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When epic indie rock that's heavy with literary allusions, like what The Decemberists create, can sell out a large venue like the Hard Rock Live it gives Jen Cray hope for the state of music.
THE DECEMBERISTS MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND Orlando, Fl April 8, 2007 by Jen Cray Jen Cray The Decemberists When epic indie rock that's heavy with literary allusions, like what The Decemberists create, can sell out a large venue like the Hard Rock Live it gives me hope for the state of music. Touring behind ...
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theatrical,indie pop,rock,operatic,literary,americana,The Decemberists,Picaresque,Kill Rock Stars,Aaron Shaul
THE DECEMBERISTS PICARESQUE Kill Rock Stars Before I had the chance to listen to The Decemberists' latest album, I read quite a few reviews. Though overwhelmingly positive, a number of my reviewer colleagues threw the word "pretentious" in songwriter Colin Meloy's direction because of his adoption ...
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rock opera, epic, pop, indie, indie rock, indie pop, celtic,The Decemberists,The Tain,Acuarela,Aaron Shaul
THE DECEMBERISTS THE TAIN Acuarela At its most basic level, The Tain is a rock opera. It’s a genre bending 18-minute song divided into five parts, loosely derived from “the Celtic mythology cycle of the same name.” The song touches on angular acoustic pop, Zeppelin riffing, anachronistic French cabaret ...
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The Crane Wife (Capitol). Review by Jen Cray.
THE DECEMBERISTS THE CRANE WIFE Capitol Articulating what a masterpiece The Decemberists' major label debut, The Crane Wife, is leaves me rather speechless. An ambitious, loosely conceptual album based on an old Japanese folk tale of the same title, that is essentially about a poor man who marries ...
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Though this festival built its reputation as a lovefest for jambands and hippies, Bonnaroo in 2007 opened its arms up to more modern rock bands, bringing in a whole new audience. One new convert was Jen Cray, whose weekend in the mountains of Tennessee is not one she's soon to forget.
BONNAROO THE WHITE STRIPES, THE POLICE, WOLFMOTHER, FRANZ FERDINAND, THE DECEMBERISTS, KINGS OF LEON, AND MANY MORE Manchester, TN June 14-17 by Jen Cray Descending upon the 6th annual Bonnaroo Festival I felt as comedian Dave Attell felt, "like an alchoholic in a sea of potheads." Jen Cray Kings of ...
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rerecording,psychedelic,literary,Destroyer,Notorious Lightning and Other Works,Merge,Aaron Shaul
... coda, while "The Music Lovers" has a great shuffling-verses-to-space-odyssey-chorus structure. "Your Blues" feels like an unreleased single from The Decemberists, peopled with errant characters from some great war, with instrumentation that chugs along in a work song, still finding strength to support ...
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Batten the Hatches (Nettwerk). Review by Aaron Shaul.
... , and banjo. Youngs' smart lyrics and assured appropriation of folk music easily justify her allure to fans of Sufjan Stevens, Cat Power, and The Decemberists. "Fuck Was I" is perhaps the best example of this intelligence with the dissection of romance in the chorus: "skillet on the stove/ such a temptation ...
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Misadventures in Radiology (Sonic Boom). Review by Aaron Shaul.
... great moments, but the tally of ungarnished movements far outweigh these. Maybe it's the result of coming in the wake of Sufjan Stevens's and The Decemberists' rise to the top of the genre, but those acts have Morgan beat on musical breadth and enjoyablity. He bests them in elegance, but when's the ...
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The Vice and Virtue Ministry (Undeniable). Review by Aaron Shaul.
... left with, it's nice to hear the kitchen-sink instrumentation again -- and more importantly, a sense of humor in the songwriting. How many other non-Decemberists bands could make a song extolling the virtues of maintaining weights and measures work ("Weights and Measures")? Or write lyrics like "thumb ...
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Portland, ho! Matthew Moyer finds the Zinester's Guide to be a heartfelt, if somewhat flawed, love letter to stick in your jacket pocket the next time you visit "the city that works."
... . And it's always been a haven for left-field musicians - off the top of my head, members of Brian Jonestown Massacre, Shins, Cribs, Nire, Decemberists, Poison Idea and THE WIPERS have all put down roots in this city. Not to mention the famous Powell's Books and parks-a-plenty. So in many ways, the Zinester ...
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