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  The Decemberists Score Springfield's Hipsterfication on 'The Simpsons'

  December 10, 2012 – In Sunday night's episode of The Simpsons, "The Day The Earth Stood Cool," Homer went hipster after meeting a goateed food truck proprietor played by none other than Portlandia's Fred Armisen. …
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  Decemberists Cover R.E.M., Pretenders LP + More

  February 14, 2011 – The Decemberists recently dropped by L.A. radio station KCRW to perform a stripped-down 45-minute acoustic set, which includes a cover of R.E.M.'s "Cuyahoga." Watch the full show below. Chrissie Hynde hopes to work on a new Pretenders record after wrapping sessions for her side-project J.P, Chrissie and the Fairground Boys. It'll be the band's first album since their 2008 comeback Break Up the Concrete. …
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  Hear Two New Eminem Tracks & More

  November 16, 2010 – Two new Eminem tracks have hit the web — including a T.I collaboration. "Living Proof" features Em teaming up with his ex-D12 bandmate Royce Da 5'9" while "All She Wants" features the MC trading rhymes with T.I. The Decemberists will hit the road in January to support their new album, The King Is Dead. …
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  Colin Meloy On Decemberists "Simple" New Album

  November 11, 2010 – On the Decemberists' last album The Hazards of Love, Colin Meloy took the band's music as big as it could go, with an over-the-top, 17-part prog-rock opus. So it's logical that their upcoming sixth record The King Is Dead (due in January) heads in the opposite direction. "I feel like we had definitely gone as far into the conceptual realm as we could go with songwriting," the frontman tells SPIN.com. …
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  Decemberists Extend Fall Tour

  July 27, 2009 – The Decemberists have added 14 shows to their U.S. tour behind The Hazards of Love, the Portland, OR, band's latest album. The new run of gigs will kick off September 20 in Burlington, VT, and conclude in San Francisco Oct 18. The group will continue playing the theatrical new album in its entirety. …
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  Neko Case, Decemberists, Fleet Foxes Play Folk Festival 50

  April 17, 2009 – Founders of the Newport Folk Festival, the Rhode Island concert series where Bob Dylan infamously switched to electric instruments in 1965, will celebrate the event's 50th anniversary this July with a special weekend dubbed Folk Festival 50 -- and the genre's finest, from Pete Seeger to Fleet Foxes, are joining the party! The annual concert's lineup spans generations, featuring young folkies such as the Decemberists, Neko Case, the Ave …
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  Decemberists to Perform Entire New Album on Spring Tour

  February 9, 2009 – Touring large theaters for 16 dates in May and June, Colin Meloy will lead his merry band the Decemberists through all 17 songs from their March release, The Hazards of Love, which tells the story of two star-crossed lovers and their interactions with a variety of fairy tale creatures. …
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