Artist	Song
Death Cab for Cutie	Transatlanticism
from Transatlanticism (2003)
The Shins	Phantom Limb
from Wincing the Night Away (2007)
Belle and Sebastian	I Want the World to Stop
from Write About Love (Bonus Track Version) (2010)
Modest Mouse	Satellite Skin
from No One's First, and You're Next (2009)
Fleet Foxes	Oliver James
from Fleet Foxes (2008)
of Montreal	An Eluardian Instance
from Skeletal Lamping (2008)
Electrelane	To the East
from No Shouts, No Calls (2007)
Camera Obscura	Lloyd, I'm Ready to Be Heartbroken
from Let's Get Out of This Country (2006)
The Thermals	Never Listen to Me
from Personal Life (2010)
Jenny and Johnny	Big Wave
from Big Wave - Single (2010)
My Brightest Diamond	Dragonfly
from Bring Me the Workhorse (2006)
The Long Winters	The Commander Thinks Aloud
from Ultimatum (2005)
Noah & The Whale	5 Years Time
from Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down (2008)
Lavender Diamond	Here Comes One
from Imagine Our Love (2007)

Comment:

Chamber pop, roots rock, neo-psych . . . needless to say, The Decemberists aren't merely one of indie's biggest stars; they also share styles with indie's greatest bands. Seemingly transmitted from a transistor radio straight out of the mid-'60s, the Shins' "Phantom Limb" is every rock critic's favorite adjective — jangly, shimmering, you name it — come to life. Bubbly yet brittle in the best Belle and Sebastian tradition, "I Want the World to Stop" buoys us just above a bittersweet undertow. And in "Librarian," My Morning Jacket's Jim James escorts us down to the boudoir of the bombshell bookworm, weaving a subtle study of obscured beauty. From Death Cab for Cutie to Fleet Foxes to Of Montreal, your favorite alt artists have a little Decemberist deep inside them . . . all year 'round.

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