Death Cab for Cutie

The Postal Service Reunion was Ten Years Coming. Do you Feel Old Yet?

If you are in or around your mid-twenties, this probably isn't the first time you've felt the cold hands of classic-rockdom closing around your neck. (For me, it was seeing a Garden State DVD on the bargain shelf at an FYE. And then, right afterward, it was thinking, "Man, I can't believe I used to ... More >>

11 Shows To See This Weekend: Death Cab For Cutie, Justin Townes Earle and More

Death Cab For Cutie, Youth LagoonThursday, May 3, at McFarlin AuditoriumDeath Cab For Cutie has been passing through Dallas for over a decade. This show promises to be different from any previous tours because the group will be joined onstage by the Magik*Magik* Orchestra, which will add rich sympho ... More >>

Death Cab For Cutie Announces Orchestral Tour Date at McFarlin Auditorium

​For those Dallas music fans who put Death Cab For Cutie's Codes and Keys in your favorite albums of 2011 file, this bit of news will be interesting. Death Cab For Cutie have announced a performance at McFarlin Auditorium on Friday, May 4. Here's where it gets interesting: The indie pop anti-heroe ... More >>

The Lonely Forest's Tony Ruland On Meeting Lady Gaga, Sounding Too Much Like Death Cab

Hailing from the small, waterfront town of Anacortes, Washington, The Lonely Forest is a four-piece outfit that specializes in a quirky brand of power pop that is not much different from that of another band from that same region: Death Cab for Cutie. As a matter of fact, Death Cab's Chris Walla ... More >>

Pay to Play, or: So You Think You Can Do a Better Job of Programming KXT (For an Hour)?

​I was in the KERA studios earlier this week, the guest of station contributor and Friend of Unfair Park Rawlins Gilliland as he bravely plowed through a 10-hour marathon pledge drive on behalf of the station. We did our segments in the KXT studios, where, for the first time, I met afternoon-show ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Death Cab for Cutie and Frightened Rabbit at the Verizon Theatre

Death Cab for Cutie, Frightened RabbitVerizon TheatreAugust 13, 2011 Better than: sweating in the heat only to watch a band implode. Death Cab for Cutie​After living through the nightmare that was the Kings of Leon show a few weeks back, it was nice to be in the cool confines of Verizon Theatre Sa ... More >>

Good Friday: Death Cab, Rock The Bells, Torche, Trae and The Rest of Your Weekend

Death Cab For Cutie​There was a time when Death Cab For Cutie would have Centro-Matic in the support slot of their regional shows. But those days are long gone. On Saturday, Death Cab will be at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie with Frightened Rabbit. But if a Centro-Matic-less Death Cab doesn ... More >>

Death Cab For Cutie, Frightened Rabbit

Saturday, August 13, at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie

Music Video Monday: New Clips From The O's, The Wooden Birds and Forever The Sickest Kids

Back in February, just as revered area folk-rock duo The O's were gearing up to release Between The Two, their much-anticipated second release, Taylor Young and John Pedigo released a music video for their album's lead single, "We'll Go Walking." The clip, we were told at the time, was to be just t ... More >>

Show Announcements: Death Cab, Arctic Monkeys and 110 New Show Announcements

It's a tight squeeze in the Death Cab.​With only about a month until Death Cab For Cutie releases their seventh album, Codes And Keys, it's a good time to ask yourself: "What would Zach Braff do?" Easy answer: He'd buy tickets for their upcoming concert. Death Cab, as they're known by those "in th ... More >>

Q&A: Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin on Being the Rudy of Indie Rock

Is Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin going to make Rock Notre Dame?​Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin is just like any other touring indie band trying to make a name for itself in the current American musical landscape. They are not very well known, nor do they have the drawing power ... More >>

Today In Music News: College Students Study Lady Gaga, Ben Gibbard Talks New Death Cab And T.I.'s Wife Gets Charged

Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, November 1, 2010...Students at the University of South Carolina will look to get an easy "A" in the Spring semester as the school offers the course "Lady Gaga and the Sociology of Fame."Ben Gibbard doesn't really care if you like the new Death Cab ... More >>

Aural Ambush: The Octopus Project

As you may have noticed, the last rebirth of Aural Ambush wasn't as long-lasting as we'd hoped. This summer we're giving it another go.If you're not familiar with the concept, it's pretty simple: We grab an mp3 from a group touring through our domain, equip ourselves with CD player, headphones, and ... More >>

