Tonight in Seattle:  

Colin Meloy

Decemberists: new song, NPR spot, and twitter

Download "The Rake's Song" and don't miss the Decemberists NPR spot today!

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Colin Meloy and Sean Nelson light up the night at UW

by Hot Avocados Photography

at UW Hub

A bath of singer-songwriters, warm orange halos, and insidious Northwest ache.

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Latest comment by: keenan dowers: "Oh man, it always kills me when Sean pulls back from the mic. That silhouette photo at the top is AMAZING!"

Colin Meloy with Sean Nelson tonight at the HUB

Full frontal PNW deliciousness! At a student center! With exclamation points!

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Latest comment by: Kirk: "Tim is thinking of the HUB Ballroom. That is where concerts in the HUB usually are. But the Auditorium is an actual auditorium, with a stage, theater seats, and excellent acoustics. "

Colin Meloy goes it alone

Colin Meloy photos by Chona Kasinger

at The Showbox

Near the back in the seating area, I watched as older couples fell in love over the spirits, both the ones you drink and the supernatural entities he had created, they too caught up in the twinkle.

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Latest comment by: imaginary dana: "I feel like I'm always writing this comment... but DAMN girl, these photos are GREAT!! Sounds like it was a great show. I've never heard of someone being a Colin Meloy fan but not a Decemberists fan... that was interesting to read. Anyone else have a ...

Flickr photo of the day: Colin Meloy

"It was fun watching those picks gradually disappear throughout the night."

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Latest comment by: Kyle Johnson: "chona rocks. and anyone who hasnt heard tarkio. needs to. that is all"

Colin Meloy — Colin Meloy Sings Live

Colin Meloy Sings Live
Colin Meloy is fun, charming and makes great "I need to get some work done" background fodder.

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Latest comment by: elle: "You know, I just could never get into the Decemberists. I can't put my finger on why, they just don't do it for me. But, my co-worker has a copy of Colin Meloy's live solo performance from NPR he did awhile ago and...wow. I could not stop listening for about a week ...

Release the Deals: New Releases From Easy Street Records

This week's new releases, featuring Colin Meloy, Foals, Jim Noir, Tapes N Tapes, and The Breeders.

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Latest comment by: JessicaSeattle: "Nice list! Although i confess my heart skipped a beat when i dyslexically misread "Futureheads" for "Featureds". (even though their new album was put out nowhere near Seattle & was self-released; it was a nice moment, nonetheless :-) Cannot wait to get ...

Was Colin Meloy drunk for the Decemberists shows this week?

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.
But I need someone out here to confirm something about Wednesday's show.

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Latest comment by: Imaginary Mimi: ""I Was Meant for the Stage" is very frequently a song they do for an encore that goes on FORever. It's really cute, actually. In 2005, I think Seattle was the last stop before they got off one of their 27 million tours and they jammed on that one for at least ...

Colin Meloy on Comedy Central's Lil Bush tonight at 10:30p

Colin Meloy is taking on the role of Jeb Bush in Comedy Central's Lil Bush. He has now joined the ranks of past noteworthy Lil Bush participants like Frank Black, Dave Grohl and Jeff Tweedy - with Iggy Pop rumored to play Donald Rumsfeld in the near future.

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Latest comment by: ChrisB: "I watched the first episode and didn't think it was terribly funny, so I haven't watched it since. It just tries to be too much like South Park for my taste (and I like SP quite a bit). They do get quite a few rock stars to do voices on it - Iggy Pop is the voice of ...

Colin Meloy — Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey

Colin Meloy Sings Morrissey
Meloy, of Decemberists fame, recorded six Morrissey songs with just his nasally voice and acoustic guitars.

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