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Mayer’s Picks – The Best of 2024 (So Far), the Songs

Thursday, July 11, 2024 By Mayer Danzig

Better By Now, Heather Little (from the Need to Know Music release By Now) “I’ve wasted a lot of love being wrong, I learn too late and I stay too long,” in this haunting tale of heartbreak, “I oughta be better by now but I got mixed up with you somehow.” So Glad You Made It/Go All […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Playlists, Pop, Rock, Singer/Songwriter, Soul/R&B, Streams, Videos Tagged With: Adeem the Artist, Christopher Paul Stelling, Fantastic Cat, Heather Little, J. Isaiah Evans & The Boss Tweed, Jon Muq, Kyshona, Lizzie No, Silverada, The Bluest Sky, The Decemberists, The FBR, The HawtThorns, Wesley Dean

Readers’ Pick: The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again

Friday, June 21, 2024 By Tom Osborne

The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again (cover art)

You picked The Decemberists – As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again as your favorite new release for the week of June 14, 2024.

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Readers’ Pick: The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl

Friday, March 23, 2018 By Tom Osborne

The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl - cover art

You picked I’ll Be Your Girl by alternative folk band, The Decemberists, as your favorite new release for the week of March 16, 2018. Poll Results New Releases Did we miss something? If you feel a new release is missing from our current poll, please let us know in the comments. Readers’ Tops Winter & Spring […]

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Monday Morning Video – The Accidentals Look “Across the Universe”

Monday, January 08, 2018 By Mayer Danzig

In a turbulent world it’s sometimes nice to get lost in music. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more uplifting moment of escape than this version of the Beatles “Across the Universe.” Talented folk trio the Accidentals are joined by members of the Decemberists for this mesmerizing performance.

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Folk, Videos Tagged With: The Accidentals, The Decemberists

Readers’ Pick: What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World by The Decemberists

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 By Tom Osborne

THE DECEMBERISTS, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World edges out RYAN BINGHAM, Fear and Saturday Night as your favorite for the week of January 20, 2015. Poll Results   Readers’ Top Picks – Winter 2015 JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE, Absent Fathers (17) THE DECEMBERISTS, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (13) RYAN […]

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Mayer’s Picks: Best Albums of 2011

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

#1. JASON ISBELL & THE 400 UNIT, Here We Rest (Lightning Rod) I’d be lying if I said that I wasn’t hoping for a full-on rock assault from Isbell and crew. What I got was something better — a nuanced musical tour of his home state of Alabama. From the back porch acoustic sway of […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Best of Year, Bluegrass, Country, Folk, Indie, Pop, Reviews, Rock, Roots Tagged With: Barnstar!, Ben Kyle, Buffalo Tom, Butch Walker, Carrie Rodriguez, David Wax Museum, Jason Isbell, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jo Wymer, Kasey Anderson, Lydia Loveless, Nathan Hamilton, The Decemberists, The Duke and the King

Tom’s Picks: Best of Winter 2011

Wednesday, March 23, 2011 By Tom Osborne

My favorite albums from the Winter of 2011. Links will lead you to Twangville reviews. Also, be sure and check out the video companion below. Enjoy! Top 10 THE DECEMBERISTS, The King is Dead [★★★★★/4.700]Album number 6 for the Portland, OR based group. A slight departure from previous concept albums featuring cameos by Peter Buck […]

Filed Under: Best of Year, Reviews, Videos Tagged With: Amos Lee, Drive-By-Truckers, Kasey Anderson, Lucinda Williams, R.E.M., Social Distortion, Teddy Thompson, Telekinesis, The Decemberists, the wailin' jennys

Readers’ Pick: The Decemberists, “The King Is Dead”

Thursday, February 10, 2011 By Tom Osborne

READERS PICK: JANUARY 2011 Twangville readers recently picked The Decemberists‘ The King is Dead as their favorite album of January 2011. To record album number six The Decemberists shacked up in a remote barn outside of their Portland, OR base. For this release, the band shied away from their common concept album format to do […]

Filed Under: Americana, Folk, Readers' Pick, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: The Decemberists

Coming Soon: 2011 Release Preview, Part 1

Wednesday, January 05, 2011 By Mayer Danzig

Even though we’ve just barely wrapped 2010, the 2011 release calendar is about to burst from the gate. Here are a few releases we’re eagerly awaiting at the Twangville General Store. And don’t forget our special give-away — tell us your most highly anticipated 2011 release and be eligible for signed cds from Chris Knight […]

Filed Under: Acoustic, Americana, Indie, Pop, Reviews, Rock Tagged With: Cake, Gillian Welch, Peter Buck, Social Distortion, The Decemberists, Todd Snider

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