The Decemberists Take Your Requests

By Marcus Gilmer in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 3, 2009 7:20PM

Photo from the band's MySpace page

We just went down this road a few weeks ago at the Pitchfork Music Festival, but it seems indie/twee/prog rockers The Decemberists (we're fans) dig the idea of the fan-selected setlist. The Portland, Oregon septet - already set to be in town for this weekend's Lollapalooza - will be performing this Thursday at the Metro and are asking you to help them fill out the setlist. You can slide by this website and choose from an array of Decemberists tunes, voting as many tunes as you want as many times as you want (the Chicago way!). We're curious to see if the grounds at Grant Park swallow up what can be a mellow performance from the band, but the Metro seems perfectly suited for them. Be warned, though, the ballot box closes at 11 p.m. tonight, so get clicking. Now pardon us while we go stuff the ballot box with requests for "The Infanta."

The Decemberists By Request, Thursday August 6, 9 p.m., The Metro, 3730 N. Clark St., Sold Out