death cab for cutie at the grammy awards, lifted from HRO who probably took it from getty.

Via Hipster Runoff [#], a photo of Death Cab for Cutie sporting blue ribbons to raise awareness of an important issue facing the music industry:

“Autotuning is a digital manipulation, a correction of a singer’s voice that is affecting literally thousands of singers today and thousands of records that are coming out,” said the group’s frontman, Ben Gibbard. “So we just want to raise awareness while we’re here and try to bring back the blue note. … The note that’s not so perfectly in pitch and just gives the recording some soul and some kind of real character. [associatedpress]

Way to go guys, but I’m pretty sure the last track on the Bon Iver EP is a joke. Right?