Word: gibbard
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...POSTAL SERVICE, CEX AND CERTAINLY SIR. Featuring Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service plays their unique fusion of electronica and rock downstairs at the Middle East on Sunday. Also performing are acclaimed experimental electronic artist and rapper Cex, as well as Boston’s own Certainly Sir. Sunday, April 20 at 8 p.m. Advance tickets $9 available at the Middle East Box Office or from Ticketmaster, (617) 931-2000. $10 at the door, 18+. Middle East Club (downstairs), 472 Mass...
...band’s on-stage dynamic was unusual. Lead by singer/guitar player Ben Gibbard, the band included bassist Nick Harmer, drummer Nathan Good. And another guy, Christopher Walla, who held a guitar for most of the time, but rarely, if ever, played it. He had a microphone, but never sang backing vocals. Instead, he made bizarre, non sequitur comments in between songs, eliciting awkward laughs and puzzled smiles from audience and band members alike...
Essentially, Gibbard is the life and soul of the band and its defining element. When, in songs such as “Guinevere,” he played the guitar, the song was a guitar song. In songs such as “Information Travels Faster” or “I Was a Kaleidoscope,” when he played the keyboard, the song was a keyboard song. Although he was not a particularly overwhelming performer, the rest of the band pretty much fell into the far off background. Predictably, no one danced or jumped while Death...
...talking about your standard run-of-the-mill mosh pit heand-banging; he was actually dancing. Little details such as this gave the audience an incredible sense of exuberance that radiated throughout the crowded basement of the Middle East. The evening ended when, after two encores, Cex and Gibbard joined the Plan onstage. Gibbard immediately faded into the background, choosing his new role as assistant to the drummer. Cex, on the other hand, engaged Morrison in a freestyle rhyming competition/wrestling match as the rest of the band played an incredible, extended electric...