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2002 ep Out Now for Bandcamp Friday
Oct 06, 2023
By Mark Redfern
Chris Walla, the former Death Cab for Cutie founding member/guitarist/producer, has surprise-released a new EP of songs he originally recorded in 2002. It’s fittingly titled 2002 ep and is out now, timed to Bandcamp Friday. More
Band’s Debut Album Due Out in Early 2022 via Arts & Crafts
Oct 19, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Ontario-based trio Ellevator have shared a video for their new single, “Charlie IO.” The song was produced by Chris Walla (formerly of Death Cab for Cutie) and will be featured on their debut album, which is set to release in early 2022 via Arts & Crafts. More
Shadow Offering Due Out April 24 via Secret City; Produced by Chris Walla
Jan 31, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Montreal trio Braids have announced a new album, Shadow Offering, and shared its first single, “Young Buck,” via a video for the track. Shadow Offering was produced by former Death Cab for Cutie guitarist/producer Chris Walla. More
We Disappear Out March 25 via Saddle Creek, Produced by Chris Walla
Jan 06, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
The Thermals have announced a new album and shared its first single. We Disappear is due out March 25 via Saddle Creek. Below you can stream the short and punchy “Hey You.” Former Death Cab for Cutie guitarist/producer Chris Walla produced the album, which was recorded in Portland at the Kung Fu Bakery and in Seattle at The Hall of Justice. More
Issue 55 Also Includes Interviews with Julia Holter, Kurt Vile, Neon Indian, Martin Courtney, The Dears, John Grant, Bruce Campbell on Ash vs Evil Dead, the Cast of Back to the Future, and More
Nov 13, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of the November/December 2015 issue, which is available digitally now (via the magazine apps Zinio and Readly), has shipped out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon. It will also soon be available digitally via Under the Radar‘s app, as well as Readbug and Kindle. The issue features EL VY (Matt Berninger of The National and Brent Knopf of Menomena and Ramona Falls) on the cover. More
Tape Loops Due Out October 16 via Trans Records
Oct 08, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
Death Cab for Cutie founding member/guitarist/producer Chris Walla left the band last year after 17 years and now he’s releasing Tape Loops, his first solo album since exiting the band. It’s due out next Friday (October 16) via Trans Records. Now you can stream the whole thing below, via NPR First Listen. More
Tape Loops Due Out October 16 via Trans Records
Aug 27, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
When Death Cab for Cutie founding member/guitarist/producer Chris Walla left the band last year after 17 years he didn’t publically give much of a reason why. Maybe that will change now that he’s releasing a new solo album and will start granting interviews about it. More
Record Store Day 7'' with Sombear
Apr 02, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
When he’s not recording, producing, and touring with his primary outlet Death Cab for Cutie or overseeing albums from the likes of Tegan and Sara, Telekinesis, or The Decemberists, Chris Walla has demonstrated himself to be talented solo artist. More
Nov 02, 2012
By Matt Fink
If you weren’t paying attention, you might have missed that Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla released a solo record in 2008, the well-received but mostly overlooked Field Manual. And if you did pick up that album, if you didn’t listen all that closely, you might have missed that it was actually a fairly political album, with what Walla self-effacingly says are 10 “ill-fated protest songs.” More
Plus: Paul Rudd vs. The Divine Comedy, plus interviews with Broadcast, Grandaddy, The Flaming Lips, Bat For Lashes, Rilo Kiley, Broken Social Scene, and much more
Oct 19, 2011
By Mark Redfern
Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview. Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here. More
Proceeds go to Music Educators, First Octave
Sep 08, 2010
By Laura Studarus
Sooner or later, every musician has to try his or her hand at Stairway to Heaven. Now a bunch of artists—including M.Ward, Chris Walla, and Laura Viers—are trying their hands at other covers in new compilation From the Land of and Snow: Songs of Led Zeppelin. We have the tracklist. More
New Album To Be Released on Kill Rock Stars in September
Jun 04, 2010
By John Everhart
Portland’s The Thermals, after a trio of thematically linked records excoriating right wing politics and organized religion, have announced the September 7 release of Personal Life on Kill Rock Stars. We have the details. More
Interviews
Feb 02, 2016
By Matt Fink
He’s only been back in Seattle for a little over a week, but Chris Walla says he’s already homesick for Norway. Barely a year has passed since he and his wife relocated to Tromsø—a town of over 70,000 residents in the Arctic Circle where winters turn into months of darkness. More
Color Inside The Blackness
Feb 01, 2016
By Matt Fink
In the fall of 2013, Chris Walla was having a crisis of confidence. After 17 years as guitarist and producer for Death Cab for Cutie, he found himself disinterested in the music they were working on for their eighth studio album, Kintsugi. More
Nov 02, 2012
By Matt Fink
If you weren’t paying attention, you might have missed that Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Chris Walla released a solo record in 2008, the well-received but mostly overlooked Field Manual. And if you did pick up that album, if you didn’t listen all that closely, you might have missed that it was actually a fairly political album, with what Walla self-effacingly says are 10 “ill-fated protest songs.” More
