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Death Cab For Cutie :: :Brothers On a Hotel Bed: off of Plans. Richly sad and beautiful to me.
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AMG Review of Plans
Rob Theakston
All Music GuideFor your consideration: a wildly successful indie rock band with a legion of followers on an equally successful, highly credible independent label makes the jump to major-label powerhouse Atlantic, leading to much chagrin and speculation among its fans as they awaited with bated breath for what would happen to the group. The result was For Your Own Special Sweetheart, inarguably the most polished and fully realized album of Dischord alumnus Jawbox's career. Fast forward ten years and you find Barsuk's Death Cab for Cutie in the same position, making the same move. A new label, a larger crowd (thanks to their repeated appearances on The OC), and a side project of Ben Gibbard (Postal Service) that very well overshadowed the success of his main project. All of the moves were perfectly aligned to take the little band that could into the ock stratosphere. But the difference between Jawbox and Death Cab for Cutie was that For Your Own Special Sweetheart went on to be the finest release of Jawbox's canon. Plans definitely comes close to that mark, but falls slightly short. In comparison to the dry, raw production of Transatlanticism, Plans is warm and polished, the kind of album expected from a band obsessed with the sound of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. Chris Walla does an amazing job bringing the group's sound in a different direction than before without compromising too many of the things that made the group sound great to begin with. Thematically, Plans is the Death Cab for Cutie suitable for graduate students, world-weary and wiser from their experiences, realizing they can no longer be love-starved 20-somethings without a clue yet hopelessly cursed to face the same issues. And there's merit to be had in acknowledging that maturity, for even blink-182 figured out their age and released their "serious" album. Gibbard's wispy, poetic lyrics (which could easily have been stolen from Aimee Mann's dressing room while she wasn't looking) still remain an artery from which the rest of the band beats and are some of his finest ever, but this time around the band aligns itself more with a series of emotional murmurs rather than a heart attack. The album winds its way from one allad to the next, with brief stopovers at moderately up-tempo numbers to help break things up a bit. And it's this sense of resignation that either makes or breaks the album, depending on which Death Cab for Cutie is your favorite: the melancholic, hopeless romantic or the one who wears its heart on its sleeve with unbridled energy and passion. If Transatlanticism was Gibbard's Pet Sounds and Postal Service was SMiLE, then this is definitely Wild Honey, loved by adoring new fans and those who enjoy the allads. But those hoping for a bit more -- for the bar to be raised higher -- might find this a mildly predictable exercise in Gibbard exorcising the demons of Phil Collins that haunt him. Plans is both a destination and a transitional journey for the group, one that sees the fulfillment of years of toiling away to develop their ideas and sound. But it's with the completion of those ideas that band is faced with a new set of crossroads and challenges to tread upon: to stay the course and suffer stagnation or try something bold and daringly new with their future. Which road they'll take will make all the difference.
Brothers On a Hotel Bed ::: Death Cab For Cutie
Damn, Do You Have a Shoe Horn? This Prada Heel is Stuck in My Mouth.... Bridge School Music Festival Review
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Funny how life shows you juxtapositions when you aren't looking for 'em. Ironic and blunt life is for showing you how you consistently put your foot in your mouth. Amazing how the little things just remind you of the bigger picture. Last minute I was invited to the annual Bridge School Music Festival put on by none other than Neil Young who's son is severely disabled, and the Bridge School being a
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Coachella Highlight: Death Cab for Cutie
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@disclaimer: I am a bit of a Death Cab fan@On April 18th, I was lucky enough to catch Death Cab launching their Narrow Stairs tour at a small venue in Bremerton, WA. Although a teeny bit rusty, they brought it and entertained the crowd welcoming them back to public view.So, I eyed their time slot for Coachella with antipation; will they have shaken off the cobwebs from not touring for over a y...
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Was it a dream?
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So, I had myself a pretty strange dream last night. There I was, standing in the lobby of some cool office, with my good ole' friend "Mike":http://mog.com/msquared64, carrying a large, black, plastic case of some sort. Mike had a guitar case in his left hand and he was wearing a leather motorcycle jacket. If you know him, he would never wear such a thing.Fast forward a few minutes, and sudde...
