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Death Cab for Cutie Officially Writing New Music

Earlier this afternoon, Ben Gibbard, lead-vocalist of the veteran indie foursome Death Cab for Cutie, announced via Twitter that the band is currently writing new material.

The tweet itself, which has since been retweeted over 160 times and favorited by 253 individuals, was a direct response to one of the group’s followers, who publicly yearned for new music:

Though no further details have been released as of …

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Bumbershoot Announces Lineup, Death Cab For Cutie Will Play ‘Transatlantacism’ To Headline

Seattle’s music and art festival, Bumbershoot, has been going on since the 1970s, but only recently have its headlining acts stepped up their game. The festival, which takes place August 31 through September 2, is headlined by fun., Death Cab For Cutie, MGMT, Kendrick Lamar, Heart, and Tegan & Sara – certainly, nothing to scoff at.

Now it seems Ben Gibbard is on a 2003 kick. First he got The Postal Service back together, and now, at Bumbershoot, he plans to play 2003′s Transatlantacism all the way through during their set. If only I could get fun. …

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WATCH: Ben Gibbard – “I’m Building A Fire” On The Colbert Report

While we still have no concrete information on The Postal Service‘s potential reunion at Coachella, Ben Gibbard has continued his efforts promoting his debut solo album on The Colbert Report. He already had a solid performance late last year on Conan, but now we have another video (and a different song) worth watching: “I’m Building A Fire”.

We liked Former Lives here at UTG. I wish Colbert cracked a joke or something in the video, but as a music performance, you still need to catch it if you’re a fan. Check out the video after the …

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Ben Gibbard Performs “Something’s Rattling” With Mariachi Band On Conan

Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard was asked to perform a special set on Conan O’Brien last night and the results were brilliant.

As the title states, Gibbard performed his song “Something’s Rattling” with mariachi band Trio Ellas. The group provided an upbeat tempo for his new material and shows us that we do not always need electric guitars to get our message of music across. They used percussion and horns as well.

The song is off of Ben Gibbard’s latest solo release, Former Lives, which came to us through Barsuk Records.

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WATCH: Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) – “Teardrop Windows” and “Cleveland”

Nervous Energies recently caught up with Death Cab For Cutie singer and songwriter, Benjamin Gibbard on his recent solo tour.

Gibbard was kind enough to perform two songs backstage for Nervous Energies. He performed “Teardrop Windows” off of his new solo record, Former Lives, and “Cleveland”, a song from his old side project, ¡All-Time Quarterback!.

Gibbard is currently finishing up his European tour. Check out the tour dates on his Facebook page and watch the videos below. 

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REVIEW: Ben Gibbard – Former Lives

Artist: Ben Gibbard
Album: Former Lives
Label: Barsuck

I always thought of Death Cab For Cutie as a Ben Gibbard experience. It made me wonder why he would ever need a solo album – so much of Death Cab is just one man, and so much of it is clearly just written by one guy and orchestrated by a full band; why would a solo album be necessary for the glasses wearing emo man? But then, this is album is surprisingly different than Death Cab For Cutie; it is clearly a solo album in style and songwriting, and that took …

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WATCH: Ben Gibbard on Jimmy Fallon

Death Cab For Cutie front man Ben Gibbard has been doing some promotion for his upcoming album. This includes a recent stop on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, where he played two songs, “Teardrop Windows” and “Oh Woe”.

Ben Gibbard’s first fully solo release, Former Lives, comes out this Tuesday, October 16. Stay tuned for a review of it here on UTG.

You can see the two live performances by clicking “Read more.”

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STREAM: Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie) solo album – Former Lives

Death Cab for Cutie front man Ben Gibbard had done a split with Andrew Kenny in 2003, but this will be his first full length solo album. Former Lives comes out on October 16 from Barsuk Records, and is currently streaming on Youtube. Several of the tracks were mixed by his former Pedro the Lion band mate T.W. Walsh.

You can hear the full length, which has a dozen songs clocking in at a total of 36:48, by clicking “Read more”.

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Benjamin Gibbard Posts Album Artwork, Announces Tour

Death Cab for Cutie frontman, Benjamin Gibbard, announced a couple weeks ago that he would be releasing his debut solo album, Former Lives, on October 16 via Barsuk Records. Today, Gibbard posted Former Lives‘ album artwork and has announced new tour dates for this Fall. Check out the artwork for Former Lives after the jump.

Gibbard will be embarking on a short, cross-country tour this September-November. The tour kicks off on 26 September in Big Sur, California and will conclude on November 14 in Los Angeles. Joining Gibbard on various dates will be Advance Base or …

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Ben Gibbard To Release Solo Album, Former Lives

With the UK release of Former Lives dropping on October 15th, Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard will officially embarck on a solo career. It is about damn time, right? Set to drop in the States on October 16th, Gibbard will revisit his former home Barksuk Records for the release. The UK release will be on City Slang.

Also, Gibbard has mentioned that a small tour to support the album will be announced soon. Stay tuned for updates.

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Via Coma Stream New Song “Aquanota”

California rockers Via Coma have partnered up with our friends over at Absolutepunk today to stream a brand new song called “Aquanota” and it has made a positive impact on our morning.

Please head through the link provided to listen to Via Coma’s new song and let Under The Gun know what you think! The band plan on dropping their debut album, Figures, on June 12 and was produced by Aaron Lunsford and Cody Bonnette (As Cities Burn/Hawkboy). We hope you enjoy the stream.

For fans of: The Dear Hunter, Death Cab For Cutie and Circa Survive.

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Death Cab For Cutie Reveal Summer Touring Schedule

Death Cab For Cutie have announced a huge run of tour dates through the summer and UTG has the schedule right here.

DCFC’s summer shows will find support on select days from The Tragically Hip, City and Colour, and Andrew Bird. There will be a bunch of festival appearances in the mix as well. View the entire tour listing for Death Cab For Cutie by clicking through and let UTG know if you plan on attending a show!

Pick up the group’s latest release, Codes And Keys, through Atlantic Records right now!

05/01 – Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre …