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.
Catalog
CD
Apollo Saxophone Quartet, First & Foremost
Bill Frisell, East / West
Dmitri Shostakovich, Hamlet / The Gadfly (Leonard Grin, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra)
Dmitri Shostakovich, Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / The Assault on Great Gorky (Dmitri Alexeev; Jerzy Maksymiuk, English Chamber Orchestra)
Joan Tower, Made in America (Leonard Slatkin, Nashville Symphony Orchestra)
John Mayer, Room for Squares
Kylie Minogue, Golden
Maria Bachmann, Kiss on Wood
Patty Griffin, A Kiss in Time
The Little Willies, For the Good Times
The Tallis Scholars, Russian Orthodox Music
Various Artists, The Acid Jazz Test, Vol. 1
Vinyl
Death Cab for Cutie, Kintsugi
The Adventures, The Sea of Love
Tags: apollo saxophone quartet , bill frisell , death cab for cutie , dmitri shostakovich , joan tower , john mayer , kylie minogue , maria bachmann , patty griffin , purchase log , the adventures , the little willies , the tallis scholars
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.
New releases
CD
Kronos Quartet, Mary Kouyoumdjian: Witness
Catalog
CD
Franz Josef Haydn, Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4
Franz Josef Haydn, Prussian Quartets, Op. 50 (Tokyo String Quartet)
Franz Josef Haydn, String Quartet, Op. 33, Nos. 3-6 (Kodaly Quartet)
Pyotir Tchaikovsky, Symphonies Nos. 4-6, Manfred (Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra)
Vinyl
Bill Frisell, Have a Little Faith
Reissues
CD
Tina Turner, Private Dancer (40th Anniversary Edition)
Tags: bill frisell , franz josef haydn , kronos quartet , purchase log , pyotir tchaikovsky , tina turner
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.
Catalog
CD
Drive-By Truckers, Go-Go Boots
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend
Luscious Jackson, Electric Honey
The Clash, Super Black Market Clash
Toni Childs, The Woman’s Boat
Vinyl
Bill Frisell, Good Dog, Happy Man
Tags: bill frisell , drive-by truckers , godspeed you black emperor , luscious jackson , purchase log , the clash , toni childs
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.
Catalog
Air, Pocket Symphony Aterciopelados, Gozo poderoso Autechre, Untilted Baz Luhrmann, Something for Everybody Bill Frisell, Ghost Town Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan Carol Nethen, A View from the Bridge Cocteau Twins, The Pink Opaque Daft Punk, Musique, Vol. 1: 1993-2005 Duffy, Endlessly Esperanza Spalding, Radio Music Society Four Tet, Everything Ecstatic Garbage, Version 2.0 Gary Numan, “Cars” (1993) Simon and Garfunkel, Bookends Trentmøller, The Last Resort Soundtrack, 2001: A Space Odyssey Vinyl
Kraftwerk, Computer World
Tags: air , aterciopelados , autechre , baz luhrmann , bill frisell , bob dylan , carol nethen , cocteau twins , daft punk , duffy , esperanza spalding , four tet , garbage , gary numan , kraftwerk , purchase log , simon and garfunkel , soundtrack , trentmoller
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.
New releases
CD
Catalog
CD
Bill Frisell, Blues Dream Camper Van Beethoven / Cracker, The Virgin Years Vinyl
The Pointer Sisters, Break Out
Tags: bill frisell , camper van beethoven , cracker , jam and lewis , purchase log , the pointer sisters
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.
Catalog
CD
Björk, Selmasongs Bill Frisell, The Intercontinentals Herbie Hancock, Future Shock Herbie Hancock, Head Hunters Julieta Venegas, MTV Unplugged Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift Teresa Stratas, The Unknown Weill XTC, Mummer Soundtrack, The Book of Mormon (Original Broadway Cast) Vinyl
Michael Kiwanuka, Home Again The National, Boxer
Tags: bill frisell , bjork , herbie hancock , julieta venegas , michael kiwanuka , purchase log , soundtrack , taylor swift , teresa stratas , the national , xtc
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.
