Did you catch the Decemberists at the Loews Theatre in JC last night? Well, if you did, and you want to relive that “live” experience in the comfort of your own home, you can now get it via the new Decemberists DVD, A Practical Handbook (Kill Rock Stars). The DVD includes a documentary about the band entitled “Paris Before the War,” music videos for “The Tain”, “The Bachelor and the Bride”, “16 Military Wives”, “The Soldiering Life”, and “Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect”, and the entirety of their concert at the Roseland Theater in Portland on the 4th of November 2005.

Here is the track listing for the concert portion:

01 The Infanta
02 The Soldiering Life
03 Leslie Anne Levine
04 We Both Go Down Together
05 The Engine Driver
06 Eli the Barrow Boy
07 The Sporting Life
08 July, July!
09 16 Military Wives
10 The Mariner’s Revenge Song
11 The Chimbley Sweep
12 I Was Meant for the Stage

PS If you are tearing your hair out because you missed last night’s show, don’t fret, you can catch Colin and the band again tonight for night two of their JC residency. (PHOTO CREDIT)