VH1 Blog — Death Cab for Cutie‘s new album Codes and Keys will be released a week from tomorrow, but you can hear the band perform three tracks from the album on VH1′s Storytellers: Death Cab for Cutie, this Friday night at 11 p.m. ET/PT. We’ve shared thi... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming My Morning Jacket's new album, Circuital (out may 31st). The Guardian interviews author Umberto Eco about his surprising reading habits. NPR is streaming Death Cab for Cutie's new album, Codes and Keys (out May 31st). On sale... 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

Detroit Free Press — Considering that Death Cab for Cutie recorded its latest album in piecemeal fashion at several studios over the course of many months, “Codes and Keys” ( * * * * out of four stars, out May 31 on Atlantic) is remarkably cohesive. And considering t... more info

Guardian Music — From the Beach Boys to the Violators, here are your favourite songs about the silly seasonWhat makes music sound summery? A wide-open, expansive production with lots of space and jazzy chords, perhaps. Squelchy noises; an easy mid-tempo; congas; and ... more info

VH1 Blog — Death Cab for Cutie appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon yesterday to promote the May 31st release of their seventh studio album Codes and Keys. Their taped television performance of single “You Are a Tourist” probably felt like the easiest t... more info

DrivenFarOff — The Lonely Forest are about to head out on tour in support of their “big brother” Chris Walla and the rest of Death Cab for Cutie. I had the chance to check out their set and talk with the guys on their last tour through Minneapolis in April and ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla talks to NOW Magazine about the band's forthcoming album, Codes And Keys (out May 31st). Foyles profiles author Martin Amis. The Georgia Straight profiles indie band LAKE. It's fair to say the Washington... more info

Impose Magazine — What we really meant was fucking Death Cab for Cutie. Milkshake by Yuck more info

Stereogum — A very polite and gentle DCFC song (with subtle snatches of strings) from their forthcoming LP Codes & Keys has been released to the internet today, featuring a hook lyric about the interpersonal-bonding power of the shade of a sycamore tree. It’s ... more info