Ben Gibbard

The Best of Coachella 2013 Week Two

The Visual Stimulations for People Who Were High Coachella's art installations -- the ones designed to impress you while you're high, a.k.a. all of them -- were particularly impressive this year. There was the Tesla coil, the crane that was formerly a flower but now a praying mantis, the giant fluor ... More >>

The Postal Service - Comerica Theatre - 4/18/13

The Postal Service's reunion is still fresh. The band played its first live show on April 9, the day the Give Up reissue was released in honor of The Postal Service's 10-year anniversary. The reunion news was sudden and raised some questions. First and foremost, would the reunited Postal Service b ... More >>

Don't Want to Go to Coachella? Good Thing All These Coachella Bands Are Coming to Phoenix (Pt. 2)

Phoenix is scheduled to perform Monday, April 8, at Marquee Theatre./td>Last week we ran a list of Coachella bands headed to Phoenix around the festival's dates. Well, since then the list has grown, including big name acts like Phoenix, The Postal Service, and Tegan and Sara. So allow us to fill you ... More >>

The Rolling Stones Aren't Playing Coachella, but Some Great Bands (Probably) Are

Yesterday, NME revealed the unfortunate news that the rumor that The Rolling Stoneswere headlining Coachella was just that-- a rumor. "We're not gonna do Coachella 'cos it's too early," Mick Jagger told the magazine. "We're not gonna be ready to go by April, but we're not gonna stop." Looks like ... More >>

Gossip Girl's Top 10 Passionate and Devastating Music Moments

It's been a long road for Gossip Girl, from the teenage backstabbing and juicy gossip in the first seasons to the characters heading off to college, flirting with the rich and powerful, and being at the root of public scandals. The show's sixth and final season premiered last night, and there are ni ... More >>

Five Must-See Shows This Weekend (Cinco de Mayo Edition)

Curious what's going on around town this weekend? Need some suggestions as to how to rock, dance, or krump in the Valley of the Sun? Don't fret: These are our Five Shows to See This Weekend. Saturday May 5: Cinco de Mayo Phoenix Festival in Downtown Phoenix More than 150,000 people are expected to ... More >>

Incoming: Death Cab For Cutie, Good Old War, Portugal. The Man, Eddie Vedder and More

​When he's not making up stories about what he listens to while he's busy being a hardcore runner, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie makes plans for the future. Recently, he has carried out plans to go through with his divorce and go on an international tour. The latter is great news for Phoenix ... More >>

What Your New Year's Eve Songs Say About You

See also: Five Songs to Ring in the New Year Ring in the New Year With These Local Shows: Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms, Love Me Nots, Sugar Thieves, Futurekind Phoenix New Times New Year's Eve Guide Well, it's that time. Another year has come to a close. 2011 was weird, right? Kind of exciting, w ... More >>

Five Holiday Gifts For Your Hipster Sibling

​Alright, slacker. There's no more denying it: the holidays are here, and you need to get on that shopping list. Luckily, Up on the Sun has caught gift guide-fever, and over the course of this week we'll be offering you suggestions for the entire family. Even if your hipster sibling thinks he/sh ... More >>

Youth Lagoon at Crescent Ballroom, 11/4/11 (VIDEO)

Photos and video by Melissa Fossum​ Youth Lagoon Crescent Ballroom Friday, November 4, 2011 Last night can be summed up in one word: poetic. Phoenix got some long overdue rain, ushering in eagerly awaited hoodie weather, and Youth Lagoon, the brainchild of Boise's Trevor Powers, played its se ... More >>

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Last Night: Death Cab for Cutie at Comerica Theatre

Maria VassettDeath Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard ​Death Cab for Cutie Comerica Theatre Monday, August 15 There's always been something I've resented about Death Cab for Cutie, but I could never really put a finger on it. Last night's show at Comerica Theatre defined it perfectly. The band hasn ... More >>

Happy 70th Birthday Bob Dylan: The Seven Best "New Dylans"

​ Bob Dylan turns 70 today. The man who gave us "The Times They Are A-Changin'," the man who wrote "Like a Rolling Stone," "Mr. Tambourine Man," and "With God On Our Side." Over the years, he's influenced and remained busy. He inspired Sam Cook to write "A Change is Gonna Come," and even gave his ... More >>

Gardens & Villa, Factories and Hello the Mind Control Last Night at The Trunk Space

Gardens & Villa ​ Gardens & Villa, Factories and Hello the Mind ControlThe Trunk SpaceWednesday, April 27Sometimes it doesn't take a packed room full of sweaty bodies to have a dance party.Sometimes it just takes the right band and the right fans. Santa Barbara band Gardens & Villa bro ... More >>

The Baseball Project, "All Future And No Past"

​Song: The Baseball Project, "All Future And No Past"Context: The Baseball Project, an indie rock band featuring members of R.E.M. and Golden Smog which writes songs about baseball, will be at Martini Ranch tonight. It's a super-cool project, having featured contributions from guys like Death Cab ... More >>

Think of The Baseball Project as an Indie Rock Soundtrack to a Ken Burns Documentary

Owl City Side Project: What's the Point?

