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I just bought a load of albums to make me feel better (discuss and/or post what you've bought recently)

GalacticStar3ruption [Edit] [Delete] 61 replies 14:59, 7 May '09

cLOUDDEAD - Ten
Berri Txarrak - Libre
Xasthur - Telepathic With The Deceased
of Montreal - Skeletal Lamping
Kylesa - Static Tensions
The Alter Boys - The Exotic Sound of the Alter Boys
Max Tundra - Mastered By Guy At The Exchange
Melt-Banana - Cell-Scape
El Grupo Nuevo - Cryptomnesia

Kylesa is the only one that I'd describe as an impulse buy, the rest I've either heard all/part of, or there are connections to things I already like Why?/cLOUDDEAD, Dog Fashion Disco/The Alter Boys, El Grupo Nuevo/The Mars Volta & Hella.

Any thoughts? What have other people been buying recently?

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I recieved the CDs I bought in the play.com sale today.

Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque
The Replacements - Let It Be
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
The Dodos - Visiter
Neil Young - Rust Never Sleeps
Neil Young - Freedom

I'm still waiting on The Fall - Hex Education Hour. I also got Belle & Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister and The Avalanches - Since I Left You for about 99p each on eBay.

hello_dave | 7 May '09, 15:16 | X
- So did I!
  
  Mew - Frengers £4.99
  Sonic Youth - Goo £3.99
  The Mars Volta - Amputechture £4.99
  Faith No More - Introduce Yourself £4.99
  
  LastAstronaut @hello_dave | 7 May '09, 19:31 | X
- Its Hex Enduction Hour
  
  Just to be pedantic for a second ;)
  
  Joseph_SP @hello_dave | 8 May '09, 14:42 | X
I bought this last night

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Barcelona-Freddie-Mercury/dp/B000026027/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1241702524&sr=1-3

Axis | 7 May '09, 15:22 | X
- haha
  
  haribo7989 @Axis | 7 May '09, 16:02 | X
I've just bought....

The Horrors - Primary Colours
Lisa Hannigan - Sea Sew
Conor Oberst - Outer South
Weezer - Pinkerton
Scott Walker - Scott 2
Tin Machine - Tin Machine
Suede - Coming Up
REM - Accelerate
Bat for Lashes - 2 Suns

Most splendid.

witsmullet | 7 May '09, 15:34 | X
these:

CD's:

Bell Orchestre-As Seen Through The Windows
Diamond Watch Wrists-Ice Capped At Both Ends
Brian Eno-Music For Airports
Klaus Says Buy The Record-Into The Wood
Sunday Reeds-Drowning In History
Vaselines-Enter The Vaselines
Wave Pictures-If You Leave It Alone
Wintermute-Robot Works
Wooden Shjips-Dos

LP's:

DOOM-Born Like This
Wipers-Youth Of America

12's:

Bloc Party-Signs Remixes
Favours For Sailors-Furious Sons
M.I.A.-Jimmy

7's:

Abe Vigoda/Child Pornography-Split
Abe Vigoda/Michaelas Friend-Split
Eat Skull/Ganglians-Split
Fanfarlo-Drowning Men
Friendship-The Graveyard Shift
Panicsville-New Directions In Creative Nihilism
Plug-B Boy
Poppy & The Jezebels-Rhubarb & Custard
She & Him-Why Do You Let Me Stay Here
The XX-Crystalised
We Were Promised Jetpacks-Quiet Little Voices

jp88 | 7 May '09, 15:35 | X
cheap fopp bargains

dananananakroyd - hey everyone
the bees - the sound of the bees
les savy fav - inches
aphex twin - i care because you do

then i got home and found that they've just sold me the case for the aphex twin cd.

THANKS A FREAKEN BUNDLE

tomatron | 7 May '09, 16:01 | X
- No CD? Oh dear.
  
  that's never happened to me, are you going to go back and ask for the disc?
  
