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jlhSo I took the day off from work today to get something important done, and as a reward for myself I'm going to buy some CDs with a 20% coupon I have for Tower Records. So the question is, what should I buy?
The list so far:
Maybe The Killers as I do like that single a lot, and maybe The Donnas too. I'm thinking someone I know well will have Interpol and Death Cab so I'm letting them buy it. As you might see from the above, I like singer-songwriters and rock. I also like ambient music but I listen to that usually at work from an online radio station so I'm not sure I really need to buy any.
By the way: no best ofs please. First, because I got a big pile of them from my friend D; second, because they look backward and I am jonesing for new music right now; and third because old fashioned as this may be, I really believe in an album as more than just a random collection of songs but an artistic whole, and bands are more than just their singles. I only like best-ofs for older artists whose entire collection I'm never going to buy (like, Sir Elton or Lady Day or Zeppelin).
So, anything you've heard that you think I should give a try, or that I probably just forgot about?
The list so far:
- U2, How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb
- The Vines, Winning Days
- Sam Phillips, A Boot and a Shoe
- Duran Duran, Astronaut
- The Shins, Chutes Too Narrow
- Franz Ferdinand
- Modest Mouse, Good News for People Who Love Bad News
- Soundrack, Garden State
- Norah Jones, Feels Like Home
- Duncan Sheik, Daylight
- Aimee Mann, Lost in Space
Maybe The Killers as I do like that single a lot, and maybe The Donnas too. I'm thinking someone I know well will have Interpol and Death Cab so I'm letting them buy it. As you might see from the above, I like singer-songwriters and rock. I also like ambient music but I listen to that usually at work from an online radio station so I'm not sure I really need to buy any.
By the way: no best ofs please. First, because I got a big pile of them from my friend D; second, because they look backward and I am jonesing for new music right now; and third because old fashioned as this may be, I really believe in an album as more than just a random collection of songs but an artistic whole, and bands are more than just their singles. I only like best-ofs for older artists whose entire collection I'm never going to buy (like, Sir Elton or Lady Day or Zeppelin).
So, anything you've heard that you think I should give a try, or that I probably just forgot about?
