We had Andrew Youssef shoot the Decemberists' tour opener back in May, which might have been all the L.A. Decemberists show coverage we needed, if it wasn't for the band's twist on last night's US tour closer at UCLA's Royce... CONTINUE READING THE DECEMBERISTS (THE HAZARDS OF LOVE VISUALIZED) @ ROYCE HALL, LA 10/19/09»
Posted on October 20, 2009 in , (10 comments)
Tags: Becky Stark | My Brightest Diamond | The Decemberists
While we fought rain at the second annual All Points West, the newly expanded Decemberists took a break from their start-to-finish The Hazards Of Love renditions to introduce a couple new songs to fans at the 50th Newport Folk Festival,... CONTINUE READING DECEMBERISTS DEBUT NEW TUNES AT 50TH NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL»
Posted on August 3, 2009 in (9 comments)
Tags: Newport Folk Festival | The Decemberists
By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh Sets from Jimmy Buffet and Bruce Springsteen bookended a day of mellow, familiar dadrock with more mass appeal than the inscrutable indie pop that dominated Friday. Backed by Elvis Perkins In Dearland, the ever... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO 2009: TRENT SAYS GOODBYE, BRUCE SAYS MERRY CHRISTMAS»
Posted on June 14, 2009 in , , (29 comments)
Tags: Bon Iver | Bonnaroo | Bruce Springsteen | Elvis Costello | Elvis Perkins | Jenny Lewis | MGMT | Nine Inch Nails | of Montreal | The Decemberists | Triumph The Insult Comic Dog | Wilco
We've seen live videos of the Decemberists doing Decemberists tunes everywhere from The Colbert Report to The Tonight Show (Leno version) lately, but those professional clips don't contain half the thrill of this fan-captured-yet-still-electrifying cover of Heart's "Crazy On You."... CONTINUE READING THE DECEMBERISTS COVER HEART »
Posted on June 2, 2009 in (27 comments)
Tags: Heart | Lavender Diamond | My Brightest Diamond | Reading | The Decemberists | The Gossip | The Mary Onettes
When the Decemberists (and Shara Worden) played "The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid" on Leno, it felt a bit fragmented. There was no such problem last night in Hollywood when the band launched their A Short Fazed Hovel Tour. Over the... CONTINUE READING THE DECEMBERISTS @ HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM 5/19/09»
Posted on May 20, 2009 in , (11 comments)
Tags: Becky Stark | Lavender Diamond | My Brightest Diamond | Pixies | Real Estate | The Decemberists
Like they did at The Colbert Report, the Decemberists brought Shara Worden and their mythical prog jam "The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid" to Leno last night (Shara plays the "jealous forest queen" obvs). The difference between the two shows being... CONTINUE READING THE DECEMBERISTS BRING "THE WANTING COMES IN WAVES/REPAID" TO LENO»
Posted on May 15, 2009 in (11 comments)
Tags: Jay Leno | Lavender Diamond | My Brightest Diamond | The Dead Weather | The Decemberists | Vampire Weekend
Picking up on the good vibes left by 2006's Guitarmageddon showdown, Stephen invited back Chris Funk along with the rest of the Decemberists for an interview (Colin defends his 19th century fixation) and a performance of "The Wanting Comes in... CONTINUE READING THE DECEMBERISTS RETURN TO THE COLBERT REPORT»
Posted on April 28, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: Stephen Colbert | The Decemberists
On Marianne's latest, 22nd album, she went for the Johnny Cash-grab and covered a whole bunch of other artists. Nick Cave joined her in giving "The Crane Wife 3" a slight Triple A rock lilt, but really your enjoyment hinged... CONTINUE READING MARIANNE FAITHFULL COVERS THE DECEMBERISTS ON LETTERMAN»
Posted on April 1, 2009 in (50 comments)
Tags: David Letterman | Marianne Faithfull | The Decemberists
Lou Reed, Decemberists, Neko Case, and Andrew Bird will also perform according to Daily Swarm. Tool and the Killers join previously announced headliners Beastie Boys, Depeche Mode and Jane's Addiction.... CONTINUE READING TOOL, KILLERS ADDED AS LOLLA HEADLINERS»
Posted on March 23, 2009 (13 comments)
Tags: Andrew Bird | Lollapalooza | Lou Reed | Neko Case | Nigel Godrich | The Decemberists | The Killers | Tool
Last night Austin's Stubb's Bar-B-Q hosted the live debut of Decemberists' Hazards Of Love, the latest morbid prog opera from a band famous for them. NPR.org streamed the ambitious performance of this dictionary rock LP start to finish, adding a... CONTINUE READING SXSW 2009: DECEMBERISTS DEBUT HAZARDS OF LOVE»
Posted on March 19, 2009 in (42 comments)
Tags: All Points West | Bon Jovi | Lavender Diamond | My Brightest Diamond | SXSW | The Dead Weather | The Decemberists
The next song title in a collection of very Decemberisty track titles to come from the Portland outfit's forthcoming The Hazards Of Love is "Won't Want For Love (Margaret In The Taiga)." It's a distinct shift from the tanpura-and-strums of... CONTINUE READING NEW DECEMBERISTS (FEAT. BECKY STARK) - "WON'T WANT FOR LOVE (MARGARET IN THE TAIGA)"»
Posted on March 13, 2009 (24 comments)
Tags: Lavender Diamond | Sunny Day Real Estate | The Decemberists | The Noisettes
