My Bloody Valentine, Isn’t Anything
Loveless casts a big enough shadow over My Bloody Valentine’s work that it made me hesitant to explore the remainder of the band’s catalog, lest it fail to live up. That is not the case with Isn’t Anything , and I regret not ordering the remastered vinyl when I picked up Loveless a year ago.
Rick Springfield, Tao
A five-disc bargain box set of Rick Springfield albums got a discount on Amazon Prime Day, and I fully succumbed to FOMO when I bought it. I’ve always liked “Celebrate the Youth”, but it turns out Tao is Springfield’s most ambitious album of his 80s work. If you must own a second Springfield album — the first being Working Class Dog — Tao would be the one.
NUMBER GIRL, Kanden no Kioku
I hate to admit it, but … I’ve listened to the four studio albums of NUMBER GIRL enough times to want more variety from the live albums. Still, NUMBER GIRL is that rare band where their live albums are hotter than their studio work.
Janet Jackson, Control: The Remixes
I didn’t realize how much I prefer the remixed version of “Let’s Wait a While” till I heard it on this reissued compilation. I’m also reminded of how awesome “The Pleasure Principle” is.
Missy Elliott, Da Real World
I’ve read a number of lukewarm reviews for this album, and compared the work preceding and following it, I could see how it might seem not up-to-snuff. But that’s not saying much. It’s still a solid album and light years ahead of The Cookbook .
Re-Flex, The Politics of Dancing (Revised Expanded Edition)
I’m not sure how this album has been relegated to the vinyl dollar bin. It’s damn awesome and ripe for rediscovery.
Band of Susans, The Word and the Flesh
I remember reading about Band of Susans in Pulse! magazine and wondering if I would ever encounter any of their albums out in the wild. It took 30 years, but it happened.
Tags: band of susans , janet jackson , missy elliott , my bloody valentine , number girl , picks , purchase log , re-flex , rick springfield
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
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Ty Herndon, Got It Covered Lisa Coleman, Collage Catalog
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Bedrich Smetana, Ma Vlast (Dresden State Orchestra, Paavo Berglund) Boiled in Lead, Old Lead Doctors’ Mob, Last One in the Van Drives FKA twigs, LP1 Fugees, The Score Glenn Branca, Symphony No. 6: Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven John Adams, A Flowering Tree Marvin Gaye, Midnight Love Michael Gordon, Weather My Bloody Valentine, EP’s 1988-1991 My Bloody Valentine, Isn’t Anything (Remastered) Rachel’s, Systems / Layers Rachel’s, The Sea and the Bell Whitesnake, Whitesnake Willy Mason, Where the Humans Eat ZZ Top, Eliminator Soundtrack, Agnes of God Vinyl
Anton Webern, The Complete Works, Vol. 1 (Pierre Boulez) Cornelius, Fantasma Everything But the Girl, Baby, the Stars Shine Bright The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Time Out Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners Wu-Tang Clan, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Tags: anton webern , bedrich smetana , boiled in lead , cornelius , dave brubeck quartet , doctors mob , everything but the girl , fka twigs , fugees , glenn branca , john adams , marvin gaye , michael gordon , my bloody valentine , purchase log , soundtrack , thelonious monk , ty herndon , whitesnake , willy mason , wu-tang clan , zz top
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
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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.
New Releases
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats (Original London Cast) Band of Susans, Here Comes Success Band of Susans, The Word and the Flesh Band of Susans, Veil Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy RADWIMPS, RADWIMPS 4 ~Okazu no Gohan~ Vinyl
John Cage, Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (Maro Ajemian) John Coltrane, My Favorite Things The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Reissues
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Sigur Rós, Ágætis byrjun (20th Anniversary Edition)
Tags: andrew lloyd webber , band of susans , john cage , john coltrane , led zeppelin , purchase log , radwimps , sigur ros , solange , the beatles
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.
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Adiemus, Songs of Sanctuary Ludwig Van Beethoven, The Five Piano Concertos (Rudolf Serkin; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa) My Bloody Valentine, Isn’t Anything Yello, One Second Vinyl
John Coltrane, Ascension Martha Argerich, Chopin: The Legendary 1965 Recordings Reissues
Vinyl
Janet Jackson, Control: The Remixes
Tags: adiemus , frederic chopin , janet jackson , john coltrane , ludwig van beethoven , martha argerich , my bloody valentine , purchase log , yello
Hans Abrahamsen, Schnee
Seattle Symphony performed this piece as part of its [untitled] series, and I couldn’t stop thinking about it.
Sonic Youth, Confusion Is Sex / Kill Yr. Idols
I’ve read a number of record guides, and very few of them recommend this album. They are wrong. Confusion Is Sex is probably the closest Sonic Youth has gotten to its modern classical roots, and I like it a lot.
Duffy, Rockferry
On Facebook, I posted this controversial stance: Duffy > Adele. Maybe I like Rockferry because it’s not piped into every restaurant and waiting room.
Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around
I scored when I found a copy of this album with a DVD of the video for “Hurt” at the thrift store. Then I heard the rest of it, and … wow.
Torche, Admission
This album entered the Favorite Edition list on pretty much the first listen.
Various Artists, Living In Oblivion, Vol. 1
I had a copy of this album, but the booklet got water damaged in a refrigerator leak. So I gave it away. Welcome back.
Washed Out, Within and Without
Part of me wishes the cover of the album were homoerotic, but the music on it is great.
Anderson .Paak, Ventura
I’ve heard of Anderson .Paak but not from Anderson .Paak, so a $2 copy of this album at Goodwill, unopened, seemed like a low-risk way to find out who he is. I’m impressed.
