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Jon Hopkins - Immunity
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

Vampire Weekend- Modern Vampires of the City
Disclosure- Settle (not one of absolute top albums of the year so far, but I do love it and I don't own a lot of electronic dance music. I found it a good way to add some variation to my collection. )

Bought in the US, San Fransisco (Amoeba, great store):

- Low - Long Division
- Bola - Fyuti
- Múm - Yesterday Was Dramatic - Today Is OK
- Björk - Medulla
- Beck - Sea Change
- Autechre - EP7

Tempest by Bob Dylan

Even though it's not quite at the same level as Love and Theft and Modern Times, it's still a lot better than most of the stuff he has put out after Blood on the Tracks.

I think the album closer 'Roll on John' is the best song, maybe partly because of its subject matter, but the melody and other things are good too.

8.5 BEST NEW MUSIC (Even though Pitchfork actually gave it 6.8)

most of the discography of shoegaze legends Moose. Looking to make my own best of out of their catalog since their record company has yet to do so

Picked up a vinyl copy of Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division

Tame Impala- Lonerism
Depeche Mode- Violator

The Velvet Underground - Loaded
Al Green - Call Me
Stars of the Lid - The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid

The XX-xx
Elliot Smith- Either/Or

Kanye West- Yeezus

Arcade Fire - Reflektor
Explosions in the Sky - The Earth Is not a Cold Dead Place

Burial- Untrue

A personalised/signed copy of Courtney Barnett's A Sea Of Split Peas

Jesus and Mary Chain- Psychocandy
PJ Harvey- Let England Shake

Speaking of PJ Harvey I got Dry remastered, Psychocandys Anniversay edition, Stone Roses Anniversary edition, Psychocandy Remastered, Surfer Rosa Remastered, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Anniversary edition, Thrills, Pills and Bellyaches Remastered, MBVs Loveless Remastered,

Replacement's Timmy Remastered, Screamadelica Anniversary Edition and Suede's debut anniversary edition. Some were really hard to find.

luvulongTIM wrote:Speaking of PJ Harvey I got Dry remastered, Psychocandys Anniversay edition, Stone Roses Anniversary edition, Psychocandy Remastered, Surfer Rosa Remastered, I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got Anniversary edition, Thrills, Pills and Bellyaches Remastered, Screamadelica Anniversary Edition and Suede's debut anniversary edition. Some were really hard to find.

That's some epic finds there!

From the last month or so:

Yeezus by Kanye West
R.A.P. Music by Killer Mike
good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar
AM by Arctic Monkeys
Attack on Memory by Cloud Nothings
Modern Vampires of the CIty by Vampire Weekend
Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
Sunbather by Deafheaven
The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

And How to Stop Your Brain in An Accident by Future of the Left should be coming soon

I went to the local record shop the other day and picked up:

The National- Alligator
Deerhunter- Halcyon Digest
Panda Bear- Person Pitch
The Velvet Underground- The Velvet Underground

Since last time:

Iron & Wine - The Creek Drank the Cradle
Burial - Rival Dealer
Cluster - Zuckerzeit
Slowdive - Just for a Day
Slowdive - Souvlaki
Slowdive - Pygmalion

Just bought my first new turntable in 35 years (an MMF 2.2). To celebrate I got a limited edition "Pirates" by Rickie Lee Jones, and two albums I've only ever heard digitally, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and a local band, Rah Rah's "The Poet's Dead" which the store owner threw in for free. Looking forward to rebuilding my vinyl collection; anybody got some tips?

St. Vincent- St. Vincent
Animal Collective- Strawberry Jam

Sun Kil Moon - Benji
John Coltrane - Blue Train
John Coltrane - A Love Supreme (vinyl)
David Bowie - Heroes
Boards of Canada - Geogaddi (vinyl)

Bonnie Prince Billy- I See a Darkness
Sun Kil Moon- Benji

The October Swimmer EP by JJ72. The song Guidance off of it is one of the all time classic B-Sides of all time.

DocBrown wrote:Just bought my first new turntable in 35 years (an MMF 2.2). To celebrate I got a limited edition "Pirates" by Rickie Lee Jones, and two albums I've only ever heard digitally, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and a local band, Rah Rah's "The Poet's Dead" which the store owner threw in for free. Looking forward to rebuilding my vinyl collection; anybody got some tips?

