With the odd intellectual (or just nonsensical) lyrics of Death Cab for Cutie plus the depressing and off-kilter melodies of Owen and Joan of Arc, the subtly challenge any preconceptions about indie rock.
With age comes wisdom - or is it the other way around? Regardless, Kevin Devine is embracing adulthood fully equipped with a guitar, a band and a van taking him across the country. During his 10-year music career, Devine has expanded his musical tastes, showing a host of influences on his latest release, "Put Your Ghost to Rest." The biopic-esque tracks range from folk to rock, woven together with self-reflective lyrics belted with an earnest croon - like Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie covering Bright Eyes.
If you're a longtime reader of On magazine or its peripheral manifestations (the Facebook, the blog), or indeed have ever purchased a drink for one of its charming and quite attractive correspondents, then it is very likely you have gotten an earful about Official Best Rock Band of the Current Era, The Hold Steady. This column you're reading is not about them; they just provide our in. The Hold Steady will open a show Oct. 20 in Portland for Death Cab for Cutie, a band I imagine, if you are reading this, you are probably at least familiar with. They're a Pacific Northwest indie band that made it big. This isn't about Death Cab either, but we're getting closer.
... the listener and the as- earnest-as-ever lyrics. Much of Death Cab for Cutie's major-label success...
Indie rock is more difficult to define in strictly musical terms, as it contains many subgenres that embrace rock music and other divergent styles equally.2 However, while independence from major labels is of fundamental importance to indie rock, this factor alone is not enough to fully describe the genre.3 Partly as a result of the impulse to remain independent of mainstream expectations, a distinct indie rock sound has developed.4 The hallmarks of this sound include: the careful balancing of pop accessibility with noise, playfulness in manipulating pop music formulae, sensitive lyrics masked by tonal abrasiveness and ironic posturing, a concern with "authenticity," and the cultivation of a "regular guy" (or girl) image. Alternative rock was ushered into the mainstream by bands like R...
..., day-job frustrations, religion, and death. The magazine No Depression, which documented the ...Like The Shins, Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service represent recent indie rock...
Franz Ferdinand isn't a would-be ruler, like its namesake, but the Scottish band nonetheless is very good at giving people exactly what they want. For the show at DAR Constitution Hall on Tuesday, co-headlined with Death Cab for Cutie, that meant sticking mostly to songs from the group's self-titled 2004 debut album. The college-age crowd went wild over such tracks as "Jacqueline" and "This Fire." Highlights from last year's album, "You Could Have It So Much Better," didn't go over nearly as well.
... hand, Death Cab for Cutie's thoughtful lyrics and special sound are best heard at home with a to...
In fact. Time Since Western's latest song, "Dizzy" - a slow burner reminiscent of both a Foo Fighters ballad and Beck's "Lonesome Tears" - resulted from trips to the Northwest. "Dizzy" is one of several tracks recorded over the summer at the Portland, Ore., studio of Chris Walla (guitarist for Death Cab for Cutie and producer of choice for the Decemberists, the Thermals and Tegan and Sara), then mixed at Madison's Smart Studios. It is also a pit stop on the way to a new album slated for a 2010 release - if all goes according to plan. The plan also involves corralling local musicians to give the album a floatingacross-the-landscape feel rather than a drinking-Schlitz-in-the-basement vibe. To round out Time Since Western's sound, [Andy Brawner] teams with folks like drummer/designer Mike ...
... curates the whole experience, from the lyrics to the liner notes to the band's persona on MySpac...
George Washington High School With its seventh studio album, "Narrow Stairs," Death Cab for Cutie once again is defying critics by creating yet another unarguable masterpiece. Everything is there - from the trademark sonic kaleidoscope to the awe-inspiring, thoughtful and introspective lyrics.
Stu Bost and Chris Alden are quintessentially of their time. Both grew up in the age of cell phones, the Internet and easy accessibility to multitudes of technology. The Brewer High School seniors, who together form the duo Autopirate, are a band that could only exist in 2009. After all, two bands that also could only exist today inspired them: The Postal Service and PlayRadioPlay. The Postal Service's 2003 album "Give Up" was written by songwriter Ben Gibbard of the band Death Cab for Cutie and electronic musician Jimmy Tamborello, while both were in different parts of the country. They sent tracks and lyrics to one another through the mail, eventually putting together the vastly popular indie pop classic. Autopirate's Bost and Alden identified with that, big time.
One disk of The Boxmasters' double CD contains 12 original tracks penned and arranged by [Billy Bob Thornton] (who was unavailable for an interview for this story) and JD Andrew (who also plays electric, acoustic and bass guitar as well as sings background vocals for The Boxmasters). The band is rounded out by Mike Butler, who plays electric guitar, lap steel and dobro, with the added talents of country musicians Donnie Fritts and Marty Stuart on the tracks, "Build Your Own Prison" and "That Mountain." There's also the single "Poor House" and a little gem called "Shit List," which captures the band's sensibilities to a T with the lyrics, "Just know that you're sorely missed/and I want to lend a hand/even though I'm on your shit list/I'll always be your man. Andrew and Butler are no bac...
... such as The Rolling Stones, The Shins and Death Cab for Cutie. If you've been to the movies or tur...
Raphael Saadiq, one of the more progressive urban artists around, finds his groove in soul's fabled past. Even during his trendy early days with Tony! Toni! Tone!, the singer-songwriter stuck close to traditional songcraft. On "Stone Rollin'," his follow-up to 2008's unabashedly retro "The Way I See It," Saadiq is locked in the late '60s/early '70s. He re-creates a heady era in soul, when the music expanded to include shades of psychedelic rock and Beatles-inspired pop.
... rocks on complete with un-understandable lyrics which creates an attitude - can't comprehend the w..."NKOTBSB". out next week. Death Cab for Cutie. "Codes and Keys". Eddie Vedder. "Uk...
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