NME — Two bands played together last night in South Carolina more info

Stereogum — Last summer, 25-member LA vocal ensemble the Silver Lake Chorus released their self-titled debut LP, which featured an impressive roster of songwriters including Sia, Ben Gibbard, and Tegan And Sara. This summer the Chorus is set to deliver an album-... more info

Stereogum — Death Cab For Cutie and Chvrches are in the midst of a co-headlining North American tour with two controversial shows to go on as scheduled in North Carolina. However, before the first day of tour, frontpeople Ben Gibbard and Lauren Mayberry had prev... more info

Rolling Stone — Death Cab for Cutie brought the rumbling grooves of Kintsugi's "No Room in Frame" to The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Monday. The group moved effortlessly through the slow-burning cut off their 2015 album. The song's keyboard flourishes fr... more info

Consequence of Sound — Ben Gibbard & co. continue their support behind Kintsugi. more info

Popdose — And here it is – the third new song from the forthcoming Monkees album, Good Times.  Unlike the uptempo poppiness of the prior two tracks, “Me & Magdalena” is a beautiful, somewhat mournful contemporary piece written by Ben Gibbard of Death Ca... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, we learned that ’60s pop relics the Monkees were making a new album and that they were working with songwriters like Noel Gallagher, Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, and XTC’s Andy Partridge. The first single has just made ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, The Monkees are releasing Good Times!, their first new album in 20 years, on May 27 with songs written by Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard, Andy Partridge, Noel Gallagher, and more. The RIvers Cuomo-penned "She Makes Me Laugh" is now here with... more info

Stereogum — California Sunday Magazine and Mailchimps’ Q&A series “The Thread” has been going all year, facilitating conversations between artists like Ben Gibbard & Mark Kozelek, Father John Misty & John C. Reilly, and Bethany Cosentino & Molly Ringwald. ... more info

Stereogum — Wilco performed at Redmond, Washington’s Marymoor Park on 8/11, and they brought a collection of impressive friends to the stage for a rendition of Woody Guthrie’s “California Stars.” The song was released on Mermaid Avenue, the collaborative... more info