![[Gabby Pahinui - Best of the Gabby Band, 1972-1977]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/GabbyPahinuiBestoftheGa234799_f-300x300.jpeg)
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
Tags: and you will know us by the trail of dead, gabby pahinui, jesu, moby, purchase log, tv on the radio
![[Nakamori Akina - AKINA BOX]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/AKINABOX2006233737RYSI_f-300x296.jpg)
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
Tags: and you will know us by the trail of dead, bruce springsteen, nakamori akina, purchase log, torche, touming magazine, wayne horvitz
![[Peter Moon Band - Cane Fire!]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PeterMoonCaneFire1992230118_f-300x300.jpg)
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
Tags: and you will know us by the trail of dead, clipse, freedy johnston, juliana hatfield, muse, n.e.r.d., new order, peter moon, purchase log, the b-52's, the magnetic fields, uncle tupelo, wes cunningham
![[... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead - X: The Godless Void and Other Stories]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AndYouWillKnowUsByTheTrailOfDeadX-300x300.jpg)
When Trail of Dead announced they would take a hiatus after releasing their ninth album, it felt like the right time. They’d been at it for 20 years, and they sure deserved the break. Their return is also nicely timed — I have to say I’ve missed them.
I’m still somewhat surprised Ben Watt has spent his post-Everything But the Girl solo career thus far being a troubadour.
I came around to this album quite late, but I’m glad to see it get some deluxe treatment.
The closest thing we’ll get to a MEAN MACHINE reunion.
Onitsuka Chihiro commemorates the 20th anniversary of her debut with yet another compilation, this one spanning three major labels.
If the pre-release single “Everything” reflects the remainder of the album, I’m on board.
I probably don’t need this anthology given the depth of my Clannad collection, but I wait eagerly for news of US dates on their farewell tour.
Another band celebrating their 20th anniversary is LOVE PSYCHEDELICO. The 20th Anniversary Box compiles 4 CDs of singles, a Blu Ray or DVD of the duo’s acoustic tour, an LP of acoustic recordings and a score book. I’m tempted by the score book alone. The singles collection will also be sold separately (COMPLETE SINGLES 2000-2019), and the acoustic recordings will be released on vinyl (TWO OF US Acoustic Recording Session at VICTOR STUDIO 302.)
Tags: and you will know us by the trail of dead, ben watt, clannad, looking ahead, love psychedelico, neneh cherry, onitsuka chihiro, sam sparro, yuki
![[Sam Amidon - Fatal Flower Garden EP]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/SamAmidonFatalFlowerEP-300x300.jpg)
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
Tags: and you will know us by the trail of dead, asian kung-fu generation, fantastic, gary numan, peter gabriel, purchase log, sam amidon, siouxsie and the banshees, the old 97s
![[Wire Train - ... in a chamber]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/WireTrainInaChamber198175399_f-300x300.jpeg)
I catalog my music purchases on Collectorz and Discogs, but they don’t give me a sense of change over time. So I’m noting them here weekly as well.
Tags: abc, and you will know us by the trail of dead, don johnson, fujii fumiya, iron and wine, lady gaga, pop will eat itself, prince, purchase log, rodney crowell, various artists, wire train, yazawa eikichi
![[... And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Madonna]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AndYouWillKnowUsbyth19123_f-300x300.jpg)
Aside from a poster and a photo book, this premium edition of Syndrome also includes a second disc of the entire album without vocals. Karaoke! It’s also housed in an LP-sized jacket. I say, just stick a vinyl version of the album in that jacket!
I’m usually ambivalent about Weezer, but this album is actually fun. It’s been available on streaming services for a while now.
I might check this out when it’s released, but I have to admit I haven’t even listened to Complicit yet. The band’s previous album, What Happens Next, was one of the last I downloaded from eMusic before I canceled my subscription.
Idlewild dropped off my radar right around the middle of the last decade, so I’m not sure if they’ve got successively safer with each album or if they reverted back to the brashness of Hope Is Important.
I think I’m still following the Drums because Jonny Pierce synthesizes post-punk in a way more sophisticated than Interpol, the Killers or the Strokes ever did.
I picked this album up from the thrift store in 2018. I like it, but enough to drop money on a deluxe edition?
Don’t judge. I’ll be in London when this album comes out. HMV will probably be shuttered by that time.
I missed out on the 2013 reissue of this album, so I’ve already placed my pre-order.
I won’t lie — I would rather see fra-foa’s Chuu no Fuchi reissued on vinyl, but I AM Ready! was enjoyable. Maybe enjoyable enough to get on vinyl?
