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  'New Moon' Stars Kick Off Mall Tour

  November 7, 2009 – The scene was electric outside of Los Angeles' Hollywood & Highland open-air mall on Friday evening. A huge line snaked out into the streets, and much of the crowd looked strikingly similar: gaggles of teenage girls (plus guys, moms, dads, and little ones) in black T-shirts emblazoned with five key words: The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Awaiting them inside? …
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  Ben Gibbard, Jay Farrar Perform Kerouac Music

  October 26, 2009 – How's this for a great concept: The words of legendary Beat poet Jack Kerouac set to song by a pining indie-pop prince and an alt-Americana forefather. And when Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service) and Jay Farrar (Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo) came together at Los Angeles' El Rey Theatre on Friday night, their performance felt about as organic as the text that inspired it. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  October 9, 2009 – This week, Vampire Weekend leaked the first single from their upcoming album, while Death Cab chased vampires in their new song from Twilight sequel New Moon. Plus, Chris Cornell joined Pearl Jam onstage, Pavement announced a new show, Austin City Limits rolled into Texas, and much more. These stories, plus the week's top news, photo galleries, audio/video, and live reviews, below.TOP STORIES:DOWNLOAD: Vampire Weekend's New Single! …
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  WATCH: Death Cab for Cutie's 'Twilight' Video

  October 8, 2009 – They've been a chart-topping band for the past few years, but Death Cab for Cutie's new video for "Meet Me on the Equinox," the lead single from the star-studded soundtrack to Twlight sequel New Moon, is their most unabashed stab at pop crossover yet. Did we mention there's also a slow-mo shot of a half-naked Robert Pattinson? …
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  LISTEN: Death Cab, Son Volt Singers' Kerouac-Inspired Song

  September 23, 2009 – Newlywed Death Cab for Cutie leader Ben Gibbard and Son Volt singer Jay Farrar have interpreted Jack Kerouac's 1962 novel Big Sur for their new album, One Fast Move or I'm Gone. …
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  Zooey Deschanel, Ben Gibbard Marry Near Seattle

  September 21, 2009 – It was like the indie rock prom, and they were the king and queen. …
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  Death Cab Join 'New Moon' Soundtrack

  August 28, 2009 – If you think the Twilight movies only appeal to pre-teen girls with a crush on Robert Pattinson (sigh), think again. …
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  Death Cab, Son Volt Frontmen Record Kerouac-Inspired Songs

  July 16, 2009 – Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard and Son Volt's Jay Farrar are collaborating on a side-project inspired by '50s Beat writer Jack Kerouac. The pair met while recording songs for an upcoming Kerouac documentary, One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, which examines the writer's life in the years after he published On the Road, the dizzying, drug-fueled novel that announced him as the voice of a generation. Farrar told the Riverf …
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  Death Cab For Cutie Announce New EP

  March 10, 2009 – Possibly to buy Ben Gibbard more snuggle time with new fiancé Zooey Deschanel before returning to the studio, Death Cab For Cutie have announced the release of an odd-and-ends EP called The Open Door, featuring never-before heard songs from the Narrow Stairs sessions. "There were four extra songs [from the Narrow Stairs sessions]," bassist Nick Harmer told MTV.com. …
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  Death Cab Wage War Against Auto-Tune

  February 10, 2009 – Maybe we're not giving them enough credit (who knows what crazy gun show is happening underneath those fancy suits), but frankly, we're skeptical about the odds of geek chic-tastic Death Cab for Cutie triumphing in a face-off against today's Auto-Tune devotees. Still, you have to respect their bravery. …
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