The January announcement that the Postal Service would be reuniting for this year's Coachella has been followed by snowballing PS news: a Give Up reissue, the celebration of the album's 10-year…   Read Story »

Last night, Ben "Bucket Of Laughs" Gibbard served as the latest in a long line of musicians to sit for interviews with Stephen Colbert, and the interview went as awkwardly as they usually do. Two…   Read Story »

Last night, Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard was Conan's musical guest. He sang "Something's Rattling (Cowpoke)," a song from his solo album Former Lives, and the Los Angeles mariachi troupe…   Read Story »

Today's giveaway is The Barsuk Years, a vinyl box set of early Death Cab For Cutie releases, produced in a limited run of 1500. Each is individually numbered and signed by the band. Details: This…   Read Story »

In his short but prolific video-directing career, Tom Scharpling has yet to make a bad video. His latest burst of inspiration comes in the form of a video for Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben…   Read Story »

What is it about Ben Gibbard that inspires a celebration of depression? The singer-songwriter's sadness certainly has a twisted currency in the indie rock community. When his divorce with his now…   Read Story »

Next week, Death Cab leader Ben Gibbard releases his solo debut Former Lives, an album of his songs that didn't quite fit the Death Cab mode. We've already heard a handful of them: "Teardrop…   Read Story »

Benjamin "Ben" Gibbard told us that the songs comprising his forthcoming Former Lives -- his first solo album -- were "not songs that weren’t good enough to make Death Cab records as much as they…   Read Story »

Next month, Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard releases his first-ever solo album Former Lives. We've already posted first single "Teardrop Windows," and now he's shared the album track "Bigger…   Read Story »

Tomorrow is National Voter Registration Day, and the non-partisan group HeadCount is taking action by hosting registration events in 30 cities. Alongside that push comes a social campaign featuring…   Read Story »