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A Conversation with Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard – HuffPost 7.18.11

Mike Ragogna: Ben, what was your approach in creating the songs and recording your new album Codes And Keys? Benjamin Gibbard: Well, our kind of “m.o.” as we’re making records seems to be pretty similar from record to record. I kind of seclude myself from the band for a month, or we’re off–not touring or doing […]

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One Fast Move or I’m Gone: An Interview with Son Volt’s Jay Farrar and Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard – HuffPost 10.21.09

Although Son Volt’s Jay Farrar and Death Cab For Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard create music from two different perspectives–one uses roots-Americana as his template, and the other employs emo pop-jangle–their blend on the documentary soundtrack One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur creates a sly folk variant that syncs perfectly with Jack Kerouac’s classic. To lines […]

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