speed of dark

As a Christmas gift to our readers, for the entire month of December, our live MP3 recordings of the Decemberists at the Hollywood Bowl (July 7, 2007) will be available for download as a zip file. Our policy is to remove all files where we do not have specific permission from the artist after a short time, but we have had many requests to repost this concert.

The Decemberists at the Hollywood Bowl, July 7, 2007, [ZIP]

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Someone nominated us, for which we feel very honored. However, the voting link for Speed of Dark was not correct and we have received no votes. It has now been fixed--Yeah, I tried it out!

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There has been no news on the Decemberists' MySpace page since the announcement that tour dates were cancelled due to a band member's illness. Here's a Christmas get-well wish.
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