After we premiered each track from Death Cab's new Open Door EP, the band set out on a North American tour that found its way to UC San Diego's RIMAC Arena last night. Photographer Andrew Youssef made the drive from L.A. to La Jolla (as did a lot of folks impatient for the Hollywood Bowl show in July with Tegan & Sara and the New Pornos), wh...

Nathan Willett from Cold War Kids and Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie are running to raise money for the non-profit organization Water Wells for Africa

Cold War Kids have announced the release of a live EP to celebrate Record Store Day on April 18.

This year's Stag And Dagger festival will feature the likes of Cold War Kids, Andrew Weatherall, Wild Beasts, James Yuill and Maps.

I'll admit it, when I saw Death Cab on The Late Late Show about a month back, I felt a twinge of cognitive dissonance. I knew the song ("Cath...") and I knew that was Ben Gibbard's voice coming through the TV, but the guy singing totally didn't look or act like Ben Gibbard. He was svelte with long hair, and he was kinda attacking his guitar. Thr...