NationStates Jolt Archive

Post your most recent musical purchases. Any genre and format counts. Mine are...

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
The Who - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Patti Smith - Easter
Bob Dylan - Empire Burlesque
George Thorogood - 30 Years of Rock

Breaking Benjamin - Phobia
The new DragonForce album

Air - Premire Symphony, I bought it last night.

Before that it was Belanova, Dulce Beat.

Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death.

I usually download stuff from teh interwebs.

The Best of ZZ Top

Eric Gales - Crystal Vision

and Guitars That Rule The World

Seether ~ Karma and Effect
Senses Fail ~ Let It Enfold You

Best Dressed Chicken in Town by Doctor Alimantado

The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan
Fun House - The Stooges

Post your most recent musical purchases. Any genre and format counts.


My last musical purchase was neither a genre nor a format, but an instrument. I bought my nephew Miles his first drum for Xmas. Turns out to be one of his faves, and not nearly as annoying to his parents (both horn players) as I'd hoped for....

Thanks for reminding me that I haven't gotten any music this year, MrMopar! :( <Flings poo.>

Anyway, the most recent ones I bought were:

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Sam Cooke - 30 Greatest Songs (or somesuch title)
Sleater-Kinney - The Woods
Gentle Giant - Free Hand
Soul Asylum - The Silver Lining

J S Bach - Goldberg Variations

Which was still in the C.D player (which was still in the car!) when my car was recovered by the police after being stolen (although the car was written off).

Godsmack's Awake
Blue Man Group's The Complex
Marazene's debut album, MachiNation

And I've been finding other ways of sampling some Bad Religion. I'm liking it so far.

Bloc Party--Silent Alarm
The New Pornographers--Twin Cinema
The Raconteurs--Broken Boy Soldiers
The Spam Allstars--Contra Los Roboticos


All via emusic.

J S Bach - Goldberg Variations

Which was still in the C.D player (which was still in the car!) when my car was recovered by the police after being stolen (although the car was written off).

Uncultured car thieves, huh?

Whose version is it? I got Glenn Gould's a while back, the set with his recording from the (I think) 1950's packaged with his very last recording from 30 years later. Good stuff.

i don't know wich was the last one probably a ticket to see 'explosions in the sky', but i'm looking forward to the new albums of the 'arcade fire', 'a silver mount zion' and '65daysofstatic'.
i'm also doubting if i should go see 'joanna newsom', 'cocorosie', 'a silver mt zion', 'amon tobin' or 'autechre' this month.

The Manhattan Transfer -- Vibrate
Paul Simon -- The Rhythm of the Saints
Death Cab for Cutie -- Plans
Madeline Peyroux -- Careless Love
Donald Fagen -- Morph the Cat

i don't know wich was the last one probably a ticket to see explosions in the sky, but i'm looking forward to the new albums of the arcade fire, a silver mount zion and 65daysofstatic.
i'm also doubting if i should go see joanna newsom, cocorosie, a silver mt zion, amon tobin or autechre this month.

See now, when you abandon standards of punctuation, old fuckers like me don't know if all those things you're saying are group names or just random words. Surely not ALL of those groups are rockin' it e.e. cummings style, are they?

I mean, when I first looked at your post, I thought you'd bought tickets to a fireworks show ("explosions in the sky") and were just being poetic about it.

Aereogramme - My Heart Has a Wish That You Would Not Go (http://www.aereogramme.co.uk/)
Damien Rice - 9

My last musical purchase was neither a genre nor a format, but an instrument. I bought my nephew Miles his first drum for Xmas. Turns out to be one of his faves, and not nearly as annoying to his parents (both horn players) as I'd hoped for....

You clearly are on good times with your brother/sister and brother/sister-in-law

The Who- Who's Next
Sublime-Sublime

I bought these 2 about 3 months ago, so it isn't that recent.

See now, when you abandon standards of punctuation, old fuckers like me don't know if all those things you're saying are group names or just random words. Surely not ALL of those groups are rockin' it e.e. cummings style, are they?

