Death Cab For Cutie

Single of the Week: Joan as Police Woman - 'Chemmie'

Charlie Simpson, Howler, Letters, The Last Battle and more reviewed

We are to be assured that Charlie Simpson is well and truly out of short trousers on ‘Parachutes’ (CSM Records ●●●). Lyrically, things have matured past his chart-friendly pop-punkster days and his light rock would perhaps appeal to admirers of…

Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys

Where usually notoriously dour, there’s traces of sunshine here

(Atlantic) There’s a tangible buzz for Codes and Keys, Death Cab for Cutie’s 7th studio album. It seems the cult US indie-ites are teetering on the edge of true mainstream triumph, and having hit No. 1 in their homeland in 2008, the time is nigh for…

The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack

(Atlantic) They could stamp any old trash with the Twilight brand and have a hit, which is why the soundtrack for the second film in the rabidly followed teen vampire series is such a lovely surprise. Eschewing the gothic histrionics of the books…

Five reasons to go and see: Death Cab For Cutie

1 They toured with Neil Young Which gives Ben Gibbard and his fellow Washington makers of schmoopy, winsome guitar pop a more legit reason than any of the other army of young copyists to continue in his vein. 2 They’ve become a fixture on US TV…