Last week Taylor Swift surprised fans with her collaboration with the Civil Wars on “ Safe and Sound,” from the soundtrack to “The Hunger Games.” It turns out she’ll be joined by Ar...
This year was a decent year for singles. We can't say there were that many songs that consumed us; instead, there was a nice consistency where a broader number of artists, from all genres, supplied us with a steady ra...
The Decemberists, Bon Iver, The Civil Wars, The Low Anthem, Pistol Annies and Carolina Chocolate Drops all join The Chieftains on the legendary Irish outfit’s “Voice of Ages,” out F...
Prolific Portland indie-folk unit The Decemberists may be on a long-time-coming hiatus, but they're giving fans a six unheard new songs with the upcoming EP release "Long Live The King."
Comprised of 6 so...
Laika Animation, the studio behind the 2009 hit "Coraline," is teaming with indie rocker Colin Meloy, of The Decemberists, to bring his novel "Wildwood" to the big screen, reports Variety.
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It’s the end of the world as we know it and we’re really not fine. In the video for “Calamity Song,” The Decemberists wear their influences on their sweatered sleeves.
The clip, direct...
The Decemberists' sixth album of original songs, The King is Dead, features contributions from rootsy vocalist Gillian Welch and REM guitarist Peter Buck. According to the Portland indie-folk outfit's leader, Co...
On July 19th, and imprint called Greyday Records will release a second volume of its "Live From Nowhere Near You" charity compilation. Looking through the first one, out in 2003, a few artists jump out: Spoo...
With the first half of 2011 officially in our rear view mirror as of yesterday, here’s a look at the albums released in the previous six months that were my favorites. Are they the “best?” Who’...
MANCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) — Colin Meloy is known for his brainy wordplay but there are two words he'd like to have back: "Long hiatus."
Those words, uttered in an interview, rippled across the Twitterv...
