Culture Bully — The Decemberists perform "The Hazards of Love 2" on the May 22 episode of the Late Late Show. more info

Live Daily — Portland, OR, based Baroque rock band The Decemberists are known for their unique storytelling style, as the 2,800 fans who witnessed their sold out show in Oakland, CA, last night (5/20) can attest. On this night, frontman Colin Meloy led a track-b... more info

Mercury News, California — The art-rock band tackles its new challenging concept album live, and succeeds. more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I was slow to get into Bowerbirds a few years back and really didn't start spinning their debut LP until after watching them open for The Mountain Goats last year. They were mesmerizing live, with a penchant for beautifully developing folk music int... more info

Stereogum — NAME: Becky Stark PROGRESS REPORT: Performing with the Decemberists, performing and recording with the L.A. Ladies' Choir, prepping an album with The Living Sisters, recording an album with Lavender Diamond. Lavender Diamond isn't just Becky Sta... more info

Stereogum — When the Decemberists (and Shara Worden) played "The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid" on Leno, it felt a bit fragmented. There was no such problem last night in Hollywood when the band launched their A Short Fazed Hovel Tour. Over the course of the ... more info

MVSW — The Decemberists, Other Lives @ Hollywood Palladium Youth Group, Nico Stai, Useless Keys @ Troubadour Allman Brothers, Doobie Brothers @ Greek Theatre Rachael Cantu, Hesta Prynn, Palace of Buddies, Fortunato, Milosh @ Silverlake Lounge Feed The Kitty... more info

Culture Bully — The Decemberists perform "The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid" on the May 14 episode of the Tonight Show. more info

Stereogum — Like they did at The Colbert Report , the Decemberists brought Shara Worden and their mythical prog jam "The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid" to Leno last night (Shara plays the "jealous forest queen" obvs). The difference between the two shows be... more info

XFM.co.uk — Peter Buck and Mike Mills have begun demoing new songs on their "broader" fifteenth album with The Decemberists' producer. more info