Music Monday 11.17.14

Amazon's $5 albums have been a bummer lately, but this most recent batch has some gems. Here they are...

• Andrew Bird: Things Are Really Great Here, Sort Of...
• Chvrches: The Bones of What You Believe
• Tove Lo: Queen of the Clouds | Her song "Habits" is one of my favorite songs of the year. Amazing. Right in the same wheelhouse as Sia's "Chandelier."
• LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening
• Explosions in the Sky: Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
• The Gloaming: The Gloaming
• J.D. McPherson: Signs & Signifiers | Try out: "North Side Gal"
• Damien Rice: O
• Sturgill Simpson: Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
• Ellington, Mingus, Roach: Money Jungle

Taylor Swift pulled her music from Spotify. Spotify claims she would have made millions. Dave Grohl has some choice (and adult) words for Taylor Swift. Taylor says...

Next time you think you can't do something because you don't have the perfect tool to use to create it, watch this.

Music Monday 1.28.13

A bunch of good stuff to check out this Music Monday...

• On An On: Give In | This is the one you haven't heard of and need to check out
• Jim James: Regions of Light & Sound of God
• Frightened Rabbit: Pedestrian Verse
• Frontier Ruckus: Eternity of Dimming
• Buke & Gase: General Dome
• Tegan & Sara: Heartthrob
• Blaudzun: Heavy Flowers

• The Lone Bellow: The Lone Bellow ($5.99)
• Les Miserables Soundtrack ($13.99) | I don't think I could pay Molly to stop listening to this
• Ra Ra Riot: Beta Love ($5)
• Yo La Tengo: Fade ($5)
• Burial: Truant/Rough Sleeper ($2.99)

• Mumford & Sons: Babel ($3.99)
• The Lumineers: The Lumineers ($3.99)
• Brandi Carlile: The Story ($2.99)
• Ray LaMontagne: Trouble ($2.99)
• The Black Keys: El Camino ($3.99)
• Miles Davis: Kind of Blue ($2.99)
• Once Movie Soundtrack ($2.99)
• Garden State Soundtrack ($2.99)
• Pearl Jam: Ten ($2.99)
• Mat Kearney: Nothing Left To Lose & City Of Black & White ($2.99)
• Bruce Springsteen: Born To Run & Born in the U.S.A. ($2.99) & The Rising ($5)

Cheap Albums 6.1.12

A bunch of cheap and amazing albums out there right now. Don't miss these! Some deals will end at any time.

• Green Day: American Idiot ($2.99) | a masterpiece
• M83: Hurry Up, We're Dreaming ($3.99)
• Bon Iver: Bon Iver ($3.99)
• Sigur Ros: Valtari ($4.99)
• Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More ($3.99)
• Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself ($3.99)
• Feist: Metals ($3.99)
• Beach House: Bloom ($4.99)
• Nirvana: Nevermind ($2.99)
• Radiohead: OK Computer ($2.99)
• Cat Power: You Are Free ($2.99)
• Phoenix: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix ($3.99)
• Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: Here ($5)
• Of Monsters and Men: My Head Is An Animal ($4.99)
• U2: Achtung Baby ($2.99)
• Coldplay: Parachutes ($2.99)
• Stone Temple Pilots: Purple ($2.99)
• Silversun Pickups: Neck of the Woods ($4.99)
• She & Him: Volume 2 ($3.99)
• Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill ($2.99)
• The Decemberists: Her Majesty The Decemberists ($3.99)
• Death Cab For Cutie: Transatlaticism ($3.99)
• The Roots: Things Fall Apart ($3.99)
• Jay-Z: The Blueprint ($2.99)
• A Tribe Called Quest: The Low End Theory ($2.99)
• The Beastie Boys: Check Your Head ($3.99)
• Smashing Pumpkins: Siamese Dream ($2.99)
• Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea ($2.99)

Music Monday 3.26.12

CHEAP ($3.99, sale ends any moment!)

• The Strokes: Is This It
• Hospitality: Hospitality

STREAMING FREE

• Of Monsters & Men: My Head Is An Animal
  
• M. Ward: A Wasteland Companion

$5 ALBUMS

Only a few days left for some great $5 albums: 

• Ra Ra Riot: The Rhumb Line 
• The Decemberists: The Crane Wife
• Washed Out: Within and Without
• Ryan Adams: Ashes & Fire
• Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
• many more!

