If you’re familiar with any of the illustrations on Decemberists albums, posters, t-shirts, or Colin Meloy solo records, then you’ve already gotten a taste of Carson Ellis’ work.Ellis is Meloy’s wife, Decemberists collaborator, and soon-to-be...
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The Decemberists have teamed up with four filmmakers--Guilherme Marcondes, Julia Pott, Peter Sluszka and Santa Maria--to create an hour-long animation for their most recent album, The Hazards of Love. The band has officially released the trailer for their upcoming event, on October 19, where they will perform the entire piece synchronized with the animation, as well as an additional second set ...
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McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) -- Almost by definition, pop music is viewed as an easily digestible commodity. It commands that you stick to a familiar and accessible theme, conjure an appealing melody, and for crying out loud, it's got to move along briskly. A pop tune isn't an epic, you know. Or is it? The newest album by The Decemberists, "The Hazards of Love," harks back to an artistically haug...
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Damn those wiley Decemberists! Colin Meloy and his cronies just keep finding ways, against all odds, to extend the shelf-life of their, umm, ambitious song-cycle The Hazards of Love (TMT Review). This time, the big idea is to squeeze a little extra drama out of the tangled and vaguely literary web of lovers and fawns and rakes and forest queens and rivers and ghosts and whatever else, by perfor...
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photo: Autumn DeWildeThe Decemberists go multimedia with a special show in Los Angeles, playing their album The Hazards of Love in sync with four animations by four different directors:On October 19, The Decemberists will unveil Here Come The Waves: The Hazards of Love Visualized, a special project that takes their ambitious and acclaimed song cycle to new heights for it’s final American perfor.
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It must have been great for young rockers growing up in the early days of the genre. Imagine hearing all this great guitar music and knowing that every inch of it was brand spanking new, inventive, something mind altering, it would have been such a phenomenal time to be young. Of course we are not in that time, we are in a time where any new song that is recorded can be likened to something bef...
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It’s been a while since a really solid concept album has been around. Sure a lot of bands use running themes throughout albums today, but you rarely see a full story told in an album. But if there is anyone who would do that it would be The Decemberists. Hazards of love, the fifth album [...]Related posts:The Decemberists’ The Rake Song + Hazards of Love Tracklist The Decemberists were one of
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The Decemberists Koolhaus in Toronto, Ontario on August 3, 2009 Full Photo Set (9 photos)Executing near perfectly, The Decemberists put on the kind of show that brought about a musical brain-rush that I can only get from something incredible. The concert was in support of their latest album, The Hazards Of Love, an album that has become one of favorite releases of 2009. As a result, their ap...
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Friday night, I took the trek from DC down to Richmond, VA to see The Decemberists at The National. The band has been touring for quite some time now promoting their relatively new album, "The Hazards of Love." It was a night of firsts--first time to travel more than a couple of hours to get to a venue, first time to see The Decemberists live, first time in The National. As such, there's a lot
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Last night at a sold out increadibly beautiful Fox Theater in downtown Oakland, The Decemberists proved once again that they are modern troubadours in every sense of the word.The first set was performed as an entire piece, taking their recently released "Hazards of Love" and turning it up a notch.For those who do not know, the 17 song expansive suite focuses on Margaret and her lover, William,...
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Welcome back to The World Forgot. Welcome back to the Best of the Month series. Welcome many readers to election day and welcome the rest of you to a wonderful November 4th. For those that are still unaware what the BOTM series is all about here's a quick refresher. I collect songs all month long and the best that I've heard in the past thirty days I put together in one easy to find post. ...
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Off of the upcoming Always The Bridesmaids : Vol 1 (out October 14th), The Decemberists come out with "Valerie Plame", a song about the outted CIA operative we all almost forgot about. The song is quite pleasant and if you're a fan of Colin Meloy or The Decemberists (which we are) then this one will [...]
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Unfortunately, it's not a new album (that's been promised for 2009 sometime), but the Decemberists will be releasing new material this year in the form of a 'singles series', entitled Always the Bridesmaid . This release will be in 12" Vinyl and digitally, and features music that they liked, but felt wouldn't fit on their upcoming album. Here's the release schedule: October 14: "Valerie P...
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Artist: The Decemberists Single: Volume I. Valerie Plame / O New England Label: Rough Trade Release date: 14/10/08 Link: www.myspace.com/thedecemberists Other the course of the next three months The Decemberists will be releasing three volumes of singles under the banner of Always The Bridesmaid. Here's what we thought of the songs! Valerie Plame The Decemberists have this knack of sounding eit...
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Via StereogumRemember when I posted those six new Decemberists songs? Well they sound good in studio versions too. Here’s “Valerie Plame” from the upcoming “Always the Bridesmade” volume 1. The band will be playing it on Conan the night before the election (November 3rd). Preorder the Decemberists’ Always the Bridesmade 7″ series
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| 1 July, July! |
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| 2 We Both Go Down Together |
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| 3 The Crane Wife, Pt. 3 |
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| 4 A Bower Scene |
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| 5 The Rake's Song |
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