Death Cab for Cutie

The Six Best References To Drunk Driving In Song

The trifecta may be sex, drugs, and rock & roll, but at some point you have to get from point A to point B. Against its better judgement, rock & roll has gotten behind the wheel while intoxicated several times. We are not endorsing such an activity, but the risk factor of driving while intoxicated h ... More >>

The Six Best Fakeout Intros

What better time for a "gotcha moment" (to borrow a Palin-ism) than the very beginning of a song? It takes some guts to change a listener's perception of a track before it is fully formed, but it is eternally memorable when executed well. Here is a list of the six best fakeout intros. Feel free to l ... More >>

The Lonely Forest

8 p.m. Thursday, October 13. Cicero's, 6691 Delmar Boulevard, University City.

Death Cab For Cutie At The Pageant, 10/2/11: Review, Photos and Setlist

Photo by Jason Stoff​Death Cab For Cutie The Pageant October 2, 2011 Ben Gibbard has left us. The melancholic Ben Gibbard we once knew is gone, for all intents and purposes. He's skinny now, having swapped drinking for running, and he's got a new, Jordan Catalano haircut. He's visibly bouncy, ... More >>

Mixup At Atlantic Records Leads To Death Cab For Cutie Mixup: Marc Broussard Is In Town

​Well that was ridiculous. Marc Broussard, who will be performing this evening at Old Rock House, is scheduled to make an appearance tonight at 6 p.m. at Vintage Vinyl. That has long been in the works. And the web team from Broussard's label, Atlantic Records, went to post about the appearance ... More >>

Death Cab For Cutie Will Be Probably Won't Be At Vintage Vinyl At 6 p.m. TODAY! [Update]

GO GO GO​Final Update: Atlantic's web team accidentally posted the announcement to Death Cab's page instead of Marc Broussard's. Read more here. Update #2 (IMPORTANT): The initial post (and its sixty-plus ecstatic comments) has disappeared from Death Cab's Facebook Page and Twitter feed, whic ... More >>

Death Cab For Cutie Is Coming To The Pageant

Brent Holzapfel​Death Cab For Cutie is coming to the Pageant on October 2nd. Tickets go on sale August 5th at 5 p.m -- they're $35 for general admission and $40 for reserved spots on the balcony. Death Cab needs little introduction -- Ben Gibbard's bone-deep delivery has helped ensure the Wa ... More >>

Fleet Foxes Coming to the Pageant

Sean Pecknold​Bearded folkers Fleet Foxes have just been confirmed for a July 19th appearance at the Pageant. This will be the outfit's first headlining show in St. Louis. Last time Robin Pecknold, Skyler Skjelset and friends were in our fair city was in the fall of 2008, when they opened fo ... More >>

Ten Non-Traditional Holiday Songs To Keep You Sane

We're all force-fed holiday cheer from Halloween through New Year's, and even if you really, really love Christmas music, hearing the same old standards and modern classics over and over again can begin to fill you with exactly the opposite of holiday cheer. To avoid the monotony of those soft-rocki ... More >>

Video: Death Cab for Cutie Rings in the Seattle Mariners' Season By Playing the Greatest Baseball Song Ever

This one's for Keegan: Courtesy of 5 Score Pachyderm, here's footage of Death Cab for Cutie at the Seattle Mariners' home opener playing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" and -- awesomely -- John Fogerty's "Centerfield." (Except when the guitar goes off track. Oops.) Love the customized jerseys!

Headlights/Pomegranates/Fractured Army

8:30 p.m. Saturday, November 21. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Tegan and Sara at the Pageant, Friday, April 2, 2010

Tegan and Sara fans know where they'll be on Friday, April 2, 2010. The Pageant, where the Canadian sisters (and their crack band) will be there performing songs from their new album, Sainthood. Tickets are $25 and are on sale at 10 a.m. this Friday. (This is the band's first STL show since May 2008 ... More >>

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard Set Tour Dates

Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard are playing four shows in October, to celebrate the release of their Jack Kerouac-inspired collaboration, One Fast Move Or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur. The closest tour date is October 26 in Chicago at Lincoln Hall -- and judging by the band backing the pair, a road trip m ... More >>