HOT ON MY iPOD

• Lost In The Trees: A Church That Fits Our Needs
• Polica: Give You The Ghost
• Bhi Bhiman: Bhiman
• Anais Mitchell: Young Man In America

Music Monday: Cheap | New | Free 3.14.11

It's Music Monday and you need some good new music at a good price. Here you go!

CHEAP

• The National: High Violet ($3.99) | ends any minute!
• Matt Wertz: Weights & Wings ($3.99) | daily deal 
• Titus Andronicus: The Monitor ($5) | crank it!
• Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street ($5.99) | awesome
• Teddy Thompson: Bella ($5.99) | Metacritic 79/100
• Destroyer: Kaputt ($5.99)
• The Social Network Soundtrack ($5.99) | Oscar winner

$5 ALBUMS | MARCH

• My Fav March $5 Albums | some of the best...
• Elliott Smith: XO
• The Roots: Things Fall Apart
• Inception Soundtrack
• Caribou: Swim
• The New Pornographers: Together
  

NEW & STREAMING FREE

    New releases for Tuesday...

• The Joy Formidable: The Big Roar (Streaming)
• The Poison Tree: The Poison Tree (Streaming)
• The Dodos: No Color (Streaming)

    Recently released...

• A Hawk & A Hacksaw: Cervantine | Missed this! Pitchfork 7.8/10
• Middle Brother: Middle Brother | Personal favorite
• Wye Oak: Civilian
• Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo
• Devotchka: 100 Lovers | Great
• Lykki Li: Wounded Rhymes | Pitchfork 8.3/10

    Coming Soon...

• The Mountain Goats: All Eternal Deck | Coming March 29th

FREE MUSIC - DAYTROTTER

• Villagers
• The Deep Dark Woods

Music Monday: Cheap | New | Free 3.7.11

CHEAP

• Titus Andronicus: The Monitor ($5) - crank it!
• R.E.M.: Eponymous ($3.99) - some great songs here
• Rolling Stones: Exile on Main Street ($5.99) - awesome
• Teddy Thompson: Bella ($5.99) | Metacritic 79/100
• Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More ($5.99)
• Destroyer: Kaputt ($5.99)
• The Social Network Soundtrack ($5.99) | Oscar winner

$5 ALBUMS | MARCH

• My Fav March $5 Albums, some of the best...
• The Civil Wars: Barton Hollow
• LCD Soundsystem: Sound of Silver
• Vampire Weekend: Contra
• Dropkick Murphys: Going Out In Style
• Eisley: The Valley

NEW & STREAMING FREE

• Middle Brother: Middle Brother | Out now, HIGHLY recommended
• Devotchka: 100 Lovers | Way better than I expected
• Lykki Li: Wounded Rhymes | Pitchfork 8.3/10
• Wye Oak: Civilian (Streaming | Out March 8th)
• Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo (Streaming | Out March 8th)
• The Dodos: No Color (Streaming | Out March 15th)

FREE MUSIC - DAYTROTTER

• The Low Anthem
• Frontier Ruckus
• The Deep Dark Woods

Music Monday 12.6.10

• My Best Albums of 2010: Coming soon. My previous Best Albums lists from 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009
• 2010 Best Albums Lists: Paste | NPR | Mecca Lecca | Decibel | Drowned In Sound
• Hot Deals: Dean Martin: My Kind of Christmas ($1.99) | U2: October ($3.99)
• $5 Albums: All My Favorites | Don't Miss 5: Mumford & Sons: Sigh No More | Justin Townes Earle: Midnight At The Movies | Destroyer: Destroyer's Rubies | Midlake: The Courage of Others | Bad Books: Bad Books

Drew Grow & The Pastors' Wives: The Comfort Feel EP releases tomorrow, but you can listen to the whole thing today for free. Also grab their recent, self-titled album, which is great.

Fresh Air had a nice interview with jazz pianist Dave Brubeck celebrating his 90th birthday. Great stuff. Pick up Brubeck's albums: Time Out or Take 5. Who is Dave Brubeck? Ahh...

You don't think I'd leave you hanging without a Christmas song, did you? Here's one of the greatest Christmas songs EVER.