L.A. Times - Entertainment — Son Volt's Jay Farrar and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard join forces at Largo. "We're a new band as of a few hours ago," Jay Farrar announced Thursday night... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-30 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck10-31 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge11-01 Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room11-03 Bellingham, WA - The Wild Buffalo11-05 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern $11-06 Portland, OR - Doug Fir $11-07 Sacramento, CA - The Blue Lam... more info

Chicago Tribune — Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard: Two excellent songwriters moonlighting from their day jobs in Son Volt (Farrar, right) and Death Cab for Cutie (Gibbard) join forces to indulge a serious Jack Kerouac fetish. Inspired by the Beat-era legend's novel "Big S... more info

Altsounds — One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur, a new album featuring 12 original songs composed and performed by Jay Farrar of Son Volt and Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie--with lyrics based on the prose of Jack Kerouac's landmark 1962 novel B... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Aside from getting married this week, Mr. Zooey Deschanel (aka Ben Gibbard) is keeping busy. He'll be playing a few shows this October with Jay Farrar of Son Volt in support of their new collaborative record, One Fast Move... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Aside from getting married this week, Mr. Zooey Deschanel (aka Ben Gibbard) is keeping busy. He'll be playing a few shows this October with Jay Farrar of Son Volt in support of their new collaborative record, One Fast Move... more info

Live Daily — Son Volt's Jay Farrar [ tickets ] and Death Cab for Cutie's Ben Gibbard [ tickets ] are paying homage to Jack Kerouac with an upcoming album, a series of concerts and a feature-length documentary--all scheduled to coincide with the 40th anniversary o... more info

Allmusic Blog — Son Volt frontman Jay Farrar and Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard recently recorded an album inspired by Jack Kerouac’s Big Sur. The record will double as the soundtrack to “One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur,” a documentary fi... more info

Rolling Stone — Jam band champions the Allman Brothers Band and Widespread Panic extend their joint trek, Death Cab for Cutie’s Benjamin Gibbard and Son Volt’s Jay Farrar plot four dates in support of their One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur and Me... more info

Live Daily — With a large portion of its summer run complete, Son Volt [ tickets ] has tacked a fall leg onto the remaining itinerary behind the group's new album, "American Central Dust." The roadwork, which began in July and included a handful of shows along... more info