The Mix Tape Podcast — The Decemberists’ The Hazards of Love doesn’t care if you don’t like opera. Daunting to start this multi-arced epic story, it very quickly rewards with such usual trademarks as harpsichord and frontman Colin Meloy’s cry... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — The Hazards Of Love 4 (The Drowned) - The Decemberists / YSIRead Our WORD 100 Album Review Here... more info

MTV.com News — Lou Reed also rumored to be playing the Chicago festival.By Gil Kaufman The Killers' Brandon Flowers Photo: John Shearer/ WireImage The longer Lollapalooza organizers wait to unveil the lineup for this year's festival, the more people will... more info

The Mix Tape Podcast — And so returns our sunday round-up of the past week's best music news and audio ramblings...Gorillaz set to debut documentary Bananaz in New York’s Apple Store SoHo…Despite outlasting HMV and other retailers, all Virgin Megastores to clo... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — ROCK | The Decemberists, "The Hazards of Love" (Capitol) Ask Colin Meloy about the reference points for the fifth album by his Portland, Ore.-based chamber-pop band and he'll cite a host of obscure folk-rock inspirations from the '60s (among them N... more info

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