Totally Fuzzy — Sister - "Hated" - Metal Blade Records SISTER Swedish sleaze and punk influenced metal band SISTER has just released the following teaser video for the group's upcoming Metal Blade debut HATED – out June 7th. The teaser offers a sneak preview... more info

Stereogum — Last month Death Cab For Cutie returned to the spotlight with “You Are A Tourist,” the great first single and video from their forthcoming Codes And Keys. A sunny addition to our spring playlist, it recalls brighter moments of mid-period Cure whe... more info

Stereogum — We’ve already heard Ben Gibbard’s Arthur soundtrack contribution “When The Sun Goes Down.” Now you can hear his other track on the album, the gentle, waltzing “Where Our Destination Lies.” It’s acoustic like “When The Sun,” and reli... more info

VH1 Blog — Death Cab for Cutie’s highly ambitious single-take live shoot went off relatively smoothly last night—and the video itself turned out pretty great, too. Lead singer Ben Gibbard referenced Busby Berkeley in his interview with MTV News, but the leg... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The NJ Underground said... Foster The People - Houdini Cut Copy - Out There On Ice The Hold Steady - Massive Nights Morning Teleportation - Expanding Anyway Cloud Nothings - Old Street Bare Wires - Ready To Go Black Lips - Katrina Beach Fossils - You... more info

VH1 Blog — Can't see the stream on your mobile device? Click here. While many bands have successfully pulled off the “single-take” music video (think OK Go’s “This Too Shall Pass,” think Feist’s “1, 2, 3, 4″), no band has EVER attempted to comp... more info

Stereogum — If you’re tired of listening to Death Cab’s “You Are A Tourist” on repeat, check out this new one from lead Cutie Ben Gibbard. We heard “When The Sun Goes Down” live at Noise Pop; here it’s fleshed out with quiet drums and a Paul Simon-... more info

KEXP Seattle — Ben Gibbard played solo last Sunday at San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival, and took the time to debut the title track from upcoming Death Cab For Cutie record Codes and Keys. KEXP has previously reported that the new album will feature “less guit... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Death Cab’s Ben Gibbard played a solo set at San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival on February 27th. Recordings of some of the songs have now surfaced. He performed a song called “Codes and Keys”, which is the title track from their new album. H... more info

Stereogum — Ben Gibbard played a couple new Death Cab For Cutie songs Sunday at San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival. When Nick Harmer spoke to Cole about the forthcoming Codes And Keys, he mentioned less guitars/more Eno, so maybe expect these two to sound diff... more info