While this concert revealed the inconsistent quality of his recent solo work, and also exposed just how central Death Cab For Cutie’s instrumentation is to the power of their songs, Ben Gibbard put on a thoroughly enjoyable and downright exquisite performance.
Death Cab for Cutie front man Benjamin Gibbard is making the first single off his debut solo album Former Lives available this morning. The new album will be released via
Dave Grohl. Ryan Adams and Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard are among the artists gathering in Los Angeles this fall to honor punk pioneer Bob Mould. Mould’s legacy is
Back in 1969, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady originally started Hot Tuna as a side project to play some live dates during Jefferson Airplane’s hiatus, as Grace Slick recovered from
It has been seven years since The Postal Service released Give Up and I still listen to it at least once a month. The obvious choice for a Cover Wars would have been Such Great Heights with the likes of Iron & Wine and Ben Folds likely to battle it out for the win, but when I sat down to write it, I figured I’d pick a different tune on the record so we could delve a bit more into obscurity. What follows is an interesting collection where the professionally recorded takes are not necessarily superior to the do-it-yourself YouTube sensations. Have a listen below to six different covers of the opening track to what will hopefully not be the only ever LP from The Postal Service.
The Contestants:
English singer Frank Turner leads us off this week with a solo acoustic version available on his release Source: First Three Years.
[audio:https://glidemag.wpengine.com/hiddentrack/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/frankdistrict.mp3]Turner performing a live version:
READ ON for the scoop on the rest of this week’s contestants…
As much of the HT staff takes to the road this weekend for some of Phish’s Northeast run, thought we’d dedicate this week’s Mix Tape to the art of the
Last year the unlikely pair of Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar teamed up to record the soundtrack One Fast Move Or I’m Gone for a documentary based on Jack Kerouac’s
While working on the soundtrack to the movie One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur; Son Volt's Jay Farrar and Death Cab for Cutie's Benjamin Gibbard decided to develop their collaboration to include more original songs (and some selected concerts) based on the Beat avatar's writings. The CD resulting from their mutual interest, unfortunately, is a mixed bag.
Every fall for the last 20+ years legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young has assembled an all-star roster of musicians for a charity concert to benefit the Bridge School – which assists
Last month we brought you news of Beck’s latest project called the Record Club, where the musician planned on teaming up with whomever he could grab to head into the