It was interesting to hear the Decemberists infuse shouts and distortion into the thornier, Valentine's and family values-friendly "The Rake's Song. As a followup, The Hazards Of Love's (first) title track opens with a little bit of drone before acoustic... CONTINUE READING NEW DECEMBERISTS - "THE HAZARDS OF LOVE 1 (THE PRETTIEST WHISTLES WON'T WRESTLE THE THISTLES UNDONE)"»
Posted on February 17, 2009 (5 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | The Decemberists | The Mars Volta
Valentine's Day is one of those holidays you might not pay too much attention to if you're in the midst of a really good relationship -- because every day is like Valentine's Day! -- but can gain importance in direct... CONTINUE READING LOVE BITES: STEREOGUM'S ANTI-VALENTINE'S DAY MIX»
Posted on February 13, 2009 in (30 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Bob Mould | Bon Iver | Esau Mwamwaya | Ferraby Lionheart | Florence And The Machine | Handsome Furs | Julie Doiron | Lissy Trullie | Neko Case | Nick Thorburn | No Age | Papercuts | Port O'Brien | The Decemberists | The Very Best | Vivian Girls
The new Marianne Faithfull -- her 22nd album in all, if you're counting -- will feature a number of guests, including Chan Marshall, Anthony Hegarty, Sean Lennon, Keith Richards, Teddy Thompson, and Rufus Wainwright. Pulling a late-period Johnny Cash, the... CONTINUE READING NEW MARIANNE FAITHFULL (FEAT. NICK CAVE) - "THE CRANE WIFE 3" (DECEMBERISTS COVER) (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on January 30, 2009 (9 comments)
Tags: Marianne Faithfull | Nick Cave | Robin Pecknold | The Decemberists | Woods
The stream-a-day MySpace rollout of the Dessner brothers' Dark Was The Night charity compilation gets a bump today with a trio of tracks, courtesy of a cute little widget player and a smattering of heavy hitting contributors. There's the Decemberists'... CONTINUE READING TODAY'S DARK WAS THE NIGHT STREAMS FEATURE THE DECEMBERISTS, ANTONY, BON IVER & THE NATIONAL TWINS »
Posted on January 26, 2009 (6 comments)
Tags: Antony Hegarty | Bon Iver | Bumbershoot | Dark Was The Night | The Decemberists | The National | Wallpaper
After all those Always The Bridesmaid singles collections, the more distorted, heavier, and, yes, slightly Billy Joe Armstrong-esque "The Rake's Song" suggested the Decemberists' new full-length The Hazards Of Live might be going in a ballsier direction. Relatively speaking here.... CONTINUE READING THE DECEMBERISTS' THE HAZARDS OF LOVE ALBUM ART»
Posted on January 22, 2009 in (5 comments)
Tags: Ted Leo | The Decemberists
Colin is not fooling with that track title. The first song from the Decemberists' forthcoming The Hazards Of Love LP is a cautionary tale of what happens to a rake when he marries too young. The tale being: his wife... CONTINUE READING NEW DECEMBERISTS - "THE RAKE'S SONG"»
Posted on January 15, 2009 in (39 comments)
Tags: Outside Lands | The Decemberists
There a few more days of pretending to look busy at work ahead, but as far as our iTunes are concerned 2009 can't get here soon enough. We're done with the lists. It's time for the new. We pored over... CONTINUE READING THE 20 ALBUMS WE'RE MOST EXCITED TO HEAR IN 2009 »
Posted on December 19, 2008 in (257 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Antony And The Johnsons | Antony Hegarty | Beirut | Black Lips | Blikk Fang | Dan Deacon | Dirty Projectors | Grizzly Bear | Kings Of Convenience | Lightning Bolt | Lily Allen | M. Ward | Mastodon | MGMT | Morrissey | of Montreal | The Dead Weather | The Decemberists | U2 | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Recently the Decemberists have issued three volumes of Always The Bridesmaid singles collections and been anachronistically featured in a Mad Men opening sequence, but now it's all about their Hazards Of Love. And it's got the sort of parenthetically inclined,... CONTINUE READING THE DECEMBERISTS' HAZARDS OF LOVE HAS A PRETTY DECEMBERISTS-Y TRACKLIST»
Posted on December 10, 2008 (16 comments)
Tags: Girl Talk | The Decemberists
Fresh off a late-night performance of "Days Of Elaine," the Decemberists are back with Always The Bridesmaid: Vol. III A-side "Raincoat Song," which fittingly focuses on a woman named Caroline, angry because at 28 she sleeps "like a spinster." It's... CONTINUE READING NEW DECEMBERISTS - "RAINCOAT SONG"»
Posted on November 6, 2008 (8 comments)
Tags: Micachu And The Shapes | Passion Pit | The Decemberists
It was originally reported that the Decemberists were going to go the current events route and play "Valerie Plame" for their Election Day-eve spot on Conan. Instead, they offered up a tiny Obama button and Always The Bridesmaid Vol. 2... CONTINUE READING THE DECEMBERISTS BRING CONAN "DAYS OF ELAINE"»
Posted on November 4, 2008 in (4 comments)
Tags: Conan O'Brien | Pop Noir | The Decemberists | Wavves
Among other things, the Mad Men creator explains why it was OK to use a Decemberists tune or anachronistic Dylan in That '60s Show. No props given to RJD2, though. Season two ends this weekend. Check the Q&A at Variety.... CONTINUE READING MATTHEW WEINER TALKS MAD MEN MUSIC »
Posted on October 24, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Mad Men | The Decemberists | The National