Please Stop Listening To Classic Rock

The Southern Sea

Theoretically, Yes. Honestly, No. (Old House)

Bonus MP3: The Southern Sea -- "These Things Always End Badly"

In this week's print edition of the Observer (at some newsstands already, but on your Internet now), you'll find a review of The Southern Sea's Theoretically, Yes. Honestly, No. in our Home Grown CD review section, which, really, despite the thoughts of one quick-to-comment reader, is meant as quite ... More >>

Radio, Radio: Ayo Says Adios, While We Look at Just What Passes for "Quality Rock"

Two follow-ups in this particular radio round-up. First, I exchanged a few messages with Alan Ayo via Facebook, and the long and short of it is, he's not at all upset that Clear Channel gave him his walking papers yesterday. Writes the former midday host and music director at KDGE-FM:I'm feeling rat ... More >>

How To Put Together A Valentine's Day Mixtape

Today In Music News: Q-Tip Hits The Big Screen, Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold Has A Side Project and Festivals Are Getting Canceled

Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, February 4, 2009...Oy vey! Q-Tip has signed on as the co-star in an independent movie about a young man from a Hasidic community who is caught importing and trafficking ecstasy into the States. Obviously, Tip won't be the Hasidic character; he'll ... More >>

Today In Music News: Zooey Deschanel's Engaged, Axl's Touring, Bands Need Beds and Jay-Z Got A Problem

Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, December 30, 2008... My life is over. Yes, it's over. The indie powerhouses known as Zooey Dechannel (She & Him) and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) are apparently (read: allegedly) engaged. He apparently popped the question on Christm ... More >>

The Five Worst Album Covers of 2008

5. Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow StairsA cover that seems created to cause migraines. I suppose this shit's supposed to be a comment on our modern condition or something. If so, spare me.

MTV Names New Amerykah The 9th Best Disc Of '08`

Considering that I've only seen eight of the 25 artists mentioned in MTV's year-end best albums list (Kanye West, Lil Wayne, No Age, Death Cab, Vampire Weekend, Panic At The Disco, MGMT, Coldplay) actually have their viddeos played on MTV or sister network VH1, you've gotta imagine that, for 17 of t ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Death Cab, Buckcherry, the Hollywood Undead, the Hit

Was there a weekend? It sure doesn't feel like it, but the videos don't lie so it must have happened. Oh well, it's Monday now, and there are videos to watch. Don't forget that Christmas is closing in and it's high time we all started getting those wish lists ready for Santa. Now let's see. I want ... More >>

Admit It: Death Cab Made You Vote

Last Night: Death Cab for Cutie at Nokia Theatre

Giveaway: A Pair Of Tickets To See Death Cab At Nokia Theatre Tonight

Death Cab for Cutie, Rogue Wave

Tuesday, June 17, at Nokia Theatre, Grand Prairie

Death Cab for Cutie

Narrow Stairs (Atlantic)

Ben Gibbard, David Bazan, Johnathan Rice

Monday, May 14, at the Granada Theater

"Piss Soaked Turd Loaf"

Into the Dark

Weirded out by Thursday's Journey/Def Leppard bill? The future is worse.

What Made Milwaukee Famous, The Lord Henry

Thursday, July 6, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

Our top DVD picks for the week of April 11

Death Cab for Frat Guys

Anarchy in The O.C.

You'll never guess which TV show Death Cab for Cutie is sick of talking about

Pop Rocks

The shiniest and catchiest of 2005's snap and fizz

Styrofoam

Wednesday, November 16, at Gypsy Tea Room's "Tea Room"

Oh, Canada!

The worst scheduling snafu of the week pits north-of-the-border faves against each other

Death Cab For Cutie

Plans (Atlantic)

Okkervil River, The Elected

Friday, January 28, at Hailey's

Very Clever, Boys

The top 10 indie-rock albums of 2003

Playing Favorites

Local musicians pick the tops

Cab Fare

Death Cab for Cutie are the kings of rock. Sort of.

Death Cab for Cutie

Transatlanticism (Barsuk)

Grandaddy

Sumday (V2)

The Long Goodbye

The Dismemberment Plan is finished, but Travis Morrison is just getting started

The Postal Service

April 8

Hot Hot Heat

October 22

Photo Finish

Death Cab for Cutie sees itself as just a guitar band. You might not agree.

Your Bruises

Death Cab for Cutie is just trying to stay healthy long enough to pay for a broken windshield