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Alternative Press (p.135) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Meloy's self-deprecation and warm stage demeanor keep the mood from becoming too somber....Essential listening for Decembrists obsessives -- and an excellent primer for those who aren't fans just yet."CMJ - "SINGS LIVE! transcends mere fan curio status to serve as a long-form testament to Meloy's formidable songwriting and performing skills."Q (Magazine) (p.136) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The bulk of his set...finds him cherry-picking the best of his band's back catalogue and indulging in plenty of inner-song banter."Paste (magazine) (p.55) - "Meloy bounds through beloved Decembrists tracks interwoven with scattered covers and one throwback to his college band, Tarkio..."17.07414
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Alternative Press (p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he slinky, mid-tempo 'Slip Inside (The Barrel Of Your Gun)' showcases frontman Maika Maile as one of the scene's most underrated vocalists."0.198323
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Rolling Stone (p.77) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "[A] triumph of theatrical imagination: the culmination of the Decemberists' steady march to greatness in four years of enriched storytelling and folk-rock invention..."Spin (p.61) - Ranked #30 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005"Spin (p.101) - "The sharp voiced Portland punk-folk troubadour's music is rife with tales of Victorian seafarers and waifish ghosts." - Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly (No. 812, p.71) - "Colin Meloy is so darn brilliant....the music [and lyrics are] equally eclectic..." - Grade: A-Uncut (p.116) - 3 stars out of 5 - "PICARESQUE cuts deeper and sharper than previous Decembrists efforts."Alternative Press (p.116) - 5 out of 5 - "[With] a wit so bizarre and vaudevillian beauty so ultimately endearing that by the end, Meloy's sprawling form of theatrical folk has us all..."Magnet (p.52) - Ranked #13 in Magnet's "The 20 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[With] accordion, Smiths-like guitar and haunting, pitch-perfect moods."Magnet (p.95) - "PICARESQUE glows with it-band imminence....Whether part of the Walla-of-sound production or in reaction to it, Meloy's voice is louder here."0.1290677
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Uncut (p.91) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "TMSR are a bit more focused and less shaggily pscyhedelic than their compatriots, but certainly never short on ideas."Magnet (p.106) - "Frontman/songwriter Adrian Jewett presents himself like an even more bookish version of the Decembrists' Colin Meloy, jamming more words per minute into his songs than should be allowed by law..."0.1241954
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Uncut (p.91) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "TMSR are a bit more focused and less shaggily pscyhedelic than their compatriots, but certainly never short on ideas."Magnet (p.106) - "Frontman/songwriter Adrian Jewett presents himself like an even more bookish version of the Decembrists' Colin Meloy, jamming more words per minute into his songs than should be allowed by law..."0.1241954
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Rolling Stone (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "True to form, THE HAZARDS OF LOVE brings the glorious excess: There's strummy British folk rock and heavy-metal thunder, orchestral strings and a children's choir."Spin (p.75) - "Meloy can write the hell out of melody, and he's got a flair for making what might seem heady and ridiculous on paper into something that sounds relatable and touching."Alternative Press (p.120) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "For the band's fifth studio album, THE HAZARDS OF LOVE, Colin Meloy & Co. have assembled a 21st-century concept album with roots in 16th-century imagery and '70s stoner rock."Down Beat (p.58) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "This is rock at its artsy best that takes the concept album an impressive step further by mixing in a diversity of styles, from folk rock to gripping prog rock and heavy metal..."Q (Magazine) (p.104) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "THE HAZARDS OF LOVE is that most archaic of things -- the fully formed album, and a concept album at that....Its musical palette is a vivid and evocative one, shaded by accordion, harpsichord and pedal steel."Clash (magazine) (p.110) - "The Decembrists show off their impressive array of talents both vocally and instrumentally, with the band constantly switching from haunting acoustic folk to powerful blues and metal riffs."Uncut (magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's a 17-track suite of striking musical and verbal intricacy that unfolds over the course of nearly an hour."0.08781943
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Spin (pp.63-66) - "Ten crisp roots-rock tunes in a mere 40 minutes....The singer appears most deeply engaged with THE KING IS DEAD's more direct, plainspoken moments..."Entertainment Weekly (p.83) - "The band's latest set is more succinctly rewarding than anything it has done in years." -- Grade: A-Alternative Press (p.100) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'January Hymn' and 'June Hymn' flutter by like the gentle campfire ballads they evoke..."CMJ - "THE KING OF DEAD focuses on what made the Decembrists famous in the first place: Colin Meloy's lyrical oddities and the group's pastoral sound."Billboard (p.28) - "Lead singer Colin Meloy's irrepressible baritone in all its full-throated glory stands in stark contrast to the unplugged ensemble's dulcet tones."Mojo (Publisher) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The whole album is warm to the touch....[With] straightforward songs, transparent emotions, a little gift both to their fans and themselves."Clash (magazine) - "[H]arking back to the relative simplicity of PICARESQUE, this latest offering is a finessed folk-rock record to bring a little taste of long summer evening drives..."Uncut (magazine) (p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[This is] the Decembrists' most immediate and outgoing album....'Dear Avery' is another sublime essay in memory, separation and regret..."0.08781943
