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Bullet the Blue Sky

• Yes, it's true: Sound Team is now on Capitol. The high-energy quintet signed with the home of Radiohead and the Beatles just after Christmas; the label gave them an option to license May's five-song EP to another label or release it themselves, with their nearly done full-length – which they've been recording with Mike McCarthy – following as soon as possible thereafter. "I think [Capitol] felt the future slipping out from under them, so they're trying to branch out into more underground areas," says Team member Sam Sanford. "It works out well for both of us."

• U.S. Marine Reserve Lance Cpl. Trevor Aston, an El Paso native and former Parish/Mercury bartender, was due to come home next month but died last week in a nonhostile vehicle incident, now under military investigation, in Iraq's Al Anbar province. Condolences to his family and friends; a memorial Web page has been set up at www.trevorastonusmc.com.

• Pop nightingale Sarah Sharp met the right person at SXSW Film last year, and soon enough she was in charge of choosing songs for the Jason Lee/Crispin Glover caper comedy Drop Dead Sexy. The film, featuring locals Sharp, 54 Seconds, Boombox, the Crack Pipes, Bruce Hughes, Soulhat, and many more, has its SXSW Film premiere March 12 at the Paramount.

• More fun film stuff: "TCB" predecessor Ken Lieck, featured in highly touted SXSW doc The Devil and Daniel Johnston, becomes the "Smut Keeper" to host A Star Is Porn, the Alamo Downtown's cockeyed but sex-free montage of porno spoofs like Edward Penishands and A Clockwork Orgy tonight (Thursday) through Saturday. Midnight shows only; raincoats highly recommended.

• Perverted Son Records may be defunct, but copies of the label's Keep Frozen compilation are still available at www.pervertedson.com. Label co-founder Josh Chalmers says the Web site will stay up until the domain comes up for renewal.

• Competing in the Austin Music Foundation's second Incubator program – for $15,000 and expert advice toward making a new album – are KJAE, Will Taylor & Strings Attached, and Debbi Walton & the Sweet Soul Vibe (Category I); Guy Forsyth, Rachel Loy, and Brent Palmer (Category II); and Pong, Kissinger, and Friends of Lizzy (Category III). Finalists perform March 5 at Antone's and the Lucky Lounge. Good luck, all.

• Hot SXSW rumor of the week: the Arcade Fire and Spoon as special guests at Merge's March 17 Parish showcase. Better line up now…