Pitchfork — Photo by Nilina Mason-Campbell The Decemberists' new album, The Hazards of Love, is due out March 24 on Capitol, but SXSW attendees will get to hear the album played live in its entirety nearly a week earlier. On March 18, Colin Meloy and his merry m... more info

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Pitchfork — The Hazards of Love, the forthcoming rock opera from Portland drama-nerds the Decemberists, already had a totally ridiculous-looking tracklist, and now it has an album cover, too. I have to applaud the band's judgement in not using a repulsively ugly... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellHazards of Love, the forthcoming rock opera from the fliers of fancy in the Decemberists, is due March 24 from Capitol, according to Billboard.com (and confirmed by Capitol). Sporting 17 tracks with silly titles like "Ha... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellHazards of Love, the forthcoming rock opera from the fliers of fancy in the Decemberists, is due March 24 from Capitol, according to Billboard.com (and confirmed by Capitol). Sporting 17 tracks with silly titles like "Ha... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Nilina Mason-CampbellColin Meloy recently spoke to Rolling Stone's Rock & Roll Daily about the sound and concept of the new Decemberists album, Hazards of Love, and guess what? "It's a twisty, fantastical story about a woman named Margaret w... more info

Pitchfork — High School Record is a 2005 film from writer/director Ben Wolfinsohn (Friends Forever) that chronicles the lives of a mess of high schoolers as they make their way through a tumultuous senior year. Sure, it might sound like a thing or ten you might'... more info

Stereogum — The setup: High School Record, written/directed/photographed by Ben Wolfinsohn (who also did the Friends Forever documentary), is a film about a senior at an art high school who decides to document his last year there with his video camera. The flic... more info

Stereogum — Human Highway, the duo of Islands' Nick Thorburn and jingle master Jim Guthrie, played their first shows ever at Cake Shop on Monday and a show at Joe's Pub last night. Both were co-headliners with Paul Simon's son Harper Simon (sorry to name drop ... more info