Stereogum — Earlier this year, we learned that ’60s pop relics the Monkees were making a new album and that they were working with songwriters like Noel Gallagher, Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard, and XTC’s Andy Partridge. The first single has just made ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As mentioned, The Monkees are releasing Good Times!, their first new album in 20 years, on May 27 with songs written by Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard, Andy Partridge, Noel Gallagher, and more. The RIvers Cuomo-penned "She Makes Me Laugh" is now here with... more info

Stereogum — California Sunday Magazine and Mailchimps’ Q&A series “The Thread” has been going all year, facilitating conversations between artists like Ben Gibbard & Mark Kozelek, Father John Misty & John C. Reilly, and Bethany Cosentino & Molly Ringwald. ... more info

Stereogum — Wilco performed at Redmond, Washington’s Marymoor Park on 8/11, and they brought a collection of impressive friends to the stage for a rendition of Woody Guthrie’s “California Stars.” The song was released on Mermaid Avenue, the collaborative... more info

Stereogum — Death Cab For Cutie are busy traveling the world in support of Kintsugi, their final album with founding member and production maestro Chris Walla and first with an outside producer, Rich Costey. The newfangled Death Cab live band has North American ... more info

Stereogum — Now that there’s a new streaming service entering the game, the usual suspects are coming out of the woodwork brandishing new opinions or rehashing old ones. Ben Gibbard threw his voice into the chorus a few months ago when everyone was shitting on... more info

Stereogum — California Sunday Magazine’s project The Thread has facilitated email conversations between Bethany Cosentino and Molly Ringwald, Al Yankovic and Scott Aukerman, and Ben Gibbard and Mark Kozelek, among many others so far. Their latest thread is bet... more info

Stereogum — If there was ever anyone that needed his wonderfully woeful voice and neat-box pop-rock fucked up by Dan Deacon’s mischievous touch, it’s Ben Gibbard. Death Cab For Cutie returned this year sans founding member Chris Walla with Kintsugi, their fi... more info

Stereogum — City of Angels choral pop group the Silver Lake Chorus (TSLC) has been blessed with some skillful song writing by the Flaming Lips, Ben Gibbard, Sia, and Bon Iver. We’ve heard “Heavy Star Movin’” penned by Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The ... more info

Stereogum — Musicians including Ben Gibbard, Mumford & Sons, and Lily Allen have joined our own Michael Nelson in shitting on Tidal, the expensive new “high-quality” streaming music service from Jay Z and his famous friends. Now it’s Steve Albini’s turn!... more info