L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — For a guy who once sang of Los Angeles, “It's a lovely summer's day / And I can almost see a skyline through a thickening shroud of egos,” Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie sure seems to have made... more info

Topix — Death Cab For Cutie release its seventh CD, 'Codes and Keys.' Overview Ben Gibbard, the famously brainy leader of Death Cab for Cutie, keeps singing about the problem of thinking on the band's new CD. more info

VH1 Blog — “There are few things more demoralizing than groveling for a job that you don’t even want,” said Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard at last month’s VH1 Storytellers taping when he introduced and explained the inspiration behind “Emplo... more info

VH1 Blog — Death Cab For Cutie’s VH1 Storytellers is airing at 11 p.m. tonight on VH1, and since lead singer Ben Gibbard is now married to his indie beloved Zooey Deschanel, we got to thinking about music’s most powerful couples of the moment. Because these... more info

DrownedInSound — As part of our Death Cab for Cutie takeover, we spent 20mins on the phone with Ben Gibbard to find out more about their new album Codes & Keys...Speaking to Ben Gibbard, the band’s prolific principle song-writer and affable front-man, it’s clear ... more info

Stereogum — VH1′s Storytellers series has gotten hipper recently. This season’s lineup includes episodes with Cee-Lo, My Morning Jacket, and, this Friday, with Death Cab For Cutie. A summary on the VH1 Storytellers site quotes Ben Gibbard: “This feels a li... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Ben Gibbard talks to Time Out New York about the new Death Cab for Cutie album, Codes and Keys (out May 31st). The Guardian Books Blog points out The Road to Canterbury, a board game based on Chaucer's The Canterbury... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Codes and Keys, out May 31, is a true grower by a maturing band: Not only does it gain richness and depth with each exposure, but it also gets better as it rolls along. Death Cab for Cutie's music has long had a certain innocence to it; a boyish, ... more info

ContactMusic — Deathcab For Cutie star Ben Gibbard turned his first marathon into a competition between himself and fellow rocker Flea. The two musicians hit the streets of Los Angeles for their first marathon earlier this year (11) and reformed alcoholic Gibbar... more info

Stereogum — Shearwater and Minus Story affiliate (BTW Class of ‘08) multi-instrumental singer/songwriter Jordan Geiger has made a second collection of songs under his Hospital Ships moniker, titled Lonely Twin and due this summer. “Reprise” is one if its e... more info