thursday wake up call

Walter Robot (Bill Barminski and Christopher Louie) have created this cool animated noir-looking video for Death Cab's "Underneath The Sycamore"

sunday wake up call

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this cliché?—"The New Year" by Death Cab For Cutie




...And here’s a song entitled "Happy New Year" by We Are The City, but it has nothing to do with the New Year, but it’s a pretty cool video!

all i find are souvenirs from better times

Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie sat down for an interview and played a couple of songs for a BBC 6 Music Session not long ago. Man, that interviewer is extremely annoying!

Interview 1
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Interview 2
Title & Registration
Interview 3
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it's like a book elegantly bound, but in a language that you can't read

The first single "I Will Possess Your Heart" from the Death Cab For Cutie’s new album Narrow Stairs is out today.

I Will Possess Your Heart
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death cab - october 31, 2006 @ massey hall

The Death Cab concert was on Halloween night... I actually didn’t really care about the show because one: it’s Halloween and I wanted to go out; two: I didn’t want to hear hundreds of teenage girls singing along to "I Will Follow You Into the Dark"; three: I am not really a fan of new Death Cab (Plans) and I wanted them to play stuffs from We Have the Facts and We're Voting Yes; four: I think I have seen them enough times, and nothing will beat the first Death Cab show in Toronto about three or four years ago (it was a 19+ show and they played a cover of "All Is Full of Love").

To my surprise, the show was actually really great! It was at Massey Hall, which in my opinion, is of the best venues in Toronto. My seat was fifth row back and located right at the centre of the stage… so, it was great to start with. However, when Death Cab came on, Ben Gibbard was like "this is a rock concert, so everyone should stand up"... shortly after, a few people (including me) rushed to the front of the stage and I actually ended up right in front of the stage for the rest of the show. All in all, the teenage sing-along wasn’t too bad and they actually played a few tracks from Facts… I went crazy for "Company Calls". The highlight of the show had to be the encore; in fact, I think it was the best encore I have ever seen. The entire band came out dressed up as Devo and they played four classic Devo songs!!! That was just incredible!!! After, still in their Devo outfits, they play a handful of their own songs to end the show.

Go here to see more pictures from the show.

the future sounds promising

Back in 2004, Barsuk Records, along with MoveOn.org and Music For America released Future Soundtrack For America which featured some of the biggest names in the indie scene. For some strange reason, I was sitting in my room yesterday, and all the sudden, I wanted to hear Jimmy Eat World’s cover of "Game of Pricks" by Guided By Voices. So I put that track on, and eventually, I started listening to the rest of Future Soundtrack For America... which I probably haven’t listened to since it was first released. To be honest, I am not a big fan at all when it comes to compilation records, but this one is different... there are actually some extremely good tracks featured on it. Anyways, I posted a few of my favorites below, check them out if you want to.

OK GO - This Will Be Our Year (Zombies cover) [wicked-cool song]
David Byrne - Ain't Got So Far To Go
Jimmy Eat World - Game of Pricks (Guided By Voices cover, live on the BBC) [wicked-cool song]
Death Cab For Cutie - This Temporary Life
Blink 182 - I Miss You (James Guthrie mix)
Bright Eyes - Going for the Gold (live) [wicked-cool song]
They Might Be Giants - Tippecanoe and Tyler Too (cover of 19th c. political song) [wicked-cool song]
Clem Snide - The Ballad Of David Icke
Nada Surf - Your Legs Grow [wicked-cool song]
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buy Future Soundtrack For America here

death cab on the road again

10.26 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
10.27 Rochester, NY - Auditorium Broadway Theatre
10.28 Ottawa, Ontario - Ottawa Civic Centre
10.30 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
10.31 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
11.01 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
11.02 Boston, MA - Opera House
11.04 Providence, RI - Providence Performing Arts Center
11.06 Washington, DC - Constitution Hall
11.08 New York, NY - Theatre at Madison Square Garden
11.10 Norfolk, VA - NorVA
11.11 Belle Vernon, PA - Ice Garden Arena
11.13 Columbus, OH - PromoWest Pavilion
11.14 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
11.15 Louisville, KY - Louisville Palace Theatre
11.16 Birmingham, AL - BJCC Concert Hall
11.17 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
11.18 Clemson, SC - Littlejohn Coliseum at Clemson University
11.19 Orlando, FL - University of Central Florida
11.20 Coral Gables, FL - University of Miami
11.26 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
11.27 St. Louis, MO - Pageant
11.28 Memphis, TN - Orpheum Theatre
11.29 New Orleans, LA - Republic New Orleans
11.30 Houston, TX - Hobby Center (Sarofim Hall)
12.02 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheater
12.03 Las Vegas, NV - Joint
12.05 Irvine, CA - Bren Events Center
12.06 Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theatre
12.09 Seattle, WA - Key Arena

earth angel, earth angel...

This song has been playing in my head for the past few days:

"Earth Angel" by The Penguins
"Earth Angel" covered by Buddy Holly
"Earth Angel" covered by Death Cab For Cutie [wicked-cool song]
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