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Twenty years ago this month, after rising to indie celebrity with a pair of well-received albums in quick succession, the Decemberists released The Tain, an EP comprising one nearly 19-minute song split into five movements. “The Tain” leaned hard into the literary folk-rock band’s prog-rock tendencies, foregrounding the hard-hitting electric guitars that only rarely popped up on their normal albums. I found it absolutely delightful at the time, and I’m happy to report that it still holds up.
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Bloodshot Records sent over this big news for Justin Townes Earle fans.
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The Decemberists: Go No 1
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The Decemberists have scored their first-ever no. 1
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Cake: Decemberists Unthrone Cake For #1 Album
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According to Billboard, The King Is Dead is the band’s first number one, selling 94,000 its first week. It’s also a career-high for first week sales for the Decemberists. Of course the condition of the music industry is partially why this record — as well as so many of last year’s surprise number ones and ...
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The Decemberists: Webcast Today
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You can check out The Decemberists in a live video webcast today
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The Decemberists: Cover The Grateful Dead “Row Jimmy”
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If the increasingly prog bend the Decemberists material has taken makes that a surprising headline to you, forget the increasingly prog bend the Decemberists material has taken. Instead, consider the band as a lyrical folk outfit unafraid to shift and expand its instrumentation in pursuit of (occasionally mercilessly bloated, occasionally intere...
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