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Lollapalooza 2009 Was For The Kids

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By Mike McCann (CHARTattack) August 14, 2009 3:54 pm
Festivals like last weekend's Lollapalooza are supposed to be irresistible to music fiends. You know, like Yogi Bear can't say no to a picnic basket. I attended the first seven Lollas back when it was a) a traveling carnival and b) more culturally relevant, so I've struggled the last few years between wanting to go to the new "destination...
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Decemberists' Hazards Makes Sense In Concert

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By Zack Vitiello (CHARTattack) August 4, 2009 4:23 pm
By now we all know The Decemberists' most recent release, The Hazards Of Love, was first conceived as a stage-piece. Unsure of its plausibility, however, Colin Meloy and company slated the hefty record as a "rock opera" — a convoluted story of two doomed lovers and the evil forces working against them. While Hazards is an interesting...
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Osheaga 2009 Showcases La Roux, New Wavers

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By Erik Leijon (CHARTattack) August 4, 2009 2:32 pm
It's a combination of the long lineups, the omnipresent enclosures, rigid schedules and overpriced wares, but nothing awakens my animalistic tendencies quite  like Osheaga, Montreal's massive weekend musical bash. It's not really a "music and arts festival" because a festival would imply there's some sort of cultural celebration...
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The Decemberists — The Hazards Of Love

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By Jen White (CHARTattack) March 27, 2009 3:24 pm
The Hazards Of Love was first conceived as a musical, but when Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy realized the impossibility of bringing the story to the stage without changing his compositions, he reconfigured them into a rock opera. It became the Portland, Ore. quintet's fifth album. Born of his recent obsession with the British folk revival of...
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Crowd Participation Key To Decemberists Show

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By Shehzaad Jiwani (CHARTattack) November 8, 2006 5:00 pm
Upon listening to any song by The Decemberists, you're immediately whisked away to a fairytale land full of pirates, giant whales, princesses and other fantastic creatures. You'd be forgiven, then, if you were a little surprised at the simple stage set-up the band employed at the Kool Haus on Monday night, especially considering their latest...
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The Decemberists — The Crane Wife

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) October 3, 2006 10:26 am
This record had the potential to be an Oasis Be Here Now-like disaster. The Decemberists' major label debut is positively jam-packed with music, and I don't use the expression lightly. Two songs — TWO! — clock in at more than 11 minutes, and most tracks bottom out around the five-minute mark. But Colin Meloy is a lot smarter than Liam and Noel...
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The Decemberists announce the release of a two-disc live album

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By Maxim Morin (CHARTattack) January 12, 2012 6:01 pm
The Decemberists have announced the release of their first live album on March 13th via Capitol Records entitled We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11). Last year was a busy one for the folk band from Portland with the release of The King is Dead LP, Long Live The King EP and even an iTunes session to boot. It seems as though...
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I Read The News Today... For July 22, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 22, 2011 3:28 pm
Bush have released their new "The Sound Of Winter" single, and it's like Bush Lite. C'mon, Gavin, where's the anger from Sixteen Stone? Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy's releasing a children's book called Wildwood on Aug. 30. Carson Ellis, his wife, did the illustrations. You can read the first four chapters by clicking "Like" on the book's...
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I Read The News Today... For July 19, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 19, 2011 4:57 pm
Ohbijou are going to spend the early part of the fall touring eastern Canada in support of their upcoming Metal Meets album. There will probably be nothing metal about any of the songs they'll play at the gigs, but hey. Camp Radio, a supergroup of sorts featuring producer Dave Draves (Kathleen Edwards, Gentleman Reg), are set to release their...
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The Decemberists Ask: "What Is Americana, Really?"

