Decemberists Add Dates, Plan Record Store Day EP

03/07/11 Photo by Autumn de Wilde After scoring a Billboard #1 earlier this year with The King Is Dead , the Decemberists are rolling straight on ahead, touring heavily for the first half of the year. The Portland band just announced a fresh round of North American dates, including a few shows with Best Coast . They're in Europe right now, and they're also planning to stop at a few festivals in the ...

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The Decemberists Expand Tour Again

04/18/11 Photo by Autumn de Wilde If you had started out your year by releasing your first-ever number one album , you'd probably want to spend the rest of the year on tour, playing for all the people who bought your record. The Decemberists are doing exactly that. The band has already been on the road ever since releasing The King Is Dead back in January, and they've just announced a fresh round of ...

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The Decemberists Ask: "What Is Americana, Really?"

07/15/11 Meeting one of your heroes is always a thrilling experience, but actually sitting with them and working on a project must be something else entirely. The Decemberists found themselves in that situation when they recorded this year's The King Is Dead , and R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck came in to the studio to contribute guitar to three songs.

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