Maylene And The Sons Of Disaster - II
Haste The Day - Pressure The Hinges
Big D And The Kids Table - Strictly Rude
Decemberists - A Practical Handbook DVD
Ted Leo And The Pharmacists - Living With The Living
Snake The Cross The Crown - Cotton Teeth
LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
V/A - This Is Solid State Vol. 6

The Decemberists will be heading out on tour mid-March through May. If they are coming to your town, be sure to check them out!

House of Fools - House of Fools EP
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Love Their Country
Face To Face - Shoot The Moon DVD
Decemberists - Crane Wife
It Dies Today - Sirens
Chiodos - All’s Well That Ends Well (Deluxe Edition) CD/DVD
Unwed Sailor - White Ox
Permanent Me - Dear Virginia

Artist: The Decemberists
Album: The Crane Wife
Label: Capitol Records
Purchase: Amazon
Release Date: October 3rd, 2006

Overall: 9.5
Music: 9.0
Lyrics: 9.5
Production: 9.5

If ever there was an album I wasn’t expecting to listen to, and even less expecting to praise it as the amazing record that it is, then it would be “The Crane Wife� from The Decemberists. Let me go back and say that I had heard that this record was coming out, but from my past experiences with The Decemberists I was not interested in this at all. My view of the band before was that they were talented, but just slow, dark, and boring. Well like I usually am when I judge a record before I hear it, I was wrong about “The Crane Wife� It is definitely one of the best works released this year.

Here are some albums that will be in-stores tomorrow.

Spitalfield - Better Than Knowing Where You Are
The Transit War - Miss Your Face
Jonezetta - Popularity
He Is Legend - Suck Out The Poison
Brazil - Philosophy Of Velocity
Planes Mistaken For Stars - Mercy
Darkest Hour - Archives
Killers - Sam’s Town
Twelve Gauge Valentine - Shock Value
Between The Buried And Me - Silent Circus (Reissue) CD/DVD
Decemberists - Crane Wife
Hold Steady - Boys And Girls
Skillet - Comatose
Evanescence - The Open Door