The Decemberists, 'The Crane Wife' (Capitol)
Marching through genres with book-smart rockers.
By Brian Raftery 10.25.06 3:00 AM
Forget Port of Miami -- when it comes to tales of illicit sex, pillaging, and overall wanton behavior, Rick Ross has nothing on Colin Meloy.
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My Chemical Romance, 'The Black Parade' (Reprise)
The fantastic misery and redemption of a suburban wastrel.
By Andy Greenwald 10.24.06 3:00 AM
It's both fascinating and kind of terrifying to imagine the bedroom of a teenage Gerard Way, the pasty, fiendish frontman of My Chemical Romance. The heaps of racy comic books, posters of Bowie and Queen fighting for wall space with Slayer and Danzig. The De Palma and Rocky Horror DVDs piled up next to original cast recordings of Carousel and Sweeney Todd.
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On the Plus Side
Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus have weathered the public breakups of a band and a marriage. With the new (+44), are the clown princes of pop punk finally settling down?
By Robert Levine 10.24.06 3:00 AM
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