New releases
CD
Sleater-Kinney, The Center Won’t Hold Catalog
CD
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar (Original Broadway Cast) Bill Frisell, Good Dog, Happy Man Branford Marsalis Quartet, Requiem Bruce Springsteen, The Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle CHVRCHES, The Bones of What You Believe Devo, Greatest Hits Don Byron, Bug Music Information Society, Peace and Love, Inc. LFO, LFO Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, Spanish Fly Los Amigos Invisibles, Arepa 3000: A Venezuelan Journey into Space Mr. Lif, I Phantom Queen, A Night at the Opera Wye Oak, Civilian Vinyl
Béla Bartók, Mikrokosmos, Vol. 6 / Out of Doors / Sonatina (Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich) Fugazi, End Hits George Crumb, Makrokosmos, Vol. II (Robert Miller) George Crumb, Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) Grizzly Bear, Shields My Bloody Valentine, Isn’t Anything Nico Muhly and Teitur, Confessions Re-Flex, The Politics of Dancing Run DMC, Raising Hell Ryan Stout, Touché Sting, 57th and Ninth The Beach Boys, Pet Sounds Reissues
Vinyl
Explosions in the Sky, How Strange Innocence Explosions in the Sky, The Rescue NUMBER GIRL, NUM-HEAVYMETALLIC NUMBER GIRL, SAPPUKEI NUMBER GIRL, SCHOOL GIRL DISTORTIONAL ADDICT
Tags: andrew lloyd webber , bela bartok , bill frisell , branford marsalis , bruce springsteen , chvrches , devo , don byron , explosions in the sky , fugazi , george crumb , grizzly bear , information society , lfo , lisa lisa and cult jam , los amigos invisibles , mr. lif , my bloody valentine , nico muhly , number girl , purchase log , queen , re-flex , run dmc , ryan stout , sleater-kinney , teitur , the beach boys , wye oak
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.
I traveled to Austin for the record convention this past weekend. I didn’t find much of what I wanted, but I did find a lot of what I didn’t know I wanted. This list includes purchases at Waterloo Records and End of an Ear.
New releases
CD
Jamila Woods, Legacy! Legacy! Kronos Quartet with Masha and Marjan Vadat, Placeless Catalog
CD
a-ha, Hunting High and Low Bill Frisell, Before We Were Born Dwight Yoakam, Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room Grizzly Bear, Shields Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison Joy Division, Closer Robert Palmer, Pride Robert Palmer, Some People Can Do What They Like Shovels & Rope, Swimmin’ Time Tomita, The Planets Witold Lutoslawski, Symphonies / Concertos / Vocal and Choral Works Vinyl
Branford Marsalis Quartet, Crazy People Music Everything But the Girl, Everything But the Girl Franz Josef Haydn, Streichquartette, op. 20, 2 & 4 (Quarteto Esterhazy) Giovanni Palestrina, Pope Marcellus Mass / Stabat Mater / Three Motets (Pro Cantione Antiqua, Bruno Turner) Janet Jackson, Janet Jackson Johnny Cash, At Folsom Prison Kacey Musgraves, Same Trailer Different Park Marilyn Manson, Antichrist Superstar Megadeth, So Far … So Good … So What! Olivier Messiaen, La Nativité du Seigneur (Jennifer Bate) Olivier Messiaen / Toru Takemitsu, Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony / Takemitsu: November Steps (Toronto Symphony, Seiji Ozawa) Seawind, Seawind The Old 97s, Too Far to Care Soundtrack, Macross: Ai Oboete Imasu Ka? Soundtrack, The Iron Giant Various Artists, Brown Bags to Stardom Various Artists, Boulez, Messiaen & Koechlin Various Artists, Music by Busoni, Franz Schmidt and Lutoslawski
Tags: a-ha , bill frisell , branford marsalis , dwight yoakam , everything but the girl , franz josef haydn , giovanni palestrina , grizzly bear , jamila woods , janet jackson , johnny cash , joy division , kacey musgraves , kronos quartet , marilyn manson , megadeth , olivier messiaen , purchase log , robert palmer , seawind , shovels & rope , soundtrack , tomita , various artists , witold lutoslawski
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.
