April 2011 Downloads

Bad ThoughtsBad Thoughts
edited May 2011 in General
My wife's quest for English folk took over my dls for the month.

Amazon
The Once s/t **** (strong, but needs variety)

Bandcamp--paid
Tyler Fortier, Fear of the Unkown ****
White Rainbows, Sun Shifts ****

Borders (physical CD)
Mary Gauthier, The Foundling ****

eMusic
various, Chile: Songs of the Resistance ***** (replacing wife' vinyl)
Jordi Savall and Hesperion XXI, Villancicos y Danzas criollas ***** (infectious)
Nostalgia 77, Sleepwaking Society **** (a little too sleepy)
Watersons, For Pence and Spicy Ale ****1/2
Peter Bellamy, Both Sides Then *****

Guvera
Anouar Brahem, Le Voyage de Sahar ****
Dino Saluzzi and Rosamunde SQ, Kultrum ****
Gary Burton, Dream So Real ****

mTraks
Fay Hields, Looking Glass ****
Martin Carthy and David Swarbrick, Byker Hill ****1/2
Jason Stein, Three Kinds of Happiness ****
Allistair Anderson, Steel Skies ****1/2
Bellowhead, Hedonism ****1/2

Comments

  • GermanprofGermanprof
    emusic
    Fabio Orsi - Stand Before Me, Oh My Soul
    Kwoon - When the Flowers were Singing

    Bandcamp
    Marvin Ayres - Five Pieces (Free)
    Fabio Orsi & Seaworthy - Near and Far Away (Pay)

    Guvera
    Shrift - Lost in a Moment
    Duke Ellington & John Coltrane - Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
    Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells Digital Box Set (disk 1)
    Landing - Brocade
    (generous Guvera month - persuaded my wife to let me open an account for her...and she didn't find anything she wanted right away...)

    Netlabels etc:
    Pandora's Box - Barriers
    Werken - Sum
    Nice Wings Icarus - s/t

    Physical
    Offthesky - iterate i

    Did some downloading at the end of the month. Succeeded in downloading almost nothing during Lent (I did use some use-or-lose credits). It was a good experience - definitely tamed the compulsive aspect of downloading new music. Partly as a result, I would say I high proportion of this month's downloads were stuff I really liked.
  • KennyKenny
    Nice job on Lent. I did dessert. I missed chocolate cake hard.
  • cafreemacafreema
    Guvera
    James Blake - s/t: Not a huge fan, but it's not terrible.

    Amazon
    R.E.M. - Collapse Into Now: Classic R.E.M.
    Low - C'mon: Fantastic.

    CDs
    Various Artists - Barefoot & Pregnant: A Compilation: Collection of Twin Cities music from the early 80s.
    Various Artists - Kitten: A Compilation: Same as above, but live.

    eMu - Yet another please come back offer
    Yuck - s/t: Excellent. The rare British buzz band that actually doesn't suck.

    mtraks
    Art of Noise - (Who's Afraid of) The Art of Noise: Classic.
    Grant Hart - Intolerance: How did I get this far with no Grant Hart?
    Frankie Rose and the Outs - s/t: Fun indie pop.
    Pop. 1280 - s/t: Electro punk.
    T. Rex - The Slider: See Grant Hart.

    Craig
  • BrighternowBrighternow
    edited May 2011
    Emusic:

    Sundrips - Just a Glimpse - Debacle Records 2011
    Sanso-Xtro - Fountain Fountain Joyous Mountain - Digitalis 2011
    Various Artists - Cantaloupe Music - A Taste of Cantaloupe Music - 2011
    Tied & Tickled Trio and Billy Hart - La Place Demon - morr music 2011

    Valerio Cosi - Collected Works - Porter Records 2008
    Red Records 35th Anniversary (Special eMusic) - 2011
    Shifts - One Piece for Cymbal - Korm Plastics ?
    Shifts - Pangea - Korm Plastics 2011 / Elsie & Jack Recordings 1998

    Paul Dresher Ensemble with Rinde Eckert - Slow Fire - MinMax Music 1992
    Philippe Petit - Off to Titan - KARL-RECORDS 2010
    Philippe Petit & Vultures Quartet - Tourbillon d'obscurit
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