Colin Meloy

DOWNLOAD: Loch Lomond – Elephants & Little Girls (MP3) The Decemberists have announced that their sixth full length album, The King Is Dead, will be released through Capitol Records on January 18…

Colin Meloy @ Ace Hotel during CMJ (photo by Brittney Bush Bollay for KEXP)”Like his performances with the Decemberists, Colin solo is fragile and intimate, accompanied by just his guitar and harmonica…

Devotchka at Bowery Electric (more by Toby Tenenbaum) Devotchka can appreciate the finer things in life, like a good old-fashioned surprise appearance…

“@colinmeloy just asked me to MC the Decemberists show tonight in NYC. Finally, something to dress up for! I know just what to wear….” – John Wesley Harding “When the spotlight glared down on the tinsel-bedecked stage-left podium at Terminal 5 night, the crowd got very excited…

“The show was in two parts. The first consisted of the band, with the addition of two performers – Becky Stark and Shara Worden, playing the entirety of album without even a break between songs…

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“On February 17th Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 – comprised of R.E.M’s Peter Buck on guitar, Scott McCaughey (The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows, R…

On March 24th, Capitol Records will release The Decemberists‘ , the follow-up to the group’s 2006 breakthrough, , which NPR listeners voted their favorite album of the year…

Words and crowd-surfing Obama & Chris Funk @ Terminal 5 It’s hard to bring chamber folk to life with a sold-out audience who lives and breathes The Decemberists, but Loch Lomond did so blissfully…

DOWNLOAD: Colin Meloy – We Both Go Down Together (live)(MP3) Colin Meloy @ Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY – Apr 17, 2008 Jason stopped by the 2nd of two shows Decemberist Colin Meloy played in Brooklyn last week to promote his new live album out now on his old label Kill Rock Stars…