I listened to two albums tonight. The first I thought I'd love. It was the Killer's Sam's Town. I loved Hot Fuss, so naturally I'd love this sophomore effort, right? Wrong. It is crap. Crap! CRAP! I saw the Killers last year and there were indications then that these guys were one-trick ponies. But come on guys, give it a little effort. I kept thinking the entire time that this was some bad electronic-cowboy hybrid. Yuck!. The second album was just the opposite. It was the Decemberist's new album called the Crane Wife. Normally that isn't my style of music. It is a moody atmospheric light rock style album. For some reason it kept reminding me of some of the Smiths stuff. Not in the sound, but in the story telling and mood. I was pleasantly surprised.