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the root of all evil
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ok ok ok.so here i go. im goin to be a lil bit bitter....im QUITE bummed. i have loved death cab for cutie since.... ohhhh 1998? 1999? its not forever.. but ever since i saw them at BUMBERSHOOT (seattle) i was swooning over Something About Airplanes.... etc etc. now. what does it take to be the NUMBER ONE FAN????id say im a huge fan. sparing my favorite artist's the maniacal fan letters and co...
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Well, here I am on Mog. Now, I may not have the best music collection, but I'm learning, thanks to my good friend joemeyer. Mostly, I listen to Alternative or Indie, and also some Japanese Pop/Rock, though I've been focusing more on the former.I may not update here all the time, seeing as I have another blog. That's a secret though. ;)
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i didn't burn them, but they're gone
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So today, in a sort of...fit of insanity and motivation, I decided that I don't want things. I mean, I have things, but I have the things I need. At home. I have them.I also have an entire storage unit in Harrionburg that's full of my shit - my furniture (bed, dresser, night stand, chairs, tv stands, etc etc) and tons of just random shit that I've accumulated since freshman year. And god, my
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2006 anthem (a little late, I know)
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Some songs you hear, and they feel like home. It's like someone took your life, and said "I'm going to write that." Whatever you're feeling, it's there in the song. Happy (Death Cab: Marching Bands, Photo Booth, Plans). Sad (Ryan Adams: Dear John, English Girls Approximately, La Cienega Just Smiled). Nostalgic (Get Up Kids: Amy, Ten Minutes, Mass Pike). The songs gets you. Other songs, rare son...
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Falling Asleep
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Finsihed my paper at 11:30, after my 8-10am class. Took for stinking ever. Now I'm falling asleep in my Soc and Pol Phil Class.Glad I'm not outside in the snowstorm though.Anyway, after finishing this paper, i realized that Plans is really missing alot of the stuff in the previous DCFC albums that made me love them. The really almost ghastly keyboards, the minor (key) guitar riffs, the compress...
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Death Cab=My best friend
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Awful day it was yesterday, and to top it off i'm sick this morning. But yesterday really could be known as the worse day ever, you know boyfriend problems, bad day at school arguing with the parents, the usual. But anyway, i was in my room after my brother and I had gotten in a fight and i just wanted to do what anyother person would do scream and throw things and hit things and blahh. But the...
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Death Cab For Cutie
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Wow.. i bet Ben Gibbard from DCFC have inspired many users to MOG. The reason why i found out about MOG is because of Ben's announced membership over the internet. ahaa... Did anyone else experience the same circumstances?
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Hey fellow MOGers.. I'm new to this stuff because myspace is overrated.. Help me out if you have any tips.. Thanks...
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Death Cab for Cutie Garner Two Grammy Nominations
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Death Cab for Cutie reprise last year's Grammy debut with two nominations: "Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal" and "Best Long Form Video." Downright surreal is how I would describe watching the band turn this way and that - nattily attired in suits and ties - responding to the bank of press photographers pitched in front of the Red Carpet. Yeah, it was also very cool. So alth...
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Crooked Teeth
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I randomly buy songs from iTunes sometimes in the hopes of finding something new and I ended up getting I Will Follow You Into The Dark by Death Cab for Cutie. I liked so I bought the whole album. Now my favourite song is Crooked Teeth.
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Summer Skin
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I am taken by this song. The sad, mournful lyric and the martial drums create a sense of time's inevitability. At one time I owned all of Death Cab For Cutie's music. I won a 30G ipod here on the MOG a year & 1/2 ago and it came loaded with Death Cab/ The Postal Service and a nice assortment of cds thru the years. About 275 song & a few videos. By the time I figured the whole thing out,...
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Death Cab, Public Enemy, Ryan Adams and Girl Talk To Headline Langerado
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Here we go again. Festivals are beginning to roll out their line-ups. I'm still recovering from Lollapalooza (Grant Park needs moving walkways, like the ones they have at airports.) First up to bat this '09 season? Langerado. The Ft. Lauderdale relocated to Big Cypress Seminole Indian Reservation and now to Miami festival will host headliners Death Cab For Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Thievery Corporat...
