Indeed, the vows happened, somewhere near Seattle. Little else is known about the details. But in our own indie-rock fantasm we imagine lots of beautiful people in pastel suits and horn-rimmed glasses swooning as Ben sings “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” to her and she replies with a somewhat out of context version of “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here” and he says “Because we’re married now, silly” and everyone chuckles and eats vegan cake. The end. No word yet on what M. Ward thinks this will do to the implied sexual tension on the next She & Him album. (Via: SPIN)

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That is, if you happen to live near L.A., New York, Chi-town or San Francisco. But still, at least they spread it out a little bit. The two have been hard at work on a Kerouac-inspired album to accompany a documentary on the famed beat writer. The album is entitled One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur and will coincide with the film’s release on October 20. Members of the singer’s respective bands will provide the musical backing for the live tour. Dates for the brief tour as follows.

10.23 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
10.24 San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club
10.26 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
10.28  New York, NY @ Webster Hall

(Via: Paste)

The soundtrack for Twilight sequel New Moon sure is sounding more and more like the lighter rock hour at a college radio station. First, word circulated that Thom Yorke and Bon Iver were penning songs for the much awaited sexed-up vampire sequel. And now comes word the first official single for the soundtrack will be a Death Cab For Cutie track premiered at the VMAs. Sort of gives “I Will Possess Your Heart” an eerier meaning eh?

The track, hilariously titled “Meet Me On The Equinox”, marks the first time DCFC have contributed original unreleased material for a film soundtrack according to bassist Nick Harmer. It also solidifies the band’s semi-odd place in tween culture for a new generation of youngsters who might never even care why Ryan and Marissa broke up.

(Via: Stereogum)

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Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Son Volt’s Jay Farrar have collaborated on a set of original tunes inspired by Jack Kerouac’s novel Big Sur, to be featured in an upcoming documentary on the author, titled One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur. The two began working on the songs in 2007, using Kerouac’s own prose from Big Sur for the songs’ lyrics; the documentary and its soundtrack, featuring 12 songs from the musicians’ collaboration, will be released on October 20, the 40th anniversary of Kerouac’s death. Gibbard and Farrar will also appear in the film, along with Tom Waits, Patti Smith, and Sam Shepard. One Fast Move Or I’m Gone will be released as a stand-alone album, a CD/DVD package, and a “special edition” version with the CD and DVD, along with a 40-page book and a copy of Big Sur.

Tracklisting for the soundtrack is as follows:

1. “California Zephyr”
2. “Low Life Kingdom”
3. “Willamine”
4. “All In One”
5. “Breathe Our Iodine”
6. “These Roads Don’t Move”
7. “Big Sur”
8. “One Fast Move Or I’m Gone”
9. “Final Horrors”
10. “Sea Engines”
11. “The Void”
12. “San Francisco”

Death Cab For Cutie has just returned from touring overseas, are getting ready to kick off  U.S. tour in April, and have just released a brand new, animated video for “Grapevine Fires” off of 2008’s Narrow Stairs. So we figured why not give you a taste of the genius combination of Death Cab’s song-writing chops mixed with the skilled animation of Walter Robot — it’s a killer combo.
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