-rock of "Led Zeppelin III," and segues into the riffy, two-minute blast "A Bower Scene." Elsewhere, swaggering rock and majestic pop join together on...
with new songs such as ''Airstream Driver,'' ''Win Park Slope'' and ''If I Ask You Nicely.'' The Decemberists' 85-minute set, meanwhile, was a fan's d...
practically audible. New Orleans hip-hop duo the Knux also owed a clear debt to their forefathers. Their brash, boom-bap hip-hop derived equally from ...
Stephen Colbert and his musical nemesis, the Decemberists, will face off again. The Decemberists said Monday that they will perform on Comedy Central'...
Fans will get a double dose of the Decemberists this spring when the band returns to the road on the "A Short Fazed Hovel" tour. The shows will featur...
point. Fifty years ago, Seeger co-founded the legendary event with Wein while headlining a bill featuring artists like Odetta, Memphis Slim and the St...
convincing. Kevin Barnes, looking like a Martian overlord in his silver cape, face paint and thigh-high boots, danced suggestively with an entourage i...
convincing. Kevin Barnes, looking like a Martian overlord in his silver cape, face paint and thigh-high boots, danced suggestively with an entourage i...
convincing. Kevin Barnes, looking like a Martian overlord in his silver cape, face paint and thigh-high boots, danced suggestively with an entourage i...
Photo: Stawiarz/Getty For its 50th anniversary, the Newport Folk Festival has recruited two artists who took the stage at the inaugural 1959 event: Jo...
not necessarily permitted," singer/guitarist Colin Meloy observes. "A lot of rain on the roof will probably make it into the recording." Indeed, this ...
away a track from the album on iTunes. I'm not sure if it's available only to Americans or not, it'd be bad if it was but I don't have iTunes so you'l...
Click to listen to The Decemberists "The King Is Dead" The Decemberists have set aside the sprawling multi-part epics they're known for in favor of co...
The Decemberists' sixth album The King is Dead (which you can stream on rollingstone.com) debuted at the top of Billboard's album chart this week, sco...
The other day The Decemberists confirmed that they were to release a new record. It's called The King Is Dead and will come out on January 17 through ...
The highlights from this week's Rolling Stone album reviews include The Decemberists' The King is Dead, which Will Hermes praised for its sumptuous ha...
For those who weren't on board with 2009's lavish rock operaThe Hazards of Love, Colin Meloy and company are giving you another variation on their bra...
The Decemberists may begin working on a musical for stage - presumably, one on a decidedly smaller scale thanthe bloated, $65 million debacle that is ...
King Is Dead, the new album from prog-rock nerds the Decemberists, is streaming now at NPR. It's very overblown! It's got a lot of lyrics! It's basica...
' While an estimated 70,000 debut for "The King Is Dead" isn't a huge figure -- at least it'll be sexier than our last couple No. 1s. This past week, ...
the stuff -- I always end up just writing little pop songs that stand a better chance on a record than on stage." The frontman has not been as product...
they are for terrible rock opera Decemberists. Noted! Elsewhere on the charts,Kidz Bop 19hit number two. So they can't all be winners, I guess. ... De...
the outskirts of Portland, "The King is Dead" (Capitol/EMI) stands strongly as both an ode to vintage country rock and '80s-style indie. The album als...
. in 1986 to write music." Because Meloy and company can't turn the clock back, they brought a bit of Athens 1986 to 2011 -- in the form of R.E.M. gui...
the outskirts of Portland, "The King is Dead" (Capitol/EMI) stands strongly as both an ode to vintage country rock and '80s-style indie. The album als...
Like many, many bands before them, Decemberists, the number one band in America right now, no joke, have lent a song toYo Gabba Gabba!.It's called "Th...
+ 05-29 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheater * 05-30 Quincy, WA - Sasquatch! Music Festival 06-10 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 06-11 ...
25-6 with 144,000 (up 104%) following the debut of its provocative music video last week. Right behind her is Pitbull's "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floo...
Front page photo by Joseph Mohan Vevo has the video for "This Is Why We Fight", a strummy strummer from the Decemberists' latest, The King Is Dead. Th...
, the Black Keys, the Decemberists, Erykah Badu, Arctic Monkeys, Beirut, the Roots, Big Boi, Major Lazer, Best Coast, Toro Y Moi, !!!, the Fresh & Onl...
seemed classy and elegant. The grooves generated by ?uestlove and bassist Owen Biddle were physical, and as the band approached the end of "Compared t...
Twitter. The set includes "I'm Losing Myself," a duet with Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste, a solo tune called "Derwentwater Stones" and "Where Is My Wild Ro...
As MTV reports, new music from Arcade Fire and the Decemberists will appear on the soundtrack for the new post-apocalyptic teen blockbuster film The H...
Tweet To say The Decemberists were busy in 2011 would be a huge understatement. They released a full-length album, The King Is Dead, and then two drop...
On March 13, the Decemberists will release their first live album, We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11), via Capitol. The doubl...
The Decemberists's 2011 tour was apparently so awesome that they recorded it for posterity. So, for all of you who couldn't make it to any of the band...
The Decemberists will release their first-ever live album We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) on March 13th via Capitol Record...
also appear on the soundtrack. The Civil Wars Big-Up Taylor Swift & Adele, Talk 'Hunger Games' at Grammys Indie darlings Arcade Fire will contribute t...
In December, we mentioned that artists like the Decemberists and Arcade Fire would contribute to the soundtrack for The Hunger Games, the movie based ...
RELATED CONTENTView Photo In this CD cover image released by EMI, the latest release by The Decemberists, "We ... The Decemberists, "We All Raise Our ...
ran into Caleb at Jazz Fest in New Orleans last year and we talked about the idea of getting the band back together again. It just seemed like the rig...
Looks like the Decemberists will join Tom Waits as guests on an upcoming episode of "The Simpsons". Colin Meloy posted that amazing image you see abov...
Yesterday it was reported that Tom Waits will be appearing on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons, and now it looks like Colin Meloy and The Decemberi...
According to a tweet from the Decemberists' Colin Meloy -- that tweet's attached image is up top -- his band will star in the upcoming season of The S...
were sarcastic. That was appealing." - Bob Nastanovich (Pavement) "I've kind of come back to a lot of the more American music that got me going in the...
As previously reported, tonight's episode of "The Simpsons" will feature the Decemberists, who are hired as music teachers at Springfield Elementary. ...
The Simpsons: It's still on! Last night's episode of the venerated animated institution, which I did not watch, concerned the hipsterification of Spri...
Hipsters invaded Springfield on last night's episode of The Simpsons and brought The Decemberists with them. The band made a brief cameo as Springfiel...
The Decemberists' Jenny Conlee-Drizos will play keyboards with Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons in Alaska next month. The group will perform at Girdwood...
is a special offering for Record Store Day 2013. On April 20, a limited-edition 7-inch split single will be released featuring Minnesota legend Curtis...
