Mercury News, California — Tickets on saleAvailable nowThe Decemberists. Nov. 25. The Warfield, San Francisco. Ticketmaster.Ben Folds. more info

Said the Gramophone — [photo source] Alina Simone - "Half My Kingdom". A Brooklyn singer born in the Ukraine, singing a song by the Russian folk-punk Yanka Dyagileva - the title translated but the rest still Russian. But this is not as impenetrable as it sounds. Simon... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy!Spinner.com: A previously unheard David Bowie track called 'Mocking Bird' has been discovered. The song is a rare recording of Bowie's first band, the Konrads.The Decemberists will be returning to the road in support ... more info