Artist: Benjamin Gibbard

Five at 5 – Vol. 25

Feb 12, 6:20am Indiecision

The Indiecision Five at 5 is our attempt at sharing our musical tastes with you, and showcasing music from around the world. Each weekday at 5pm sharp, one NH7 writer or staffer will bring you five songs he/she is listening to on the day. Today is the legendary Naman Saraiya's turn on the decks. 1. Youth Lagoon - 'Dropla' Trevor Powers' experimental, ambient, electronica-fused music takes it one step up with the new single from their Youth Lagoon's upcoming sophomore release, Wondrous Bughouse . More instrumentation and more sampling makes [...]

• FatPossum - Youth Lagoon "Dropla"

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Artist:	FatPossum
Title:	Youth Lagoon "Dropla"
File Name:	SoundCloud

Stream: The Postal Service, ‘A Tattered Line of String’

Feb 11, 1:18pm Buzz Bands

What? There's a new Postal Service song, you say? The long-dormant collaboration between Benjamin Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello awakens from its slumber this spring with reunion shows — and the 10-year anniversary re-release (on April 9, via Sub Pop) of their album "Give Up." On the release, there are two new songs, each featuring jenny Lewis, including this electro-pop number that's dancey in the manner dozens of Postal Service followers have been dancey. What fun. ||| Stream: "A Tattered Line of String": [...]

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Daily Downloads (Ben Gibbard, Menomena, and more)

Jan 30, 8:18am largehearted boy

Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Belle Mare : free and legal (name your price) The Boat of the Fragile Mind album [mp3] search for more Belle Mare posts at Largehearted Boy Ben Gibbard : "Teardrop Windows" [mp3] [...]

• Benjamin Gibbard - Teardrop Windows
• Menomena - Capsule
• Menomena - Plumage
• Mice Parade - Contessa
• Rare Monk - 03 Drumhead
• The Howling Hex - Primetime Clown
• The Ruby Suns - Kingfisher Call Me
• The Wingdale Community Singers - So What (Andy's Lament)

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Artist:	Benjamin Gibbard
Title:	Teardrop Windows
Link Text:	"Teardrop Windows"
File Name:	BenjaminGibbard_TeardropWindow s.mp3
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2012

Artist:	Menomena
Title:	Capsule
Link Text:	"Capsule"
File Name:	Menomena_Capsule.mp3
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2012

Artist:	Menomena
Title:	Plumage
Link Text:	"Plumage"
File Name:	Menomena_Plumage.mp3
Genre:	Alternative
Year:	2012

Artist:	Mice Parade
Title:	Contessa
Link Text:	"Contessa"
File Name:	09-Contessa.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Year:	2012

Artist:	Rare Monk
Title:	03 Drumhead
Link Text:	"Drumhead"
File Name:	raremonk-drumhead.mp3
Bitrate:	192 kbps

Artist:	The Howling Hex
Title:	Primetime Clown
Link Text:	"Primetime Clown"
File Name:	02_Primetime_Clown.mp3
Bitrate:	256 kbps
Genre:	New Border Sound

Artist:	The Ruby Suns
Title:	Kingfisher Call Me
File Name:	SoundCloud

Artist:	The Wingdale Community Singers
Title:	So What (Andy's Lament)
Link Text:	"So What (Andy's Lament)"
File Name:	1-01_So_What_Andy_s_Lament_.mp 3

Benjamin Gibbard with Trio Ellas - Something’s Rattling...

Dec 26, 2012, 10:07am I Know You've Come To Take My Music Away

Benjamin Gibbard with Trio Ellas - Something’s Rattling (Cowpoke)

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The 100 Best Songs of 2012: Vol. 2

Dec 22, 2012, 3:46pm Music Under Fire

As we bring you our second slew of our Best Songs of 2012, keep in mind that as the numbers get closer to 1, our decisions were just that ...

• Cemeteries - What Did You See
• With Lions - What Do You Want?

