Artist: The Decemberists Album: What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World Genre: Indie Rock Label: Capitol Records Now in their fifteenth year as a band, The Decemberists have released their seventh studio album in What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World. Fans of their previous release should feel right at home with the […]
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REVIEW: The Decemberists – ‘What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World’
January 20th, 2015 
Scott Murray 
The Decemberists Stream ‘What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World’ In Full
January 13th, 2015 John Bazley What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, the latest effort from The Decemberists releases next week on January 20. Today, you can stream the entire record in advance via iTunes Radio. The band announced the album title back in October via a mural of the artwork in Brooklyn. Since then, we’ve heard a slow crawl of new […]
The Decemberists Release Lyric Video For “The Wrong Year”
December 16th, 2014 Scott Murray The Decemberists are now onto their third released song from their upcoming studio album, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World. The new song, titled “The Wrong Year,” arrives just in time for the close of 2014, allowing fans to get an even better idea of what the Portland band has in store for […]
The Decemberists Release Lyric Video For “Lake Song”
December 2nd, 2014 Scott Murray The arrival of The Decemberists‘ seventh studio album, What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World, is just around the corner. After the premiere of their first official music video for the album’s lead single, “Make You Better,” The Decemberists are now releasing a brand new single from the album, via lyric video. A lyric […]
The Decemberists Premiere “Make You Better” Music Video Starring Nick Offerman
November 24th, 2014 Scott Murray The Decemberists have gone back in time with host Nick Offerman for their brand new music video, “Make You Better.” Offerman, who is best known as the stern anti-government woodsman, Ron Swanson, on Parks & Recreation, portrays a mildly-misinformed German talk show host. Watch the unique video for “Make You Better,” the lead single from […]
The Decemberists Stream “Make You Better”
November 3rd, 2014 Scott Murray Portland’s iconic indie-folk rockers, The Decemberists, have returned with news of their next release. It’s been a few years since the band’s last official studio album, 2011’s The King Is Dead, and fans have been patiently waiting for a followup to the country/bluegrass-inspired album. At long last, The Decemberists have announced the upcoming What A […]
The Decemberists Announce New Album
October 24th, 2014 John Bazley The Decemberists have announced that their new album will be titled What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World. The band announced the album by unveiling a large mural in Brooklyn featuring the album artwork. Frontman Colin Meloy was at the affair, and performed a brand new song called “Make You Better” for everyone in […]
The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy Covers The Kinks
October 24th, 2013 Rebecca Docter For the past few years, Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy has released a series of cover EPs; he’s recorded songs by Morrissey, Shirley Collins and Sam Cooke, and his next venture involves English rock band The Kinks. The EP, titled Colin Meloy Sings The Kinks is composed of five Kinks covers, including the well-known 1967 track “Waterloo […]
The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy Announces Solo EP and Tour
July 31st, 2013 Nina Corcoran Colin Meloy, frontman of folk group The Decemberists, has just announced he will be touring for the first time in five years, as Consequence of Sound has reported. On the thirteen-stop tour, Meloy will be selling a new EP that is available only on the tour’s stops. No specifics have been distributed regarding the songs […]
The Decemberists Keyboardist Cancer In Remission
October 21st, 2011 Martin In early May it was reported that Jenny Conlee, keyboardist for The Decemberists, had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Thankfully we have received news that her cancer is now in remission. The Decemberists are anticipating their upcoming EP, Long Live The King, which is set for official release on November 1 via Capitol Records. To […]
The Decemberists Reveal Details on Upcoming EP
September 30th, 2011 Brian Leak The Decemberists seem to be going all out this year. They released their full-length The King is Dead back in January and will be releasing a follow-up six track EP entitled Long Live the King on November 1 via Capitol Records. The EP will include acoustic tracks that were recorded alongside The King is Dead […]
MUSIC VIDEO: The Decemberists – Calamity Song
August 24th, 2011 Grant Trimboli After finishing up their extensive touring schedule, dating back to April, The Decemberists have released their creative music video, for “Calamity Song,” directed by Mike Schur. This song comes off of the group’s most recent release The King Is Dead via Capitol Records. The video takes us through a game of Eschaton, invented by David […]