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 15, 2011 2:56 pm
Meeting one of your heroes is always a thrilling experience, but actually sitting with them and working on a project must be something else entirely.The Decemberists found themselves in that situation when they recorded this year's The King Is Dead, and R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck came in to the studio to contribute guitar to three songs. We...
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Video Of The Day: The Decemberists' "This Is Why We Fight"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 20, 2011 10:13 am
I don't know if The Decemberists' video for "This Is Why We Fight" is meant to be a comment on the idiocies of war, or how awful child soldiery is, but it's an incredibly serious production in any case. A bunch of kids dressed up in 18th and 19th century military clothing fight on the battlefield, while they're driven on by angry adults telling...
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Decemberists Member Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 4, 2011 4:19 pm
Oh, (breast) cancer, up yours! Breast cancer already claimed the life of former X-Ray Spex frontwoman Poly Styrene last week, and now it's the reason Decemberists accordionist and keyboardist Jenny Conlee will have to take time off touring with her bandmates. Conlee was diagnosed with breast cancer about a month ago, but according to a post on The...
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Decemberists Consider Taking A Break

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) April 12, 2011 11:31 am
The word "hiatus" has prompted freak-outs amongst fans before, since some people apparently do not know what it means. (We're looking at you, Fall Out Boy fans.) So we're not going to use the word "hiatus" from this point on in this article. At all.We will tell you, however, that The Decemberists are contemplating taking "a self-imposed two-year...
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I Read The News Today... For March 8, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 8, 2011 3:33 pm
The New Pornographers are among those playing the inaugural Festival For Humanity from May 27 to 30 in Vernon, N.J. Other illustrious acts on the bill include Third Eye Blind and... Soul Asylum. What is this, 1996? —festivalforhumanity.com Surprise! Daniel Victor's Neverending White Lights are back. Victor and company are playing two shows at...
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Song Of The Day: The Decemberists' "Cuyahoga" (R.E.M. Cover)

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) February 14, 2011 1:23 pm
The Decemberists recently stopped by Los Angeles radio station KCRW to do a session for its Morning Becomes Eclectic show. Much has been written about how much their new The King Is Dead album is influenced by R.E.M. (Peter Buck even played on the LP), so it was only appropriate that Colin Meloy and company covered R.E.M.'s "Cuyahoga," from that...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 26, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 26, 2011 3:54 pm
A special fundraiser's being held for Bruce Peninsula's Neil Haverty, who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. Toronto's Music Gallery will host the day-long event on Saturday, and funds raised will go to Haverty and his family to help him treat his illness and recover. —brucetrails.blogspot.com Here's something that's a bit weird, but not at the...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 3, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 3, 2011 4:50 pm
CNN called The New Pornographers "the best band you didn't listen to this year but should have" in their Best And Worst of 2010 New Year's Eve special. —LiveDashKanye West + Muppets = awesome. Video evidence: Cancer Bats might be a bunch of guys in skinny jeans screaming into microphones and headbanging, but they also like... sports. And...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 8, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 8, 2010 2:02 pm
Pittsburgh has declared Dec. 7 "Greg Gillis Day" (it's now a public holiday!) in honour of Girl Talk, who calls the city home. Excuse me, Rob Ford, where is our Rush Day in Toronto? Don't worry, you'll like Rush — their lyrics read like Ayn Rand novels. —The Pitt News Richard Ashcroft has made the United Nations Of Sound's new single, "Are...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 16, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 16, 2010 3:12 pm
Silverstein have signed with Universal Music and will release a new EP, Transitions, on Dec. 7 through the label. Their next full-length album will come out in the spring. Here's a trailer: Jason Collett's fourth annual Basement Revue series will return to Toronto's Dakota Tavern on Tuesdays this December. Previous guests and performers...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 2, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 2, 2010 1:47 pm
Said The Whale, Aidan Knight and Kyprios are among those who've won awards as part of Vancouver's 100.5 The Peak FM's 2010 PEAK Performance Project. Knight came fifth in the top five, and wins $5,000, while Greg Sczebel takes the fourth-place prize of $10,000. Kyprios, Said The Whale and Vince Vaccaro came third, second and first, though their...
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