With over ninety-something options vying for your attention from opening gates until the closing bell, making the most out of your day(s) at Bumbershoot definitely takes a little bit of planning. All the normal festival rules apply: pack light, wear layers, don't forget the sunscreen (and remember pace your drinking!)…. but on top of all […]
Most TIG readers realize that Colin Meloy knows his way with a fetching narrative whether in song (on oodles of albums by his band The Decemberists among others, including under his own name) or in memoir (his superb 33 1/3 book on The Replacements’ Let It Be, which has been unfairly lost in the shuffle […]
Let's start Thursday off with some free music and tweets, shall we? DECEMBERISTS NEWS 01.15.2009 Point of order: * "The Rake's Song" is available as a free download! * The Decemberists on World Cafe today * Colin is all a-twitter. Adored mailing list recipients, It is our utmost pleasure to offer you, dear Mailing List […]
Show Date: December 4, 2008
I hate Christmas. I love Winter Solstice. There's something to be said for the camaraderie in getting through the darkest time of year together, as a people, I mean. We hustle and bustle, and wrap little treasured trinkets up in scraps of fine paper for our friends; we string lights in the windows and the […]
Is this supposed to be a secret show, or something? I heard a little blurb about this show on KEXP the other morning, and thanks to imaginary Keenan, me and my +1 will be there with bells on… Woo! There's a no-photo policy this time around, but I'll be sure to lay the adjectives on […]
Show Date: May 2, 2008
Replete from all musical accompaniment save for his own voice and an acoustic guitar, Colin Meloy proved to be one of the few regarded figures missing from modern society–a true storyteller, full of conviction and speaking in the truth of human nature. While he was once a key entertainer and keeper of histories, the verbal […]
From the TIG Sparkly Indie-Pop Photos pool… Photo by Chona Kasinger, who stated, "It was fun watching those picks gradually disappear throughout the night."
Sometimes it is hard to tell what to make of live albums. A majority of the time they are either (a) fans-only affairs or (b) contract-fulfilling obligatory events. In both of those cases, they tend to be less than inspired, a sort of off-hand release that doesn't really add too much to the mystique of […]
I know, I know, I have been going on and on about The Breeders and their hot new record Mountain Battles, but when I pledge my undying love, it's true! As you may have read in the eloquent review of the record by Imaginary Ash, this record is better than I had even hoped for. […]
OK, this I need someone out here to confirm. Was anyone at the Decemberists show on Wednesday night at the Moore? Was Colin Meloy visibly drunk? I was at the Decemberists show on Thursday night and thought the band sounded better than any of the previous four times I had seen them. Meloy seemed his usual, […]
