Brooklyn Vegan — This week, check out new holiday music from Sujfan Stevens, CJ Ramone, The Minus 5 & Ben Gibbard, Lucius, Eric Clapton, and Canadian metal viking Thor delivers 'Christmas in Valhalla.'
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Stereogum — The Minus 5's Scott McCaughey credits the Monkees with putting him in the Christmas spirit -- including his group's 2017 album Dear December and the new single "Christmas in Antarctica," whose lyric video is premiering exclusively below. more info
Chorus.fm — Julien Baker, Aaron Dessner, Kevin Devine, Craig Finn, and Ben Gibbard are teaming up for a Scott Hutchinson tribute show in New York. Tickets are on sale this Friday. more info
Brooklyn Vegan — The late Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison's life and music will be celebrated by some of his friends, peers, and past collaborators at Rough Trade...
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Stereogum — A tribute concert for Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison will take place in New York City at Rough Trade on 12/5, as Pitchfork reports. The event is called "Tiny Changes: A Celebration Of the Songs of Scott Hutchison." Performers for the nigh... more info
Stereogum — Death Cab For Cutie released Transatlanticism on Oct. 7, 2003. With a little help from Seth Cohen, it became their breakout album, and many -- including Ben Gibbard --still consider it their best (though our former colleague Claire Lobenfeld had othe... more info
Stereogum — Death Cab For Cutie have recorded a cover of Frightened Rabbit's "My Backwards Walk," off the band's beloved album
The Midnight Organ Fight
. Frightened Rabbit's Scott Hutchison died earlier this year, and at the time Ben Gibbard shared the followin... more info
Stereogum — I imagine Ben Gibbard circa 1998 situated under a tree reading Kerouac. A sensitive 20-something in sandals and jeans, probably the brainiest of his friend group. Grounded, but reactive. That August, 20 years ago tomorrow, he would release Something ... more info