Decemberists Have the #1 Album
Album sales for the week ending January 23. #1: Decemberists, 94,000.
Album sales for the week ending January 23. #1: Decemberists, 94,000.
MySpace Music is streaming Peter Bjorn and John’s Living Thing. NPR is streaming Leonard Cohen’s Live in London in its entirety. AOL/Spinner is streaming the following albums through Sunday, March 29, so listen while you can. • ‘The Hazards of Love’ by The Decemberists • ‘Grace/Wastelands’ by Pete Doherty • ‘Kicks’ by 1990s (MP3) • … Continue reading Album Streams: PBJ, Decemberists, more
Taynted Love by Chris Ott, who apparently doesn’t appreciate Colin Meloy: “In the past, the Decemberists’ 17th-century laments were merely soaked in solecism—coy cunning from a clever aesthete with a woodcut fetish who’d seen Rushmore too many times. But Meloy is increasingly emboldened by success, becoming more and more literal. You get the sense he … Continue reading The Voice vs. The Decemberists
Decemberists Keeping New Tunes To Themselves: “By the time Picaresque came out, 75% of the record could be put together with the bootlegs.”
“The Engine Driver” by the Decemberists from Picaresque. Courtesy of Kill Rock Stars.
Petra Haden, of That Dog and the Rentals, has joined the Decemberists. Also, John Moen replaces drummer Rachel Blumberg.
The Decemberists – “Grace Cathedral Hill” via Hush Records. By way of Fingertips.
Decemberists – The Soldiering Life via Kill Rock Stars. By way of Fingertips.