I mean, when I first looked at your post, I thought you'd bought tickets to a fireworks show ("explosions in the sky") and were just being poetic about it.

Actually "explosions in the sky" is a post-rock band. Post-rock bands have the annoying habit of choosing very long names. "a silver mount zion" was once named "The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with Choir" for instance:) .

I edited my previous post too, maybe it's readable now?

It's a long time ago I bought music. But it probably was something like the Chemical Brothers I think :)

Wednesday 13- I walked with a zombie
Oasis- Rock 'n Roll Star

Greatest hits I and II by Queen.

I've never made any "musicial" purchases.

Just got Yours truly, angry mob by the Kaiser Chiefs.

Hahah I took my newley purchased copy of the new Masterdon Cd up to my brothers the other week, and told him if he liked QOTSA(which he does) then he'll like Masterdon.

Well heheh when he put it on and cranked it up, and what happend didn't sound remotely like QOTSA, he shot me the look, and I said, oppps sorry did I say QOTSA, I meant Slayer!

Therion - Gothic Kaballah & Secret of the Runes
Edguy - Hellfire Club
Wintersun - Wintersun

Sadly, Gothic Kaballah didn't live up to expectations, but Secret of the Runes was awesome. Nothing quite like a symphonic metal band doing a cover of an ABBA song.

To-mera's Transcendental and Opeth's Blackwater Park were the last two albums I bought..

Also I bought a pair of tickets to see Justin Timberlake in Sheffield for a friend. Not for me.

From charity shops - a couple of Police LP's, Dexter Gordon, Dexy's, Blue Nile, Johnny Cash.

New - Pine Hill Haints, first LP and live EP.

All on vinyl, duh.

Last CD purchases: Whitacre - Cloudburst, The Sixteen - Ikon

Last sheet music purchases: Whitacre - Sleep, Mahler - 5th symphony, Walton - Where does the utter music go?

Uncultured car thieves, huh?

Whose version is it? I got Glenn Gould's a while back, the set with his recording from the (I think) 1950's packaged with his very last recording from 30 years later. Good stuff.

I'm not sure who's version. Just part of the 'classical collection' from HMV. Loved it ever since - "Ready when you are Seargent Pembry".

last CD i bought for myself was 'myths of the near future by klaxons. before that i bought 'my angel rocks back and forth' by four tet and around the same time i got 'swing around the world' from the putumayo world music collections. i've dowloaded countless individual songs recently too, and i downloaded the ful ep 'call to arms' by bandits of the acoustic revolution (thanks to [i think] LiberationFrequency for introducing me to them).

I purchased a songwriter. It's always convenient to have one or two around the house, even if they do have a nasty habit of breaking out into song in the middle of the night. Not to mention the trouble it takes to get them to come with you to the vet. *nods sagely*

Biffy Clyro - Saturday Superhouse 7"(1), 7"(2), and CD formats. A total of £3. I got all three versions because they've each got a different B-side.

"Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs" by Ministy. Good album.


And "Monty Python Sings".


And right before that "Genie of the Lamp" by Mac Dre.

I made an appointment to get my piano tuned yesterday. I suppose that's not technically a purchase, as I haven't paid for it yet, but it's close enough.

CD: Idlewild - Make Another World

i don't know wich was the last one probably a ticket to see 'explosions in the sky'
Grrr. Me + no money + EITS tour = angry me.

Did you see who's supporting them in Reims, France? Only 65daysofstatic. What a gig that'd be. :(

but i'm looking forward to the new albums of the 'arcade fire'
Heard it, and it's a beaut. :)

and '65daysofstatic'
As everyone should be. :p Though I've heard the first single off it, and I have to say I'm a little disappointed. Apparently the rest of the album is better, though.