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Artist:	Cemeteries
Title:	What Did You See
Link Text:	Cemeteries - What Did You See
File Name:	Cemeteries-What-Did-You-See.mp 3
Bitrate:	128 kbps

Artist:	With Lions
Title:	What Do You Want?
Link Text:	With Lions - What Do You Want?
File Name:	With Lions - What Do You Want.mp3

Live Video: Benjamin Gibbard

Dec 19, 2012, 12:30pm KEXP Blog

photo by Dave Lichterman Bobbing for hits. Though Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard was making light of the his band's songwriting process during his interview with KEXP's Stevie Zoom, the fact is, with all the songs he's written over nearly the past decade, he'd accumulated enough songs he's grown fond of but never developed with his bandmates for one reason or another. Eventually, he couldn't resist turing those apples to pie (his metaphor, not ours), and thus Former Lives , his solo debut, took shape. Elsewhere, he'd said: “These songs [...]

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TOP 100 SONGS OF 2012

Dec 19, 2012, 12:25am the WILD honey pie

ILLUSTRATION BY LYDIA CONKLIN Another year has passed, and with that comes our best attempt to gather our favorite tracks and order them from best to, well, the very best. This collective is about as subjective as it gets - it's not something that necessarily represents what was popular or what certain sites wrote about. It's simply the music we loved in 2012. Without further ado, we present to you our list of the top 100 songs of 2012. While we had a blast putting this together, it didn't come without an argument or two. What [...]

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Welcome to listville! Top 10 albums

Dec 18, 2012, 5:08pm The Sound of the Overground

Top 10 albums of 2012 Well, it's December, it's a week until Christmas, it's midweek and I'm drinking. That can mean only one thing, I've read Trotter's Top 10 for this year and felt compelled to pen a response. Yes, it's time to pore over the musical detritus of 2012 and pick out the wheat from the chaff... Or, to let my inner geek put things into lists... Here, we start with a list of the top 10 albums which I have enjoyed muchly this year. In a seperate post [...]

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Benjamin Gibbard on KCRW – Teardrop Windows

Dec 12, 2012, 10:09pm Groove Radio PT

RR Benjamin Gibbard by Larry Hirshowitz Benjamin Gibbard is fascinated by love and death. This comes as no surprise to fans of Death Cab for Cutie . And, as he has branched out on his own for his first solo album, those topics are pretty much still at the front of his mind. From Ben: “I think that love and death are two subjects that I tend to keep coming back to because they are so unexplainable. Just when you [...]

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Benjamin Gibbard, Atlas Genius and More on KCRW

Dec 10, 2012, 12:01pm Groove Radio PT

RR Upcoming Live Performances on MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC with host JASON BENTLEY Monday, December 10, Aussie indie pop band Atlas Genius have been creating a buzz at home and with a strong EP that has been topping KCRW charts. They join Morning Becomes Eclectic to preview work from their forthcoming album debut at 11:15am. Tuesday, December 11, After selling nearly five million records as part of The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie, [...]

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Dramatic snaps of Benjamin Gibbard at Union Chapel

Dec 5, 2012, 6:30am The Line Of Best Fit

Photos by Howard Melnyczuk

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Albums Of 2012 - No. 50 to No. 41

Dec 1, 2012, 5:54pm Shout and Twist

41. Young Guns 'Bones' Keeping Kerrang! alive and well. 42. Tribes 'Baby' Generic indie, sure. Darn good generic indie. 43. Django Django 'Django Django' Mad-hype not justified; they're not that interesting. 44. Jack White 'Blunderbuss' More [...]

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(31) Days of Good: 12.1.12

Dec 1, 2012, 3:15am Concrete Opinions

(31) Days of Good 2012 has officially begun.  Enjoy the ride. After fifteen years making music with  Death Cab For Cutie , 2012 saw the release of lead singer  Ben Gibbard's  debut solo album (as Benjamin Gibbard) —  Former Lives .  I enjoyed this album quite a bit, it was a good change of pace from Gibbard's more familiar Death Cab material.  One track in particular really stands [...]

