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Rumor | The Decemberists Signing to Capitol Records
THE DECEMBERISTS @ WARSAW IN BROOKLYN (more)
EARLASH: Cool. So my last question: you talked about how the Decemberists are on an upswing right now and you're getting a lot of attention all of a sudden. Where do you think this is going and where do you want it to go? What's the five-year plan?
COLIN MELOY: I think we want to keep it realistic in keeping it in the indie community. Not to say that the major label industry has ever been that healthy, but it seems to be particularly unhealthy right now and really messed up and not a lot of positive, productive, creative stuff is coming out. And I think the indie community right now is as strong as it's ever been and there's some really, really great stuff coming out. So I'd like to keep moving in that circle. And to continue maintaining our creative freedom. We have an ideal situation at Kill Rocks Stars. They let us do whatever we want. And yeah, just to be able to quit my day job at some point and be able to do music full time. [from an earlash interview - July 2003]
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HUSH RECORDS: What is your opinion of the Portland music scene?
COLIN MELOY: I go back and forth on that. I'm really pleased to see how many solid indie labels have taken such a vested interest in a lot of the more marginalized Portland bands right now: The Thermals, Desert City Soundtrack, The Standard, KOLS, The Joggers. Regardless of how disparate their musics, they all deserve what they get. I think a lot of other bands who are sinking themselves into the mire of major label grovel-dom could learn a thing or two from these bands and change their tune. [The rest of that undated interview]
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It seems inevitable that The Decemberists will follow in Death Cab For Cutie's footsteps and sign to a major label. Word on the street says they're joining Radiohead, Coldplay, The Magic Numbers, and Morningwood over at Capitol Recods.
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"indie" rock (for lack of a better term) is becoming this decades alternative rock
Posted by ryan97ou | November 28, 2005 3:47 PM
Makes no sense. Decemberists won't be able to do anything on a major they can't on an indie. If Death Cab = Nirvana, then Decemberists = Helmet.
Or maybe major labels are now content with 100-150k in sales. Good for them. (Bad for shareholders, but that's another topic.)
Posted by Glenn | November 29, 2005 2:08 PM
They did sign. Played ice hockey with a Capitol senior VP on Monday and the deal is done. Laurel Stearns did the wrangling.
Posted by Tom | December 8, 2005 4:52 PM
wow, laurel stearns! what a legend! how does she find these bands? i always thought she was just steve aoki in a bad wig.
Posted by Capitolist | December 9, 2005 12:05 PM
Rumor no more...
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/news/05-12/12.shtml
There you are
Posted by Jeffer | December 13, 2005 1:48 AM
best site
Posted by Computers | October 13, 2006 10:26 PM