Article: Death Cab's Gibbard rides solo in Somerville.(Arts and Lifestyle)(Sound recording review)

Byline: JED GOTTLIEB

MUSIC REVIEW

BEN GIBBARD, with DAVID BAZAN and JONATHAN RICE

At Somerville Theatre, Monday.

Death Cab For Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard jokingly told the capacity Somerville Theatre crowd that his band had been here six times last year. While not true, thanks to the 2005 hit "Plans" and a massive world tour, Death Cab and Gibbard haven't been strangers. So what's the reason behind the bespectacled modern rock troubadour's solo acoustic tour?

It's a question Gibbard, the man behind both Death Cab and his Postal Service side project, answered Monday night with a tender, naked performance. Doing the solo thing ...

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