• Benjamin Gibbard - Bigger Than Love.mp3
• Damien Jurado - Working Titles
• Dntel - Puma

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Artist:	Benjamin Gibbard
Link Text:	Benjamin Gibbard - Bigger than Love (feat. Aimee Mann)
File Name:	Bigger Than Love.mp3
Year:	2012

Artist:	Damien Jurado
Title:	Working Titles
Link Text:	Damien Jurado - Working Titles
File Name:	Working Titles.mp3
Bitrate:	320 kbps
Genre:	Indie/Folk
Year:	2012

Artist:	Dntel
Title:	Puma
Link Text:	Dntel - Puma
File Name:	Puma.mp3
Bitrate:	228 kbps
Genre:	Electronic
Year:	2012

Low enlist Jeff Tweedy to produce The Invisible Way, release live EP

Nov 28, 2012, 8:54am City Pages - Gimme Noise

Photo by Zoran OrlicMasters of musical light and shadow Low will release The Invisible Way in March. This album marks their 20th anniversary, and shows Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy's connection to Dulut

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Benjamin Gibbard - Teardrop Windows

Nov 26, 2012, 5:44pm I Know You've Come To Take My Music Away

Benjamin Gibbard - Teardrop Windows

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ATP! Album Review: Benjamin Gibbard - Former Lives

Nov 16, 2012, 10:30am Alter The Press!

The early release online of Benjamin Gibbard's new album has led to a bit of disappointment for some. Reviews were decent (aside from SPIN's passive-aggressive commentary), but it seems the expectation for Gibbard to live up to the holiness reached from The Postal Service and Death Cab's "Transatlanticism" fell hard on his solo release. He has also been the butt of a few jokes for insisting we start calling him 'Benjamin' ...But going through heartache isn't supposed to turn you into a modest genius. You don't go through heartache to write a solo record, you write a [...]

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Benjamin Gibbard @ Palace of Fine Arts

Nov 15, 2012, 3:13pm SFCritic: Music Blog

The Palace of fine arts is somewhat of an intimidating space. For  Damien Jurado , there was dead silence as he told us stories and sung with nothing but an acoustic electric guitar. It was indeed going to be an intimate night. Once  Ben Gibbard  took the stage the audience gave him the same respect they showed to the previous performer. We all just held on to the silence and let the master work, trying not to make a sound in our seats.  Ben was on stage with nothing but a guitar, a mic, some amps and a [...]

• Gibbstack - Something's Rattling (Cowpoke)

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Artist:	Gibbstack
Title:	Something's Rattling (Cowpoke)
File Name:	SoundCloud

Death Cab For Cutie re-release first albums and EP’s as box-set

Nov 9, 2012, 4:08am Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more

Although it will arrive a bit too late for christmas eve, all fans of indie rock institution DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE have the chance to get themselves a fancy present on January 7 as the band re-releases all their material from 1998 to 2003 - the years they spent on the label Barsuk. Artist in Residence

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Death Cab For Cutie re-release first albums and EP’s as box-set

Nov 9, 2012, 4:08am Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more

Although it will arrive a bit too late for christmas eve, all fans of indie rock institution DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE have the chance to get themselves a fancy present on January 7 as the band re-releases all their material from 1998 to 2003 - the years they spent on the label Barsuk. Artist in Residence

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Tonight’s Concert Picks: Nas and Lauryn Hill at The Electric Factory, Benjamin Gibbard at The Keswick Theatre, The Fleeting Ends at The Fire

Nov 7, 2012, 9:43am The Key

New York rapper Nas brings his Life is Good tour to The Electric Factory tonight for a show with Lauryn Hill.  The legendary lyricist released his seventh and critically acclaimed studio album in July, following up 20102s Distant Relatives collaboration with Damian Marley.  South Jersey's Lauryn Hill is also sharing some new material on the ... Continue reading ’

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