  GalacticStar3ruption @tomatron | 7 May '09, 17:42 | X
  - WELL
    
    i was staying with my girlfriend in glasgow, and i didn't realise until later that day, and then had to fly back to nottingham (where i live) the following morning. so i've left the cd and the receipt at hers in the hope she will sort it out for me.
    
    HMM.
    
    tomatron @GalacticStar3ruption | 7 May '09, 21:32 | X
I bought

Simian Mobile Disco - Attack Delay Sustain Release
Teitur - The Singer
Grammatics - Grammatics
Buraka Som Sistema - Black Diamond
The Invisible - The Invisible
Sky Larkin - The Golden Spike

All for £20. Bargain.

Cloudbuster | 7 May '09, 17:52 | X
I buy in batches

and don't really spend money on much else other than music.

GalacticStar3ruption @grouchland | 7 May '09, 18:51 | X
Comadre - A Wolf Ticket

as (legally) downloaded from a link on their myspace

soapy | 7 May '09, 18:40 | X
Why are people on here so desperate to show to each other what they're aware of?

Stuff like the weekly Last.fm thread, or this thread. Discussions never seem to come out of them, just dispassionate lists. What's the point?

lazerlife | 7 May '09, 19:01 | X
- You are so right.
  
  I bought collections of colonies of bees today cus bon iver told me to.
  
  meadymeady @lazerlife | 7 May '09, 19:02 | X
- its weird
  
  I guess you're taking a chance and hoping that someone cares about your taste or the bands you like, no-one ever does though.
  
  millionaire @lazerlife | 7 May '09, 19:38 | X
  - It was actually
    
    an attempt at a joke. Arf arf. I actually couldn't give a rats ass about what people are listening to or the caring about what I listen to.
    
    meadymeady @millionaire | 7 May '09, 19:57 | X
    - I replied to lazerlife
      
      millionaire @meadymeady | 7 May '09, 21:00 | X
      - whoops
        
        meadymeady @millionaire | 8 May '09, 10:13 | X
- It makes me look cool
  
  serious answer: I hope that other people will make comments about the albums I'm buying, and trust me it does happen.
  
  GalacticStar3ruption @lazerlife | 7 May '09, 19:58 | X
- Things like this have their uses.
  
  Even if discussion is minimal, it doesn't mean people aren't investigating stuff. The Last.fm threads are better than this kind of thing though, I've listened to plenty of stuff I've found in those threads that I'd never have considered listening to before.
  
  Sibley @lazerlife | 7 May '09, 20:50 | X
  - ^ yep
    
    I wouldn't be buying this Melt-Banana album if it wasn't for the last.fm threads.
    
    GalacticStar3ruption @Sibley | 7 May '09, 21:15 | X
  - ^yeah pretty much this
    
    i like looking at the lists, especially the last.fm ones as i can see who has a similar taste to me and then see if they have bands / artists on their lists that i don't know.
    
    shes_so_high @Sibley | 8 May '09, 23:19 | X
Not too much

being a penny pinching student, recently in the last month or so
Action Beat - The Noise Band From Bletchley
Telepathe - Dance Mother
The Earlies - The Enemy Chorus(bought on a whim after hearing on of their secret broadcasts)
Ringo Deathstarr - Ringo Deathstarr
Shield Your Eyes - Shield Your Eyes

wewerewerewolvesonce | 7 May '09, 19:06 | X
- also I heard Kylesa's first album
  
  and it was pretty awesome so I'll have to check out their second.
  
  wewerewerewolvesonce @wewerewerewolvesonce | 7 May '09, 19:10 | X
How many of them have you actually heard?

I'm guessing 2.

