another month (happy birthday to my beloved Aunt Pat) and another 100 albums (though there's a lot more than 100 $5 downloads) offered by Amazon for a mere $5 each.
here are the highlights:
want to know what you've been missing?
Lady Gaga's The Fame Monster
newish stuff (in a couple different ways):
The Hold Steady's Heaven is Whenever, The Drums by, of course, The Drums, Tokyo Police Club's Champ, The Wild Hunt by The Tallest Man on Earth, Hot Chip's One Life Stand, Phosphorescent's Here's To Taking It Easy, Damien Jurado's Saint Bartlett, MGMT's Congratulations and Work by Shout Out Louds.
playing catch up:
Phoenix's United, Secret, Profane and Sugarcane by Elvis Costello, Rubber Factory by the Black Keys (most likely their best), My Morning Jacket's Evil Urges, Underachievers Please Try Harder by Camera Obscura, If You're Feeling Sinister by Belle & Sebastian, M. Ward's Transistor Radio, Wye Oak's The Knot, Neutral Milk Hotel's On Avery Island, Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest, Good Morning Spider by Sparklehorse, the musical vehicle of the late Mark Linkous, Grinderman (Nick Cave) and the debut album by Wavvves
classics and greatest hits collections:
Classic Sinatra: His Great Performances 1953-1960
, Duran Duran's Greatest, The Rolling Stone's Black and Blue, Ringo by Ringo Starr, Sparkle and Fade by Everclear, the "Deluxe Edition" of John Coltrane's Giant Steps, Chet Baker's My Funny Valentine, Warren Zevon's Stand in the Fire and Life'll Kill Ya, The Knack's Get The Knack, Singles Going Steady by the Buzzcocks, The Very Best of Little Richard (definitively the best overall value with 25 songs), Dr. John's Gris Gris, the Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique, 20 Best of Patsy Cline (which is good, but it's not her 20 best), The Proclaimer's Sunshine on Leith, Vince Guaraldi's Greatest Hits (yep, the Charlie Brown guy) and David Bowie's Hunky Dory.
okay, I've used way too much of the day on this.
enjoy!
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