In this week's slate of Rolling Stone reviews, Jon Dolan ponders how the Decemberists' new double live album, which features a 16-minute folk- rock opus, a yodeling drummer and nautical themed audience participation, is somehow relatively "stripped-down" for the "overweeningly theatrical" band. Also, Rob Sheffield describes Vince Clarke and Martin Gore's new techno album as VCMG as the "New Wave equivalent of the Rocky/Apollo rematch at the end of Rocky III," Jeff Rosenthal slams the new single by shock-rap crew Odd Future and Monica Herrera praises Big K.R.I.T.'s new self-produced mixture.
We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11), the Decemberists' first full-length concert album, was recorded over the course of 12 nights on the band's tour in support of The King Is Dead last year. Though the set emphasizes material from that album, it includes numbers from throughout their sprawling catalog, including favorites such as "The Infanta," "Billy Liar" and "The Mariner's Revenge Song." Despite coming from a variety of gigs, the record sounds seamless, like an ideal bootleg recording. The double-disc set is due March 13th, but you can stream the first of the two discs, below.
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We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11-08.11), the Decemberists' first full-length concert album, was recorded over the course of 12 nights on the band's tour in support of The King Is Dead last year. Though the set emphasizes material from that album, it includes numbers from throughout their sprawling catalog, including favorites such as "The Infanta," "Billy Liar" and "The Mariner's Revenge Song." Despite coming from a variety of gigs, the record sounds seamless, like an ideal bootleg recording. The double-disc set is due March 13th, but you can stream the first of the two discs, below.
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