Decemberists-This Is Why We Fight

Here's a good tune off the Decemberists' newest album, The King is Dead. The album showcases the band's versatility and ranges from indie-rock to folk, to country (some nice lap steel work). I hear a lot of R.E.M. in their music. It seems like I always get into them this time of year. Something about their music fits well with the changing of the season, when the hills set ablaze with color and then decay into the earthy browns and grey's of November. Refreshing stuff ...

Decemberist LIVE webcast at 3 p.m.

The Decemberists will be playing songs off their newest release, The King Is Dead, live from Portland today at 3 p.m. Watch it here.

New Decemberists album out Jan. 18!

The Decemberists caught my ear a couple years ago with their hauntingly powerful indie/rock sound that is so fresh and new it lacks proper comparison. They caught my attention more recently with their great cover of the Grateful Dead's "Row Jimmy," which was released along with "January Hymn" as an EP. As it turns out, all this buzz is leading up to the release of their LP, The King Is Dead, due out Jan. 18.

Really looking forward to this one ...



You can listen to The King is Dead in its entirety over at NPR.