Death Cab for Cutie

The last time Death Cab for Cutie played in Bend, in the opinion of the 2008 album "Narrow stairs" poured in, hailing as a sharp, dark and experimental. Except for the album was not really such a thing. The song was one of a long, ominous intro, and had some tough lyrical parts, but the most "narrow stairs" sounded like Death Cab.

Three years later, the Seattle-based pop-rock quartet return to the city (see "If you go"), again riding the wave of a new version, Death Cab seventh full-length "codes and keys," is from Tuesday. "If you told me that ... it just sounds like a Death Cab record," drummer Jason McGerr said in a telephone interview last week: "I might say that listening to a bad stereo."

The band is still essential components: the singing guitarist Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla, a reliable rhythm section McGerr and bassist Nick Harmer, Gibbard and the earworm melodies and plenty of heartbreak / love lyrics. This is the formula that propelled the quartet to the rise in the late '90s indie-pop upstarts play amphitheaters, and embeds the "Twilight" soundtrack.

Boston Bruins

Nathan Horton of the Boston Bruins in four games away from ending the longest title drought in the city. The epic Game 7 that no sanctions recommended for the first time in the playoff race at least two decades - 52 minutes without a goal - Horton was determined to make a cross-ice finish to David Krejci in the final minute of the third period. '1 -0 to the Bruins victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning for the Bruins to the Stanley Cup finals against the Vancouver Canucks. This is the first final of Boston by 21 years.

The Bruins have not won a title since 1972, barely 86 years of drought, the Red Sox are separated by the 2004 championship. Still, Friday night the hero recognizes that he heard a few mentions of the untitled series, which is older than any player in the locker room, except for the Bruins, Mark Recchi. "This is hockey country," said Horton. "Everybody wants to win it. We're trying. trying to do for ourselves and the fans do. feeling the pressure throughout the year."

The Bruins were the better team from the start, as the goalie Dwayne Roloson sent 15 shots in the first period - the first scoreless period in the series. He dropped shots came from almost all parts of the ice, including a leading group when he was the right path to turn away from Milan Lucic. Roloson faced 38 shots in total, as the Lightning were outshot in the first series.

Gil Scott Heron

Poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron in the age of 62 who died on Friday in New York, NPR reported, citing his publisher. Best known for his spoken word piece "The Revolution will not be televised, " but he also has a rudimentary "We almost lost Detroit." He is considered a precursor to hip-hop and inspired a generation of rappers with his no nonsense street poetry. the rapper Kanye West sampled Scott-Heron's voice.

Scott-Heron's first record was in 1970 the Small Talk 125th and Lenox, "and he continued releasing albums until 1982. Not back to the studio until 1994, the "spirits". For the record, "Scott-Heron warns of hip-hop generation has arisen in the absence of responsibility for its renewed power to use, " said NPR.

The cause of death was not immediately reported. Scott-Heron struggled with substance abuse, and was imprisoned in 2000 for cocaine possession. His 2010 album, "I'm new here," was the praise of critics.