For the Love of Wilco!

It has come to our attention that the Wilco shows this Wednesday and Thursday at the Cobb Energy Center have yet to sell out. As our regular customers are aware, we at Decatur CD believe Wilco puts on one of the greatest live shows in the world. In fact, there's a section of the latest Merriam-Webster Dictionary dedicated entirely to gushing adjectives Warren has used to describe Nels Cline on guitar. Are we really going to let Nashville sell out two shows while we can't sell out even one? Come on, Atlanta! Get your Wilco tickets now!

For Sale: Doria Roberts' Blackeye Susan Box

We'll have photos up from the Doria Roberts in-store soon, but in the meantime, we wanted to let you know that we now have her Blackeyed Susan box for sale in the store. For $40, you get a gorgeous, handcrafted box, the CD itself, a picture of Doria and Odetta (with Doria's words about Odetta on the back), some beautifully designed seed paper for planting, some black tea, jewelry from Smart Glass (a $70 value!), a coupon to Urban Cannibals and more. Truly, it's a fantastic deal.

New. Release. Tuesday.

Another September Tuesday, another excellent collection of new tunes. This week brings some local metal, a new album from on of the store's all-time favorites (see above), an up-and-coming rap star, a star-studded tribute to a folk hero and much more. Have a look below and let us know what you're looking for...

Wilco
Mastodon
Woody Guthrie tribute (Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Ani DiFranco, many more!)
Van Hunt
Mekons
Jane's Addiction
Kasabian
J. Cole
Maria Muldaur
Hugh Laurie (from House)
Daryl Hall
Chickenfoot
Blink-182
Apparat
Seth MacFarlane (from Family Guy)
LeAnn Rimes
VHS or Beta
Switchfoot
...and more!

Doria Roberts In-Store: TONIGHT!

Don't forget, folks: We've got the one and only Doria Roberts here tonight. It's the CD-release party for her gorgeous box set (pictured above), Blackeyed Susan. More details below from the most-recent DCD newsletter:

Doria has offered up some sweet incentives to make this event even more fun. For starters, she's putting golden-ticket styled prizes in random box sets that she'll be selling here that night. Anyone who purchases one has a chance at music-related prizes such as tickets to see Ben Harper at the Tabernacle, Blind Boys of Alabama at Agnes Scott and the show of your choosing at Eddie's Attic. Meanwhile, every single box will have a $5 gift certificate for Doria's store in East Atlanta, Urban Cannibals. Frankly, we're pretty floored by the awesomeness of this. It's just one of the many reasons you should vote with your dollar and shop local.

See you at 7:30pm, folks!

New. Release. Tuesday.

New releases, y'all! We'd say more, but there's an in-store to prepare for, you know. More on that in a minute...

The Jayhawks
Tori Amos
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Boots Electric (Eagles of Death Metal solo singer)
Megafaun
Leslie West
Mary J. Blige
Tony Bennett (duets)
Thrice
...and more!

New. Release. Tuesday.

September releases are continuing to kick booty well into the middle of the month. It's not stopping this week, either, so stay tuned!

Blitzen Trapper
Nick Lowe
Wild Flag
Girls
Trombone Shorty
Umphrey's McGee
Doris Day
The Gourds
Mates of State
Reckless Kelly
Mason Jennings
Das Racist
Jack Oblivian
Ladytron
The Kooks
Lady Antebellum
Alice Cooper
...and more!

Doria Roberts CD Release Party

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, at 7:30 p.m., the one and only Doria Roberts will pay us another visit for the official Blackeyed Susan CD release party. She's got a Facebook event page set up for the evening, which promises "food, wine, music and giveaways," which are four things we are totally all about. Something else we're totally all about? Finely crafted, locally made box sets, which is exactly what she'll be bringing to this in-store and selling directly to y'all in the form of Blackeyed Susan. We're looking forward to it.

New. Release. Tuesday.

Another week, another batch o' new releases. September is looking like the best month for new music in quite some time. We're looking forward to the rest of it.

The Rapture
Lindsey Buckingham
Hank 3 (three albums!)
The Horrible Crowes (Gaslight Anthem side project)
Grace Jones
Buddy Holly tribute (ft. Steve Nicks, Jackson Browne, Brian Wilson, Linda Ronstadt, many more!)
Tom Russell
Willie Nelson (reissues)
Peter Wolf Crier
George Strait
Hugh Laurie (of "House" fame)
Gary Numan
Jessie J
...and more!

Exclusive Colin Meloy Photos!

Last night, Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy and his wife, Carson Ellis, delivered the Decatur Book Festival keynote address to a packed Presser Hall at Agnes Scott. We couldn't make it (we have a store to run, people, give us a break), but we're told it was most excellent. And anyway, we weren't worried about missing Mr. Meloy, as he had promised us an EXCLUSIVE photo shoot early this morning. An EXCLUSIVE photo shoot that has now been shot, resulting in the EXCLUSIVE photos below.

Meloy is a good sport, so when we told him it was Dragon*Con weekend, he agreed that it only made sense to dress the part. All of these EXCLUSIVE photos were taken in the middle of Ponce de Leon Ave. right in front of the store earlier this morning, just moments before Meloy and Ellis hopped on a plane and headed west for Bumbershoot. We blocked off the street from Taqueria del Sol (sorry, guys!) to Jimmy John's (ditto, guys!), and a small crowd of several thousand people gathered around to watch. Please enjoy...

Colin Meloy As Some Sort Of Sea Creature

Colin Meloy As Zombie Hobo Businessman

Colinbacca

Colin Meloy As Decatur CD's Worst Nightmare

Colin Krueger? Freddy Meloy?

Who says The Decemberists don't rock?

New. Release. Tuesday.

What do you MEAN it's not Tuesday? Here are your new releases for the week:

John Doe
Lil Wayne
Beirut
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Glen Campbell
Juliana Hatfield
Male Bonding
Giant Sand (reissues)
Jill Scott
Tommy Keene
The Nightwatchman
Lenny Kravitz
Puddle of Mudd
...and more!