Return to Sender: Postal Service Performs 

Neither Santa Barbara-raised electronic-pop-music pioneer Jimmy Tamborello nor Ben Gibbard, singer-songwriter-guitarist of the pop band Death Cab for Cutie, imagined that their collaboration 20 years ago would be anything more than an enjoyable one-off. But suddenly The Postal Service – so named because the pair put the project together by the U.S. mail, with Tamborello shipping his compositions to Gibbard for melodies and vocals – had an indie hit with the genre-crossing Give Up. Although they never made another record, a 10-year reunion tour was a monster success, including a sold-out date at the Bowl, and a second decade later they’re back at it again, with singer Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley fame, who guested on the album, also on hand for the October 14 show that features a performance by Death Cab as well.