This summer’s Boston Calling festival appears to be one of the few big multi-day shows that OutKast won’t be headlining this year. Instead, Jack Johnson tops a bill that otherwise skews orthodox-indie. The festival, which had its inaugural edition last year, comes to City Hall Plaza 5/23-25, and the bill includes Death Cab Fo...

Ad-Rock and Ben Gibbard's work can be heard in new films at US film festival    

by Jonathan Zwickel Blame it on the city, or blame it the band, but last night in Seattle people did not freak out for the surprise “special guest” appearance of Death Cab For Cutie during the opening of Barsuk Records’ 15th anniversary weekend. Instead, the 800 or so gathered inside the Showbox breathed a comfortab...

Transatlaticism, Death Cab For Cutie’s gold-selling dorm-room staple, was an important album in indie rock’s transition to cultural ubiquity, and it’s about to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The band is marking the occasion by releasing an expanded reissue, which features demo versions of every song on the album. A...

US band's 2003 album now comes complete with a 10-track collection of demos