Consequence of Sound — Meloy hits the road by himself for the first time in five years. more info

Topix — The Decemberists' John Moen steps from behind the drum kit for 'Willamette Valley Ballad,' premiering at USA TODAY. more info

USA Today Music — The Decemberists' John Moen steps out from behind the drum kit for new solo album. more info

411 Mania — Along with Carrie Brownstein... more info

Consequence of Sound — The worlds of The Simpsons and Portlandia collide. more info

Prefix — On last night's episode of the Simpsons, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein brought Portlandia over to Springfield. In the episode Homer ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-daft-punk-and-the-decemberists-on-the-simpso/7... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Chris Funk of Black Prairie/Decemberists in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) Decemberists side project Black Prairie released their new album, A Tear in the Eye is a Wound in the Heart, this past September and went on a... more info

KEXP Seattle — Seattle band Hey Marseilles plays gracefully crafted pop songs that rise and fall with the swelling of viola, cello, and guitar. While they are at face-value reminiscent of fellow Northwest band The Decemberists, they play a blend of stately pop-folk... more info

Guardian Music — Macca will be joined by Rufus Wainwright, Irma Thomas and others to record Yuletide classics for Holidays RuleSir Paul McCartney, Rufus Wainwright and Irma Thomas are among the contributors to a new Christmas album. Holidays Rule will be released on ... more info

Guardian Music — Untitled record, due out in vinyl-only run of 2,000 copies, was written while former REM musician was laid up with a serious injury and unable to play guitarFormer REM guitarist Peter Buck has announced his first solo album. On sale this Friday, the ... more info