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Jun 23, 2009
The Decemberists | News 06.23.09
Point of Order:
• Two final shows for Phase 2 of The "A Short Fazed Hovel" Tour announced!
Adored Mailing List Recipients,
As Phase One of The "A Short Fazed Hovel" Tour 2009 erodes into a flicker of memory (can one really say it even happened? What evidence exists?), we Decemberists are soldiering ever forward, here announcing the final two shows of Phase Two left to be made public:
Thursday, August 6th at the Metro, Chicago, IL (Official Lollapalooza Kick-off Party). With Heartless Bastards.
Thursday, August 13th at the Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY. With Heartless Bastards.
The pre-sale for these shows is currently underway at http://decemberists.tickets.musictoday.com/
General on-sale for the Chicago show is Saturday, June 27th at NOON, local time.
General on-sale for the Buffalo show is Friday, June 26th at 10 am local time.
The Chicago show will be an all-request show. Look to a future email from us for details on how to make your request heard, registered and applied!
For those of you new to the list, here's the full list of the "A Short Fazed Hovel" Tour 2009 Phase 2:
July 17 Seattle, WA, Marymoor Park with Andrew Bird and Blind Pilot
July 18-19 Portland, OR, Edgefield Winery with Andrew Bird and Blind Pilot
July 21-22 Vancouver, BC, Vogue Theater with Blind Pilot
August 1 Newport, RI, Newport Folk Festival
August 2 Montreal, QUE, Osheaga Music & Arts Festival
August 3 Toronto, ONT, Kool Haus with Heartless Bastards
August 5 Madison, WI, Orpheum Theater with Heartless Bastards
August 6 Chicago, IL, Metro with Heartless Bastards
August 7 Chicago, IL, Lollapalooza
August 8 Indianapolis, IN, Murat Theater with Heartless Bastards
August 10 Louisville, KY, W.L. Lyons Brown Theater with Blind Pilot
August 11 Detroit, MI, Royal Oak Theater with Heartless Bastards
August 13 Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Center for the Arts with Heartless Bastards
August 14 Pittsburgh, PA, Byham Theater with Heartless Bastards
August 15 Schwenksville, PA, Philadelphia Folk Festival
August 16 Holyoke, MA, Mountain Park with Heartless Bastards
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Jun 16, 2009
The Decemberists | News 06.16.09
Point of Order:
• A Short Fazed Hovel Tour Comes to Western Massachusetts!
• "Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid" Song of the Day at KEXP
Adored Mailing List Recipients,
As Phase One of A Short Fazed Hovel Tour wraps up this weekend in Minneapolis, the concrete is nearly set for Phase Two. We'll be announcing two more shows next week (hint: one of the cities we're playing rhymes with Garofalo). Today, we are pleased to announce that The Decemberists will be playing Mountain Park in Holyoke, Massachusetts on Sunday, August 16th. The Heartless Bastards will open. A presale is currently underway at http://decemberists.tickets.musictoday.com and tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, June 19 at 10 am at http://www.iheg.com/mountain_park_main.asp. Check out full tour date information at http://decemberists.com/tour.aspx.
Also, for those of you that are dipping your toe in the Hazards of Love water one track at a time (for god's sake, jump in already), our friends at KEXP in Seattle will be featuring "The Wanting Comes in Waves/Repaid" as their Song of the Day this Friday, June 19. Subscribe to the KEXP Song of the Day podcast here: http://www.kexp.org/podcast_songoftheday.xml
Yours,
The Decemberists
www.decemberists.com
twitter.com/thedecemberists
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Jun 12, 2009
Decemberists' Bonnaroo set webcast!
Catch the Bonnaroo webcast of The Decemberists LIVE from Manchester, Tennessee on Friday, June 12th at 7:00pm central at http://music.att.net.
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May 12, 2009
The Decemberists | News 05.12.09
Point of Order:
• A Short Fazed Hovel Tour comes to Pittsburgh!
• A live "After the Bombs" can be found on Causes 2 benefit album
• The Decemberists to appear on The Tonight Show Thursday night, and then...
• ...Morning Becomes Eclectic this Friday morning
Adored Mailing List Recipients,
This e-missive is being penned as The Decemberists wrap up rehearsals in Portland for A Short Fazed Hovel Tour, beginning next week in Los Angeles!
This week's New Show Award goes to The Byham Theatre in Pittsburgh. The Decemberists will be playing there with The Heartless Bastards on Friday, August 14th. A presale is currently underway at http://decemberists.tickets.musictoday.com and tickets go on sale to the public this Friday, May 15 at 10 am at http://pgharts.org.
