The Decemberists

colinmeloy: So this is me, a few nights ago, singing R.E.M.’s...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 18:11:53 -0500

So this is me, a few nights ago, singing R.E.M.’s “You Are the Everything” with Peter Buck, Ben Gibbard, Jenny and Nate. I didn’t need to practice much; I’d sung it a million times, it feels like, in my bedroom as a shy, introverted fourteen-year-old, probably making sweet, sentimental eye-contact with the picture of Mary Stuart Masterson above my desk.

diamondtaco: My Favorite Songs by The Decemberists (Part 1)

Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:08:06 -0500

diamondtaco:

My Favorite Songs by The Decemberists (Part 1)

Am I a terrible fan if I once met Colin and called him Ben Gibbard?

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 13:12:22 -0400

undoubtedly

Colin and Maile Meloy, 1981

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:17:15 -0400

Colin and Maile Meloy, 1981

A Dull and Witless Boy.: I spoke at my high school's graduation; this is what I said.

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:20:50 -0400

A Dull and Witless Boy.: I spoke at my high school's graduation; this is what I said.:

colinmeloy:

Helena High School, Helena, MT.

I’m honored to be here, at the commencement of your post-high school lives.

Consider those words: post-high school lives.

Keeping that phrase in mind, I’d like to quickly dispel a pretty pervasive myth: there’s a weird bit of misinformation floating around…

Colin Meloy - Chinese Bones (Robyn Hitchcock)

Thu, 31 May 2012 23:48:48 -0400

Colin Meloy - Chinese Bones (Robyn Hitchcock)

The Decemberists' Nate Query on Public Radio

Tue, 01 May 2012 02:09:50 -0400

The Decemberists' Nate Query on Public Radio:

Under Wildwood - Cover reveal and chapter excerpts

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:49:45 -0400

Under Wildwood - Cover reveal and chapter excerpts

@colinmeloy: “My cousin Cameron doing a bang-up June...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:44:44 -0500

@colinmeloy: “My cousin Cameron doing a bang-up June Hymn”

Stream We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) Disc One now on Rolling Stone

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 12:48:25 -0500

Stream We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) Disc One now on Rolling Stone

Stream We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) Disc Two now on Paste

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 11:38:27 -0500

Stream We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) Disc Two now on Paste

Stream “The Soldiering Life” off We All Raise Our...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:20:35 -0500

Stream “The Soldiering Life” off We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11)

A Good Year: Reflecting and Looking Forward with Black Prairie/Decemberists Guitarist Chris Funk

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:59:09 -0500

A Good Year: Reflecting and Looking Forward with Black Prairie/Decemberists Guitarist Chris Funk

The Decemberists’ collaboration with The Chieftains on a...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:22:53 -0500

The Decemberists’ collaboration with The Chieftains on a cover of Bob Dylan’s “When The Ship Comes In” for their new 50th anniversary album Voice of Ages

One Engine (From The Hunger Games Soundtrack) by The...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:20:05 -0500

One Engine (From The Hunger Games Soundtrack) by The Decemberists

monkeydogpoz: scenedamour: LOOK AT OUR BABIES AND THEIR...

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:40:06 -0500

monkeydogpoz:

scenedamour:

LOOK AT OUR BABIES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS :33333333

Carson has her eyes closed and it is adorbs.

America’s favorite family

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:28:32 -0500

America’s favorite family

Irish folk legends the Chieftains are celebrating their 50th...

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:57:08 -0500

Irish folk legends the Chieftains are celebrating their 50th anniversary with Voice of Ages, a new record in which the band teams up with artists including Bon Iver, the Decemberists, Pistol Annies, Civil Wars and Imelda May for new recordings. In this clip, the band reflect on their five decades in music and their experiences working with younger artists in awe of their immense body of work. “It’s not often you are called to collaborate with one of the world’s foremost innovators and influencers in folk music, or any music for that matter,” says Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy. “I mean, the Chieftains have almost single-handedly defined Irish traditional music for the last 50 years.”

colinmeloy: I made this song a while back for a friend’s...

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:33:50 -0500

colinmeloy:

I made this song a while back for a friend’s daughter on her fifteenth birthday. I suppose it applies to all fifteenth birthdays, which tend to be kind of a bummer.

The Decemberists 'Raise Our Voices' on March 13 Live Album - DC Music News Feed - Direct Current

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:43:04 -0500

The Decemberists 'Raise Our Voices' on March 13 Live Album - DC Music News Feed - Direct Current:

“The Decemberists will release an expansive, 20-song career spanning live album We All Raise Our Voices to the Air on March 13 via Capitol. Recorded during four months of concerts on the eclectic Portland band’s 2011 spring and summer tour, the live recording includes seven songs from The Decemberists’ The King Is Dead project as well as five tracks from their 2005 album Picaresque and three taken from 2003’s Her Majesty. One song, “Dracula’s Daughter”, has never been released on a Decemberist project but did appear on frontman/songwriter Colin Meloy’s 2008 album Sings Live!”