“Down By The Water” – The Decemberists from The King is Dead – Jan. Plus, it’s not like they are so big that most ‘mainstream’ music listeners have heard of them, even with their repeated appearances on the popular Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report. It doesn’t mean that we just cast them away because they “crossed over”. So, even if The Decemberists are no longer considered “indie”, that’s OK with us. The first single from The King is Dead, “Down by the Water” has been released in advance of the album’s January 18th release via Capitol Records. member Peter Buck playing on three of the album’s tracks. During their performance, Colin Meloy annouced that the band’s newest album, The King is Dead, would be released in January (the 18th to be precise) with R.E.M. In September, The Decemberists opened for Neko Case, who opened for Bob Dylan at the Bumbershoot Arts and Music Festival in Seattle, WA. “The Rake Song” – The Decemberists from The Hazards of Love (2009) While we are definitely huge fans of their pre-Capitol recordings, The Hazards of Love still managed to make many 2009 ‘best of’ lists in the mainstream media, and especially among blogs, from Pitchfork to IGuessImFloating.
Because of this, the band have seemed to avoid, at least for the most part, the “sell-out” label that was predictably pinned on them by some die-hard indie purists.
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While one could make a convincing argument that The Decemberists betrayed some of their most loyal fans when the band signed with Capitol Records in 2009 for their last album, The Hazards of Love, the fact is that the band consistently releases excellent albums full of adventurous, wonderfully crafted folk rock songs. This Sunday were stoked to focus on the music of one of the best bands to break out of Portland‘s robust indie music scene, The Decemberists. In the first five installments, the artists featured were WireTree, The Strokes, Beach House, Oberhofer and The Tallest Man on Earth. Since The Sunday 25 Songs Mix (aka, The S-25) started back in November, it has received a huge and enthusiastic reception from our regular readers, and tens of thousands of weekly visitors from around the world.Īs with all of the other S-25 mixes, we also profile one artist or band that has made an impression on us – and others – in recent months, or even recent years. Each Sunday, we unwind to put together a playlist of of 25 fantastic tracks that is not restricted to our usual indie rock format. In the meantime, another Sunday is here, and we’ve got another playlist of 25 songs that we love from all decades and genres of music over the past half century. 13th, we’ll announce the winners in a special edition of IRC’s Best of 2010 series. Now, we’re watching this poll – as many others as well – to see what will be the Top 30, 20, 10 songs all of you pick from the top 50. 1 songs from 2010 – all of which were chosen by you. If you haven’t already done so, you’ll probably want to check out the Readers’ Choice playlist and poll of the top 50 No. In fact, January is looking to be a blockbuster month for new indie rock releases of 2011. Not only are we working on our year end lists for the best songs, albums, bands and more of 2010, but we’re also prepping Advance Spins of upcoming releases from a bunch of artists and bands, ranging from Bright Eyes, Minks, The Strokes, The Decemberists, Smith Westerns and many others. It’s 2011, and there’s so much happening.