February Downloads

Bad Thoughts

I was prepared to write about the tremendous restraint I showed this month. This list proves me wrong.

7 digital
Paul O'Dette, Art of the Lute *****

Amazon
Charlemagne Palestine and Tony Conrad, An Aural Symbiotic Mystery ****
Justin Townes Earle, Midnight at the Movies ****

Bandcamp (paid)
Yellow Ostrich, The Mistress ****1/2
Yellow Ostrich, Fade Cave****
Michael Chorney, Oom Pah of the Ghost Parade ***1/2
Tyler Fortier, … And they rode like wildfire ****
David Wax Museum, Carpenter Bird ****

Guvera
Gene Clark, White Light ****1/2
Jan Garbarek, Witchi-Tai-To ***1/2
Loretta Lynn, You Ain't Woman Enough ****

eMusic
Bruce Molsky, Contented Must Be *****

Borders
Talking Heads, Little Creatures

Mixed Sources
Mary Halvorson, Electric Fruit ****1/2

Sony Music Pass
Terry Riley, A Rainbow in Curved Air ****

Significant Free
Grandfather, Why I'd Try ****
Mario Garcia, Sr. Cisne ***1/2
Yves Rakotimalala, Ce Matin Encore ****
Grey Ghost, Broad Oration ****
The Juliets, s/t ****
Marina Gallardo, Some Monsters Die and Others Return ****
Fledderjohn, Monsters, Whores and More ****
Waggers Over the Station, Upekkha ****
Zachary Gray, Montral I/II ****
Erik Nilsson, Recollage ****1/2
Van Wissem, Ex Patris ****
Sam Coffman, ***1/2
Of course, recent offerings/discoveries of Makunouchi Bento

greg

A busy month, partly because I discovered Bandcamp at the end of January thanks to emusers, but I have also borrowed a lot of CDs from my local library as my interests are expnding into jazz. The remainder were emusic other than Getz/Gilberto which was from Amazon

Biffy Clyro Only Revolutions
Billy Harper Soul of an Angel
Charlene Kaye Charlene Kaye & the Brilliant Eyes EP
Charlene Kaye Things I Will Need in the Past
David Bowie Pinups
Deb Oh Cold Glory
Ellipsis Harvest, Live @ Tritone
Ellipsis Edge Hill Road
The Go! Team Rolling Blackouts
Gregg Allman Low Country Blues
Jeremy Messersmith The Reluctant Graveyard
John Coltrane Black Pearls
John Coltrane Blue Train
John Coltrane Dakar
John Coltrane Soultrane
John Coltrane Traneing In
John Coltrane The John Coltrane Quartet Plays
The Juliets The Juliets
June Tabor Ashore
L'Avventura Your Star Was Shining
Lost In The Trees Time Taunts Me
Moussa Diallo Acoustic Groove
Nat Birchall Guiding Spirit
The Nice Diamond Hard Blue Apples of the Moon
Nickel & Brass Septet Four-Color Heroes!
Oi-Va-Voi Laughter Through Tears
Stan Getz Getz/Gilberto
Thomas Barber's Janus Bloc Snow Road
univeria zekt Unnamables
Various Artists Contemporary Afro Beat
Various Artists Brooklyn Guitar Festival
Yves Rakotomalala Ce matin encore

Sort

Always nice to revel when you have a chance:

Mtracks:
Chris Lightcap: Deluxe (best mtrack rec so far)
Breathe Owl Breathe: Magic Central
Hauschka: Ferndorf
Beniot Delborq Trio: Sixth Jump (great rhythmic jazz)
Lusine: A Certian Distance
Keith Whitman: Multiples
Erik Friedlander: Quake
Sharon Van Etten: Epic
Bonobo: Days to Come

Guvera:
Jack Dejohnette: Special Edition
Rydal Vitous Dejohnette
Landing: Oceanless
Ralph Towner: Solstice

Free:
Eastward Hudson: Best rec this month from free land
Oathless (Three albums)
Zachary Gray: Montreal I/II
Taxis: Zoos of Berlin
Matt Mayhall: Bleed
Jason Parker (two albums)
mo-seph growth and form
underwarter noises
GAF

Magnatune:
Robert Rich
Burning Babylon
Beats Under Control
Willem Brons: Mozart Piano

Germanprof

Did succeed in spending less actual money this month.

Emusic:
Heinali - 67 Breaths
Mike Sheridan - I syv sind
Deaf Center - Owl Splinters
Deaf Center - Pale Ravine
(These last two absolutely made my month)

Guvera:
Landing - Oceanless
(Track 4, Are You Gone To Vast Arc Hues?, is epic)

Bandcamp Paid For:
Port St. Willow - Even/Wasteland
The Tumbled Sea - Melody Summer

Physical CD:
Pole - 1, 2, 3
Neal Morse - Lifeline
(The former a classic, the other very average - a completist buy)

Free Stuff:
Oathless - Demo
Oathless - Scars Beyond The Transcendental
Oathless - Astray
Oathless - Lambent Amber Winds
Oathless - The Road To Dystopia
Oathless - Seen Through Reflection
Oathless - Zephyr
Sö - November
strom noir - kueyen
Erik Nilsson - Recollage
Doyeq - Visitor
Doyeq - Eyelashes of Lanterns
Carl Sagan's Ghost - Before I Go
Clem Leek - Snow Tales
Lucette Bourdin and Phillip Wilkerson - Coast to Coast
Devin Underwood & Marcus Fischer - Correspond
Tone Color - Today Will Not Be Like Tomorrow
Deep into Perspectives - The Lost Tapes
Headaches - It Sounds Like
Eluder - Untitled
Ben Woods - We Are Silhouettes Now
(A month low on oaths)

Was aiming for a more modest month after the Christmas season splurge; not bad. More streaming this month.

Brighternow

Arnold Dreybatt & Crash Ensemble - Resonant Relations - Cantaloupe Music 2008
Various Artists - BIS - A Taste of BIS (2009-2010) - Free.
Concerto label sampler - The Sound of Concerto - Free.
Lutz Glandien - Scenes From No Marriage: Electroacoustic Pieces - RER Megacorp 1995

Stephan Mathieu - Remain - Line 2011
Taylor Deupree, Solo Andata, Sawako + Hofli, Minamo - Tasogare: Live in Tokyo - 12K 2011
Carlos Giffoni - Nothing Makes Any Sense - No Fun Productions 2007
Gareth Davis & Machinefabriek - Grower - Sonic Pieces 2011

This Heat - Repeat - RER Usa 1980/1993
Rova Saxophone Quartet & Nels Cline Singers - The Celestial Septet - New World Records 2010
Nigel Ayers & Randy Greif - Build A Poison Fire - Soleilmoon Recordings 1999
Deaf Center - Owl Splinters - Type 2011

Fabio Orsi & Valerio Cosi - Thoughts Melt In The Air - Preservation 2009
Sandro Marinoni, Fabrizio Baracco & Cesare Petrelli - Cape May Lighthouse - Banksville Records 2010
Solo Andata, Seaworthy, Taylor Deupree - Live in Melbourne - 12K 2008

- That was eMu, gotta find a way to keep track on other sources.