CDs!

[jlh]

So 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:

• 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?

Comments

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

Do you like Elliott Smith? The new posthumous album is quite good. I also really like Brady Earnhart (http://www.bradyearnhart.com/songs.html), but his stuff is sort of countryish folk/pop/singer-songwriter-ish, so it might not be to your tastes. His newest album is Manalapan, but even that was last year's release. And you know what, I just looked on Amazon and he's not even there, so Tower might not carry him. (He's out of Virginia and still definitely a regional act. But he's a KILLER songwriter. Just gorgeous. mp3s on his website! Thus ends my pimping.)

And I love The Donnas album. We have a lot of overlap in our tastes, as we have over half of those CDs you're about to buy. :D

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Do you? Which ones?

I am definitely adding The Donnas. There still aren't enough girls rocking. Oh, god, I forgot, I need me some Pat Benetar.

[wordplay.livejournal.com]

# 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

Plus The Donnas and The Killers. Marc is very into The Killers album. I can't bring myself to buy new Duran Duran. Maybe I had too many glossy 8x10s as a girl or something, but it just feels too weird.

Also, you may already have it, but I really liked the Snow Patrol album from earlier this year. The Thrills? Like them. The Corey Haim song makes me laugh, anyway.