Indie Rockers Join Forces For Obama (Again)

Tonight Barack Obama cements his nomination as the Democratic nominee for President of the United States of America while Radiohead cement their position as a band that really likes to do webcasts. Last night's portion of the DNC had a different soundtrack: Rage Against The Machine played a protest show at the Denver Coliseum in support of Iraq Veterans Against the War then led a protest march of thousands to the Pepsi Center to present a list of demands that, as MTV reports , included "an immediate withdrawal from Iraq and reparations for the Iraqi people" to Obama's camp. No word on how that went, but this is what the performance looked and sounded like. Oddly, not as impassioned as this . Likely more meaningful for the meaningful-core fans out there, though, was "Unconventional '08 , an Obama-themed show that took place at Manifest Hope Gallery in San Francisco, hosted by the city's mayor, Gavin Newsom hosted . Earlier in the evening there were performances by Silversun Pickups, Nada Surf, DJ Z-Trip, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Cold War Kids, but it was the late-night set that birthed an indie rock supergroup: