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New Album Releases for March 2012

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Here’s the new album releases for March 2012.

The Decemberists Announce First Live Album “We All Raise Our Voices To The Air”

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The Decemberists will release their first live album, We All Raise Our Voices To The Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11), on March 13, 2012. The double album will contain twenty live tracks recorded during stops on the band’s 2011 Popes of Pendarvia World Tour, including shows at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Stubb’s BBQ in Austin, Marymoor Amphitheatre in Seattle, [...]

The Head and The Heart Announce Tour

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Seattle’s The Head & The Heart give Americana singer/songwriting a big ol’ group hug. Their style has been compared to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, though there are some obvious modern influences present. Whatever the inspiration, the group has made astounding leaps and bounds since the release of their self-titled debut on Sub Pop, and [...]

Twenty Best Albums of 2011

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20. Clan of Xymox – Darkest Hour The progenitors of Dutch darkwave, Clan of Xymox are now in the third decade of their existence – a spectacular feat by most standards. To consistently produce quality albums within those thirty years, that is even more spectacular. But it seems that Ronny Moorings and company have surpassed [...]

Decemberists' Frontman Teams With Wife To Create Series of Children's Novels

Decemberists’ frontman Colin Meloy and his illustrator wife Carson Ellis, are teaming up to work on a series of adventure novels for children entitled Wildwood. The first book is due out in fall 2011 via publishing powerhouse HarperCollins. The Wildwood series deals with “adventure, magic, and danger, set in an alternate version of modern-day Portland, [...]

Decemberists’ Frontman Teams With Wife To Create Series of Children’s Novels

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Decemberists’ frontman Colin Meloy and his illustrator wife Carson Ellis, are teaming up to work on a series of adventure novels for children entitled Wildwood. The first book is due out in fall 2011 via publishing powerhouse HarperCollins. The Wildwood series deals with “adventure, magic, and danger, set in an alternate version of modern-day Portland, [...]