JamBase — Folk-rock act The Decemberists will release their new studio album 'I'll Be Your Girl' in March and revealed a 34-date North American tour in support. more info

Chorus.fm — The Decemberists will release their new album, I’ll Be Your Girl, on March 16th. Today they’ve debuted the new song “Severed” on Spotify and Apple Music. Track Listing Once In My Life Cutting Stone Severed Starwatcher Tripping Along Your Ghos... more info

Stereogum — For their new album, the Decemberists are looking beyond bookish folk-rock. I'll Be Your Girl, their first LP since 2015's What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, finds the indie veterans working with indie superproducer John Congleton for the... more info

Stereogum — Scott McCaughey, the frontman of the Minus 5 and longtime touring member of R.E.M., recently suffered a stroke while on tour with Alejandro Escovedo. And last night, an all-star lineup of musicians including Escovedo, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills and Peter Bu... more info

New York Times — Hear the most notable new music out this week, from Lin-Manuel Miranda's Hamildrops team-up with the Decemberists to a Thelonious Monk reissue. more info

Chorus.fm — The Decemberists have released “Ben Franklin’s Song” on Spotify and Apple Music. The song puts an unused set of lyrics that Lin-Manuel Miranda originally wrote for Hamilton to music. A note from the band explaining the process can be found belo... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — A new Zora Neale Hurston novel, Barracoon, will be published next year. Stream a new song by the Decemberists and Lin-Manuel Miranda. 60 year-end book lists were added to Largehearted Boy’s master aggregation of “best books of 2017â€�... more info

Stereogum — The Decemberists have put to music an unused set of lyrics that Lin-Manuel Miranda originally wrote for Hamilton. As the band explains in a post on their website, Miranda reached out to Colin Meloy to ask them to record a version of "Ben Franklin's S... more info

Stereogum — Tomorrow, Capitol Records is releasing Holidays Rule Volume 2, a sequel to the 2012 compilation that found the likes of the Shins and Andrew Bird covering seasonal classics. For the next installment, they've rounded up a new roster of artists includi... more info

Obscure Sound — With flourishes of Beirut’s orchestral-laden stirrings alongside a penchant for audible narratives, reminding of The Decemberists as well as Sufjan Stevens, The Broadest Blue produces on originally stimulating sound that brings a track’s lyrical ... more info