Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for The Who's Quadrophenia shows went on sale today at 10 AM. Tickets for the Ben Gibbard show at Town Hall go on sale today at 11 AM. Tickets for the SBTRKT show at Terminal 5 go on... more info

Impose Magazine — Back before he was Benjamin, Ben Gibbard wrote an ode to Ichiro Suzuki. A little ditty he wrote "a few years ago" that now seems rather prescient in the wake of Ichiro's trade from Gibbard's beloved Mariners to the New York Yankees. Like mos... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (via @bangzy_) Tickets for the Ben Gibbard show at Town Hall go on AmEx presale and fan club presale today at noon. Tickets for the SBTRKT show at Terminal 5 go on AmEx presale today at noon. Tickets for the... more info

E! Online — Ben Gibbard has long been a loyal Seattle Mariners fan. And we can only assume he was feeling a bit wistful after his home team traded its star right fielder Ichiro Suzuki to the New... more info

KEXP Seattle — Yesterday was a sad day for Seattle Mariners fans, as Ichiro Suzuki has been traded to the Yankees. In his personal response to these events, Ben Gibbard has written an upbeat yet melancholy tribute to the well-loved baseball player entitled “Ichir... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Death Cab for Cutie at Firefly Music Festival - 7/22/12 As mentioned, Death Cab for Cutie/Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard will release his solo debut LP, Former Lives, on October 16 via Barsuk. Around the... more info

So Much Silence — If it wasn’t totally obvious already, I love when music and sports collide. These are subjects that consume me, personally and professionally. What could be better than a marriage of the two? So even though I have no loyalties to the Mariners or Ic... more info

Prefix — Last night, while the Yankees were in Seattle, Mariners icon Ichiro Suzuki was traded to New York, shifting clubhouses right ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-ben-gibbard-laments-the-trade-of-ichiro-suz/67419/ more info

Consequence of Sound — DCFC frontman pays tribute to longtime Seattle Mariner great. more info

Chorus.fm — *Ben Gibbard* (http://www.facebook.com/bengibbardofficial?ref=ts&rf=108490469172825) has posted a song that he wrote for Ichiro Suzuki a few years ago. You can check it out in the replies. more info