
Before Friday night, I had never seen The Decemberists live and yes, I'm retro-actively kicking my own ass. In 2003, a friend introduced me to the Portland indie rock/baroque pop five piece, bestowing upon me Castaways and Cutouts and the then newly-released Her Majesty The Decemberists , though it wasn't until 2005's Picaresque that I really fell in love with The Decemberists ("The Mariner's Revenge Song" is still my favorite Decemberists song, and the bridge of "The Sporting Life" is my ringtone). I rolled into [...]