Brooklyn Vegan — Chris Walla w/ Death Cab in 2012 (more by Toby Tenenbaum) Chris Walla, original member and guitarist of Death Cab for Cutie (as well as a producer for them, The Thermals, Mates of State, The Decemberists and many other bands)... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Black Prairie, aka 4/5 of The Decemberists plus singer Annalisa Tornfelt and guitarist Jon Neufeld, put out a new album, Fortune, earlier this year via Sugar Hill. The album sees them taking a brighter, more song-oriented approach... more info

KEXP Seattle — KEXP knows all about the power of a Colin Meloy cameo in your video, and today, Bob Mould taps into the Decemberists’ talent with his new video for the track “I Don’t Know You Anymore.” Filmed in Portland by director Alicia J. Rose, the clip ... more info

Stereogum — This past weekend, at the Boston Calling festival, the Decemberists played their first show in nearly three years (not counting that Parks & Rec performance. After all that time away, it would be a fair bet that they’ve got new music in the works, ... more info

Stereogum — While the whole band was making an appearance over on Parks And Recreation, Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy was a guest on a show for Q Live where he performed a new song. The tune is called “Carolina Low” and he wrote it the morning of the per... more info

Stereogum — Last night, the great NBC sitcom Parks And Recreation ended its sixth season with an hour-long finale. All season, the show has been building up to the Pawnee Unity Concert, an effort to bring the show’s town of Pawnee, Indiana after it merged with... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Decemberists on 'Parks & Rec' The 6th season finale of Parks and Recreation aired last night, and as was announced, the episode featured appearances from The Decemberists, Ginuwine, Letters to Cleo, Yo La Tengo and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. The... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Fortune by Black Prairie (the Decemberists minus Colin M, Clint Mansell's soundtrack for the film Filth, and especially TEEN's The Way and Color are the new albums I can recommend this week. Farewell Transmission (Music of Jason Molina) is... more info

NME — Yo La Tengo will play Bobby Knight Ranger—a Night Ranger cover band more info

Stereogum — One of the major plot lines in the back half of this season of Parks And Recreation is the department’s attempt to put on a Pawnee-Eagleton Unity Concert. We’ve already heard that Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy will be stopping by for the concert, and we ... more info