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Indie rock's #1 candidate crush Barack Obama is sittin' quite a bit prettier than he was a few weeks ago when the Arcade Fire and Bruce Springsteen went to bat for him, but the dashing junior Senator hasn't quite clinched the Democratic party nomination yet. Next up on the primary agenda are Oregon and Kentucky, whose voters hit the polls Tuesday, May 20. Should Obama win a heaping majority of the delegates up for grabs that day, he'll be within inches of securing the hotly-contested nom.

And look who's arrived to give Obama the extra push he needs to get on the ballot in November. Why, it's none other than those kings and queens of the month after, the Decemberists!

Singin' Colin Meloy, Chris Funk, Jenny Conlee, Nate Query, and recent solo-flyer John Moen will join the Obama-non himself for a free rally at the Bowl at Portland's Waterfront Park this Sunday, May 18. Gates open at 12:30 p.m. PDX time. For more info and RSVP details, head here.

Apart from this bit of politicking, the Decemberists have only one other show coming up: a sweater-tuggers' love-in with Death Cab for Cutie and Rogue Wave in Bend, Oregon later this month.

Obamaists:

05-18 Portland, OR - The Bowl at Waterfront Park (Barack Obama Rally) *
05-24 Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphitheatre #

* with Barack Obama
# with Death Cab for Cutie, Rogue Wave