Catalog
CD
Anthrax, Persistence of Time
Anthrax, Spreading the Disease
Deafheaven, Sunbather
Death Cab for Cutie, The Forbidden Love E.P.
Hüsker Dü, Land Speed Record
Hüsker Dü. Zen Arcade
Johnny Cash, At San Quentin (The Complete 1969 Concert)
Led Zeppelin, III
Mastodon, Blood Mountain
Mastodon, Crack the Skye
Mastodon, Leviathan
Ministry, The Land of Rape and Honey
Siouxsie and the Banshees, Superstition
The Beatles, The Beatles (White Album)
The Jesus and Mary Chain, Automatic
The Julianna Hatfield Three, Become What You Are
The Mars Volta, Amputechture
The Mars Volta, Frances the Mute
Reissues
CD
Kate Bush, Remastered Part 1
Vinyl
Bill Frisell, Nashville
Kate Bush, The Red Shoes
Madonna, Ray of Light (RSD Black Friday 2018)
The B-52’s, Cosmic Thing (RSD Black Friday 2018)
Tags: anthrax , bill frisell , deafheaven , death cab for cutie , husker du , johnny cash , kate bush , led zeppelin , madonna , mastodon , ministry , purchase log , siouxsie and the banshees , the b-52's , the beatles , the jesus and mary chain , the juliana hatfield three , the mars volta
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.
I’m not sure other music writers would agree that 1998 is an important year in music for the ’90s. 1991 saw Guns N’ Roses cap the era of hair metal and Nirvana usher the unfortunately-named alternative rock. But it didn’t have Neutral Milk Hotel.
Smashing Pumpkins, Gish
Nirvana, Nevermind
R.E.M., Out of Time
U2, Achtung Baby
Throwing Muses, The Real Ramona
Soundtrack, Bubblegum Crisis Vocal Collection, Vol. 1
Guns N’ Roses, Use Your Illusion II
Enya, Shepherd Moons
Lou Harrison, Music of Lou Harrison
Elliott Carter, Music of Elliott Carter
Other favorites from the year:
Pearl Jam, Ten
Igor Stravinsky, Le Sacre du Printemps/Symphony in Three Movements (Zubin Mehta, New York Philharmonic Orchestra)
Mazzy Star, She Hangs Brightly
Soundgarden, Badmotorfinger
Bill Frisell, Where in the World?
Fishbone, The Reality of My Surroundings Metallica, Metallica Kronos Quartet, Lutoslawski: String Quartet Black Sheep, A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing Hamada Mari, Tomorrow Electronic, Electronic Slint, Spiderland My Bloody Valentine, Loveless Painkiller, Guts of a Virgin Mr. Bungle, Mr. Bungle
Slint and My Bloody Valentine are additions 2004-me would have made. 1991-me would have side-eyed 2004-me.
And he would have scoffed at 2018-me for including Black Sheep, after emitting a gasp at seeing Fishbone on the list at all.
He would have begrudgingly nodded at the additions of Metallica and Hamada Mari, and he would have been curious about Electronic. And he would have gone out and found Painkiller the first chance he got.
Tags: bill frisell , black sheep , electronic , elliott carter , enya , favorite edition , fishbone , guns n' roses , hamada mari , igor stravinsky , kronos quartet , lou harrison , mazzy star , metallica , mr. bungle , my bloody valentine , nirvana , painkiller , pearl jam , r.e.m. , rewind , slint , smashing pumpkins , soundgarden , soundtrack , throwing muses , u2
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