Brooklyn Vegan — The Decemberists on 'Parks & Rec' The 6th season finale of Parks and Recreation aired last night, and as was announced, the episode featured appearances from The Decemberists, Ginuwine, Letters to Cleo, Yo La Tengo and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. The... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Fortune by Black Prairie (the Decemberists minus Colin M, Clint Mansell's soundtrack for the film Filth, and especially TEEN's The Way and Color are the new albums I can recommend this week. Farewell Transmission (Music of Jason Molina) is... more info

NME — Yo La Tengo will play Bobby Knight Ranger—a Night Ranger cover band more info

Stereogum — One of the major plot lines in the back half of this season of Parks And Recreation is the department’s attempt to put on a Pawnee-Eagleton Unity Concert. We’ve already heard that Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy will be stopping by for the concert, and we ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Ron Swanson & Colin Meloy (via Nick Offerman Twitter) The season 6 finale of Parks and Reaction airs on April 24, and executive producer Michael Schur has told The A.V. Club that the episode will have some pretty big name... more info

Stereogum — If something portends future classic status for an album, it may well be contemporary artists covering songs from the record shortly after its release. This was certainly the case with Joanna Newsom’s The Milk-Eyed Mender, which will be 10 years ol... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Decemberists in Austin in 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) When the Boston Calling lineup was announced, there was still one more band TBA for day 2 (Saturday, May 24). It's now been revealed that said band is The Decemberists,... more info

Stereogum — It’s been a few years since the Decemberists have played a headlining show, but they’ll return to the stage in a couple of months at the Crystal Ballroom, in their Portland hometown. The band’s 5/30 show is a benefit for Victory Academy, a loca... more info

Consequence of Sound — "I'm starting to dabble with [new] Decemberists stuff." more info

Consequence of Sound — Decemberists frontman records fourth covers EP. more info