My last music purchase was Capdown's new album, plus one of their old and rare eps. The album's not great, but it's not bad. I've been short of money for a while, so I've not bought much. Except tickets for 65daysofstatic and Isis in May. Only £20 for the two tickets, so it is most definitely worth it.

Grrr. Me + no money + EITS tour = angry me.

Did you see who's supporting them in Reims, France? Only 65daysofstatic. What a gig that'd be. :(


i saw them in Brussels and i don't really know who the support artists were. it wasn't really what i was expecting though. it was very good, but they only played for an hour, that's a little bit to short imo. the crowd kept on applauding and shouting for 10 minutes.


Heard it, and it's a beaut. :)


i can't wait to get it. i also want to see them live (again). iirc they're comming to Belgium in april but it would be a waste of money if they are coming to a festival too.


As everyone should be. :p Though I've heard the first single off it, and I have to say I'm a little disappointed. Apparently the rest of the album is better, though.

yeah, but most people are a little bit disappointed when they hear an album they were really looking forward to for the first time.

I'm quivering in anticpation for Rush's new release in May.

One of our local indie record stores is going out of business, so they have 65% off on everything. I bought Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet, Prince's Purple Rain, and the Cure's Head on the Door.

Christ... The last time I payed for music? Probably about six months ago when I got Floyd's PULSE DVD. Before that I can't remember. I listen to a fair bit of music, all of which is downloaded for free though.

Uh...

Give Me Convienence or Give Me Death-Dead Kennedys
Bedtime for Democracy-Dead Kennedys

Actually "explosions in the sky" is a post-rock band. Post-rock bands have the annoying habit of choosing very long names. "a silver mount zion" was once named "The Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band with Choir" for instance:) .

I edited my previous post too, maybe it's readable now?

Okay -- this rant isn't aimed at you, specifically, Isidoor, so don't take offense.

What in the living, breathing FUCK is "POST-ROCK"?

I have railed against the absurdity of splintered sub-genres on many occasions in NSG, but THIS takes the damned cake. POST-rock? That's like the whole bullshit with "post-modern". How the hell can something be POST something else THAT'S STILL AROUND?

Okay, I'm gonna regret this, but I'll bite. Please define "post-rock" for me, and if possible, do it in a way that doesn't make me want to chew through the power cable to my computer and taste all that yummy electric nougat inside out of sheer frustration.

Okay -- this rant isn't aimed at you, specifically, Isidoor, so don't take offense.

What in the living, breathing FUCK is "POST-ROCK"?

I have railed against the absurdity of splintered sub-genres on many occasions in NSG, but THIS takes the damned cake. POST-rock? That's like the whole bullshit with "post-modern". How the hell can something be POST something else THAT'S STILL AROUND?

Okay, I'm gonna regret this, but I'll bite. Please define "post-rock" for me, and if possible, do it in a way that doesn't make me want to chew through the power cable to my computer and taste all that yummy electric nougat inside out of sheer frustration.

From wikipedia: (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-rock)
Post-rock is a music genre characterized by non-traditional use of rock instruments and high musical density.
As mentioned above, the post-rock sound incorporates a wide variety of musical genres, such as ambient, jazz, electronica, experimental, and sometimes even rock. The post-rock approach to music, such as the emphasis on instrumental work and sonic texture, is similar to the earlier New Age movement, which came out of the modern folk tradition. Post-rock is characterized by repetition of musical motifs and subtle changes, with an extremely wide range of dynamics. Most often, post-rock songs are lengthy and instrumental, containing repetitive build-ups of timbre, dynamics and texture. Guitar timbres are usually smooth. 3rd bridge guitars like the Fender Jaguar and the Jazzmaster in combination with delay and reverb are popular equipment. Harmonically, there is an emphasis on consonance, though by no means is there a definitive rule of thumb.

