Twangville — The Decemberists hit hard in January with The King Is Dead and maintained their number one status with me for the entire year. Butch Walker‘s The Spade was the best I’ve heard yet from the Master of Hooks. Let’s hope his work with The Black Wid... more info

KEXP Seattle — Bon Iver, Wilco, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Cut Copy, Radiohead, Raphael Saadiq, The Decemberists, Los Amigos Invisibles, Fleet Foxes, Gillian Welch, Femi Kuti, Tinariwen, Daft Punk… you might not believe that this is a list of nominee... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mastodon fans (more by Greg Cristman) Bon Iver was nominated for four high profile Grammys (though not "Album of the Year" which is what Arcade Fire won). Adele & Katy Perry nominated for a zillion, and other nominees include The... more info

Impose Magazine — Some people love November. Maybe you're one of them and you could enlighten us without using the word tryptophan. Is it that you really like bad hip hop? Maybe you have very thin wrists and Los Campesinos and Decemberists putting out music in the... more info

Stereogum — I don’t care if your name is Seamus O’Hoolihan and you just ate a whole uncooked potato for breakfast; Justin Vernon and Colin Meloy can now effectively brag about being more Irish than you. That’s because both of them have recorded songs with ... more info

Guardian Music — Kings of Irish trad-folk celebrate 50th anniversary by recording album with indie artistsThe Chieftains will celebrate their 50th anniversary with an album of collaborations. Voice of Ages will include songs recorded with Paolo Nutini, Bon Iver and I... more info

Here Comes The Flood — When Boston folk rockers Kingsley Flood shared live video for Mannequin Man in March and the I Don't Wanna Go Home more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Autumn DeWilde The Decemberists are releasing an EP with b-sides and demos. Long Live The King is an addendum to their latest studio album The King Is Dead. The songs were recorded at Pendarvis Farm, near Portland, OR, in the Spring of 2010. ... more info

Chorus.fm — On November 1st, *The Decemberists* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/thedecemberists) will release the b-sides EP Long Live The King. The album cover can be found here (http://www.absolutepunk.net/gallery/showimage.php?i=449232&c=7). _Track Listing_ 0... more info

Time — Earlier this year, the Decemberists released their sixth studio album. And they're already back with a follow-up EP. But these songs are not throwaways. more info