Brooklyn Vegan — "[Black Prairie] was started by two members of The Decemberists: guitarist Chris Funk and bassist Nate Query. They decided to start a primarily instrumental string band as a way to present music that didn't really work with The Decemberists' sound...... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Colin Meloy @ Ace Hotel during CMJ (photo by Brittney Bush Bollay for KEXP) "Like his performances with the Decemberists, Colin solo is fragile and intimate, accompanied by just his guitar and harmonica. From the brand new "Rise to Me,"... more info

KEXP Seattle — Like his performances with the Decemberists, Colin solo is fragile and intimate, accompanied by just his guitar and harmonica. From the brand new “Rise to Me,” a beautiful ode that will bring tears to your eyes, to the epic story of “The Crane ... more info

KEXP Seattle — We continue our broadcast at the Ace Hotel NYC, sponsored by Toyota’s Free Yr Radio, with more live performances to come today and tomorrow from Adam Haworth Stephens (of Two Gallants), Devotchka, The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy, Eli “Paperboy”... more info

KEXP Seattle — Today we begin our first day broadcasting at the Ace Hotel NYC, presenting with Toyota’s Free Yr Radio, live performances from Devotchka, Dean and Britta, The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy, The Drums, Eli “Paperboy” Reed, a DJ set by Moby, and mu... more info

Stereogum — Brooklyn post-”slasher disco” duo (yes) and Games remixers Gatekeeper’s forthcoming Giza EP is one of those dark, dank, spooky industrial, horror, and italo disco-tinged instrumental collections that make me happy the kids got over the December... more info

KEXP Seattle — From the first day of our broadcast from the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland during Musicfest NW: Laura Veirs, Phantogram, The Cave Singers. Plus, a special impromptu performance by Black Prairie, a collective of Portland musicians including Christopher ... more info

Silent Uproar — The Decemberists premiered some new songs at Bumbershoot on September 4th. Pitchfork was nice enough to compile videos of the three performances, "Down By The Water," "June Hymn" and "Rise To Me." [pitchfork.com] more info

KEXP Seattle — Anita and Kevin Robinson’s work with Viva Vice sure didn’t seem like it needed any supplement, but fans of their extraordinarily diverse songwriting skills aren’t complaining about their recent releases for project Blue Giant. Corin Tucker (Sle... more info

Guardian Music — Last week, we sweated over manual labour. Now let's all get lean and green with the pedal machineTinkle Tinkle! Mind out, mate! What's that? A red light? Ha, means nothing to me. Check me out! SQUISH.Yes, it's the mad, bad and dangerous world of bicy... more info