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The Continuing Tales Of… is a new bi-monthly feature where we pay tribute to an album’s anniversary by asking writers to compose a short story inspired by each one of the songs. This installment is The Postal Service’s Give Up, which turns 10 this month. (via The Continuing Tales Of… The Postal Service – Give Up | Consequence of Sound)
What better way to say, “I understand your ennui” than via cover song? Kinda like a birthday card that reminds you of your impending demise, covering a sad song can either be a killjoy, or evidence of a slyly perverse humor. For the final entry (for now anyway) in our ongoing “Cover Me” series, we took a look at our favorite Smiths and Morrissey covers. Check out our top ten favorite tributes to the maudlin musicians.
It may have been a difficult year for many people for a multitude of reasons (not least of all, the weak economy), but 2011 was certainly a great year for music. Here at Under the Radar we’d argue that it was an even better year for music than 2010 was, which is why this year we’ve come up with a Top 80 best albums of 2011, versus last year’s Top 50.
My Blurbs: Death Cab For Cutie, Cat’s Eyes, Slow Club
(via Under the Radar’s Top 80 Albums of 2011 | Under The Radar)
![Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard isn’t shy. His wry, class-clown persona onstage is by no means a put-on. One on one, he still exudes that same charisma—except that he’s also the boy next door who just happened to have his nose in a book and sky-high ambition. Even when approached with questions of faith—which Gibbard admits he doesn’t have all the answers to—his confidence and charm remain unshaken. “[Faith’s] something I always find myself meditating on,” he admits. “I don’t want to falsely believe in something solely so I can jump to the front of the line for whatever this awesome place is [where] we go after we die. I kind of feel like if there was a God, [He] would appreciate the fact that I just don’t know. The vastness of that idea is so beyond my comprehension that I feel like if there was a God, then that God would accept me saying I’m not able to believe because it’s so outside of my ability to understand it. I understand that’s where faith comes into play.”
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Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard isn’t shy. His wry, class-clown persona onstage is by no means a put-on. One on one, he still exudes that same charisma—except that he’s also the boy next door who just happened to have his nose in a book and sky-high ambition. Even when approached with questions of faith—which Gibbard admits he doesn’t have all the answers to—his confidence and charm remain unshaken. “[Faith’s] something I always find myself meditating on,” he admits. “I don’t want to falsely believe in something solely so I can jump to the front of the line for whatever this awesome place is [where] we go after we die. I kind of feel like if there was a God, [He] would appreciate the fact that I just don’t know. The vastness of that idea is so beyond my comprehension that I feel like if there was a God, then that God would accept me saying I’m not able to believe because it’s so outside of my ability to understand it. I understand that’s where faith comes into play.”
RELEVANT Magazine - September/October 2011: The Generation of Contrast
We talked to frontman Ben Gibbard about his band’s most recent release, Codes & Keys, but also got his thoughts on faith, maintaining privacy in the Internet age and his marriage to Zooey Deschanel. His answers were thoughtful, humble and surprisingly candid. The article is a look at the deeper side of one of indie rock’s biggest success stories.
FILTER Magazine - Reviews - Death Cab for Cutie
For their seventh, Death Cab for Cutie haven’t thought outside the box so much as slowly pressed against the sides, rounding out their predictably melodic rock with additional keyboards, primitive electronics and a happiness that’s no longer muttered out of the side of the mouth, but placed front and center.
The Quest For the Summer Anthem or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love The Pop | Panel - Music to the People
“I think the thing—and this probably speaks true for a lot of people—is that music defines a certain era in their life. Certain relationships, certain feelings, certain places. It’s like smell, it really brings back memories and has a tangible affect on the way you think and feel. And that’s what make sit so great.” –Jason Hughes, owner of Sonic Boom Records
:.. Various Artists: The Twilight Saga: New Moon Original Motion Picture | Under The Radar ..:
Indie kids beware—your heroes just got co-opted. While hardly a cohesive gathering, from Death Cab For Cutie doing what they do best (channeling youthful melancholy), to Lykke Li’s unexpected gravitas, it would be difficult to ask for a better group of ambassadors.
