Stereogum — For Turntable Kitchen's monthly vinyl subscription serious Sounds Delicious, in which one artist covers an entire album by another artist, Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard took on Teenage Fanclub's 1991 classic Bandwagonesque, the sighing jan... more info
Stereogum — It shouldn't surprise anyone that Ben Gibbard's favorite band is Teenage Fanclub, another ostensibly alt-rock-identified bunch of formalist squares whose records are as crafty and delicately layered as Death Cab For Cutie's. But his new solo take on ... more info
KEXP Seattle — Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard announced in December that he was covering Teenage Fanclub‘s 1991 album Bandwagonesque in its entirety. Today, he released his version of “The Concept.” Gibbard explained why he was covering that particular a... more info
Stereogum — Ben Gibbard is the latest artist to take a crack at Turntable Kitchen's full-length album cover series Sounds Delicious. (Previous participants include Mutual Benefit, Foxygen's Jonathan Rado, and Yumi Zouma.) The Death Cab For Cutie frontman is cove... more info
Powerpopulist — The "sphere" of blogs that post non-widgeted free downloadables has narrowed since we began this series "many" years ago. Fortunately, some highly valued bloggers continue to leverage their artistic contacts to y/our benefit. So many thanks to the fo... more info
Brooklyn Vegan — Also on sale: Mitski, Alex Lahey, Minus the Bear, Explosions in the Sky, Mastodon, Say Anything, Teenage Fanclub, Chairlift, Green Day, and more.
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We All Want Someone To Shout For — Scottish indie rock mainstays Teenage Fanclub returned to New York on October 15 for a performance at Bowery Ballroom. The show was the first of a two night run in the city, which a performance at Music Hall of Williamsburg the following night. The t... more info
Music For Ants — I previously shared my top albums and music videos lists and now it’s time to for my 50 favorite tracks from 2016, presented here in highly unscientific, mostly arbitrary list form. As always, there’s a one song per artist rule to bette... more info