The equation: Owl City - synths more attempts at sounding like Ben Gibbard = Sky Sailing​While some of our writers are fans of Owl City, others are clearly not.Idolator reports that Owl City's frontman Adam Young has started a side project titled Sky Sailing with an album due out on July 13. And ... More >>

Death Cab for Cutie Has New Album on the Horizon

Death Cab for Cutie.​According to Spin and MTV, Death Cab's ultra-busy frontman Ben Gibbard has announced that the band is working on a new record that should be out in the spring of next year. The album will be produced by guitarist Chris Walla, who also produced last year's record by The Thermal ... More >>

Yeasayer at Rhythm Room

​I walked into the Rhythm Room on Thursday evening for the Yeasayer show and surveyed the crowd. Immediately, I saw signs of potential trouble: The joint was lousy with hipsters. There were three Ben Gibbard look-alikes within 10 feet of me, and between them, they'd consumed enough PBR to drown a ... More >>

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Owl City

Jesse Malin Writes Music For Forthcoming Documentary On J.D. Salinger

J.D. Salinger​J.D. Salinger, the famed Catcher in the Rye author, passed away just over a month ago. Lucky timing: A documentary about him by writer/director Shane Salerno has already been in the works for five years. Rumors were circulating, but it's finally confirmed that Jesse Malin has been as ... More >>

Concert Review: Passion Pit at The Clubhouse

Ben Gibbard: Without his short-lived Postal Service project contemporary rock radio might have nothing at all to play​Damn you, Ben Gibbard, you're fucking up indie rock. Not by virtue of anything you've done yourself, mind you. Death Cab for Cutie is fantastic, The Postal Service's lone album is ... More >>

Owl City's Adam Young is a Wuss (And Here's Proof)

While I love Owl City's music, the lyrics pain me because they're so freaking wimpy.

Weezer with Lil Wayne MP3, Strokes Disagreeing on New Record, Gibbard and Farrar Play Kerouac

Electric Mustache: Videos: The Mumlers Live @ The Rhythm RoomIdolator: Parsing The Pulp: Is Jarvis Cocker Really Getting The Band Back Together For Glastonbury?Idolator: Tegan & Sara Still Have Time To ChatNME: Fall Out Boy to release Greatest Hits collectionPitchfork: Hear the Weezer Song With ... More >>

The Thermals

Death Cab's Ben Gibbard, Son Volt's Jay Farrar Team Up For Kerouac Project

​When Death Cab For Cutie's Ben Gibbard takes up a solo project the results can be stellar -- just look at The Postal Service. So his newest project, a team effort with Son Volt's Jay Farrar (read an extended Q&A with Jay from earlier this summer here), is pretty intriguing. The pair recorded ... More >>

Tune-Up For Summer

freefoto.com Sunny pop music and summertime are made for each other like two soulmates holding hands on an oceanside stroll. With the weather heating up here in the Valley of the Sun, let's take a look at some great summer music... S-Curve Records Tinted Windows Tinted Windows (S-Curve Records) ... More >>

Miniature Tigers: Almost Everyone Loves Charlie Brand

Aww...Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel Got Engaged

Ben Gibbard and Zooey Deschanel both enjoy wearing a silly hat, a basic freedom most Americans sadly don't take advantage of.Well it finally happened. Indie rock icon and dorky eyeglasses connoisseur Ben Gibbard - better known to those few grandmothers and Buddhist monks (who actually don't know who ... More >>

Death Cab For Cutie's First Record To Be Re-Released

Panic at the Disco, Death Cab for Cutie, and the Other Worst Interviews Ever

Mariah Carey, Death Cab for Cutie, and a few other buzzworthy CDs from 2008’s first half

Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla turns the tables on the critics

Love will be a many-splintered thing if you put any of these 12 songs on your Valentine's Day mix

About a Song

Cobain doc sets a mix tape mood

Think Big

Oh, yes, there will be holograms

Independence Day

What's indie rock? Who cares? Here are 10 great CDs that will blow you away, no matter your definition

Alias & Tarsier

Not the girl spy

Blue Cheer

Can art grow without fertilizer?

Death Cab for Cutie

Plans
(Atlantic)

Blue Xmas

Coming to terms with musical memories

Original Soul

This time, it's personal: Our look back at an intimate year in music.

Come Out Swingin'

Death Cab for Cutie may make pretty indie-rock, but don't mess with 'em on their way to a wider audience

Death Cab for Cutie

Transatlanticism (Barsuk)

Postal Service

Give Up! (Sub Pop)

Photo Finish

Death Cab for Cutie sees itself as just another guitar band, but you might disagree

Death Cab for Cutie

Forbidden Love EP (Barsuk Records)