Vocals are often omitted from post-rock; however, this does not necessarily mean they are absent by necessity. When vocals are included, the use is often non-traditional; some post-rock bands employ vocals as an instrument, incidental to the overall sound, rather than the more traditional use where clean, interpretable vocals are important for poetic and lyrical meaning. When present, post-rock vocals are often soft and droning, and are typically infrequent or present in irregular intervals. Jessica Bailiff is a good example of this style of droning vocals. Sigur Rós, a band known for their distinctive vocals, have even fabricated a language they call 'Hopelandic', which has been described by the band as "a form of gibberish vocals that fits to the music and acts as another instrument" [8].

Some bands such as Rachel's and Clogs combine post-rock with classical music, while others such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor are so far removed from popular music in their sparseness of arrangement and use of repetition, that they are frequently compared to minimalism.

Wider experimentation and blending of other genres have recently taken hold in the post-rock scene. Many bands, including Isis and Pelican have been fusing metal with post-rock, the resulting sound recently being termed post-metal. The Appleseed Cast's Low Level Owl 2001 project saw the previously emo band expand their sound with an ambitious double-album suite of atmospheric songs and ambient instrumental pieces. Some post-rock bands have been using vocals similar to those found in death metal, including Bossk. Pivot, From Monument to Masses, Little Glitches and other bands incorporate electronica and sampling elements into their tracks. The lines between post-rock and post-hardcore are also slowly being blurred by bands like Oceansize, Peace Burial at Sea and Youthmovie Soundtrack Strategies.

What exactly offends you about using "post-___" labels? What don't you understand?

I bought the soundtrack to The Fountain by Clint Mansell. Woooooooooo it's good. Really, really good! I suggest everyone who likes instrumental scores to buy it because it's one of the best I've heard in a while.

Okay -- this rant isn't aimed at you, specifically, Isidoor, so don't take offense.

What in the living, breathing FUCK is "POST-ROCK"?

I have railed against the absurdity of splintered sub-genres on many occasions in NSG, but THIS takes the damned cake. POST-rock? That's like the whole bullshit with "post-modern". How the hell can something be POST something else THAT'S STILL AROUND?

Okay, I'm gonna regret this, but I'll bite. Please define "post-rock" for me, and if possible, do it in a way that doesn't make me want to chew through the power cable to my computer and taste all that yummy electric nougat inside out of sheer frustration.

no offense taken.
and it's quite hard to define post-rock since it became more of a fashion-word.
because someone else already has copied a large definition i'm not going to trie to define it, i'd probably fail at it too.
if you want to hear what post-rock is trie to find something from:

- godspeed you! black emperor
- mogwai
- explosions in the sky
- mono
- tortoise
- sigur ros

and i don't think post-rock is really a splintered sub-genre. i think it's a full grown genre on it's own. (some pieces have more connection with classical music than with rock music)

Let me think...

Who's Next - The Who
Ultimate James Bond Music Collection
Who Killed the Zutons? - The Zutons (although that was actually a Christmas present thinking about it)
Endless Wire - The Who
Dune - Toto (a present from a friend)
And various Pink Floyd and Monty Python tracks from download. ^_^

Okay -- this rant isn't aimed at you, specifically, Isidoor, so don't take offense.

What in the living, breathing FUCK is "POST-ROCK"?

I have railed against the absurdity of splintered sub-genres on many occasions in NSG, but THIS takes the damned cake. POST-rock? That's like the whole bullshit with "post-modern". How the hell can something be POST something else THAT'S STILL AROUND?

Okay, I'm gonna regret this, but I'll bite. Please define "post-rock" for me, and if possible, do it in a way that doesn't make me want to chew through the power cable to my computer and taste all that yummy electric nougat inside out of sheer frustration.

post-anything generally refers to the fact that it is something that clearly follows on from whatever it is 'post' but involves significant enough changes of philosophy or aims or content that it needs to differentiate itself from what may be a simple progression and refinement of the original movement (or genre in this case). hence why post-... can coexist with the original movement or genre.

Okay -- this rant isn't aimed at you, specifically, Isidoor, so don't take offense.

What in the living, breathing FUCK is "POST-ROCK"?

