According to an article that appeared today at billboard.com, Robyn Hitchcock will be a featured guest on The Decemberists‘ forthcoming Hazards Of Love album.
What this means is that The Decemberists are now at critical mass. Their next album (the one after HOL) must feature The Smiths (and that means all four original members — none [...]

Here’s the first bit of information to trickle down regarding The Decemberists‘ upcoming album “The Hazards Of Love”.
And here’s a pullquote:
It’s very different from The Decemberists’ 2006 major-label debut, The Crane Wife: Producer Tucker Martine is piecing together 16 or so segments into a continuous, hour-long narrative suite that riffs on folk-song archetypes.
And here’s one [...]

When not appearing in indie music videos, Jenny Conlee can be seen rocking the pipe organ at McMenamin’s Chapel Of The Chimes pub in North Portland (AKA my hood) on Thursdays in February from 7:30-9:30pm.
She’s also accompanying Casey Neill tomorrow night up in Olympia, WA at a venue called Plenty.
Oh, and she’s also in The [...]

Nice to hear from The Decemberists! This fall they cancelled both a European tour and a stateside tour, citing illness. And then they kind of went dark. Chris and Nate have popped up on the message board from time to time to make small announcements, but for the most part the D’s camp went silent. [...]