the decemberists

[tpfkabi]

Picaresque is great. I've gotten all three albums in the last month or so and love each one. They're playing in Dallas one week from today. I wondered if anyone has seen them live and how they were?

[xerxes]

i like them, they sound like pirates.

[Sigur Rós]

I like them too. Though I've only really listened to their new album. I like what's happening in the Canadian music scene.

[imawombat]

i haven't seen them live either, but have heard great things from my friends who have caught a show.

[A Matter Of Chance]

I really love these guys. I have tickets to their Boston show which is in May, and I am pretty excited.

[pete]

yay Boston.

[tpfkabi]

the show was pretty good.  they reproduce the records pretty much note for note. they played all of Picaresque except for Eli i believe. they played both the Mariner's Revenge Song and The Tain, so that was pretty cool. i hadn't heard the Tain before that, so that was a neat way to hear it. i bought the vinyl with 5 Songs/The Tain. now i'm wishing i had the Tain on CD though. since i own an actual recording i guess that entitles me to download mp3's legally, but unfortunately SoulSeek has changed up or something.

[deathnotronic]

This comes out tomorrow, no?

[tpfkabi]

This comes out tomorrow, no?

if you're referring to Picaresque, it came out two weeks ago or so in the US.

[deathnotronic]

Wow, was I off.

[deathnotronic]

Has anyone heard Colin Meloy's old band, Tarkio?

I just got an album of theirs tonight... it's really good.

[modage]

i like this album.  except for the 2 most piratey sounding songs (The Infanta and Mariners Revenge Song), which i usually have to skip.  the rest of it is good though.  my cousin had told me about them a few years ago and i think i downloaded a few songs off of Her Majesty and just could not get into it mostly because i couldnt stand the singers voice.  but i think the songs are strong enough for most of the new record that it doesnt bother me, and i guess i've also been listening to weirder stuff lately making this seem.... not so weird anymore.  my girlfriend remarked as the the REM similarities.

[Just Withnail]

I just adore these guys. I actually first heards of them through the Now Playing thread in Real-Life Soundtracks. Few bands have won me over as quick as the Decemberists. No one has mentioned their lyrics, and to ignore them would be a crime. Only Meloy could write a love song piratey, and a pirate song like a love song. Initially I was a tad dissapointed in Picaresque. It grew on me fast, but I'd still range both Castaways & Cutouts and Her Majesty over it.

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[Stefen]

I've hung out with them, they are gimicky as fuck. Turn off to the extreme.