The Decemberists have donated a song - "After the Bombs" from a performance at Chicago's Vic Theatre in the fall of 2007 - to the Causes 2 benefit album. 100% of the profits from the album go to Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontiéres and Oxfam America. The album also includes rare and exclusive songs from some great artists: LCD Soundsystem, My Morning Jacket, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Gnarls Barkley, Devendra Banhart, Diplo, Federico Aubele, Matthew Dear, Mum, Neon Neon, RJD2, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kinds, and several others. We encourage everyone to pick up a copy and help support these worthy organizations: http://www.waxploitation.com/buycauses.
The band performs twice - on television and online - towards the end of this week. The Decemberists perform "The Wanting Comes in Waves / Repaid" on The Tonight Show THIS Thursday night at 11:35 pm / 10:35 pm ct. Then the band arises at dawn to visit KCRW, where they'll perform a short set on the morning show, Morning Becomes Eclectic. If you don't live in the L.A. area, you can hear the set streamed online at http://kcrw.com at 11:15 am Pacific time this Friday, May 15.
See you soon! Check out full tour date information at http://decemberists.com/tour.aspx.
Yours,
The Decemberists
www.decemberists.com
twitter.com/thedecemberists
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Apr 17, 2009
The Decemberists | News 04.17.09
Point of Order:
• Sales ongoing for Phase Two of The "A Short Fazed Hovel" Tour 2009
• The Decemberists play the Newport Folk Festival's 50 year anniversary!
• Record Store Day TOMORROW
Adored Mailing List Recipients,
People! Listen up! The on-sale date for many of The "A Short Fazed Hovel" Tour 2009 (Phase Two) shows are imminent! Look to the list below for your applicable date/city, keeping in mind that all on-sale times are local. On these dates, as on all of the "Hovel" Tour, the band will be performing their latest LP, The Hazards of Love, in its entirety for one set, then returning for a second set of mixed-bag favorites. Please head to The Decemberists tour date page for show and ticket details and links.
7/17 Marymoor Park, Seattle - On sale tomorrow 4/18 at 10 AM
7/21-22 The Vogue, Vancouver - On sale tomorrow 4/18 at 10 AM
8/3 - Kool Haus, Toronto - On sale now
8/5 - Orpheum, Madison - On sale tomorrow 4/18 at 10 AM
8/8 - Murat Egyptian Room - On sale now
8/10 - Brown Theatre, Louisville - On sale NEXT Friday 4/24 at 10 AM
8/11 - Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit - On sale now
In other news, it's The Decemberists supreme honor to announce their inclusion in the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Folk Festival (né George Wein's FOLK FESTIVAL 50) July 31 - August 2. Check out the details at www.folkfestival50.com. Caveat: The Decemberists have demanded that they will only perform on the condition that those weird, spherical microphones are in use: http://www.rabbireport.com/archives/2007/10/21/OtherSide.jpg.
Record Store Day is tomorrow! In celebration of this auspicious day, the Decemberists are releasing a 7" single: "The Rake's Song b/w East India Lanes." Go support your local independent record store!
Yours,
The Decemberists
www.decemberists.com
twitter.com/thedecemberists
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Apr 13, 2009
The Decemberists | News 04.13.09
Point of Order:
• Dates from Phase 2 of The "A Short Fazed Hovel" Tour 2009 announced!
• Decemberists return to The Colbert Report, April 27th!
• Check out the brand new Decemberists Downloads Shop
• The Decemberists' D-Luxe Message Board - now with extra sturdiness
Adored Mailing List Recipients,
For those of you who have been plotting a permanent move to one of the cities on Phase 1 of The "A Short Phased Hovel" in order to see your Beloved Decemberists in Concert, we have some news for you! Below, you'll find listed SOME dates of Phase 2 of The "A Short Fazed Hovel" Tour 2009 -- and we are playing YOUR TOWN*!
The dates:
6/20: Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN ("Rock the Garden" w/ Calexico, Yeasayer and Solid Gold)
7/17: Marymoor Amphitheater, Redmond, WA (with Andrew Bird and Blind Pilot)
7/18: Edgefield Amphitheater, Troutdale, OR (with Andrew Bird and Blind Pilot)
7/19: Edgefield Amphitheater, Troutdale, OR (with Andrew Bird and Blind Pilot)
7/21: Vogue Theater, Vancouver BC (with Blind Pilot)
7/22: Vogue Theater, Vancouver BC (with Blind Pilot)
8/02: Parc Jean-Drapeau, Montreal, QC (Osheaga Festival)
8/03: Kool Haus, Toronto ON (with Heartless Bastards)
8/05: Orpheum Theater, Madison WI (with Heartless Bastards)
8/08: Murat Egyptian Room, Indianapolis, IN (with Heartless Bastards)
8/10: W.L Lyons Brown Theater, Louisville, KY (with Blind Pilot)
8/11: Royal Oak Music Theatre, Royal Oak MI (with Heartless Bastards)
Presale currently underway HERE: http://decemberists.tickets.musictoday.com/Decemberists/calendar.aspx
Tickets go on sale to the public for newly-announced headline concerts beginning Friday, April 17 at 10 AM.
