The Decemberists Wail; Peter Bjorn And John Flail: SXSW '09
Colin Meloy's newly expanded crew set the bar high on the first day of South by Southwest.By James Montgomery, with additional reporting by Christopher "CJ" Smith and Matt Harper
The Decemberists perform at Stubb's Bar-B-Q in Austin, Texas on Wednesday
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AUSTIN, Texas — When the Decemberists, hyper-literate indie laureates of the Pacific Northwest, made the leap to the majors in 2006, they responded to criticism from the holier-than-thous with The Crane Wife, a concept...
MTV.com News — Colin Meloy's newly expanded crew set the bar high on the first day of South by Southwest.By James Montgomery, with additional reporting by Christopher "CJ" Smith and Mat... more info
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