Video: Ben Gibbard - All Apologies (Nirvana cover)

I figured it would only be a matter of time before Death Cab For Cutie's frontman Ben Gibbard would get around to releasing a solo album. He's done plenty of solo acoustic and piano appearances throughout his career and serves as the songwriter for the band. It was just a matter of time before he either wanted to make something completely different in style or wrote something so personal that it wasn't meant for the band to release. Since The Postal Service was the first of those options, Former Lives will likely be the latter. After his recent divorce [...]

It's pretty much a rite of passage for any new band these days to cut their teeth on Nirvana covers, and it's a testament to the band's universal influence when musicians from all genres (and even the bands who influenced Nirvana to begin with) are more likely to play Nirvana songs than those of any other band. Today is Kurt Cobain's birthday. He would have been 45. Here on the KEXP blog, we wanted to share a diverse selection of covers of Nirvana songs and were overwhelmed by the sheer number of them. Here are just a small [...]

Con los editores de Cuchara Sónica decidimos hacer una lista personal de 5 covers que nos gustan mucho. No se tratan de los mejores covers del mundo ni de los 5 covers que tienes que escuchar antes de morirte. Simplemente son 5 reinterpretaciones de famosas canciones que nos gustaron mucho y decidimos compartirlas con ustedes. Así como lo hacemos nosotros, también pueden dejar los suyos en los comentarios así todos disfrutamos de interesantes artistas interpretando a otros interesantes artistas ;-) Ben Gibbard - All [...]

In countdown to the new Death Cab album, Narrow Stairs , I'd like to introduce you to some solo Ben Gibbard if you haven't already dabbled in that field. The man does everything from xylophone to electronic compositions to covers, here's one of his many classics. Until Narrow Stairs is released I'll continue to post these as I see fit, you can also enjoy Benny G covering Nirvana's "All Apologies" in the vid above. The Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way (Ben Gibbard cover)

Here with yet another golden pick out of the YouTube crazy litter, the culture of me brings you yet another opportunity for today's pop-ish acts to relatively butcher the likes of yesterday's spins. In this installment, our dear friend Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab and Postal Service fame) decided to break out the old baby grand for his own rendition of the coveted Nirvana track "All Apologies". It's a fair attempt, however we'd like to not have to play it again. Once is more than enough. (video) [...]

More cover love! Mog user msquared wandered over to Somerville Theatre in Massachusetts last night to catch the David Bazan and Ben Gibbard solo tour. In addition to a song-requesting Ted Leo making his presence felt by bantering with Ben, the Somerville crowd was treated to a Gibbard-and-piano take on "All Apologies." msquared offers up this vid... Much as we love that In Utero classic, "Everyone is gay" rightly belongs on this list of 'most outrageous claims in pop music history.' Anyway, you Death Cab watchers have been [...]