Led Zeppelin Tribute Album to Feature M. Ward & Laura Veirs
From The Land of Ice And Snow, Jealous Butcher Records’ 50-track, two-disc Led Zeppelin tribute album drops on October 12, and it promises to be totally awesome.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCatching Up With: Tegan Quin
Tegan and Sara have been busy. After the twin sisters released their sixth album, Sainthood, in October 2009, they set off touring. Almost a year later, they're still at it. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesDeath Cab for Cutie, Exene Cervenka, Todd Snider, 23 More Musicians Respond to Health Care Reform Bill
Last Sunday, after more than a year... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayLong Winters Frontman John Roderick Talks Kathleen Edwards Collaboration
Other possible contributors include Chris Walla, Laura Veirs and Scott McCaughey... read more
Found in: Music, NewsThe Thermals Talk New Album
"It's hard to be in love with someone," frontman Hutch Harris says... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNew Thermals Album Coming in September 2010
Death Cab for Cutie may not be the first name you’d associate with descriptors like “bratty,” “snarling” or “3-chord punk anthems,” but DCFC guitarist Chris Walla has been working with bratty, snarling punk anthem-ists The Thermals for years. This December, Walla will set up camp in Portland’s Jackpot Recording Studio for his third time with The Thermals for the band’s fifth album, to be released on Sept. 7, 2010 on Kill Rock Stars.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPaste Vision #4 - Bonnaroo 2008
This special Bonnaroo 2008 edition of PasteVision features quick hits from Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie, State Radio, Lez Zeppelin, Boots Riley of The Coup, The Everybodyfields, and more. Plus, a special ferris wheel performance from José González. Related Links: Media: Bonnaroo 2008: Sharon Jones High Gravity: Zach Galifianakis at Bonnaroo 1,000 Words: Bonnaroo 2008 - Day 1 Festivus: Bonnaroo 2008: Day 1... read more
Found in: Paste VisionChris Walla - "Sing Again"
Click above to watch "Sing Again" from Chris Walla's new album Field Manual, out now on Barsuk Records. Related Links: Interview: Catching Up With... Chris Walla News: Death Cab announces album release date, title News: Walla-gate: controversy, reaction and plenty of free publicity... read more
Found in: Video of the DayCatching Up With... Chris Walla
After years of holding it down as the guitarist and producer for Death Cab for Cutie, not to mention lending his ear to numerous other production endeavors, Chris Walla releases his full-length solo debut, Field Manual, this week. Despite the much-publicized... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesWalla-gate: controversy, reaction and plenty of free publicity
UPDATE (Oct. 19): Following the rash of news items that appeared regarding Chris Walla's new album and its unfortunate encounter with U.S. border security, the folks at The Daily Swarm offered a nice editorial piece on the publicity hurricane that has surrounded the incident. Today, the site added some comments from Walla, a rep from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Barsuk co-founder Josh Rosenfeld to the end of the story. The latter two sources arrived courtesy of MTV.com's follow-up. As one of the 131 news outlets that picked up this story and ran with it (and ran, and ran...)... read more
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