I have railed against the absurdity of splintered sub-genres on many occasions in NSG, but THIS takes the damned cake. POST-rock? That's like the whole bullshit with "post-modern". How the hell can something be POST something else THAT'S STILL AROUND?

Okay, I'm gonna regret this, but I'll bite. Please define "post-rock" for me, and if possible, do it in a way that doesn't make me want to chew through the power cable to my computer and taste all that yummy electric nougat inside out of sheer frustration.

This is also from the wiki article, about the origin of the name:

The term was coined by Simon Reynolds in a review of Bark Psychosis' album Hex, published in the March 1994 issue of Mojo magazine. Reynolds expanded upon the idea later, most notably in an article found in the May 1994 issue of The Wire. He used the term to describe a sort of music "using rock instrumentation for non-rock purposes, using guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures rather than riffs and power chords".

Which, if you listen to such bands as Explosions in the Sky, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, or Mogwai (who admittedly come close to your standard rock on occasion), is a pretty good definition of post-rock. Coming, as it did, from the person who invented the name.

Grrr. Me + no money + EITS tour = angry me.Hm. Sebadoh is touring this spring but they aren't touring here, so I'm upset. I dunno if it'd be worse, though, if they were coming here but I couldn't afford it. I think it would be worse.

Thank you for the definitions and explanations.

My problem is that giving names like "post-" anything to something still being created is pretentious and pseudo-intellectual. Nobody knew to call post-Romantic music post-Romantic until long after THOSE composers had created their most recognizable pieces. It's an attempt to define a genre while it's being created, and that's more of a marketing scheme than an honest attempt at labeling.

What's being described in the article, all the way down to the use of voices as non-lyric instruments could be said of groups like Bela Fleck and the Flecktones. And guess what genre they fall into? Fusion. Yup. The same genre spawned by players like Miles Davis (and his amplified harmon-muted trumpet), Joe Zawinul and Jaco Pastorius.

So what you're describing strikes me as more of a rock-fusion than a "post-" anything. The heavier end could even be "metal-fusion" or something like that. Either way, "post-" does absolutely nothing to describe what's going on, and almost seems to demean "rock" itself (a word whose own meaning is drowning in a sea of splintered sub-genres), by suggesting an evolution to a higher (read: superior) form of music.

However, I'm nobody's Minister of Labels, so feel free to call it whatever you want.

3rd last: Motörhead - Kiss Of Death (CD)
2nd last: Seeed - Live (CD)
Last buy: Seeed - Live (DVD)

Decemberists: The Crane Wife

In no particular order...

Zozobra- Harmonic Tremors
Genghis Tron- Dead Mountain Mouth
Klaxons- Myths of the Near Future

just forgot... should add a Black Label Society album to me list, but i forget which one :confused:

got that about a month ago, but i rarely buy music these days so it still counts as 'recent'

Post your most recent musical purchases. Any genre and format counts. Mine are...

The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
The Who - Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV
Patti Smith - Easter
Bob Dylan - Empire Burlesque
George Thorogood - 30 Years of Rock

High Voltage - AC/DC

High Voltage - AC/DC
Appropriately my first /DC album which I bought last September. Since then I've added Highway to Hell (Decemeber) the the live album If You Want Blood (January).

i don’t know wich was the last one probably a ticket to see ’explosions in the sky’, but i’m looking forward to the new albums of the ’arcade fire’, ’a silver mount zion’ and ’65daysofstatic’.
i’m also doubting if i should go see ’joanna newsom’, ’cocorosie’, ’a silver mt zion’, ’amon tobin’ or ’autechre’ this month.
You, sir or madam, have fandiddlytastic musical tastes.

I implore you to see Ms. Newsom, CocoRosie and whatever incarnation of Silver Mt. Zion is playing. All are awe-inspiring live. I think I’m in love with the Casady sisters.

