Stereogum — The stream-a-day MySpace rollout of the Dessner brothers' Dark Was The Night charity compilation gets a bump today with a trio of tracks, courtesy of a cute little widget player and a smattering of heavy hitting contributors. There's the Decemberi... more info

Pitchfork — Stephen Colbert, that master of modern web integration, is at it once again. The blowhard's blowhard is calling out for fans to remix a recent interview with Stanford University Internet law professor Lawrence Lessig, in which the pair talked about t... more info

Stereogum — After all those Always The Bridesmaid singles collections, the more distorted, heavier, and, yes, slightly Billy Joe Armstrong-esque "The Rake's Song" suggested the Decemberists' new full-length The Hazards Of Live might be going in a ballsier d... more info

Paste Magazine — Given the (unbearable? delightful? unbearably delightful?) new depths of creepiness mined by "The Rake's Song" last week, perhaps you thought that the cover of The Decemberists' upcoming Hazards of Love LP would also be a wee bit discomfiting. Ma... more info

Pitchfork — The Hazards of Love, the forthcoming rock opera from Portland drama-nerds the Decemberists, already had a totally ridiculous-looking tracklist, and now it has an album cover, too. I have to applaud the band's judgement in not using a repulsively ugly... more info

My Old Kentucky — Happy Inauguration Day! So, I'm not sure many of you will be listening at Noon EST today, but just in case you are...Today is My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRUS XMU! Channel 26 on SIRIUS & channel 43 on XM. Tune in at 12pm EST and again at Midnig... more info

Clickmusic — 'The Hazards Of Love' to be released on 24th March. more info

Kanye's Blog — Decemberists "The Rake Song" Via: indierockcafe.com Click HERE to listen to the MP3... Click HERE to download the MP3... more info

Paste Magazine — The Decemberists offered up "The Rake's Song," a track from their upcoming Hazards of Love LP, as a free download last week, which means that lots of people were probably struck with the same two thoughts that hit me upon my own first listen. On... more info

Paste Magazine — When I wrote my Five Movies to Get Excited About in 2009 list a couple weeks ago, ostensibly, I was providing a reader service. But really, I was getting as pumped up about those movies as anyone reading that post. In fact, I'm listening to Ready... more info