Tags: anderson.paak , duffy , hans abrahamsen , johnny cash , picks , purchase log , sonic youth , torche , various artists , washed out
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
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NUMBER GIRL, Kanden no Kioku Catalog
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2Pac, All Eyez on Me Béla Bartók, Mikrokosmos Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphonies (Complete) Vol. 1 (Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ladislav Slovak) Ed Sheeran, x Everything But the Girl, Adapt or Die: Ten Years of Remixes Everything But the Girl, Worldwide Franz Josef Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 54, Nos. 1-3 (Kodály Quartet) Franz Josef Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 55, Nos. 1-3 (Kodály Quartet) Franz Josef Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 64, Nos. 1-3 (Kodály Quartet) Janet Jackson, Janet Jackson Kalapana, Kalapana Leonard Bernstein, Mass Lin-Manuel Miranda, In the Heights (Original Cast Recording) Madonna, Rebel Heart (Deluxe Edition) Missy Elliott, Da Real World Neko Case and Her Boyfriends, Furnace Room Lullaby Nelly, Country Grammar Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted Pierre Boulez, Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum / Couleurs de la Cité Celeste / Stravinsky: Symphony of Wind Instruments Robert Palmer, Secrets Vinyl
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Live 1975-1985 Franz Schubert, Die schöne Müllerin (Deitrich Fischer-Dieskau) Reissues
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Janet Jackson, Control: The Remixes Vinyl
Janet Jackson, Rhythm Nation 1814 Janet Jackson, The Velvet Rope
Tags: 2pac , bela bartok , bruce springsteen , dmitri shostakovich , ed sheeran , everything but the girl , franz josef haydn , franz schubert , igor stravinsky , janet jackson , kalapana , leonard bernstein , lin-manuel miranda , madonna , missy elliott , neko case , nelly , number girl , olivier messiaen , pavement , purchase log , robert palmer , soundtrack
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.
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Aaliyah, Aaliyah AC/DC, Highway to Hell Anderson.Paak, Ventura Earl Sweatshirt, Doris Hunx and His Punx, Too Young to Be in Love Krzysztov Pendercki, Matrix 5 Ofra Haza, Kirya Rick Springfield, Original Album Classics Rupert Holmes, Partner in Crime Swing Out Sister, Kaleidoscope World The Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night Washed Out, Within and Without Vinyl
Beaux Arts Trio, Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 / Ives: Piano Trio (1911) Charles Mingus, Mingus Mingus Minugs Mingus Mingus
Tags: aaliyah , ac/dc , anderson.paak , beaux arts trio , charles mingus , earl sweatshirt , hunx and his punx , krzysztof penderecki , ofra haza , purchase log , rick springfield , rupert holmes , swing out sister , the beatles , washed out
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.
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Alabama Shakes, Boys & Girls Bangles, A Different Light Clannad, Atlantic Realm Elliott Smith, Figure 8 Fleetwood Mac, Behind the Mask Front 242, Tyranny for You Gabby Pahinui and Atta Isaacs, Two Slack Key Guitars Grandaddy, The Sophtware Slump Hapa, In the Name of Love John Zorn, The Classic Guide to Strategy, Volumes One and Two Johnny Cash, American IV: The Man Comes Around Lorde, Pure Heroine Morrissey, You Are the Quarry Mumford and Sons, Babel R.E.O. Speedwagon, Hi Infidelity SING LIKE TALKING, DISCOVERY Skrillex, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites The Style Council, Confessions of a Pop Group Tricky, Maxinquaye Various Artists, Every Band Has a Shonen Knife Who Loves Them Vinyl
ABBA, The Singles: The First 10 Years Cyndi Lauper, She’s So Unusual Krzysztof Penderecki, Violin Concerto (Isaac Stern, Minnesota Orchestra, Stanislaw Skrowaczewki) Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein Conducts His Symphonies (New York Philharmonic) New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Percussion Music Stephen Sondheim, Company (Original Cast Recording) The Alarm, Strength
Tags: abba , alabama shakes , atta isaacs , bangles , clannad , cyndi lauper , elliott smith , fleetwood mac , front 242 , gabby pahinui , grandaddy , hapa , john zorn , johnny cash , krzysztof penderecki , leonard bernstein , lorde , morrissey , mumford and sons , new jersey percussion ensemble , purchase log , reo speedwagon , sing like talking , skrillex , stephen sondheim , the alarm , the style council , torche , tricky , various artists
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.
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Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, 101 Damnations Dawn Upshaw, Angels Hide Their Faces Duffy, Rockferry Easterhouse, Waiting for the Redbird Emma Kirkby / Anthony Rooley, Olympia’s Lament Frank Zappa, Strictly Commercial: The Best of Frank Zappa Hans Abrahamsen, Schnee Jay-Z, The Blueprint Ludwig Van Beethoven, Beethoven Sonatas: Opp. 53, 54, 57 (Richard Goode) Ludwig Van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130 / Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 (Fitzwilliam Quartet) Natalie Merchant, The House Carpenter’s Daughter Olivier Messiaen, Par lui-même Various Artists, Living in Oblivion: The ’80s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Vinyl
Falco, Falco 3 Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Liverpool Harry Partch, The Bewitched Taylor Swift, 1989 The Beatles, Abbey Road Was (Not Was), What Up Dog? World Saxophone Quartet, Plays Duke Ellington Reissues
Vinyl
Everything But the Girl, Amplified Heart
Tags: anthony rooley , benjamin britten , carter the unstoppable sex machine , dawn upshaw , duffy , easterhouse , emma kirkby , everything but the girl , falco , frank zappa , frankie goes to hollywood , hans abrahamsen , harry partch , jay-z , ludwig van beethoven , natalie merchant , olivier messiaen , purchase log , taylor swift , the beatles , various artists , was (not was) , world saxophone quartet
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