Topix — The Decemberists perform at Stubb's, Saturday, April 30. The day after the royal wedding, the Decemberists hit Stubb's with The King Is Dead , the most recent from the Oregon-based quintet in a career embracing elegiac folk, classical pop, and tradit... more info

The Music Fix — Breaking news: band in good video shocker! more info

KEXP Seattle — The National are no strangers to compilation albums — members Bryce and Aaron Dessner curated 2009′s Dark Was The Night, a benefit record for AIDS charity Red Hot that featured contributions from indie all-stars all over the map, including David ... more info

Altsounds — *The Decemberists* have announced an additional leg of Summer tour dates for July and August. Launching from their home state of Oregon on July 19, the run of dates will lead them across the Midwest on their way to their headlining performance on ... more info

Detroit Free Press — The Decemberists: with Justin Townes Earle, 7 p.m. April 22. Royal Oak Music Theatre, $26, $29. Sold out. Pixies: 7:30 p.m. April 22. Fox Theatre, $35, $59.50. Joan as Police Woman: 8 p.m. April 22. The Pike Room, $12. more info

Totally Fuzzy — First Listen: Red Fang, 'Murder The Mountains' In the sometimes insular world of metal, the uglier, the rawer, the lo-fi-er, the better. And once a band trades in its rough-around-the-edges songwriting for a straightforward approach and some pro stud... more info

Bradley's Almanac — Next week, on Tuesday the 12th, Baltimore's Wye Oak returns to town for a headline show at the Middle East in support of their stunning new album, "Civilian". The duo was last in Boston in late-January for a two-night stand opening up for the Decembe... more info

Altsounds — There's no point in trying to unearth an obvious “single” in Other Lives' second album, Tamer Animals. Here's a better idea instead: succumb. Let every last song wash over you like proper long players once did, from the swift stri... more info

Topix — Indie folk rockers The Decemberists will join singer-songwriters including Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch for a weekend of music at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Rolling Stone reports that Patti Smith is working on a sequel to her memoir, Just Kids. The Telegraph profiles author Jennifer Egan. On sale for $3.99 at Amazon MP3: The Decemberists' The Crane Wife album. Five Chapters is serializing a... more info