June 2010 Downloads

cafreema

It has been too long since we've had one of these. I always love seeing what others get, so here's me:

eMusic
Stars - The Five Ghosts: Not my favorite Stars album, but still good.
The Gaslight Anthem - American Slang: Not quite up to The '59 Sound, but I still enjoy it a lot.
Portishead - Chase the Tear: Never been much of a Portishead fan, but this song is just fantastic.
Sleigh Bells - Treats: Rockets in to my yearly top ten.
Kings Go Forth - The Outsiders are Back: Great new soul, whose vocals don't quite match Sharon Jones, but otherwise they stack up very nicely.
Here We Go Magic - Pigeons: A handful of great songs, and a few not so great. Overall, a good buy.

Amie Street
Mike Patton - Mondo Cane: Traditional Italian songs, backed by an orchestra, and sung by the former lead of Faith No More? Killer.
First Aid Kit - The Big Black and the Blue: A little too straight folk for me, but still enjoyable.
Magic Bullets - Magic Bullets: I'm a bit confused by this band. The conflicting psychedelic and britpop influences clash a bit for me.
Samantha Crain - You (Understood): Just downloaded and haven't heard yet, but I'm looking forward to it.

iTunes
With my transferred credit of $1.00 from Lala I grabbed The Carolina Chocolate Drops cover of "Hit 'Em Up Style". One of the best songs of the year.

Craig

Bad Thoughts

I haven't done this in a while either, and I picked up some unique stuff with my disloyalty bonus.

eMusic
Pilartz and Degimbe, Le sac et la corde (Belgian folk)
Arnaldo Cohen, Liszt: Sonata in B minor
Innova 2010: Music with Sound
Magnolia Sisters, Chers Amis
String Trio of New York, Octagon
Music of Central Asia: In the Footsteps of Babur
Revels, Blow ye winds (completed thanks to IODA switch to album downloads)
Arhoolie comp, Orquestas as Cuerdas (completed thanks to IODA switch to album downloads)
Guy Klucevsek, The Well-Tampered Accordion
Musiciens de St Julien, A l'ombre d'un ormeau
Herrewehge, Mahler: Lied von der Erde
Diabolus in Musica, La doce accordance
Bo Skovus, Klenau: Die Wiese von Liebe und Tod

Limewire
Norgard, Sym. 3 and 4

Amie Street
Nora Jane Struthers, s/t
Truth and Soul presents African Music Today
River City Extension, The Unmistakable Man
Pernice Brothers, Goodbye Killer (snore)
Magic Bullets, s/t
Bubamarra Brass Band, Kashtanizma
Suckers, Wild Smile
Sir Coxson Sound, King of the Dub Rock
Roland White, I wasn't born to rock and roll
Ratatat, LP4
Villagers, Becoming a Jackal

Guvera
Hans Werner Henze, El Cimerron (just a few more tracks left)

Free
Henze Collection (from Avant Garde Project)
Bang on a Can All Stars (on Danish radio)
Capella Hafniensis, Musica Nuptialis (from Dacapo)

cafreema

I forgot to add the Innova Sampler. Fantastic album, and I've added some of the artists to my lists already.

Craig

elwoodicious

Finding less to buy on Amie Street these days...

Amie Street
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Before Today
Bibi Tanga & The Selenites - Dunya
Giant Cloud - Old Books EP
Ratatat - LP4
Samantha James - Subconscious

eMusic
Afro Baby The Evolution of the Afro-Sound in Nigeria 1970-79
Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia
Konono No. 1 - Assume Crash Position
Leslie Kongs Connection Vol 2
Robert Hood - Nighttime World
Songs Of The Seasons - Shobha Gurtu - Volume 2
Soundway Presents Palenque Palenque: Champeta Criolla & Afro Roots in Colombia 1975-1991
The Black Keys - Rubber Factory
Whitacre: Choral Music

Amazon
Deadmau5 - For Lack Of A Better Name
Eternal Baroque
Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox
The 99 Most Essential Handel Masterpieces
The Orange Mountain Music Philip Glass Sampler Vol.I

Muggsy

Most of my buying has been on Amie Street:

