Music For Ants — Over the years, The Decemberists have displayed the kind of consistency that few bands can lay claim to. Both in style and subject, the band never disappointed; you could always count on them for tales of anachronistic adventure set against baroque p... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — the marquee on Night Two (more by Chris Gersbeck) Shara Worden made a surprise appearance at last night's Decemberists show, the last of three Beacon Theatre shows for the Portland band who are currently #1 on the Billboard chart (as... more info

Topix — The King Is Dead Standing at the junction of folk and indie rock, the Decemberists have grown a career by plying what's old into new, effectively employing hoary tricks of the roots trade song cycles, murder ballads, and folk tales in garnering worsh... more info

ContactMusic — THE DECEMBERISTS have debuted at the top of the U.S. album chart thanks to their best sales week ever.The King Is Dead is the group's first U.S. number one. It debuted atop the Billboard 200 with 94,000 sales. Last week's (19Jan11) number one album, ... more info

Stereogum — According to Billboard, The King Is Dead is the band’s first number one, selling 94,000 its first week. It’s also a career-high for first week sales for the Decemberists. Of course the condition of the music industry is partially why this record ... more info

411 Mania — Kidz Bop, Gregg Allman, The Script and Social Distortion make up an all new Top 5 albums... more info

411 Mania — Check out "Red Right Ankle" live... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris Gersbeck, words by Rachel Kowal Playing before The Decemberists is no easy task, but Merge duo Wye Oak was up for the challenge. "Good evening. We're a couple of kids from Baltimore, Maryland... hot dog!" declared vocalist/guitarist..... more info

Chorus.fm — *The Decemberists (http://thedecemberists.com)* have captured the top spot on the Billboard 200 by selling 93K copies of The King Is Dead. (http://pitchfork.com/news/41351-the-decemberists-have-the-number-one-album/) more info

Culture Bully — The Decemberists top this week's countdown of the top selling albums at Grimey's New & Preloved Music in Nashville. more info