Great! I do not have many suggestions, almost all my vinyls are older than me. I have not used my turntable in a while, either. One of the speakers does not work anymore, and the needle is very worn... I have no idea where to get a new one. (Well, to be honest I have not searched much, either.) Maybe I should follow your lead and start to retake the hobby.
How is it going your collection?

Blanco wrote:

DocBrown wrote:Just bought my first new turntable in 35 years (an MMF 2.2). To celebrate I got a limited edition "Pirates" by Rickie Lee Jones, and two albums I've only ever heard digitally, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and a local band, Rah Rah's "The Poet's Dead" which the store owner threw in for free. Looking forward to rebuilding my vinyl collection; anybody got some tips?

Great! I do not have many suggestions, almost all my vinyls are older than me. I have not used my turntable in a while, either. One of the speakers does not work anymore, and the needle is very worn... I have no idea where to get a new one. (Well, to be honest I have not searched much, either.) Maybe I should follow your lead and start to retake the hobby.
How is it going your collection?

Good day, Cesar! Good to hear from you.

Today I picked up the White Stripe's Elephant, Nina Simone's Here Comes the Sun and The War On Drugs' Lost In the Dream, which deserves its place at #1 on the MCCh! What I've learned so far...with so much music today recorded digitally, it's important to know where the masters for your vinyl are coming from... so far I've made some good choices on stuff I'd only heard as digital files. Hold on to your classic vinyl, I really regret losing track of most of mine. My ex-wife is bringing me two boxes of vinyl she had in storage for years soon; I hope there will be some treasures there.

Heart Turned to D.E.A.D by Switches:)

Two great scores today; a used but mint 1973 original pressing (PC 32432) of Springsteen's The Wild, The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, and an unopened 1998 pressing (V6 5008) of The Velvet Underground and Nico. Both for $15.00 at a flea market. Oh, also an original pressing of The Cars self-titled debut. Also for $15.00.

The irony of course is I bought all three of these albums in the 70's for about five bucks.

Nabbed a first pressing of Can't Buy a Thrill by Steely Dan at the local charity shop yesterday. Also ordered the Violent Femmes' self-titled LP recently, I can't wait to listen to that one!

Horace Silver - Blowin' the Blues Away
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus (vinyl)
Sixteen Horsepower - Sackcloth 'n' Ashes

luvulongTIM wrote:Guess I'll give that Julia Holter a try. She's not from Brooklyn or England so she can't be THAT bad. But if it sounds anything like YS part 2 I'm shaking my fists at you guys. Hate to admit this and this is coming from a guy who LOVED female artists, but lately it's been mostly strike outs when it comes to females in music as of late. Britain has gotten so stale and predictable although I'm definitely looking forward to finally listening to the new Savages, not a trace of soul or anything that sounds remotely like Dusty or Kate. It's about time grrls finally rock again.

What did ya think of Julia Holter in the end? I really enjoyed her last two records and was hoping that as she's from L.A. too that some neighbourly bias may have brought you around to liking her.

Question guys: How much of your record collecting is vinyl, and how much is CD? For a while it was about 60% CD and 40% vinyl. I would buy CD's more often simply because it was cheaper and I could buy more. However, I've been trying to buy mostly vinyl as of late, and settling with less quantity.

Matski wrote:

luvulongTIM wrote:Guess I'll give that Julia Holter a try. She's not from Brooklyn or England so she can't be THAT bad. But if it sounds anything like YS part 2 I'm shaking my fists at you guys. Hate to admit this and this is coming from a guy who LOVED female artists, but lately it's been mostly strike outs when it comes to females in music as of late. Britain has gotten so stale and predictable although I'm definitely looking forward to finally listening to the new Savages, not a trace of soul or anything that sounds remotely like Dusty or Kate. It's about time grrls finally rock again.

What did ya think of Julia Holter in the end? I really enjoyed her last two records and was hoping that as she's from L.A. too that some neighbourly bias may have brought you around to liking her.

Didn't do it for me at all:( i don't mind artsier progressive songwriters but come on, give me some memorable melodies, a catchy chorus, something hooky. At least try. Up until this last album i never got into St. Vincent at all but i could tell she was at least trying to through together something to keep her music singalong friendly. She was a little too scattered and threw things that were weird but not particularly melodically crafted. But she remained upbeat and showed potential which great singles. Others like Newsom and Laura Marling, just too slow with intellectual instrumentation that sounds ok until they attempt to actually sing but not at all geared to a pop loving audience.

