Dude. If it's such a slow day, surely you have time to share all the deets about which CDs you bought in your flurry? Spill it!

Ya, Spill it Hanken!

Along with the Kings of Convenience I picked up the following:

Motor "Unhuman"
Their last record was the best serious electronic/house record I've bought in a long time. I'm sure this one will be good too.

Ghostland Observatory "Paparazzi Lighting".
This gadget cost me $15 but they were so good at Sasquatch I bit the bullet and shelled out the dough.

The National "The Boxer"
Eh. I listened to this last night and I'm not sold. I don't dig these "woe is me" type bands. The whole thing just kind of sounds depressing.

Okkervil River "Down the River of Golden Dreams"
$6.99 used. Who sells this stuff? They actually had two copies of this album.

Easy Dread All Stars "Radiodread"
It was only a matter of time before I bought the reggae Radiohead cover album. I'm sure I'll get my eight bucks out of it.

Electrelane "No Shouts, No Calls"
I could barely hear them at Sasquatch while wasting my time watching whatever it was I was watching. Sounded good so I picked up this album. I like it so far and it came with a cool patch!

heh, i usually drop ~$75-200 every time i walk in sonic boom/easy street, depending on how long it's been & what's been released. i just keep a running excel spreadsheet of stuff i want or will consider. yeah, the impulse to buy *something* happens pretty often, too.

end of may haul - rufus wainwright, the national, voxtrot, stars (remix album), eagle seagull, charlotte gainesbourg, mary timony, and an older viva voce album.

as for the national, i may be one of the few who thinks "sad stars for dirty lovers" was better than "alligator", but "the boxer" is a pretty good continuation of what they've been doing while adding back a bit more rock. sad bastard music will always have a place in my heart :)

one of my happiest sasquatch moments was realizing i could find a way to avoid both ghostland observatory & citizen cope at the same time. it didn't really matter who was on that third stage, but bonus, i got to see visqueen!

i have to admit that yesterday i spent $9.99 at Rasputin for the Horrors album. this might explain my absence yesterday as i was in Oakland making my pilgrimage to see the Red Sox (who decided to lose in extra innings ... bah!)

I say give Boxer a few more listens, and a bit of time to grow. It's probably my second-favorite release of the year, but it certainly didn't grab me at first either. Now I can't get it out of my head!