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  Shins, Decemberists, Spurned Ben Gibbard: 3 Melancholy Gifts From Portland

  February 13, 2012 – While the music industry basked in Grammy afterglow today, Portland delivered three extremely Portland-y packages: Fresh off losing the Grammy for Best Rock Performance to the Foo Fighters, the Decemberists bounced back with their new song "One Engine," which will be included on the Hunger Games soundtrack, out March 20 (the film drops three days later). …
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  Decemberists Unveil Lengthily Titled Double Live LP

  January 12, 2012 – The Decemberists have long been at their best in a live setting, where they've been known to encourage dance competitions and singalongs before marching into the crowd to reenact "The Charge of the Light Brigade" — all in a hyperliterate night's work. …
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  The Decemberists, 'Long Live the King' (Capitol)

  November 1, 2011 – Given how clearly they modeled this year's chart-topping The King Is Dead on the early work of R.E.M., the Decemberists could've been expected to use this six-track EP to commemorate the ones they loved. Instead, the Portland veterans doff their tweed caps to the Grateful Dead; more surprising still, singer Colin Meloy resists stripping "Row Jimmy" of its funky longshoreman's shuffle. …
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  Decemberists Turn Out (Another) Great Murder Ballad

  October 24, 2011 – Here comes further proof that the Decemberists have regained their footing since 2009's ungainly don't-call-it-a-rock-opera The Hazards of Love. What the focused roots-rock of last year's The King Is Dead lacked in high-stakes derring-do, it more than made up for with 10 sharply written, Americana-tinged tunes. …
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  Decemberists' Jenny Conlee's Cancer Is in Remission

  October 21, 2011 – Jenny Conlee, keyboard and accordion player for the Decemberists, is in good health five months after the band announced she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer. Frontman Colin Meloy delivered the news via Twitter Thursday afternoon, writing, "For those of you wondering, saw Jenny this week; our girl's officially in remission! …
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  R.E.M. Classic Reissue, M. Ward Solo LP + More

  May 4, 2011 – R.E.M. will reissue their classic album Lifes Rich Pageant on July 2 on CD and limited-edition 180-gram vinyl. The set will come packaged with a 19-track bonus disc of unreleased songs dubbed "The Athens Demos," which were recorded in 1986. [Slicing Up Eyeballs] M. Ward will put She & Him and Monsters of Folk on hold in order to work on solo material. …
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  SNEAK PEEK: 10 Rock Musicals to Watch Out For

  April 21, 2011 – Green Day's Broadway version of American Idiot, which closes this week, has pleased audiences and grossed more than $38 million, so it's no wonder that artists like the Flaming Lips, the Decemberists, Regina Spektor, and Tom Waits are developing their own musical theatre projects to reach their fans. Of course, for every American Idiot there are fiascos like U2's Spider-Man or Bob Dylan's... thing. …
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  Early Kanye Leaks, Homme Joins Monkeys + More

  March 30, 2011 – Early Kanye West beats, reportedly from his pre-Def Jam days, have leaked online. Jensen Karp of hip-hop website The Hypemen discovered a CD labeled "Kanye West Beats" while rummaging through storage bins in his garage; the tracks are reportedly from 2001. A second disc of beats will be released on April 4. [DJ Booth] Arctic Monkeys tapped Josh Homme to sing on their upcoming June album Suck It and See. …
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  Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

  January 28, 2011 – Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold. That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! …
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  Tony Kanal Has Child, New Bright Eyes Tune + More

  January 27, 2011 – No Doubt's Tony Kanal and his wife Erin Lokitz gave birth to a baby girl, named Coco Reese Lakshmi Kanal, on January 24. "Mom, Dad, and Baby are happy and in love," Kanal posted on the band's website. [No Doubt's Official Site] Download "Haile Selassie," the second track from Bright Eyes' forthcoming album The People's Key, below. …
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