GalacticStar3ruption @kissinginkansas | 7 May '09, 20:02 | X
i bought:

nothing because i'm skint :(

good choice on the melt banana album, definitely their best.

pretty_vacant | 7 May '09, 19:54 | X
- Good choices (of those i know). The Alter Boys is great :)
  
  My recent purchases:
  
  Prefuse 73 - Extinguished: Outtakes
  Diamond Watch Wrists - Ice Capped At Both Ends
  El Grupo Nuevo de Omas Rodriguez Lopez - Cryptomnesia I
  Babybird - The Original Lo-Fi
  Leila - Blood, Looms and Blooms
  
  next up: Exotic Animal Petting Zoo, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, KMFDM and Chris Clark.
  
  medulla | 7 May '09, 19:55 | X
- i am waiting for
  
  School of Seven Bells - Alpinisms
  Alela Diane - To Be Still
  
  and i'm buying off a friend who doesn't like them:
  Fever Ray - Fever Ray
  The Horrors - Primary Colours
  
  because why not eh
  
  brusma | 7 May '09, 20:04 | X
  - DOESN'T LIKE FEVER RAY?
    
    your friend is a SPAZMO.
    
    also, i found the school of seven bells album to be a little disappointing :(
    
    (i hope you don't, but i'm just putting it out there because i was super excited about it and... yeah.)
    
    tomatron @brusma | 7 May '09, 22:30 | X
- where did you get el grupo nuevo
  
  and on what format?
  
  alcxxk | 7 May '09, 20:11 | X
  - CD
    
    Amazon marketplace - from Caiman.
    
    GalacticStar3ruption @alcxxk | 7 May '09, 20:42 | X
- not much as I'm saving for another deck
  
  Burial / Four Tet
  Pinch
  Gemmy
  Wedge / Gemmy
  Spacial
  Geiom
  
  pinch / geiom / spacial are so damn good! burial / four tet is a little shiny but still good.
  
  jimitheexploder | 7 May '09, 20:15 | X
- The woman in Kylesa is fit.
  
  Good band too.
  
  I just got ISIS - Wavering Radiant. Don't expect I'll buy much for a few months now.
  
  lemonbrickcombo | 7 May '09, 20:53 | X
  - did you buy Diamond Watch Wrists?
    
    Not sure i think much of it. Very similar sounding throughout and there doesn't seem to be much substance to it.
    
    medulla @lemonbrickcombo | 7 May '09, 21:15 | X
    - haven't got it yet
      
      lemonbrickcombo @medulla | 7 May '09, 23:27 | X
  - what did you make of isis?
    
    doodthatkicksarse @Saint_Cronin | 7 May '09, 22:32 | X
    - One day you will all regret buying so much music.
      
      Having said that, I bought Supporting Caste by Propagandhi which is amazing and includes probably the best thing they've ever done (the opening 3 minutes of 'Last Will and Testament', the remastered version of Architecture and Morality by OMD, and I finally bought Rattlesnakes this week.
      
      johnwiddop @Saint_Cronin | 7 May '09, 23:49 | X
      - ooh i got that OMD one last week
        
        for £2! i also got the lewis parker album 'masquerades and silhouettes' for £2, which i probably won't listen to, but about 4 years ago i really wanted it and couldn't find it for less then £15 anywhere, so i bought it to help appease my former self.
        
        tomatron @johnwiddop | 8 May '09, 09:59 | X
      - How you finding Hammock?
        
        I was listening to the title track in my car earlier. They're probably my favourite band at the moment.
        
        Aereomuffin @Saint_Cronin | 9 May '09, 21:10 | X
      - Today I picked up
        
        St. Vincent "Actor" (based purely on how much everyone's been extremely excited about it)
        The Wave Pictures "If You Leave It Alone" (on vinyl. It's definitely that kind of album)
        ...and the new Television Personalities 7". Exciting times.
        
        awisgard | 8 May '09, 00:47 | X
      - TC: you didn't go wrong.
        
        That Kylesa album is amazing. Really thick. If it was a soup it would be the chunkiest kind.
        
        danger | 8 May '09, 10:36 | X
      - I find Melt-Banana pretty hit and miss.
        
