Saturday, June 16, 2012

23/100

Music Downloading Goal: 100 new albums by June 26th

Progress: 23/100 (bold means downloaded, italics means I've listened to it)


At the bottom of this post are the first 20 that I've downloaded.


Aside from that, I picked up three more overnight:


SBTRKT, SBTRKT
Clams Casino, Instrumental Tape 2
The War on Drugs, Slave Ambient


I'm at the point now where I have no freaking idea what I'm downloading.  I've never even heard of these bands before.  The reviews seem solid, however, and discovery is fun.


I guess I'm learning something about myself.  I just read a book where sharks played a prominent role.  Those fuckers will eat anything.  Maybe that's how I'm becoming about music.  Well, not exactly.  I won't touch country.  And most pop sucks.  But I'm branching out into jazz, house music, and such, and it has been worthwhile, even if I do occasionally download complete trash. See The Rock Steady.


Considering this download run and my last download run--about a month ago--I've got about 230 new albums or so in my collection.  Life is so much different than when I was a kid, saving my quarters for my next chance to ride with my Mom or Dad to the local Tower Records to that I could plop down $1.19 on a 45 of the newest radio hit.  Technology rules.


Japandroids, Celebration Rock
Mount Eerie, Clear Moon
Kate Bush, 50 Words for Snow

Panda Bear, Tomboy

Hot Chip, In Our Heads (very fun dance album, I've heard)
The Weeknd, House of Balloons
John Maus, We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves 
Tim Hecker, Ravedeath, 1972
Sufjan Stevens, The Age of Adz
Matthew Dear, Black City 

Panda Bear, Young Prayer (their first album)
Dinosaur Jr., Farm
The Tallest Man on Earth (four albums): Shallow Grave, Sometimes the Blues Is Just a Passing Bird, The Tallest Man on Earth (EP), and The Wild Hunt
The Smiths, The Queen is Dead (always fun)
David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust (my favorite Bowie album)
Kurt Vile, Smoke Ring for My Halo
Fuck Buttons, Tarot Sport

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