Chicago Tribune — The Decemberists, "The Hazards of Love" (Capitol) ***1/2 more info

guardian.co.ukBillboard CD reviews: Wynton Marsalis, The DecemberistsReutersNEW YORK (Billboard) - Jazz veteran Wynton Marsalis has delved into a multitude of genres, from mainstream swing to ballet scores to epic narratives to last year's Willie Nel... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — Episode 45 of The Mix Tape Podcast is now available for download!Do you download our weekly podcast? Did you know that everyone who subscribes gets to hear these songs before they get posted here? Why not subscribe today...This week we have more from... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Entertainment Weekly's Music Mix is streaming the new Decemberists album, Hazards of Love, in its entirety. The Independent lists the ten best rock biographies. The Asheville Citizen-Times interviews Gomez drummer Oily peacock. Q: You are heading bac... more info

Altsounds — *The Decemberists* have launched their ambitious new album *The Hazards of Love* (Capitol Records) March 17th 2009 with a weeklong exclusive sale of the digital album through the *iTunes Store*. The album, which NPR called an “epic adve... more info

guardian.co.ukDecemberists debut 'The Hazards of Love' at SXSWEntertainment WeeklySXSW '09 kicked off under sunny skies Wednesday as the music industry descended on Austin to see new bands, meet new people, and spend more time milling around a conven... more info

Rolling Stone — Three weeks before the Decemberists premiered their new album, The Hazards of Love, at SXSW, the band’s singer-songwriter Colin Meloy told me that they had not rehearsed the record in its entirety yet. In that interview, Meloy also marveled on how ... more info

Allmusic Blog — Kelly Clarkson’s All I Ever Wanted stands atop the Billboard 200 albums chart for a second week, although with sales under 100,000; meanwhile the early release of the Decemberists’ The Hazards of Love on vinyl and iTunes may have been enough to p... more info

Guardian Music — Look at the band below: can you really imagine them doing swaggering cock-rock? Alexis Petridis triesThe relationship between American alt-rock and the British folk revival of the 60s is a surprising one. You might think an impassable cultural and ae... more info

MTV.com News — Colin Meloy's newly expanded crew set the bar high on the first day of South by Southwest.By James Montgomery, with additional reporting by Christopher "CJ" Smith and Matt Harper The Decemberists perform at Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin, Texas on We... more info