Peter Case - Wig!
Juliette and the Licks - Four on the Floor (Dave Grohl on drums...)
The Citizens - Are We There Yet?
Shank Bone Mystic Project - ...from within the walls
The Dirty Birds - Rust and Resurrection
Curbdogs - Curbdogs
Shooter Jennings and Hierophant - Black Ribbons
The Red Water Revival - In the Frostbidden Years
68 Fastback - Busted for Speed
Pernice Brothers - Goodbye Killer
Joe Stuby & Rocking Horse - Cosmic Soul
Chillbone - Try and Act Normal
The Burnin' Rain - Pictures in the Fire
The Grip Weeds - Strange Change Machine
Paul Weller - Wake Up the Nation
The Novaks - Big World EP

eMusic:

Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules (RIP RJD)
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes - Best of
Gaslight Anthem - American Slang

Guvera:
Brian Eno - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
Can - Monster Movie
Pink Floyd - Ummagumma (live tracks)

I think that's it.

hoosfoos

Been lurking too long...

emu
Abdel Aziz El Mubarak - Abdel Aziz El Mubarak (still only 5 credits)
Alps - Le Voyage
Curlew - Curlew
Damien Jurado - Saint Bartlett
Dungen - Ta Det Lugnt
Golden - Golden (Extra Golden without the Extra)
Kings Of Belgium - Unchained Melodies
Mary Gauthier - The Foundling
Mudhoney - Superfuzz Bigmuff (only tracks 1-9 and 11)
Panzerpappa - Koralrevens Klagesang (thanks brighternow, skipped the vocal track 7)
Phosphorescent - Here's To Taking It Easy
Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban - Mambo Sinuendo
Secret Chiefs 3 - Satellite Supersonic Vol. 1

amie
Acorn - No Ghost
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Stay Gold
Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward (really liked Coyote so came back for a 2nd helping)
Pernice Brothers - Goodbye Killer
And several freebies thanks to no viagra needed mojo man. Highlights have been The Beefeater Project, bazza and Fuzz Beloved.

@elwoodicious: That Leslie Kongs Connection Vol 2 is some mighty fine roots reggae.

NankerP

My months are all screwed up because I refresh these days on the last day of the month or thereabouts and since I tend to use my credits instantly I associate them with the following month. So my June refresh came today, but I think of it as July in my mind. So ...eh, here's a dump of the last two months
....

Various Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound In 1970
Various Black Man’s Cry: The Influence and Inspiration of Fela Kuti
Blue Mountain Roots
Jimmie Dale Gilmore and the Flatlanders Unplugged
Lil' Band O' Gold Lil' Band O Gold
Shawn Camp Live at the Station Inn
Robbie Fulks Happy
Loudon Wainwright III Songs For The New Depression
Kermit Ruffins Living the Treme Life
Solomon Burke Nothing's Impossible
The Tallest Man On Earth The Wild Hunt
Donald Harrison Jr. Indian Blues
Geraint Watkins In A Bad Mood
Geraint Watkins Dial W For Watkins
Various Soundway Records Presents Colombia! The Golden Age of Discos
Various Cumbia Beat Volume 1
CC Adcock CC Adcock
Phosphorescent Here's To Taking It Easy
Rancho Deluxe Brand New Weekend
Amber Digby & Justin Trevino Keeping Up Appearances
Various Soundway Records Presents The World Ends Afro Rock and Psych
Various The Mardi Gras Indians Super Sunday Showdown
Various Afro Baby The Evolution of the Afro-Sound in Nigeria  1970-79
Rancho Deluxe Brand New Weekend

hoosfoos

@NankerP, really like Geraint Watkins - Dial W For Watkins. Didn't realize he he had a newer one. Folks who like latter day Nick Lowe will dig Geraint. Also like CC Adcock, though I prefer his 2nd (Lafayette Marquis).

The new Phosphorescent is great esp The Mermaid Parade.

NankerP

Do you kn ow Lil Band O Gold, hoosfoos? CC Adcock is in that, also Steve Riley and other Louisiana artists. Bit of a Cajun rock super group. They put out a new album this year I've been meaning to get which isn't on eMu. (Also toured Australia but didn;t come to Sydney - scandal!)

hoosfoos

No, I haven't heard of Lil Band O Gold. The samples sound fun. Saw Steve Riley at New Orleans Jazz Fest awhile back (before Katrina).

thomnottom

Haven't done this in awhile. Not nearly as exciting these days. If anything this may have finally convinced me to sign up for another annual swindleee membership since I haven't been able to get a number of the releases that really interested me. This month was pretty solid for singles at Amie, but I'll skip them for brevity's sake.