        Some stuff is excellent (Charlie) but some is utter bobbins (Cactuses Come In Flocks).
        
        Haven't heard of any of the other bands.
        
        Recent purchases:
        
        Obits - I Blame You (Like a stripped-down version of Hot Snakes, concentrates more on the gritty guitar sound, some fantastic playing. Great to have Froberg back playing music again.)
        And So I Watch You From Afar - s/t (epic sounds, crushing heaviness, probably the best album I've heard this year.)
        Dananananaykroyd - Hey Everyone! (I've had Pink Sabbath on repeat - I love the way the drums kick in at the start. Apart from that, need to listen to it more.)
        
        shucks | 8 May '09, 10:57 | X
        
        Oh yeah, and I got Upstyle Down by 28 Days for 1p from amazon marketplace
        
        and it's well good if you like australian punk mixed with dodgy hip hop.
        
        shucks @shucks | 8 May '09, 10:59 | X
        
        28 Days!!!
        
        Marry me
        
        DanielKelly @shucks | 8 May '09, 15:27 | X
        
        Rip It Up is probably the greatest song ever:
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-wno1H3gbw
        
        shucks @DanielKelly | 8 May '09, 16:03 | X
      - Abe Vigoda - Skeleton = Great
        
        Mastodon - Crack the Skye = Great
        Jeffrey Lewis - Em Are I = 66% Great 33% Bobbins (percentage liable to change, not sure what the direction of travel will be though)
        
        thewarn | 8 May '09, 11:26 | X
        
        What's the other 1%
        
        Just askin', like.
        
        joshhall @thewarn | 8 May '09, 13:55 | X
        
        packaging
        
        thewarn @joshhall | 8 May '09, 23:22 | X
      - this weeks purchases
        
        7'' vinyl
        
        Thunderclap Newman-Something In The Air/The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown-Fire (double A Side)
        
        12'' vinyl
        
        Dinosaur Jr-Bug, green vinyl
        
        New Wave (an old Vertigo Records comp of stuff like Talking Heads, New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Dead Boys, Richard Hell And The Void-Oids, Runaways, Ramones etc)
        
        The Kinks-Lola/Sunny Afternoon/Waterloo Sunset/Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
        
        Yazoo-Don't Go (Remixes)
        
        Boney M-Painter Man/He Was A Steppenwolf (red vinyl)
        
        James Brown-Best Of
        
        cadd | 8 May '09, 19:21 | X
      - I'm finding it really tough to buy CDs now.
        
        The ones I want all seem to be released by British indie labels so I need to order them off the web which is a lot of hassle cos I don't have a credit card and I'm sick of asking my parents'.
        This problem is made worse by the fact that I can't find a decent record store any where near me. HMV in Limerick is probably the best.
        
        Oh wait, I just remembered I'm going to London on the 29th. I will spend a shitload on CDs then, I'm very sure.
        
        Ekels | 8 May '09, 19:32 | X
      - Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care
        
        Arrived today, along with an actual tear in the vinyl...naughty Domino.
        
        silver_buddha | 9 May '09, 20:18 | X
      - Anyone
        
        got Spring Tides the new Jeniferever album? Also I quite the new Conor Album, but I think he's devolved too many vocal responsibilties
        
        Amity_xo | 9 May '09, 20:29 | X
      - Last month
        
        3 pavement reissues
        Grizzly bear yellow house
        The Cramps off the bone
        YYY's It's Blitz, Is Is
        The Rakes first album for some reason
        Nick Cave Tender Prey, the good son
        St Vincent - Actor
        Health//Disco
        No Age Nouns
        Nation of ulysses Plays pretty for baby
        1990s Kicks
        Chain and the Gang - Down with liberty, Up with Chains
        Liquid Liquid - Slip in and out
        
        Quite proud, bit skint though
        
        yummyb00n | 9 May '09, 20:51 | X

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