Music - May 30, 2009
The Decemberists blend old, new and add a bit of Heart
Playing two full sets, the first pulled entirely from "Hazards of Love" and the second drawing from previous works like "The Crane Wife" and "Picaresque," the show satisfied the optimal mixture of old and new that a live show crowd demands without fail.
Tags: decemberists, colin meloy, hazards of love, picaresque, the crane wife, yankee bayonet, engine driver, riverside theater

Music - Feb. 24, 2009
Shows I'm excited about
Milwaukee seems to get more great concerts than ever these days and despite what people think and say, there is no shortage of good venues here, from Shank to the Pabst to Cactus and The Rave and beyond.
Tags: Neko Case, Decemberists, Colin Meloy, Pabst, Riverside, Turner Hall, Mogwai, Morrissey, The Rave, The Killers, Franz Ferdinand

Music - Feb. 9, 2009
Riverside hosts The Decemberists in May
Colin Meloy brings The Decemberists back to Milwaukee - this time hitting the Riverside on Friday, May 29 at 8 p.m. General admission tickets are $25 and go on sale Friday at noon at the Riverside and Pabst box offices.
Tags: Decemberists, Colin Meloy, always the bridesman, pabst theater, riverside, the hazards of love

Music - Dec. 8, 2008
Help me with my ballot
Another December means assembling another annual ballot for the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop Poll, something I've been doing for a couple decades now. This is the first year I didn't keep a running list all year long. So, I feel like I'm missing something big.
Tags: Pazz & Jop, Village Voice, Radiohead, Yelle, Josh Rouse, Vampire Weekend, Perturbazione, Subsonica, MGMT, Paul Weller, Colin Meloy, Kooks

Music - April 23, 2008
Meloy is just so darned comfortable on stage
As The Decemberists prepare to return to the studio in summer, frontman Colin Meloy hits the road for his third solo tour, which made its first-ever stop in Milwaukee Tuesday night at The Pabst Theater.
Tags: Colin Meloy, Decemberists, Sam Cooke, Morrissey, Shirley Collins, Laura Gibson, Valerie Plame, Pabst Theater