To see complete dates for The "A Short Fazed Hovel" Tour 2009, see http://www.decemberists.com/tour.aspx. More dates to follow in the coming weeks.
The Decemberists are thrilled to announce Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3 as support for the following shows: NYC, Philadelphia, Boston, and Columbia. The Venus 3 includes Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and Bill Rieflin, or as Robyn puts it, "3/4ths of the Minus 5 and half of R.E.M." The Heartless Bastards will be playing a handful of shows with us in August.
It's common knowledge that the Decemberists' arch-nemesis, a certain Stephen Colbert, robbed guitarist Chris Funk of his rightful mantle of "Shreddiest in the West" during the much-touted Guitarmageddon of 2006. On April 27th, The Decemberists will be returning to Mr. Colbert's cable television program to redeem themselves. Or at least to have a pleasant interview with the host and play a song from their new LP, The Hazards of Love. It remains to be said whether or not Colin Meloy will command his legion twitter followers (125,000 and growing) against Mr Colbert's relatively weaker armada (a mere 75K or so) in a earth-scorching battle-to-end-all-battles. Pick your side and enlist by following either twitter.com/colinmeloy or twitter.com/stephenathome.
Speaking of things online, The Decemberists have, with the release of The Hazards of Love, broken the proverbial champagne bottle over their brand new Online Download Store. Why buy our records from here rather than through other online outlets? Easy: you can support the band directly this way, you can bundle your purchase with a t-shirt, and you can choose to buy the download as a 320 kbps mp3 or as a FLAC lossless file -- they're better quality files than you'll find anywhere else. Check it out at: http://www.decemberistsshop.com/downloads.html. For those of you who still choose to consume music in a format that you can rest your coffee cup on, buy CDs and vinyl at http://www.decemberistsshop.com/zencart/.
The Decemberists' D-Luxe Message Board, the be-all-end-all place to discuss Decemberists related esoterica, has moved to a server that will better accommodate the fiery dialogues that go on there. Join the fray at http://orate.decemberists.com.
That's it!
Yours,
The Decemberists
www.decemberists.com
*provided your town is one of the listed.
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Mar 24, 2009
The Decemberists | News 03.24.09
Point of Order:
• The Hazards of Love available everywhere today!
• Digital booklet for The Hazards of Love available here
• Record signing at Music Millennium in Portland tonight!
• Two shows at Edgefield Amphitheater in Troutdale, Oregon -- on sale now!
• Colin sings on the new Robyn Hitchcock record!
Adored Mailing List Recipients,
As tow-headed, flower-garlanded Persephone ducks a peek out of Hades, casually popping a white earbud from a freckled ear and listening for the sounds of Spring, we Decemberists are incredibly pleased to present to you our new LP, The Hazards of Love, which is available in discriminating record stores and digital outlets everywhere RIGHT NOW. And while the Decemberists support listening to the record at your own speed, on your own time, it's no secret that the lyric booklet is a helpful guide to the world laid out in The Hazards of Love. Download a PDF of the booklet at http://www.decemberists.com/downloads.aspx and dig in!
For those of you who are still keen on owning something tangible, the Decemberists will be on hand in person to sign vinyl or CD copies of the record at the Music Millennium in SE Portland (http://www.buymusichere.net/stores/musicmillennium/) tonight (3/24) from 6 to 8 pm pst.
Speaking of our lovely, gray Portland: we Decemberists will be playing two shows with the inimitable Andrew Bird and the able-bodied Blind Pilot at the Edgefield Amphitheater in Troutdale, OR. Tickets are on sale now at http://www.ticketmaster.com/venue/123048/
And: check out the new release by Robyn Hitchcock and the Venus 3, Goodnight Oslo: http://www.yeproc.com/news.php?articleId=5847 A tacit agreement was made between Colin and Robyn: that Robyn would agree to play on The Hazards of Love and Colin would, in return, live out his life-long dream and sing on a Robyn Hitchcock record. Colin says, "As a life-long (or at least since I was 12) fan of Robyn, I have to say that Goodnight Oslo ranks with the best of Robyn's records."
Yours,
The Decemberists
www.decemberists.com
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Mar 20, 2009
The Hazards of Love full album stream
The new album is streaming today at http://www.imeem.com/ewcom. And don't forget the album is out now on itunes: http://links.emi.com/gwwb91m
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Mar 18, 2009
The Decemberists | News 03.18.09
Point of Order:
. NPR broadcast of the Decemberists' SXSW show tonight!
. The Hazards of Love available now on iTunes!
. Pre-sale for Edgefield shows ends FRIDAY
Adored Mailing List Recipients,
Another brilliant sun rises on the stucco'd pavilions of Austin, TX; another swarm of robot armadillos flies from their unseen cubbies to wash the streets clean of the beer, vomit and soggy discarded halter tops. O, SXSW.
