100b has not, in the past, been shy about our love of The Decemberists. With last month’s release of The Hazards Of Love, The Decemberists have five studio albums, plus numerous EPs, covers, and b-sides to their name. They’ve got a little of everything: humor, tragedy, history, odd characters, ballads, songs to shout along to, [...]
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Oopsy, I’m just just a teeny bit late with our run-down of March’s new releases, aren’t I? Nevermind, these albums are still worth mentioning even if it should’ve been, ahem, almost 2 weeks ago. So let’s start with the new 1990′s release, Kicks. I’m afraid I’m not hearing any big anthem-y numbers like “You Made [...]
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Only five days to go! The Decemberists – My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist
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15. The Long Blondes, Someone To Drive You Home essential tracks: “Giddy Stratospheres”, “Swallow Tattoo” We’d all been waiting for The Long Blondes’ debut album for so long, it was beginning to feel like it would never get to us. But, even though we’d all heard a lot of the [...]
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I got the most recent Decemberists album, Picaresque, about a year ago and, well, barely listened to it at all. So much time went by that I totally forgot about it. But then Tam bought us tickets to see them last month, and I pulled it out again. I thought I might have another listen [...]
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