Requested by jamal • Compiled by Alice of New York Your oh-so-specific title doesn’t really give much to work with, but I decided it could be interpreted as, “Make me a mixtape to be my personal anthem/soundtrack”. I tried to select songs which, together, form a theoretical depiction of “you” as as seen by a complete stranger. Dearest “MY MIXTAPE”, you appear to be individualistic (emphasis on “MY!”), passionate (ALL CAPS!), and taken to flights of whimsy (in that you expect someone to be able to fill a request like ‘MY MIXTAPE’). Here is “YOUR MIXTAPE”: 01. NHB (Pryde ...

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards are but days away! And, like we said , we'd sincerely love to help you with your office pools and living room side-bets with some sure-thing, professionally insightful, insider info Vegas-ready odds. But, again, we always seem to be dead wrong (you will rue the day you met us , Esperanza Spalding). So while we already told your our faves for the nine biggies , here are 11 more completely arbitrary, critical decisions on who should win some of our favorite sleeper categories. • Grammys '12: Who Should Win the Major Categories Best Rock Song Coldplay - "Every Teardrop ...

The Decemberists have dissolved their support of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation after the organization's decision to stop providing funding for Planned Parenthood. The issue hits close to home for the band, since keyboardist Jenny Conlee suffered from breast cancer but is currently in

It’s called Orion, and it will be held at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey, a place Lars Ulrich referred to as having “a lot of fuck-off space.” During the livestream, James Hetfield said the fest is in tribute to Cliff Burton, Metallica’s former bassist who passed away in 1986—“Orion” refers to the song off Master of Puppets which features a massive solo from Burton. Tickets will be $150 and $175. They’ve announced 16 of the 22 bands that will be playing (via the festival’s website ): Arctic Monkeys Avenged Sevenfold Modest Mouse The Gaslight ...

The Decemberists (pictured) have been selling ‘Team Jenny’ t-shirts to raise money for the Susan G. Komen For The Cure foundation ever since their keyboard player, Jenny Conlee, was diagnosed with breast cancer of May in last year. (She was officially declared to be in remission in October.) Now that the Komen foundation are no longer giving money to Planned Parenthood as part of a widespread removal of support in the lead-up to the American Presidential election, The Decemberists will no longer ...

The Chieftains vuelven, y lo hacen con un disco que conmemora su 50 aniversario. Exacto, la banda lanzó su primer trabajo en 1963, apenas un año después de formarse en Irlanda, y que saquen un nuevo trabajo en 2012 no es más que la confirmación de que cuando hay buenas ideas, las bandas pueden durar décadas. Y para aportar algo de frescura a esas ideas se han rodeado de un puñado de buenos artistas entre los que estan Bon Iver, Pistol Annies o The Decemberist, con quienes han grabado una...

It's good that - in the face of the sort of bad publicity even Mel Gibson couldn't generate - the Susan G Komen Foundation have reversed their original decision to punish Planned Parenthood for helping people in difficult situations. Amongst those who sounded their outrage at a cancer charity behaving like right-wing politicians were The Decemberists : The Decemberists are deeply troubled by Komen for the Cure's recent decision to cut off funding to Planned Parenthood, a vital resource in the battle against breast cancer. Providing cancer screenings to low income women is integral to the prevention and defeat of ...

The Decemberists team up with the Chieftains for some Bob Dylan.

In November, long-standing Irish folk legends the Chieftains announced that they were recording with Bon Iver, the Decemberists, Pistol Annies and more for their new LP, Voice Of Ages. Last month, we heard Bon Iver’s collaboration with the group, “Down In The Willow Garden,” and now the Decemberists’ contribution has surfaced at Rolling Stone, a [...]

When Decemberists’ member Jenny Conlee was diagnosed with breast cancer, the band rallied round. As well as supporting their friend – whose cancer is now in remission – they sold merch to raise money for cancer charities, and donated it to the Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundation. However, Komen recently announced it was ceasing to provide Planned Parenthood with funding for breast cancer exams because PP facilitates abortion, an act widely seen as a concession to the right wing of US politics. The Decemberists have now issued a clear statement by cutting off all funds to Komen, and instead redirecting ...

Politics and popular music have been mixing since before the Vietnam war, and it seems that The Decemberists are one of the latest musicians to make a political statement. As the NY Times has reported, one of the nation's most prominent advocacy groups for breast cancer awareness, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, has pulled its financial support for the branch of Planned Parenthood that provides breast cancer screenings for low-income women, total donations that have reached $700,000 annually in th

But unlike most of you, the Decemberists are a big fancy rock band with a Grammy nomination. So when they pull their support, it makes Rolling Stone : The Decemberists have withdrawn their fundraising support for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation after the organization’s decision to stop providing funding for Planned Parenthood. The rockers have realigned themselves with Planned Parenthood’s Breast Health Emergency Fund since Komen withdrew funding for breast cancer examinations on Tuesday. Komen claimed that a change in their grants policy prevented them from contributing further, though Planned Parenthood insisted that the foundation had ...

The Decemberists have withdrawn their fundraising support for the Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundation after the organization's decision to stop providing funding for Planned Parenthood The rockers have realigned themselves with Planned Parenthood's Breast Health Emergency Fund since Komen withdrew funding for breast cancer examinations on Tuesday Komen claimed...

The Decemberists part ways with the Komen for the Cure foundation to support Planned Parenthood. Sock Monkey Sound

Photo by Jason Quigley The Decemberists have withdrawn their support for t he  Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, following Komen's recent decision to no longer give money to  Planned Parenthood . (Per the decision, Komen will cease to provide Planned Parenthood with crucial funding for breast cancer examinations.)