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Hozier + Death Cab for Cutie + Rock Radio 104.5's Birthday Show (Photo Gallery)
Radio 104.5's birthday show featured great bands and might have been the unofficial start of summer festival season in the Northeast.
22 May 2015
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Death Cab for Cutie's "Black Sun" Is Promising (and Nothing More)
Following their creative low point in 2011's Codes & Keys and shedding a band member, Death Cab for Cutie's first new song in years is promising, but not a whole lot else.
29 Jan 2015
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The Postal Service: Everything Will Change
Surprisingly, a bunch of sentimental laptop pop songs from ten years ago (Give Up) make for a dynamic and engaging live show.
24 Nov 2014
Music
Benjamin Gibbard: Former Lives
Death Cab for Cutie frontman steps out with a solo effort that works best when he falls back on the high-concept lyrical daring of his earlier work.
17 Oct 2012
Music
Building a Fire: The Benjamin Gibbard Interview
He's the songwriting mastermind behind Death Cab for Cutie, the Postal Service, and All-Time Quarterback. Now, decades into his career, Benjamin Gibbard sits down with PopMatters to discuss his first-ever solo album, and why an iPhone a capella field recording is the disc's first track ...
15 Oct 2012
Music
Benjamin Gibbard Debut Solo Album, 'Former Lives', Is Streaming in Full
A week ahead of release, Benjamin Gibbard's (Death Cab for Cutie) debut solo slbum, Former Lives, has premiered in full-length album form over on YouTube.
09 Oct 2012
Music
The Most Disappointing Albums of 2011
The selections on this list aren't necessarily bad albums -- some actually happen to be among the most critically acclaimed of this year. In some cases, it's just that the albums weren't what fans were expecting, and in others, they were exactly what they were expecting.
Enio Chiola
13 Dec 2011
Music
Guessing the 2012 Grammys
Predictions on who will be honored on “music’s biggest night”, based on a mixture of rumors, critical acclaim, and the academy’s voters.
07 Dec 2011
Music
Funeral Songs: The Music of 'Six Feet Under'
Two specific sequences from two separate episodes of Six Feet Under illustrate the show's complex and sophisticated use of popular music as both dramatic dramatic device and cultural signifier.
Jer Fairall
03 Nov 2011
Interviews
Death Cab for Cutie Plays One for You
KCRW in Los Angeles hosted Death Cab for Cutie for a private show and question and answer session. The live video and audio air 1 November.
31 Oct 2011
Music
Death Cab for Cutie - "Doors Unlocked and Open" (Cut Copy Remix)
Death Cab for Cutie gears up for remix EP next month with the first of their weekly leakings of the albums seven tracks.
12 Oct 2011
Music
Death Cab for Cutie: Codes & Keys
It's billed as being unique and different -- keyboards instead of guitars! -- but Codes & Keys is the sound of Death Cab at their most generic, disjointed, and disinterested.
31 May 2011
Music
Top Ten Tracks for Your Holiday Playlist
Weary of Bing Crosby singing “White Christmas” for the 567th time? Here's an alternate selection of songs to consider spinning during the holiday season.
30 Nov 2010
Music
Don DeLillo, screeching, and tacos: A night with Death Cab for Cutie
I really do. I love Death Cab for Cutie, but their uninspired and relatively unimpressive show at Chicago's Aragon Theater on April 13th demonstrated that the band, which is an indie rock mainstay, deserves to be able to alter their songs and recreate the musical experience for their fans.
27 Apr 2009
Music
Death Cab for Cutie: Something About Airplanes (Deluxe Edition)
Like an old friend, Death Cab for Cutie's debut album is still every bit as warm, inviting, and lovable as it was ten years ago. Those already familiar with its charms, however, will find relatively little of interest in this two-disc, deluxe reissue.
04 Dec 2008
Reviews
Death Cab for Cutie
Is this what contemporary indie means, to be able to transition back and forth between a commoditized existence and an independently artistic one with relative ease? It may be.
Thomas Hauner
26 Oct 2008
Music
"Megalomania Doesn't Have a Tax-Bracket": An Interview with Ben Gibbard
Evan Sawdey
01 Jun 2008
Music
"Megalomania Doesn't Have a Tax-Bracket": An Interview with Death Cab for Cutie
Suddenly finding himself with a chart-topping album, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard finds himself concerned with more important things than popping open a bottle of bubbly. It's just another day in the fun, crazed universe of Death Cab.
01 Jun 2008
Music
Death Cab for Cutie: Narrow Stairs
A band as long-lasting as Death Cab would eventually have to regroup and launch their sound into a grittier, more primal direction, shaking off the stigma that comes with entering the Post-Millenial Platinum Club.
15 May 2008
Music
Chris Walla: Field Manual
Death Cab for Cutie sideman/indie producer extraordinare finally releases his long-delayed solo album, capitalizing on a sound that wouldn't be out of place on a regular Death Cab album.
19 Mar 2008
Reviews
Death Cab for Cutie: Directions
Music videos as a companion to CDs? It just might work...
17 Jul 2006
Reviews
Death Cab for Cutie: Drive Well, Sleep Carefully [DVD]
The goodness of this film relates directly to the viewers' like or dislike of Death Cab for Cutie songs.
David Bernard
18 Oct 2005
Music
Death Cab For Cutie: Plans
This is an amazing little pop record of amazing little pop songs.
Ryan McDermott
07 Sep 2005
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Death Cab for Cutie: We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes
Steve Lichtenstein
20 Mar 2000
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