This Providence: a band that began with an “awkward and weird” encounter in a locker room… I really need to hear more about these origins -- you don’t want to leave me to my own devices -- but alas, that is the only explanation we viewers get from the Discover & Download interview from This Providence regarding its possibly sweaty origins.

OK, we do get a little bit more, so you should watch the video below: The Fueled by Ramen band formed when rival Seattle band members Dan Young and Gavin Phillips agreed to set aside their differences and start making heartfelt, punky pop-rock together.

The guys also discuss their single "Letdown," off of their latest album, Who Are You Now. I'm not the first to say this, but Dan seems like the cute, sensitive type (and that's not a Seattle accent), so who is he letting down?

Anyway, check out This Providence on Discover & Download -- or catch them headlining with Hey Monday on the MySpace Music Let's Make A Mess tour.

Yes, you remember them from their association with Snakes on a Plane, namely their single, "Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)." Of course, the Sam Jackson-starring movie was an example of fabricated 'net hype that doesn't even hold up well in the guilty pleasure funny-because-it's-so-bad category because it's merely mediocre. Cobra Starship, on the other hand, seems to be nothing of the sort.

Led by Gabe Saporta, Cobra Starship is signed to Fueled By Ramen's Decaydance imprint -- founded by Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump and Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy. Once "Snakes" gave the band exposure, Saporta had to form a real band to replace Maja Ivarsson (The Sounds), William Beckett (The Academy Is...) and McCoy, with who he recorded the song. That band featured Saporta is backed by guitarist Ryland Blackinton, bassist Alex Suarez (The Ivy League), drummer Nate Navarro and keyboardist Elisa Schwartz.

The band -- the original lineup and the current one with Victoria Asher on keyboards replacing Schwartz -- has logged tours with Gym Class Heroes and Panic! At The Disco, as well as with Fall Out Boy +44, The Academy Is ... and Paul Wall on the Honda Civic Tour (such an incestuous little community, isn't it?). And who can forget their surprise appearance in Fall Out Boy's VMA suite in Las Vegas? Read more...