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I want to live where soul meets body...and let the sun wrap its arms around me...ahhh... a very special DCFC fix today
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And I do believe it's trueThat there are roads left in both of our shoesBut if the silence takes youThen I hope it takes me tooSo brown eyes I hold you nearCause you're the only song I want to hearA melody softly soaring through my atmosphereWhere soul meets bodyOne of my all time favourites today!!!Death Cab For Cutie - Soul Meets Body
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DCFC... my world has been off kilter for the last days without my fix... this makes up for it...
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Ah everything is better now...
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Coachella Highlight: Death Cab for Cutie
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@disclaimer: I am a bit of a Death Cab fan@On April 18th, I was lucky enough to catch Death Cab launching their Narrow Stairs tour at a small venue in Bremerton, WA. Although a teeny bit rusty, they brought it and entertained the crowd welcoming them back to public view.So, I eyed their time slot for Coachella with antipation; will they have shaken off the cobwebs from not touring for over a y...
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What Sarah Said Lyrics
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And it came to me then that every planIs a tiny prayer to father timeAs I stared at my shoes in the ICUThat reeked of piss and 409And I rationed my breaths as I said to myselfThat I’ve already taken too much todayAs each descending peak on the LCDTook you a little farther away from meAway from meAmongst the vending machines and year-old magazinesIn a place where we only say goodbyeIt stung like.
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Soul Meets Body (live) - Death Cab for Cutie
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This is a most excellent version of Soul Meets Body. Listen the way the crowd sings along with Ben. Awesome! I can't stop playing this one. So good. Enjoy!If this is any indictaion of the energy during a DCFC show, Michelle and I are going to have to go soon!
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D! C! F! C!
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in exactly 1 month from today, death cab for cutie will release "narrow stairs". and in 9 weeks and 6 days i will be in the front row for their show at the greek theatre in berkeley, ca. now all i gotta do is get that dcfc tattoo on my wrist and my life will be gold :)
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i didn't burn them, but they're gone
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So today, in a sort of...fit of insanity and motivation, I decided that I don't want things. I mean, I have things, but I have the things I need. At home. I have them.I also have an entire storage unit in Harrionburg that's full of my shit - my furniture (bed, dresser, night stand, chairs, tv stands, etc etc) and tons of just random shit that I've accumulated since freshman year. And god, my
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Was it a dream?
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So, I had myself a pretty strange dream last night. There I was, standing in the lobby of some cool office, with my good ole' friend "Mike":http://mog.com/msquared64, carrying a large, black, plastic case of some sort. Mike had a guitar case in his left hand and he was wearing a leather motorcycle jacket. If you know him, he would never wear such a thing.Fast forward a few minutes, and sudde...
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Brothers On a Hotel Bed ::: Death Cab For Cutie
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Death Cab For Cutie :: :Brothers On a Hotel Bed: off of Plans. Richly sad and beautiful to me.
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ok, so, i'm listening to death cab for cutie beyond a couple songs
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I'm not really a fan of Death Cab For Cutie. Granted, I had only heard a few songs by them, but those songs didn't make me want to hear more. Now, someone has lent me their copy of "Plans," and I am currently listening to it. May I say...ha, I'm not impressed. I can see why "Crooked Teeth" was the single; it's the only song on the record that has any memorable melody to it.I'm not saying it's a...
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Death cab tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!
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wooooooo!!!!im so not going to be able to sleep. Bands to see before i die. (*= done)1) Interpol *2) DCFC3) Arcade Fire4)British Sea Power5) The Futureheads6) The Rakes
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Damn, Do You Have a Shoe Horn? This Prada Heel is Stuck in My Mouth.... Bridge School Music Festival Review
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Funny how life shows you juxtapositions when you aren't looking for 'em. Ironic and blunt life is for showing you how you consistently put your foot in your mouth. Amazing how the little things just remind you of the bigger picture. Last minute I was invited to the annual Bridge School Music Festival put on by none other than Neil Young who's son is severely disabled, and the Bridge School being a
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Beautiful.
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I have just started listening to this band and I love the feel of their music. Being new to MOG, I am just learning that there is another world of music out there that I have not been tuning in to. Finally!! I am saddened at times to see what has become of the mainstream music of today. I have been looking for a site to expand my listening choices and I have found it.
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