Bibi Tanga & The Selenites - Dunya (really glad I grabbed this on a whim)
Dntel - Early Works, Later Versions
Goldfrapp - Head First (it's fun, dammit)
Good Old War - Good Old War
Herbie Hancock - The Imagine Project
Hooray for Earth - MOMO
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey - Stay Gold
Juliette and The Licks - ...Like a Bolt of Lightning
Juliette and The Licks - Four on the Floor
Kele - The Boxer (should probably be a one off solo, but it's cool and danceable)
Mates of State - Crushes (disappointing)
Perfume Genius - Learning
Pernice Brothers - Goodbye, Killer
Peter Case - Wig! (when the hell did I get this?)
Ratatat - LP4 (really love this... should be listening to it now...)
Samantha Crain - You (Understood)
Samantha James - Subconscious
Soldout - Cuts (thanks again to whoever rec'd this - was it elwoodicious?)
The Acorn - No Ghost
The Roots - How I Got Over
Univox - Univox
V/A - Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox (fantastic collection, must check out the originals)

Alright, better haul than I remembered. But it's still missing albums like the new Stars and all of those wonderful Soundway comps.

elwoodicious

@thom, I absolutely love that Bibi Tanga & The Selenites album, chock-full-o-goodness.

selfrisinmojo

@hoosfoos

here is some free stuff from the Beefeater Project dude:
Miracord

regards,
flour child

jonahpwll

I don't keep up with these threads like I should, so I'm gonna put what my last couple months were:

The Claudia Quintet - "Royal Toast" (great experimentalish jazz, kinda Kamikaze Ground Crew, kinda Zorn's Alhambra Quartet)
Petter Worland - "Petter Worland EP" (listed as jazz, but it's just good fuzzy electronic)
Nat Birchall - "Guiding Spirit" (jazz sophmore release as solid as his first; arguably a top-ten of the year. Coltrane fans should listen)
Fuzzy Lights - "A Distant Voice" (ambient electronic post rock shoe gaze, I dunno, can't keep up with these genres)
Dave Chisholm - "Radioactive" (big band jazz, excellent album, highly recommended)
Our Park - "If Not For You" (jazz piano trio, reminiscent of E.S.T., minus the effects)
Po - "The Sound of Summer Silence" (see description for Fuzzy Lights above)
Staffraen Hakon - "Skettir edik a ref" (peaceful guitar with some effects. Addicted to this album as my first of the morning)
Chris Lightcap's Bigmouth - "Deluxe" (jazz, clean feed label I think. Solid album.)
Eddie Harris - "Come on Down!" (Great soul funk jazz from the seventies)
Taylor Haskins - "Wake Up Call" (on Amie for two bucks. Earlier album by musician who just put out a great new release)
Sean Wayland - [Several] (I started a thread on him)
Dr. Lonnie Smith - "Spiral" (new album, haven't listened to it yet)

There's a couple others I grabbed off Amie, but looking at their names, I'm not sure if they're worth mentioning yet. I'll give 'em a listen and post the worthwhile ones later.

kargatron

Jazz:
LM5 (...the lily maase quintet...) - aftermath (2010)
The Suite Unraveling - Unbind. (2009)
Tom Rainey Trio - Pool School (2010)
Brad Shepik - Human Activity Suite (2009)

Popular:
Aloha - Home Acres (2010)
Backward Collective - Bedlam and Then Some (2010)
Samantha Crain - You (Understood) (2010)

Classical:
A Broken Consort - Box of Birch (2009)
Jean-Guihen Queyras - J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites (2007)
Joel Frederiksen, Ensemble Phoenix Munich - The Elfin Knight (2007)
John Holloway - BUXTEHUDE: 7 Sonatas, BuxWV 252-258 ()
VA - Innova 2010: Music with Sound (2010)

Ethnic:
Kapela Brodow - Piesni Maryjne (Folk songs and hymns to Virgin Mary) (2009)
VA - The Music of Islam Sampler (1997)
VA - Songs of Cafe aman Recordings 1930 - 1954 (2008)

Brighternow

A link to my 2010 list will have to do for this time.
(Beginnings and ends of the months are in the comments.)