Whether it's Radiohead, Justice or Kanye West, lots of artists have used children's choirs in their music and it can have the effect of sounding uplifting, cute, anthemic or just plain creepy. The Langley Schools Music Project album, Innocence & Despair showed that's even possible to maintain the concept for an entire album and still be fascinating. Sigur Rós are the latest to use a children's choir in their gorgeous track "Varúð" (translation: "Caution") from their upcoming sixth LP, Valtari , and it inspired me to make a mix of some of my [...]
Song: " Red Right Ankle " Artist: The Decemberists Album: Her Majesty, the Decemberists Year: 2003 Download The Decemberists - "Red Right Ankle".mp3 This is the story of your red right ankle And how it came to meet your leg And how the muscle, bone, and sinews tangled And how the skin was softly shed And how it whispered "Oh, [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Sounds like: Not Waving But Drowning, The Decemberists Song: Pearl And The Beard - Sweetness [download here ] What's so good? [...]
5 Songs is a weekly series where we point out the strange, the grand, and the unique connections between our favorite songs. Let's get weird. Words by Chris *Movie trailer voice* In a world with Grassy knoll. Bunker Hill. Hippie Hill. Mulberry Hill. Now Draw Us Lines will thrill you where no one is safe and only the brave will survive and nothing can stop it and hold on tight this summer [...]
Reviewing a live album is an inherently difficult thing to do, because it goes without saying that anyone seeking out live recordings of a band is likely already a fan. And if you're a fan, you're probably going to have an idea of what the group sounds like already, and which songs you like, and so it really comes down to whether the performances live up to one's expectations. Mind you, it can also be difficult when the reviewer is not a fan of the artist, or is simply familiar with them on nothing more than an average level. [...]
Reviewing a live album is an inherently difficult thing to do, because it goes without saying that anyone seeking out live recordings of a band is likely already a fan. And if you're a fan, you're probably going to have an idea of what the group sounds like already, and which songs you like, and so it really comes down to whether the performances live up to one's expectations. Mind you, it can also be difficult when the reviewer is not a fan of the artist, or is simply familiar with them on nothing more than an average level. [...]
Deciding to cast aside the wonkier folk-prog pretensions that conjured dreams of 17 song suites and nightmares of Jethro Tull comparisons, The King is Dead is far and away the most inviting record The Decemberists have ever made. It also contains the best collection of melodies on any 2011 album. Sounding like a more lucid REM in their prime, songs like "January Hymn", "All Arise", "Dear Avery" and "June Hymn" all sound like instant classics. A panoply of song indeed. The Decemberists - "January Hymn" (from [...]
Have you had a chance to hear these songs yet? You are such a liar. I can't believe you have turned my blog into a house of lies. Paul Weller - That Dangerous Age Real Estate - Blue Lebaron The Decemberists - One Engine Dirty Projectors - Gun Has No Trigger Also, please support one of my favorite bands, The Secret History. They have a new single, "Sergio", up at their bandcamp site [...]
The traffic was back to normal last night and the show went off without a hitch. It's chock full of new music from the likes of McDougall, The Grand Tetons, The Parlor Soldiers, Lucero and Arliss Nancy. I also played a fantastic track off the new Counting Crows album that's a cover of Kasey Anderson's "Like Teenage Gravity" which is immediately followed by a track off Kasey's upcoming album. So good? I thought so, so put your ears on the archived stream of the show . Also, next week's show is the marathon show. Ninebullets [...]
The Decemberists : The Mariner's Revenge Song [ purchase ] I wrote previously about seeing Richard Thompson in England with my family. A few years later, we took our second, and to date, last, family European trip to Amsterdam. One of the highlights was seeing The Decemberists at the Paradiso, a legendary club that holds about 1500 people, standing, in a former church. The Stones, U2, Prince, The Police, Bowie and Pink Floyd have all played this relatively small, but wonderful, venue. The Decemberists were [...]
Colin Meloy está oficialmente se juntando ao clube dos workaholics da música, já frequentado por Damon Albarn e Jack White , entre outros. O frontman do The Decemberists acabou de lançar, com sua excelente banda folk, um disco duplo ao vivo (confira nossa opinião sobre We all raise our voices to the air aqui ), e já retornou para o mundo literário com a continuação de sua saga infanto-juvenil Wildwood, feita em parceria com sua esposa Carson Ellis, ilustradora renomada responsável por todas as capas de álbuns do The Decemberists [...]
Visit Indie Shuffle to download. Song: The Rural Alberta Advantage - Frank, AB [download here ] What's so good? I'm currently road-tripping. Perhaps one of the best parts about doing that is sharing music with your fellow travellers. Case and point: when my friend [...]
Es ist immer wieder erstaunlich, wer mit wem irgendwie zusammenhängt. Berlin scheint ein musikalisches Unzuchts-Dorf zu sein. Überall teilen sich Musiker Gitarren und Schlagzeuge - von einer Band zur nächsten Band. Bei den Recherchen zum Wahl-Berliner James Cook wurden auch solche Parallelen offenbart. Bevor sich James Cook 2010 auf Solo-Pfade wagte, war er unter anderem beim Britisch-Berliner Indietronica-Projekt IAMX tätig. Wir erinnern uns noch mit leichtem Ohrwurm-Appeal an deren Hit "Think of England" ... Dort ist übrigens auch Tom Marsh als Drummer tätig... den man als Schlagzeug-Pionier auch schon bei [...]
Fifty years is a pretty long time by anyone's measure. If we look back at what's happened over the past 50 years, it suffices to say that the world has seen some pretty outstanding and some pretty radical changes and developments. And when was the last time we heard of a band reaching a 50th anniversary? Well, we can name one, and it's one that have put together a very special album to mark the occasion of their golden birthday, Dublin's The Chieftains . The Chieftains, one of the most celebrated traditional Irish [...]
After returning to relatively humble ambitions with their last studio album, The Decemberists have went triple-live gonzo with We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11–08.11), and the results should easily meet their fans expectations. And while its contents may not convert the dubious, it might at least provide them with a clue to what the fuss is about. A great many live records have been issued over the years by a diversity of pop and rock artists, and with a few notable exceptions, these documents generally serve two [...]
...is one that makes you appreciate/love songs that you didn't before. The Decemberists - We Both Go Down Together
The Decemberists We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 4.11-8.11) Capitol Records [2012] Fire Note Says: New live double album represents The Decemberists well. Album Review: If you have never seen The Decemberists live then We All Raise Our Voices To The Air will be a true treat as it captures the energy, musicianship and playful nature of a band that continues [...]
Por Bárbara Villoslada Después de 12 años de carrera y 8 discos en su haber, The Decemberists lanza su primer álbum en vivo bajo el nombre de We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) . Fue grabado el año pasado durante la gira presentación de su último trabajo de estudio The King is Dead (2011), pero también incluye temas de sus discos anteriores. El quinteto estadounidense [...]
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The Decemberists - We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11) Release date: March 13, 2012 Rock.
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