Genres: Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Indie Pop Active: 90's, 2000's Formed: 1997 in Bellingham, WA
This Busy Monster, Little Champions, Elliott Smith, Built to Spill, Canadians, Fiver, The Prom, Dntel, The Ants, Serene, Dear Conquistador, Rogue Wave, E for Explosion, Wolftron, New Sense, Electric President, Travis Morrison, Sunny Day Real Estate, Guided by Voices
The Quiet Ones, Lydia, The Graduate, Headlights, Foreverinmotion, Daphne Loves Derby, Shinobu, The Academy Is..., Jenoah, Jamnes Welshons, Married to the Sea, The Finals, Sh! The Octopus, Brendon Matthew Thomas, Deas Vail, The Morning Of, The Main Drag, Spook the Horse, Karl Blau
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Death Cab for Cutie's rise from small-time solo project to emotive, Grammy-nominated rock quartet is one of indie rock's greatest success stories. Launched in the bayside college town of Bellingham, WA, the group was originally a side project for singer/guitarist Ben Gibbard, an engineering student at Western Washington University who split his time between school and music. Taking a break from his local power pop band, Pinwheel, Gibbard began recording an album's worth of solo material in the summer of 1997. Producer Chris Walla lent his help to the recording sessions, which soon produced an eight-song cassette entitled You Can Play These Songs with Chords.
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Release: May 13, 2008
Label: Atlantic/WEA, WEA Japan, Barsuk
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Release: 2008
Label: Barsuk/Atlantic
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