The Okobos Festival is happening in one week and its shaping up to be awesome. Death Cab For Cutie, M. Ward, Ben Folds, and Ben Harper are all scheduled to play (among others). It’s all going down at the Resch Center in Green Bay, WI. Check out the full lineup here.

We’re giving away a pair of tickets to the show. One winner and a guest will get to go and see the show. Since the show is rapidy approaching this contest will end Wednesday. Enter after the jump. (more…)

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:: You can stream a new track from Rise Against’s new album Appeal To Reason here.

:: Death Cab For Cutie launched a fall tour eCard.

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:: Thursday released a statement about signing to Epitaph.

:: Death Cab For Cutie have posted live video clips of them performing at Bumpershoot 2008. Watch the performances here.

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:: Far have hinted at a possible reunion. Half this office just got really stoked!

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:: Kanye West asked Jenny Lewis to hear his new single. But he didn’t know who she was. Sounds like Kanye, being Kanye.

:: Death Cab For Cutie has offered to play on the college campus that registers the most students to vote between now and November.

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:: We met the only dude in America who is not a fan of Rice Krispy treats.

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:: Death Cab For Cutie and Wilco will be the opening support for Neil Young this fall.

:: 30 Seconds To Mars has issued a statement, responding to the lawsuit set upon them from Virgin/EMI.

:: Katy Perry’s parent’s are mad about her hit song, “I Kissed A Girl” and the image it portrays. It doesn’t help when her parents are evangelical Christian preachers.

The second single from the latest DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE album, Narrow Stairs puts us in a peculiar place.

The song, “Cath” has always been a standout song on the record, but we’ve always thought it to be more an early early release track (ya know, for the fans) before they launched into a track with more hooks on the album (say like, “No Sunlight”). But then again in a perfect world, Ben, Chris, Nick, and Jason probably could have said something like “Look - we’re Death Cab For Cutie and we kick ass and had a #1 album in the country. We can do whatever the hell we want!” Maybe they did that already, how else could you explain an 8.5 minute first single?

Check out the video, featuring Lucas Haas, the band showing off their lyp-syncing abilities, and some grass in places where it doesn’t belong.

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DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE have been picked to be a 52/52 artist on MTV. Meaning for a week straight, clips of the band will air in between programs on the (former) music channel.

Rather than just air some live performances, the band decided to record a few clips of them performing at Whirly Ball recreation center in Washington. We know they have a sense of humor by seeing clips of Ben’s side project, Just Jazzin’ but watching this clip where Ben “Stretch” Gibbard explains to us Whirly Ball makes Death Cab a better band, might take things to a new level.

Seeing Chris Walla walk around in a cast, he’s either acting well or things might have gotten a bit too competetive on those bumper cars.

You can watch more 52/52 clips from Death Cab after the jump. (more…)

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE will be putting on the editors caps today. The entire band is taking over Stereogum and will be writing all the news for the day as well as release exclusive content all day long. There will be exclusive interviews, rehearsal footage, and other goodies offered by the band all day long. So be sure to see what the band has to say over at www.stereogum.com. Send the band an email of encouragement or a news tip at dcfc@stereogum.com.

Oh and if you need any more DCFC updates, you can check out the band’s performance of the song “No Sunlight” on the Black Cab Sessions.

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MP3: Death Cab For Cutie :: “I Wanna Be Adored” live at Coachella via Speed Of Dark

Check out DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE performing their song “I Will Possess Your Heart” live on Late Show With David Letterman. The band has been all over the place as of late to support their new album Narrow Stairs which was just released yesterday. If you’d like to hear the album, check out the stream over at Spinner.com.

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE seem to be everywhere leading up to the release of their new album Narrow Stairs which drops this Tuesday, May 13th.

Current TV is currently running a documentary on the band called Open Windows. It follows the band during the recording process of the album, there are live performances and interviews with the group as well.

Tour dates after the jump. (more…)