I’m getting this less for the new song and more for the English version of “Chikai”, going by the title “Don’t Think Twice”. “Chikai” is probably the most rhythmically confounding song Utada has written.
Tags: and you will know us by the trail of dead, bbmak, gang of four, looking ahead, onitsuka chihiro, the drums, weezer
![[Quruli - THE WORLD IS MINE]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/QuruliTheWorldIsMine-300x265.jpg)
A decade ago, I wrote a series of entries ranking my favorite albums from 1985 to 2004. My collection has expanded greatly since then, particularly in the last five years. So I wanted to see what has changed in 10 years.
If you want an explanation for the length of this list, see 2002: An important year in music for the 2000s. This 2002 list has gone through a few ranking changes and added even more titles.
Other favorites from the year:
I picked up Original Pirate Material for $1 at Lifelong Thrift Shop, and now I understand why it was all over the place in 2002. I couldn’t open a music magazine without seeing Mike Skinner mentioned in it. I’m pretty sure the sample of Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9 sealed my admiration for the album.
THE WORLD IS MINE is something of a mea culpa. At the time of its release, I recognized the album as being Quruli’s most complex, but I just couldn’t get into it. I probably felt that it didn’t go far enough if it was going to be ambitious.
Well, the joke’s on me. I listened to it again before its reissue on vinyl, and I really dug it, much more than Antenna, which I praised effusively at the time. So it knocked Minako’s one and only album off the Favorite 10. UA also had to make room for the Streets.
The extended list includes albums I originally dismissed: Murray Street by Sonic Youth and One Beat by Sleater-Kinney.
I remember stocking Nappy Roots during my shifts at Waterloo Records and wondering what the big deal was. A $1 copy from Lifelong Thrift Shop 16 years later educated me. I probably wouldn’t have been exposed to Nappy Roots, The Decemberists or ISIS without having worked at Waterloo.
Tags: and you will know us by the trail of dead, bugy craxone, caitlyn cary, damien jurado, favorite edition, hajime chitose, hatakeyama miyuki, hem, isis, joan jeanrenaud, kronos quartet, kylie minogue, minako, missy elliott, n.e.r.d., nappy roots, number girl, patty griffin, pedro the lion, queens of the stone age, quruli, rewind, shiratori maika, sleater-kinney, sonic youth, the back horn, the books, the decemberists, the flaming lips, the hives, the roots, the streets, the white stripes, ua, wilco, zoobombs
![[Alarm Will Sound - a/rhythmia]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/AlarmWillSoundarhythmia522852FED_f-300x300.jpg)
A decade ago, I wrote a series of entries ranking my favorite albums from 1985 to 2004. My collection has expanded greatly since then, particularly in the last five years. So I wanted to see what has changed in 10 years.
The 2009 list went through a revision, and subsequent discoveries from the year weren’t moving enough to dislodge anything.
Other favorites from the year:
In explaining the dearth of new releases on this list, I mentioned that I spent more time listening to catalog music, but like 2012 and 2011, I haven’t picked any more titles from 2009 in the 9 years that have passed.
It makes me think it wasn’t a terribly interesting time for discovery.
Tags: alarm will sound, and you will know us by the trail of dead, favorite edition, kronos quartet, leo imai, mono, office, onitsuka chihiro, rewind, sacha sacket, shiina ringo, the bad plus, tomosaka rie, utada hikaru, van tomiko, wendy and lisa
![[Cody ChesnuTT - Landing on a Hundred]](https://musicwhore.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CodyChesnuTTLandingOnAH58620_f-300x300.jpg)
A decade ago, I wrote a series of entries ranking my favorite albums from 1985 to 2004. My collection has expanded greatly since then, particularly in the last five years. So I wanted to see what has changed in 10 years.
What I find most remarkable about the 2012 list is the number of albums listed under honorable mentions. The revised list has culled a lot of those titles. I probably listed so many because I didn’t feel passionate enough about any of them.
Other favorites from the year:
Cody ChesnuTT dislodges Scissor Sisters from the original list, and Frank Ocean jumps up a few spots. Otherwise, there are no remarkable changes.
If anything, 2012 has turned out to be something of a dud year. When I review my purchases in subsequent years, 2012 releases are scant, and most of the albums I bought that year only garner no more than a 3-star rating.
Tags: and you will know us by the trail of dead, asian kung-fu generation, cody chesnutt, duran duran, favorite edition, frank ocean, gaytheist, gossip, jeremy denk, oblivion dust, roomful of teeth, santigold, scissor sisters, solange, tokyo jihen, touming magazine, zazen boys