Tag Archives: The Decemberists

Swedish indie pop ensemble Bedroom Eye is primarily the automobile for the crooning vocals and intimate, melodic music of singer/songwriter Jonas Jonsson. Jonsson released two demonstration EPs on the web that caught the interest from the music press and helped him create a strong group of fans. Bedroom Eye’ debut …

Created in 2005, Portland, Oregon collective Typhoon crafts ornate, big-hearted indie rock and roll anthems in the vein of Frightened Rabbit, Beirut, Arcade Open fire, and Bright Eye. Favoring complex, occasionally fragmented plans peppered with orchestral flourishes, the music group, led by main vocalist and songwriter Kyle Morton, released their …

Shaped in early 2007 across the talents of Daniel Baer, Wayne Create, Brady Miller, Ted Lattis, and Devon Press, Brooklyn-based, global-folk outfit La Strada has specialized inside a genre-bending mixture of chamber pop, European folk, Afro-pop, and indie rock and roll. The self-described retailers of “raucous, foot-stomping displays” built a …

Portland’s Dark Prairie began in 2007 when Decemberists guitarist Chris Funk, having discovered the joys from the Dobro acoustic guitar, and Decemberists bassist Nate Query made a decision to start a mainly instrumental and acoustic string music group as a part task. They enlisted another Decemberists member, Jenny Conlee, on …

Produced in 2006 by vocalist Nick Ward and guitarist Matt Bishop, Hey Marseilles quickly extended into an eclectic six-piece group. The group had taken main in Seattle, where Ward and Bishop had been attending the School of Washington. Ward’s roommate, pianist/accordionist Philip Kobernik, was the first ever to join the …

The mainly instrumental experimental ensemble the Phoenix & the Turtle (the name of the poem by William Shakespeare) travel the road of such avant-garde performers as Godspeed You Dark Emperor! Located in the southern California city of Yucaipa, David Barrington (bass), Cahn Curtis (vocals, acoustic guitar, key pad), and Mikie …

Ezra Furman & the Harpoons certainly are a Chicago-based combo built round the tunes of innovator Furman, whose music combine an idiosyncratic wit and edgy, confessional lyrics with clever pop melodies. Furman was created and elevated in Chicago, and started dabbling in songwriting as an adolescent after he was presented …

Eureka Parrots are an atmospheric indie pop act from Baltimore, Maryland whose lush, low-key audio has won them a substantial following for the East Coastline. Citing the Decemberists and Radiohead as essential influences, Eureka Wild birds were shaped in 2007 by vocalist, composer, keyboard participant, and multi-instrumentalist Justin Levy, though …

Vocalist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Schmale (aka That Ghost) began saving his lo-fi Pacific Coastline indie rock and roll anthems in his early teenagers. By 17, the North California native experienced released a string of home-recorded EPs and three full-length albums, which used his signature mixture of reverb-drenched vocals and …

Folk-rock outfit the Dreamscapes Task had been formed in Reston, VA, after Keith Middle and Jeremy Rodgers met in George Mason School in 1997. The duo was motivated by groups such as for example Dave Matthews Music group, Days of the brand new, and Spirit Coughing, and after Ed Bizzell …