The Decemberists

The Decemberists are a rock band from Portland, Oregon, United States, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy. The other members of the band are Chris Funk (guitar, multi-instrumentalist), Jenny Conlee (hammond organ, accordion, melodica, piano, keyboards), Nate Query (bass guitar, string bass), and John Moen (drums, backing vocals, melodica). The band's debut EP, 5 Songs, was self-released in 2001. Their fifth full-length album, The Hazards of Love, was released on March 24, 2009 by Capitol Records, and is the band's second record with the label.

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The Decemberists: The Hazards of Love
photo: Autumn DeWilde   Are The Decemberists able to deliver again? The Portland band upped the ante with The Crane Wife, a album that was nearly smothered to death with praise by every music publication on planet Earth. The Hazards of Love is yet another concept album, that musical gesture that supposedly killed by punk around 1977. Since the members of The Decemberists hadn’t even...
Bonnaroo 09 Lineup Announced
Following the rather lackluster Coachella announcement last week, comes Bonnaroo’s initial lineup for 2009.  At first glance, it’s quite the stellar lineup of bands, with the one glaring addition that jumped out at me being the Beastie Boys!  The one time I attempted to see them live was back in 2000, when they were set to tour with Rage Against the Machine, but was...
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The Decemberists: covers archive
photo: Autumn DeWilde     You Ain’t No Picasso has put together a collection of dozens of covers played by The Decemberists and their lead singer Colin Meloy. They take on Pink Floyd, The Velvet Underground, Cheap Trick, Kate Bush and lots, lots more. MP3: The Decemberists - Echoes (live @ The Vic, Chicago, IL - 2007/10/28) MP3: The Decemberists - I’m Sticking With...
The Decemberists - Hazards Of Love 1 (The Prettiest Whistles Won't Wrestle The Thistles Undone)
Portland indie darlings The Decemberists return this week with new album The Hazards of Love. You can always rely on Colin Meloy’s troupe to err towards the grandiose and the new record’s no different, if anything more preposterously overblown than ever before, its songs tied to a narrative involving illicit love, forest queens and murderous knaves. Courageous story-tellers in a time...
Monday's Leaky Faucet
Who: The Decemberists Title: The Hazards of Love Release Date: March 24th Label: Capitol Records Thoughts: I suppose it shouldn’t be surprising that The Decemberists would try and create a rock opera at some point in their career. Their last album, The Crane Wife, was damn close to being one itself and their has always been a cinematic feel to the stories within Colin Meloy’s songs....
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Lollapalooza 2009 - Recap and Day One Photos
The last Lollapalooza of the this decade is in the books and despite, what on paper, looked like a less than impressive lineup, it turned out another weekend of exciting and memorable moments just as in years past. Every year going at Lolla, one is expected to battle oppressive heat, but on Friday this year, Mother Nature decided to throw in a little something extra - a rain storm that only...
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