While manys labels are scrambling to keep their music off of services like BitTorrent, Saddle Creek has embraced the technology. The Omaha-based label, which has, to-date, named its own rules and achieved consistent success in an ever-increasing unstable industry, is offering up free tracks on the downloading service, highlighting their solid 2007 releases.

"The idea is to let people sample a record before making any purchasing decisions," Saddle Creek's Jeff Tafolla tells Spinner. "If they like it, hopefully they will support the artist by buying the record."

The label is offering up tracks from label kingpin Bright Eyes, plus other roster mainstays like Two Gallants, Georgie James, the Good Life and Art in Manila.

"We just make it legal and guilt free," Tafolla continues. "By hosting those songs on our website, we reach mostly people who are already fans of Saddle Creek. Making the sampler available through BitTorrent is a good way to reach a a greater number of music fans unfamiliar with our artists. We're very proud of our 2007 releases, and want as many people as possible to hear them."

San Francisco's Two Gallants -- Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel -- found something like stability on their latest album, a self-titled effort and follow-up to 2006's 'What the Toll Tells,' due September 25. Moreover, the duo find that this time 'round, it's the subtleties that are heavy on impact. "On the last record there were two obvious singles in a way that people gravitated towards a little bit more," Stephens tells Spinner. "And I don't think there really is on this record. There's more consistency on this record than the last."

Stephens credits that consistency to both having written the new album in a concentrated period of time on the road and to his recent fascination with a particular musical genre. "I've kind of recently noticed more of a turn to much more country in the songs that have been coming out," he says. "I've been listening to a lot of country music lately, and so some of the other influences are maybe waning a little bit."

Artist: Two Gallants
Song: 'Seems Like Home to Me'
Album: 'The Scenery of Farewell'
Sounds Like: Bright Eyes, Danielson Famile

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The duo have announced a fairly thorough (Translation: no proper NY date yet) North American tour, beginning with a Sept. 14 in-store at Amoeba Music in their native San Francisco, followed by the tour's official start in Portland on Sept. 20.

If you aren't down with the folky goodness of Two Gallants yet, download 'Waves of Grain.'



Complete tour dates after the jump.