The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — The big news of the day is that White Stripes are breaking up.  For good.  Or so they say.  It's definitely sad news for die hard rock fans.  But they're on good terms...and there's only 2 of them.  The chances of a White Stripes reunion in the ... more info

ContactMusic — Singer/songwriter AMOS LEE has scored his first U.S. number one album as the Billboard 200 nets another record low.Lee's Mission Bell sold just 40,000 copies to make it to number one and beat Cake's two-week-old record - their Showroom of Compassion ... more info

KEXP Seattle — Colin Meloy and his Portlandia posse return from the studio (…er, barn) with The King is Dead, an earthy, organic alt-country gem. This stripped-down modern marvel finds The Decemberists with their heads out of the clouds and rock opera tendencies ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dominick Mastrangelo, videos by Bleary Eyed Brooklyn After Wye Oak played Beacon Theatre ONE, TWO, THREE nights in a row with the Decemberists, they ended their NYC-stay with a private headlining show at the intimate Rock Shop in... more info

411 Mania — Did Steven Tyler have the best month or was it Britney Spears? Who had the worst month? Did the Decemberists or M.I.A. have the best album? Which releases are looking good in February? Check out the full article to find out! more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Back on January 20th, a week before the Decemberists got a whole bunch of press for their chart success, Billboard reported that...Louis C.K. scores his first Billboard No. 1, as "Hilarious" debuts atop the Comedy Albums chart. The stand-up... more info

Music For Ants — This is the type of musical pairing that was just meant to be. Kanye West’s most extravagant, orchestral pop song “All of the Lights” played by an actual orchestra, the Portland Cello Project, an amorphous collective signed to Kill Rock Stars t... more info

ContactMusic — THE DECEMBERISTS frontman COLIN MELOY has told how his son's battle with autism inspired a track on the band's hit album THE KING IS DEAD.The rocker is father to four-year-old Henry 'Hank' Meloy with his wife Carson Ellis, and he admits the experienc... more info

Music For Ants — Over the years, The Decemberists have displayed the kind of consistency that few bands can lay claim to. Both in style and subject, the band never disappointed; you could always count on them for tales of anachronistic adventure set against baroque p... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — the marquee on Night Two (more by Chris Gersbeck) Shara Worden made a surprise appearance at last night's Decemberists show, the last of three Beacon Theatre shows for the Portland band who are currently #1 on the Billboard chart (as... more info