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Rolling Stone (p.62) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The Decembrists' Colin Meloy spins a springy version of Bob Dylan's 'When the Ship Comes In,' Bon Iver's Justin Vernon croons a ghostly murder ballad..."Entertainment Weekly (p.79) - "The dreamy 'Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies' showcases Miranda Lambert and her Pistol Annies..." -- Grade: BMagnet (p.53) - "The Chieftains are well known for their ability to tap into the most current sounds in today's global music market for fruitful collaborations, and they exhibit this well on VOICE OF AGES."Billboard (p.32) - "[A] children's choir adds a lovely texture to the Low Anthem's rendition of Ewan MacColl's 'School Days Over.'"0.0869368
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Rolling Stone (p.62) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The Decembrists' Colin Meloy spins a springy version of Bob Dylan's 'When the Ship Comes In,' Bon Iver's Justin Vernon croons a ghostly murder ballad..."Entertainment Weekly (p.79) - "The dreamy 'Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies' showcases Miranda Lambert and her Pistol Annies..." -- Grade: BMagnet (p.53) - "The Chieftains are well known for their ability to tap into the most current sounds in today's global music market for fruitful collaborations, and they exhibit this well on VOICE OF AGES."Billboard (p.32) - "[A] children's choir adds a lovely texture to the Low Anthem's rendition of Ewan MacColl's 'School Days Over.'"0.0869368
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Rolling Stone (p.68) - Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "Singer-songwriter Colin Meloy packs his storytelling eccentricities into pop-song packages of verse, hook and country-Smiths jangle..."Spin (pp.63-66) - "Ten crisp roots-rock tunes in a mere 40 minutes....The singer appears most deeply engaged with THE KING IS DEAD's more direct, plainspoken moments..."Entertainment Weekly (p.83) - "The band's latest set is more succinctly rewarding than anything it has done in years." -- Grade: A-Alternative Press (p.100) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "'January Hymn' and 'June Hymn' flutter by like the gentle campfire ballads they evoke..."CMJ - "THE KING OF DEAD focuses on what made the Decembrists famous in the first place: Colin Meloy's lyrical oddities and the group's pastoral sound."Billboard (p.28) - "Lead singer Colin Meloy's irrepressible baritone in all its full-throated glory stands in stark contrast to the unplugged ensemble's dulcet tones."Mojo (Publisher) (p.106) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "The whole album is warm to the touch....[With] straightforward songs, transparent emotions, a little gift both to their fans and themselves."Clash (magazine) - "[H]arking back to the relative simplicity of PICARESQUE, this latest offering is a finessed folk-rock record to bring a little taste of long summer evening drives..."Uncut (magazine) (p.76) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[This is] the Decembrists' most immediate and outgoing album....'Dear Avery' is another sublime essay in memory, separation and regret..."Uncut (magazine) (p.32) - Ranked #26 in Uncut's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "[A] clutch of warm, literate country-rock songs."0.08604512
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Rolling Stone (p.69) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[The] affectations are rendered tolerable by Meloy's unmistakable melodic gift....There's a kick in the way song after song masks his darkish vision in elegantly hooky arrangements..."Rolling Stone (p.105) - Ranked #23 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "[W]ith electric guitars, prog-rock bravado and even Seventies funk..."Spin (p.103) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Meloy's] verses are sharp and smart....This is the best-sounding Decembrists album to date."Spin (p.61) - Ranked #11 in Spin's "The 40 Best Albums of 2006" -- "[T]he band's emotive narratives...feel very much here and now."Entertainment Weekly (p.68) - "Colin Meloy specializes in lurid historical dramas....Several of these studies in heartbreak and homicide rank among his most moving." -- Grade: B+Q (p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's rendered intriguing by a liberated approach that touches on everything from sea shanties to Jewish klezmer music without ever losing sight of the tune."Uncut (p.73) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[They are] twisting the esoteric into arresting and complex new shapes."Alternative Press (p.188) - "[S]hrewder minds among us will be right at home with the complex wordplay and tragic love in 'O Valencia!' and the three-part title track, as well as the new wrinkles of prog rock and art-school funk..."Magnet (p.93) - "THE CRANE WIFE is an admirable experiment, the work of a band approaching the thorny major-label issue by willfully mucking with a proven sound."Q (Magazine) (p.78) - Ranked #28 in Q's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2007" -- "[With] nods to nu-folk, baroque pop and even '70s prog."0.08604512
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Spin (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hey find beauty in a gurgling version of psychedelic folk, reaching through the mist and retrieving, as by complete accident, gorgeously delicate bits of melody..."Entertainment Weekly (p.85) - "Krug masterfully leads the deep-fuzz dirge 'All Fires' and Bejar turns out a typically erudite anthem in 'The Freedom.'" -- Grade: BUncut (p.103) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's punctuated by bursts of poetic insight and near-orgasmic glee."Alternative Press (p.190) - "[A]ptly titled -- with the saucy wit of Colin Meloy and more outboard effects than an Aphex Twin record, the trio careen through 13 rhapsodical tracks of delay-drenched, ramshackle David Byrne-meets-Black Francis love-rock."CMJ (p.3) - "[A]s guttural an unrestrained as its title suggests....[The album] manages the bewitching contradiction of being both earthy and ethereal."0.07451726
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