Kevin Bronson on November 22nd, 2010

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It’s been a rockin’ year for Eastern Conference Champions. The L.A. trio of Joshua Ostrander, Melissa Dougherty and Greg Lyons landed their song “A Million Miles an Hour” in the soundtrack to “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.” They did a bang-up Spaceland residency. They finished work on their next full-length “Speak-ahh” while entertaining dalliances with record labels. Oh, and they kept writing new songs – like the ones on the EP “Akustiks” (out Dec. 7), which minds the Zimmy territory of ECC’s Dylan-meets-Yorke aesthetic. It’s a nifty follow-up to the late-2009 “Santa Fe” EP, and from the anxious lament “Middle of the Night” to the upbeat “Summertime” to the tender “Bristol Road,” it’s a nice appetizer for 2011’s main course.

||| Download: “Middle of the Night”

||| Also download: “Add It Up,” the Violent Femmes song, a collaboration between ECC and Voxhaul Broadcast.

||| Live: ECC celebrates the release of “Akustiks” on Dec. 7 at the Hotel Cafe.

Photo by Debi Del Grande