LargeHeartedBoy — On sale at Amazon MP3 for $3.99: The Decemberists' new The King Is Dead album. The Wall Street Journal examines author's self-promotion efforts. Web-savvy authors point to the myriad opportunities provided by social networking sites. (Bruce DeSilva, ... more info

411 Mania — Words cannot describe how good this is. more info

USA Today Music — This week's Listen Up follows The Script with new releases from Social Distortion, Gregg Allman, The Decemberists and James Blunt. more info

Scotsman.com — Our critics review the best and worst of this week's new releases more info

411 Mania — Band drafts R.E.M. guitarist for The King Is Dead... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Decemberists's The King is Dead is in stores tomorrow, an di seasily the week's marquee music release. My personal favorite new release is Braids' debut album Native Speaker. Other albums I have heard and can definitely recommend include... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — musicOMH interviews Jenny Conlee of the Decemberists about the band's new album, The King Is Dead (out tomorrow). All Things Considered interviews the band's frontman Colin Meloy. Music Ruined My Life shares a soviet punk anthology covering the years... more info

Guardian Music — I remember Trish Keenan's laugh as well as her beautiful voice – for the Broadcast singer had a lot of fun taking music seriouslyI don't like my loft at the best of times, but I don't think I've ever felt so unhappy to have negotiated the rickety l... more info

Altsounds — The raves have begun pouring in for *The Decemberists*' new album *The King Is Dead*, with 4-star reviews appearing on both sides of the pond in Rolling Stone, MOJO, and UNCUT. The King Is Dead will be released January 18 on EMI's Capitol Records ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — This week in rock: Allman plays the blues, Junkies celebrate Vic, Social D crank out some Nursery Rhymes, Decemberists pretend they're R.E.M. and more. more info