As to the subject of buying music, the last thing I bought was either Kate Bush’s Ariel or Sigur Rós’ Takk, which ever was released latest. The last piece of artistry that fell off the back of the .torrent lorry was Thomas Brinkmann’s Lucky Hands. Wonderful piece of mini-techno.

My last purchase was Husker Du's classic Zen Arcade, an original vinyl pressing from 1984, complete with the original cover and inner sleeves.

The cover itself is quite heavy and durable, and the records are in outstanding condition. They sound like magic. Cost me a solid $30, and it was well worth every penny.

Slayer - Christ Illusion

E Muzeki - their latest self titled album

Pantagruel - Elizium

Bedlam Bards - On the Drift

Emerald Rose - Archives of Ages to Come

Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers - "Mine is not a Holy War"

and

Stan Ridgway and Drywall - "Barbeque Babylon"

QotSA-Songs for the deaf.
That was before Christmas, however there is a massive music sale that i am hopefully going to go to tomorrow.:)

the last CD i bought was the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album, because they honestly deserved it.

Other than that, I almost never (less than once in two years) buy CDs, I download all the music I like.

Sounds of Summer (Beach Boys best of). About 3 months ago.

*slightly too broad grin*

You, sir or madam, have fandiddlytastic musical tastes.

I implore you to see Ms. Newsom, CocoRosie and whatever incarnation of Silver Mt. Zion is playing. All are awe-inspiring live. I think I’m in love with the Casady sisters.

i'd love to see them all, but there are some problems. all those gigs are in the same week wich is already kind busy school-wise. i also have to take the train to get at the concerts wich is a little bit annoying (and not really cheap). and then there also is the price, it's €20 for 1 of those, and i'm only a poor student.
so i think i will only go to Ms. Newsom because i've already seen ASMZ live and because i like her a little bit more than cocorosie.

i'm a sir btw.

A string for my accoustic guitar.

Appropriately my first /DC album which I bought last September. Since then I've added Highway to Hell (Decemeber) the the live album If You Want Blood (January).

I gave it to myself as a Christmas present. It's pretty good.

I have not purchased any CD's this year, and don't plan to.

Unless you count the gig I went to tonight, I bought Cream - Disraeli Gears and a Testament compilation the other day.

Before that it was either SunnO)))/Boris tickets or a USB mixer...

Tomorrow it'll be a Black Keys ticket. :)

I forgot to add that I've also purchased Hendrix at Woodstock and am ordering Quadrophenia next week.

Best Of Jake Thackery/Closer by Joy Division (which I then discovered I already had a copy of)/some 70's Johnny Cash comp (which I similarly discovered I already had a copy of)/Ride A White Swan by T. Rex (to replace a really scratched copy I had)/The Wall by Pink Floyd (already got two copies of it, but I'll pass it on to the nephew in a couple of years)/Clannad's third LP/After The Gold Rush by Neil Young/Trespass by Genesis...

...all on vinyl.

Turned out to be a day of upgrades for some rather knackered old copies I already had.

Midlake - The Trials Of Van Occupanther

Grandaddy - Concrete Dunes

Best Of Jake Thackery/Closer by Joy Division (which I then discovered I already had a copy of)/some 70's Johnny Cash comp (which I similarly discovered I already had a copy of)/Ride A White Swan by T. Rex (to replace a really scratched copy I had)/The Wall by Pink Floyd (already got two copies of it, but I'll pass it on to the nephew in a couple of years)/Clannad's third LP/After The Gold Rush by Neil Young/Trespass by Genesis...

...all on vinyl.

Turned out to be a day of upgrades for some rather knackered old copies I already had.

Jake Thackery - my dad used to have have a couple of vinyl LPs of his when I was a kid! The only song I can think of off the top of my head is Pass The Rooster Juice? I haven't thought of him for ages.

World Coming Down by Type O Negative
Born of the Flickering by Old Man's Child
The Somberlain by Dissection

All told it cost me $20, for all three albums.

Napalm Death-Smear Campaign
Slayer - Christ Illusion