So let us politely remind you that NPR will be broadcasting The Decemberists' performance in Austin tonight as they play their new record The Hazards of Love in its entirety. Check it out at 12 midnight (central time) at http://www.npr.org/music/sxsw/.
The Hazards of Love is also available NOW on iTunes worldwide as a special pre-release: http://www.itunes.com/thedecemberists/thehazardsoflove. It is also available in deluxe 180 gram vinyl in select indie stores. Hooray! The record will be available everywhere on CD, vinyl and all digital formats on March 24th.
And for those of you in the Portland area currently being drubbed with sheets of dull gray rain, remember that Summer will eventually arrive. Proof: the pre-sale for tickets to our two shows July 18 and 19 at the Edgefield Amphitheater (with very special guests Andrew Bird and Blind Pilot) in scenic Troutdale, OR is currently on at http://decemberists.tickets.musictoday.com -- but ends just before the public onsale this Saturday at 10 am (when they'll be on sale at http://www.ticketmaster.com/.) Full show information can be found on the Decemberists web site.
And that's it for now!
Yours,
The Decemberists
www.decemberists.com
p.s. Colin tweets! www.twitter.com/colinmeloy
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Mar 13, 2009
THE HAZARDS OF LOVE Listening Sessions
We Decemberists would like you to know that a few select cafés, bars, and indie record stores in Boston, San Francisco, Sacramento, Kansas City, State College, DC, Eugene, Seattle, Knoxville, Louisville, Chicago, Berkeley, LA, Austin, and Portland are hosting listening sessions of the record. The Decemberists themselves will be at the Music Millennium in glorious SE Portland on the 24th from 6 to 8 pm to sign copies of the record.The full list can be found below:
BOSTON, MA – PARADISE LOUNGE – MARCH 19
7pm
Paradise Lounge
967 Commonwealth Ave
Boston, MA 02215
SAN FRANCISCO, CA– CAFÉ DU NORD – MARCH 20
6pm
Café Du Nord
2170 Market St
San Francisco, CA 94114
SACRAMENTO, CA - COFFEE GARDEN - MARCH 20
6pm
Coffee Garden
2904 Franklin Blvd
Sacramento, CA 95818
KANSAS CITY, MO - RECORD BAR - MARCH 20
6-9 pm
Record Bar
1020 Westport Rd.
Kansas City, MO 64111
STATE COLLEGE, PA - CITY LIGHT RECORDS - MARCH 23
5pm
City Lights Records
316 E. College Ave
State College, PA 16801
WASHINGTON, DC– HIPPODROME – MARCH 23
Time TBA
Hippodrome
800 21st St, NW
5th Floor
Washington, DC 20052
EUGENE, OR –CD WORLD– MARCH 23
7pm
CD World
3215 W. 11th Ave
Eugene, OR 97402
SEATTLE, WA - EASY STREET (MERCER LOCATION) - MARCH 23
11pm
*FOLLOWED BY MIDNIGHT ALBUM SALE*
Easy Street
20 Mercer Street
Seattle, WA 98109
KNOXVILLE, TN - Disc Exchange - MARCH 23
7:30pm
Disc Exchange
2615 Chapman Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37920
LOUISVILLE, TN - Ear X-Tacy - MARCH 23
6pm
Ear X-Tacy
1534 Bardstown Road
Louisville, KY 40205
CHICAGO, IL – THE DARKROOM – MARCH 24
10pm
Darkroom
2210 W. Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
BERKELEY, CA– RASPUTIN’S RECORDS – MARCH 24
3pm
Rasputin’s Berkeley
2401Telegraph Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704
LOS ANGELES, CA– THE PRESS – MARCH 24
9pm
The Press
129 Harvard Ave
Claremont, CA 91711
PORTLAND, OR–MUSIC MILLENIUM– MARCH 24
6-8pm
*THE BAND WILL BE SIGNING HERE*
Music Millenium
3158 E. Burnside
Portland, OR 97214
SEATTLE, WA -SONIC BOOM (BALLARD LOCATION) - MARCH 24
7pm
SonicBoom
2209 Market St NW
Seattle, WA 98107
SEATTLE, WA -SILVER PLATTERS - MARCH 24
6pm
Silver Platters
701 5th Ave N
Seattle, WA 98108
LOS ANGELES, CA - FINGERPRINTS - MARCH 24
7pm
Fingerprints
4612 E, 2nd St #B
Long Beach, CA 90803
AUSTIN, TX -WATERLOO - MARCH 24
7pm
Waterloo Records
600-A North Lamar
Austin, TX 78703
NASHVILLE, TN - Grimey’s -MARCH 24
5pm
Grimey's
1604 8thAvenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
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