I’m a real magpie when it comes to music.
I can’t help grabbing it left right and centre. Mostly to audition it, either on “whyTunes” or torrent, then if I like it I buy a copy, especially if the artist is one that I will follow, or I just buy it outright and if I hate it, stiff shit. No really, that’s true.
Eg Jonsi I grabbed on-line then fell in love with it (like DUH!) and went and bought several copies of the CD, bought the digital download, the LE, six copies of Heima etc etc. then went and took two others to the live show.
If I don’t like the music, I just erase it to free up hard drive space
So was wondering what were the latest things you had all downloaded lately? I must admit my tastes lately have veered towards more “organic” music rather than electronic, so have been checking out a lot of new Americana and alt.country stuff, with some other stuff in the mix such as albums Ive been meaning to get for ages, sometimes years, but hadn’t got around to it yet. Here’s what I’ve grabbed in the last month or so, in no particular order:
Dylan Leblanc ~ Paupers Field(still listening)
The Fall ~ Out Future Your Clutter (angry!!)
Daniel Johnson ~ Everything...yikes!
Foy Vance ~ THIS GUY IS A KILLER!
Felice Brothers~ Yonder Is The Clock (I like it)
Ray LaMontagne ~ God Willing ( used to hate him but this is great)
Mavis Staples ~ You’re Not alone ( a legend)
Scott matthew ~ There Is An Ocean ( like a car accident on the highway)
Tame Impala~ Innerspeaker (still listening but sounds good so far)
Avi Buffalo ~ Avi Buffalo(still listening, but on SUBPOP so worth a punt)
James ~ The Night Before((still listening)
KT Tunstall~ Tiger Suit (meh)
Teddy Thompson ~ A Piece of What You Need( kinda cool I guess)
Sky Sailing ~ An Airplane (got this by mistake but its grown on me)
Tinderstick~ Falling (couple of standouts but its annoying)
Alejandro Escovedo ~ Street Songs of Love (great)
Eels ~ End of Time (great classic eels)
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan ~ Hawk (7/10)
Josh Ritter ~ So Runs The World Away(disappointing)
Los Lobos ~ Tin Can Rust (good, typical )
The Cure ~ Disintegration (need I say more?)
Tired Pony ~ The Place We Ran From (listening)
The Hold Steady - Heaven Is Whenever (very good)
Blitzen Trapper ~ Destroyer of the Void (very cool)
American Slang - Gaslight Anthem (rocking)
Band of Skulls ~ Baby Darling Doll Face Honey (rocking hard!)
Ben Folds - Lonely Avenue (yeah quite cool, still listening)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Mean Old Man (I loves the Killer!)
Neil Young - Le Noise (another great old fart)
Justin Townes Earle –Harlem River Blues (brilliant)
Tricky - Mixed Race (50/50)
Animal Collective~ everything..:P)
Efterklang - Parades (loving it)
Broken Social Scene – Forgiveness (eh, couple of great tunes, but meh)
Ben Frost - By The Throat (still listening)
Rhys Chatham ~ The Bern Project
Don Caballero~ Everything
The Accidental ~ There Were Wolves (like it )
A shitload of Ryan Adams boots and out-takes
Also Fever Ray, some old Ride(Nowhere), John Grant etc