Chest Rockwell is releasing a couple of singles on Third Man. Considering that Third Man label boss had a quick cameo as Elvis in Walk Hard, it's not too huge of a surprise that the Walk Hard star,…   Read Story »

We're told Califunya, the pressingly precious new web-series created by Lavender Diamond's Becky Stark, "parodies a high school play that is parodying a kids' show from the '60s as performed by…   Read Story »

Two years late is better than never. Becky Stark aka Lavender Diamond joined the likes of Ariel Pink and Giant Drag on Through The Wilderness, an album of Madonna covers benefiting Madge's Raising…   Read Story »

We've seen live videos of the Decemberists doing Decemberists tunes everywhere from The Colbert Report to The Tonight Show (Leno version) lately, but those professional clips don't contain half the…   Read Story »

Everybody loves Memorial Day weekend, but nobody loves Memorial Day weekend like those that make it to Sasquatch! As friends have returned from their treks across country, they've shared nothing but…   Read Story »

NAME: Becky Stark PROGRESS REPORT: Performing with the Decemberists, performing and recording with the L.A. Ladies' Choir, prepping an album with The Living Sisters, recording an album with Lavender…   Read Story »

When the Decemberists (and Shara Worden) played "The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid" on Leno, it felt a bit fragmented. There was no such problem last night in Hollywood when the band launched their A…   Read Story »

Like they did at The Colbert Report, the Decemberists brought Shara Worden and their mythical prog jam "The Wanting Comes In Waves/Repaid" to Leno last night (Shara plays the "jealous forest queen"…   Read Story »

Merge Records turns 20 this year and the celebration is well underway. Last week we told you about the five-day summer fest in North Carolina with Superchunk, Spoon, Conor Oberst, M. Ward, Destroyer,…   Read Story »

Last night Austin's Stubb's Bar-B-Q hosted the live debut of Decemberists' Hazards Of Love, the latest morbid prog opera from a band famous for them. NPR.org streamed the ambitious performance of…   Read Story »