So Many Dynamos

8 p.m. Saturday, June 27. The Firebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Homespun: Target Market

Up On The Moon
(Afternoon Records)

Tomorrow! Sybris at Cicero's

Tomorrow night at Cicero's, sneaking onto a local bill, is the Chicago quartet Sybris. The band and its 2008 release Into the Trees (Absolutely Kosher) nods to the halcyon days of '90s indie-rock, when a combination of askew fuzz-chords, primitive tempos and warbling female vocals dominated the genr ... More >>

Lost in the Supermarket: Chris Walla, "Our Plans, Collapsing"

(Welcome to Lost in the Supermarket, an occasional blog recurring feature in which we discuss unexpected songs we've heard in unexpected places. This doesn't just have to be your local Schucks or Dierbergs, either; any weird pairing you've heard is fair game for the feature. Email the scenario to me ... More >>

The Sham

9 p.m. Saturday, January 3. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Xmas Jam Countdown: "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" by Death Cab for Cutie and U2

MP3: Death Cab for Cutie, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" MP3: U2, "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" U2's version of the Darlene Love Christmas classic (which is found on A Christmas Gift for You From Phil Spector) comes from 1987's A Very Special Christmas. Death Cab for Cutie's version is ... More >>

Drink of the Week: Spanish Coffee

Café Ventana
3919 West Pine Boulevard
314-531-7500

Review Photos Setlist: Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes at the Fabulous Fox Theatre, St. Louis, Monday, October 13

Fleet Foxes: Opening for Death Cab for Cutie Tonight at the Fabulous Fox!

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar, October 10-12

On tour for Narrow Stairs, Chris Walla and Death Cab for Cutie bring musical gems and political smarts to the Fabulous Fox

Download a Wilco/Fleet Foxes Duet!

Fleet Foxes are Really Excited to be Opening for Wilco

Mates of State/Headlights

9 p.m. Sunday, June 8. The Bluebird, 2706 Olive Street.

Show Review: Death Cab for Cutie in Columbia, Missouri, Saturday, May 30

St. Louis Weekend Concert Calendar: May 30 through June 1

Death Cab for Cutie, Narrow Stairs Review: A First Listen, Track-By-Track Analysis

National Record Store Day at Euclid Records, Vintage Vinyl on Saturday, April 19

2008 Bonnaroo Lineup Announced: Metallica, Pearl Jam, Sigur Ros, Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, more

Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie talks So Many Dynamos

Circuit Breakers

Sparks fly as So Many Dynamos generates indie buzz.

Non-Hostile So Many Dynamos Blog Takeover

Tuesday Night Fights

Local Motion: So Many Dynamos / The Ghost of the Forest / Berlin Whale

8 p.m. Saturday, December 9. Saint Louis University's Billiken Club, Busch Student Center (20 North Grand Boulevard).

Headlights

8 p.m. Tuesday, August 29. Hi-Pointe (1001 McCausland Avenue).

Live! Local! Bands!

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Local Motion: Wydown

8 p.m. Friday, July 7. Mississippi Nights (914 North First Street)

Aloha

Wednesday, April 26, at 8 p.m. The Hi-Pointe, 1001 McCausland Avenue.

Best-Laid Plans

Death Cab for Cutie weathers their major label transition with grace

Matt Pond PA

Thursday, February 23. 8 p.m. at Pop's (1403 Mississippi Avenue, Sauget, Illinois)

Beat Happenings

Music news you can use

Pop Rocks

Ten albums that'll snap and fizz

in your ear buds all winter long

The Living Blue

Tuesday, December 13; The Way Out Club (2525 South Jefferson Avenue)

Death Cab for Cutie

Plans (Atlantic)

Swinging State

Kerry may have given up on Missouri, but musicians haven't

Death Cab for Cutie with Pearl Jam

Tuesday, October 5; Fox Theatre

Dismemberment Plan and Death Cab for Cutie

Friday, March 8; Creepy Crawl