The Decemberists Tickets in Seattle
The Decemberists are coming here soon. Come to Moore theater here in Seattle to see the show. Here is some info from wikipedia:
The Decemberists are a five-piece indie pop band from Portland, Oregon, fronted by singer/songwriter Colin Meloy . Their debut EP, 5 Songs, was self-released in 2001. Their fourth full-length album, The Crane Wife, was released on 3 October 2006 by Capitol Records, and is their first appearance on a major label.
Named both in reference to the Russian Decembrist Revolt (Explaining their use of the National Anthem of the Soviet Union as an introduction at many concerts) and to the atmosphere associated with the month of December, the Decemberists write songs that range from upbeat pop to instrumentally lush ballads, and often employ instruments like the accordion, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer organ, and upright bass. In their lyrics, they eschew the angst and introspection common to modern rock, instead favoring a storytelling approach, as evidenced in songs such as “My Mother Was A Chinese Trapeze Artist” from the 5 Songs EP and “The Mariner’s Revenge Song” on Picaresque. Their songs convey tales ranging from whimsical (”Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect”) to epic (”The Tain”) to truly dark (”Odalisque”). They often invoke historical events and themes from around the world. Early in their career, The Decemberists’ musical and lyrical aesthetics frequently prompted critics to compare them to Neutral Milk Hotel. Since their debut, their sound has undergone a consistent evolution, most notably in the direction of progressive rock with a strong folk influence, though they have also been described as indie rock and, by Stephen Colbert, as “hyper-literate prog rock.” For example, one song, “When the War Came,” uses a little-known story from the Siege of Leningrad to describe the heroism of civilian scientists during warfare. The lyrics state: “We made our oath to Vavilov / We’d not betray the solanum / The acres of asteraceae / To our own pangs of starvation”. Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was a Russian botanist whose laboratory, a seedbank containing 200,000 types of plant seeds, many of them edible, was preserved throughout the siege, during which hundreds of thousands of people died.
If you can’t find the tickets you want to this show at the box office here are the places for after market tickets:
1. AIW Tickets always has a great inventory and usually has the cheapest prices too.
2. Stubhub is an excellent place to shop online as well. They’ll even let you sell your tickets there.
3. TicketsNow is also a solid after market ticket vendor and usually has access the hard to find tickets
4. If those aren’t cutting it for you try a couple of these ticket vendors as well:
Here is some info from wikipedia:
Good luck with your hunt.
