Ever heard of Dover, Delaware? You know, the capital city of that first U.S. state, located just under Pennsylvania and New Jersey and cut off from Maryland by one clean eastern border…The one with Dover International Speedway, Silver Lake, a quaint, down-home feel… And Firefly Music Festival? In late July of this year (the 20-22, to be exact), more than 30 of the most prominent indie/alternative artists of today will be meeting up in Dover,…
For some reason or the other, I’ve always found Death Cab for Cutie’s mellow music suitable for soundtracking a vampire love story Hollywood flick. Actually, the association never came to mind but now that I’ve happened to listen to the band’s latest single, especially released for the upcoming New Moon soundtrack, the music seems remarkably suitable. The song, suggestively titled “Meet Me On The Equinox,” hits you from the start with the sense of an…
This year’s “Narrow Stairs”, by Death Cab for Cutie, was beautiful, melancholic, soothing; well damn right awesome. Actually, it’s kinda the album that got me into DCFC and turned me into a fan, so naturally I now always get exited when I get to see the band play. Wednesday, the band graced the Late Late Show with their presence, where they played a very solid performance of “Cath,” off Narrow Stairs, after a proper and,…
Finally some Death Cab For Cutie live action. The band is set to concert a bit of what’s left of the summer through Asia, then they’re set to go on a small autumn trek in North America.
I’ve been really digging Death Cab For Cutie’s latest studio effort, Narrow Stairs, a very diverse record, with a lot of sound layers and a somewhat, new musical direction, as the band treads deeper into darker territory, a lot darker then anything DCFC has put out. All the songs are pretty awesome, with a personal emphasis for their first single, off the record, the stalker-like anthem, 8 minute long epic “I Will Possess Your Heart.”…
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