Mattceinicram wrote:Question guys: How much of your record collecting is vinyl, and how much is CD? For a while it was about 60% CD and 40% vinyl. I would buy CD's more often simply because it was cheaper and I could buy more. However, I've been trying to buy mostly vinyl as of late, and settling with less quantity.

5% vinyl vs 95% cd, mainly because cds are more available, last longer and take less space. Vinyl looks nicer though.
Recently I tend to buy almost as much vinyl as cds though.

Just picked up Love's "Forever Changes" on vinyl and Todd Terje' "It's Album Time" on CD.

luvulongTIM wrote:Others like Newsom and Laura Marling, just too slow with intellectual instrumentation that sounds ok until they attempt to actually sing but not at all geared to a pop loving audience.

The question is though, do they want to gear up to a pop loving audience and should they? I've got nothing against pop, but I wouldn't really put Newsom and Marling in that category. I don't think it's what they are going for. Of course it can not be your taste, but critisizing them for not making concessions to pop fans is a bit like complaining about punk musicians not making easy listening. Newsom and Marling have a different audience (me included).

Haha funny cause Never Talking to You Again is my favorite Husker Du song who are of course geared toward their punk rock audience. I mean their songs arent structured with melodies, hooks, catchy choruses, which doesn't necessarily mean its pop oriented but their songs just dont capture these qualities. This Mortal Coil was far from pop although many of the artists they covered were but they would strip down these songs and interpret them into more gothic, ambient folk yet they still kept their songs in tune with lush production and accessible structure especially because of the singers they chose to interpret these classics. Thats what i notice is lacking in certain artists today but i guess every era needs their own Yoko Ono to divide peoples opinion on what might be considered art to some and trash to others.

I do most of my purchasing by song, but i got a chance to head over to Salvation Army today and i got:

Station to Station by David Bowie
Little Creatures by the Talking Heads
OK Computer by Radiohead
Alternative NRG (a Greenpeace compilation)

Like i said i LOVE Greatest Hits/Best Of Compilations and this was an actual import i found on iTunes. Who knew iTunes was turning into Amoeba Records. I purchased This Is Heavenly by Heavenly Sweet, fun, singalong and melodic. How music should sound:)

Hadn't bought anything for some time, but yesterday I purchased The Studio Albums 1968/1979 by Joni Mitchell on CD. Her first ten albums.

Just picked up Drowners s/t debut on vinyl (had to special order it, even at my obscure little indie shop). If you like the Arctic Monkeys, check this one out.

Today's Record Store Day pickups:

Japandroids- Celebration Rock
Disclosure- Apollo (single) (Record Store Day Exclusive)

James Blake- Overgrown
Cat Stevens- Teaser and the Firecat

I went to Record Store Day in hopes of finding that 5 LP LCD Soundsystem live box set. Sadly I didn't, but I walked away with a copy of "White Light/White Heat", so it wasn't a total loss.

Nick wrote:I went to Record Store Day in hopes of finding that 5 LP LCD Soundsystem live box set. Sadly I didn't, but I walked away with a copy of "White Light/White Heat", so it wasn't a total loss.

Yeah I was also looking for that, but it had sold out far before I was able to dig through the exclusives.

I got the the most recent EMA, Todd Terje and St. VIncent albums!

Waxahatchee- Cerulean Salt

Gotta love pre-birthday purchasing binges

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
R.E.M. - Murmur
Moby - Play
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
Kanye West - Late Registration
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Breeders - Last Splash
Mando Diao - Ode to Ochrasy
Mando Diao - Hurricane Bar
Plus Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, and James Brown best of's because they were cheap

Luke JR68 wrote:Gotta love pre-birthday purchasing binges

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
R.E.M. - Murmur
Moby - Play
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
Kanye West - Late Registration
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Breeders - Last Splash
Mando Diao - Ode to Ochrasy
Mando Diao - Hurricane Bar
Plus Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, and James Brown best of's because they were cheap

Not a bad haul at all!

Mattceinicram wrote:

Luke JR68 wrote:Gotta love pre-birthday purchasing binges

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream
R.E.M. - Murmur
Moby - Play
Dizzee Rascal - Boy in da Corner
Kanye West - Late Registration
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
The Breeders - Last Splash
Mando Diao - Ode to Ochrasy
Mando Diao - Hurricane Bar
Plus Sam Cooke, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, and James Brown best of's because they were cheap

Not a bad haul at all!

Thanks Matt, I look forward to listening to them... Considering I've never actually heard Kind of Blue before, i should probably start my listening with that one