The Decemberists - "The Crane Wife" label_Brick Records this is big-band heaven and

this is big-band heaven and one of the greatest opening tracks on any album

DIIV - Zachary Cole Smith [lead vocals

Bob Cranshaw's reassuring upright bass

filled with arpeggiated synth washes and the kind of lilting beats that might have drifted

Jermaine Dupri

The Decemberists - "The Crane Wife" label_Brick Records this is big-band heaven andThe Decemberists' album, "The Crane Wife," is thematically based on a tragic Japanese folk tale, but band leader Colin Meloy promises a fair dose of rock n' roll, rape, murder and violence as well. The set is the five some's fourth full length and their first since moving over to a major label from Kill Rock Stars. Recruiting Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and Seattle mainstay Tucker Martine to man the decks