certainly be racking up the frequent flyer miles this summer, with gigs scheduled for Australia, Tasmania, England and Germany, along with a variety of jaunts across North America; full details at www.myspace.com/thegaslightanthem.

Call me...psycho!