Harry And The Potters are urging their fans to vote. Apparently Harry is now old enough to hit the polls, and he and the rest of his band are giving you not 1, but 2 gifts to celebrate this day. The first is an a cappella version of Save Ginny Weasley performed by Dumbledore's Chorus. The second announcement is that tickets for the Yule Balls shows are now on sale:

Tickets for Philadelphia on December 2nd are available online through TicketWeb, and they are also on sale at AKA Music (2nd and Market Sts) or by calling 1-866-468-7619 (toll free).

Tickets for the Middle East shows on December 10th are available through Ticketmaster and in person at the Middle East Box Office in Cambridge (1-7pm). Buy online: Early show | Late Show | BOTH shows

The A.K.A.s are offering some perks if you show them proof that you voted. They want you to use this election as a rejection of George Dubya & all of his "stay the course" cronies. As a little incentive, for each & every one of you who sends them proof that you voted in today's election, they will personally send you an AKAs limited edition 3 button set & sticker. In addition to that, they will pick 5 people at random who will receive a signed copy of White Doves & Smoking Guns. Not a bad deal for taking 30 minutes of your time to vote.

Happy Election Day!

Ahhh...What the hell... Check out the non-a cappella version of Save Ginny Weasley below...But you have to visit their Myspace site to get the special version!

Fresh from the hottest Indie label in the land, The A.K.As have added a new song to their Myspace page. The song is called Confessions Of A Dangerous Mouth and it sounds like a track that'd come from the Ramones with Jello Biafra taking the lead and Toni Basil leading the melody with a wicked line on the keys. Unfortunately the track isn't available for download, but you can still stream it from your bookshelf speakers while dancing around like a spastic cockroach.

The eccentric duo of Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo (aka Gnarls Barkley) are releasing a new video next week. The video is for Gone Daddy Gone, and doesn't feature Cee-Lo jumping around in a giant male diaper with a binkey. The video was directed by Chris Milk, who directed the Kanye West / Evil Knievel video (with Pamela Anderson). The Gone Daddy Gone video is supposedly "insanely good" according to the duo, but every band thinks their product is the next big thing.

MTV & MTV2 will premiere it on Friday, September 29th as part of their Spankin New Music Week (MTV2). It will premiere on MySpace on September 30th. VH1 and FUSE will begin airing the following Monday, 10/2

One last bit of news for you lovers of major label garage rock (is there such thing?): If you are in Chicago and are curious as to see what Jet have been up to since they debuted a few years back with a shitload of "The" bands, you can see them for free in Chicago. The info is as follows:

@Schubas
3159 N. South Port
Chicago, IL 60657 773-525-2508