LargeHeartedBoy — Crave interviews Chris Funk of the Decemberists about the band's new album, The King Is Dead, Portlandia, and more. Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviews Benjamin Hale about his new novel, The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore. The Colorado Springs Independent prof... more info

KEXP Seattle — The lineup for Bonnaroo 2011 has been released! This year, the Tennessee festival celebrates its 10th anniversary with the likes of Arcade Fire, The Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, The Strokes, The Decemberists, Bassnectar, Iron & Wine, Girl Talk, Flo... more info

Mercury News, California — Colin Meloy of the Decemberists had a special wish for all fans attending his band's sold-out show at the Fox Theater on Valentine's Day. more info

Mercury News, California — Colin Meloy of the Decemberists had a special wish for all fans attending his band's sold-out show at the Fox Theater on Valentine's Day. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ekko said... E.L.O. covers, plus the Decemberists cover REM http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com gregor said... nme's c81 jeff tweedy/jay bennett at old towne school of folk music richard buckner and alejandro escovedo live at mccabe’s 1.21.00 why? l... more info

Stereogum — The band visited the KCRW show “Morning Becomes Eclectic” yesterday to do some songs from The King Is Dead as well as this cover from R.E.M. The original appears on 1986’s Lifes Rich Pageant. “Cuyahoga” refers to the Cuyahoga River in Ohio,... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Decemberists stopped by KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic to play a session. During it, they covered R.E.M.’s “Cuyahoga”, and an mp3 download of this performance has made it’s way out there. Fans of R.E.M. should be proud of this. [mp3]: ... more info

Twangville — READERS PICK: JANUARY 2011 Twangville readers recently picked The Decemberists‘ The King is Dead as their favorite album of January 2011. To record album number six The Decemberists shacked up in a remote barn outside of their Portland, OR base. Fo... more info

Altsounds — *The Decemberists* have announced a second leg of U.S. tour dates for the Spring, which will kick off April 16 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and cover the Midwest and South before reaching Atlanta, Georgia on May 2. The 14-date run will also incl... more info

Totally Fuzzy — lord jim said... dogs-more blind faith http://jimicaramail.blogspot.com/nd faith alan f said... Hi Decemberists - Castaways and Cutouts Asian Dub Foundation - Keep Bangin' On The Walls (live) Spade Cooley - Swingin' The Devil's Dream all @320 than... more info