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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 interesting) extended, ornate passages. So, [...]
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The Decemberists: Always a Bridesmaid EP
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This year, Colin Meloy and co. released a series of three vinyl singles, joined under the shared title Always a Bridesmaid, that-- after the sometimes overblown The Crane Wife-- offer a welcome return to more modest song forms.read more
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The Decemberists: New Album Is Totally a Rock Opera
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Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellColin Meloy recently spoke to Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily about the sound and concept of the new Decemberists album, Hazards of Love, and guess what? "It's a twisty, fantastical story about a woman named Margaret who is ravaged by a shape-shifting animal; her lover, William, who is desperate for the tw...
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Cat Power: Jarvis Cocker, Antony, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright Join Marianne Faithfull on Covers Album
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You'd be amazed at the number of famous folks it takes to make a Marianne Faithfull album these days; amazed and delighted.Quite a crew went into crafting Easy Come, Easy Go, the British songstress' 22nd LP, due January 19 from UMTV though available now through iTunes in Europe.The disc was laid down at New York's Sear Sound in December of 2007 ...
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The Decemberists: Pitchfork.tv: The : The Tain [Video]
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The Tain EP by the Decemberists has a history that's long and circuitous enough for, well, an 18-minute composition based on an Irish epic myth. Which is exactly what it is. The EP first came out on Spanish label Acuarela in 2004. Kill Rock Stars re-released the disc a year later, just before the baroque-beguiled jangle-poppers made the leap to ...
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The Decemberists: New Music: The : "Record Year" [Stream]
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A rainy mood comes over the Decemberists on the PDX bookish guitar-pop posse's Always the Bridesmaid: A Singles Series, Volume III, due out early next month. The latest single is "Record Year" b/w "Raincoat Song", both unassumingly graceful, melancholic tracks on first couple of listens. "Record Year", the longer of the two, allows Colin Meloy's...
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