Hello, good morning/afternoon/evening, and welcome to the first post of pppurcha$e$. This is a barebones blog where I will post lists with links to music I have purchased from vendors such as Amazon, iTunes, Not Lame, CD Baby, and especially eMusic. We are still benefiting this month from the excellent Best of 2008 lists of such luminaries as Steve at Absolute Powerpop and David Bash, both eagerly awaited by powerpoppers galaxy-wide. Powerpoppers will want to pay special attention to the songs below by Big Kid, Graham Day And The Gaolers, The Hi-Risers, Junebug, The Pranks, Pris, The Resonars, Three Hour Tour, and The Warm Fuzzies. That Spiraling song is a doozy, too. Indiepoppers might take note of A.C. Newman, I Was a King, The Manhattan Love Suicides, Marching Band, Soda Fountain Rag, The Raveonettes, and We Should Be Dead. But of course, I like them all. A problem inherent in buying new stuff from 30-second samples is not being able to hear the all-important hookery that launches a song. Rest assured there is plenty to ensnare you, especially in the powerpop tunes. Click Artist-LP names to go to the eMusic page for sampling/buying/hanging out. Something that might make this process easier: hit Ctrl-N (Command-N on a Mac) to launch a new window. Then drag the two windows side by side so when you go to eMusic, you'll still be able to see the song titles I've bought/recommended. Only a suggestion.
A.C. Newman - Get Guilty
The Collected Works
All Of My Days And All Of My Days Off
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
Ativan
Attic Lights - What's Kickin' Volume 2
Bring You Down
Beathotel - Move on
Set the house ablaze
Move on
On the road
Fly like Simon Magus
Big Kid - All Kidding Aside
She Won't See Me
Big Kid - You Must Be Kidding
Feather
Extremes
The Blue Aeroplanes - Friendloverplane
Veils Of Colour
Gunning The Works
Chewy Marble - Modulations
She Roxx
Don't Look At The Sun
Deleted Waveform Gatherings - Baby Warfare
All Our Futures
Graham Day And The Gaolers - Triple Distilled
Glad I’m Not Young
Better Man
Something About You Girl
If There’s One Thing I Can Do
Turning You Down
The Most Expensive Sleep
The Hi-Risers - Once We Get Started
ATM Inside
Here With You
Where the Lonely Go
I Was A King - Losing Something Good For Something Better
Across The Ocean
Best Wishes
No Gold
Break Away
Junebug - First
Turn it All Around
Blow A Fuse
Mass Produced Puppets
Discus
The Lackloves - Star City Baby
Lovin' On The Phone
Liz Phair - Exile in Guyville
6'1"
Help Me Mary
The Makers - Shout On! / Hip-notic
Dark
The Manhattan Love Suicides - Burnt Out Landscapes
Sycamore Peripheral
Detroit Diesel
Keep It Coming
You'll Never Get That Guy (WOXY live radio session)
Last Stand
Things You've Never Done (WOXY live radio session)
Marching Band - Spark Large
Letters
Everything
The Memories Attack - The Memories Attack
love in the time of hate
timeline: gone
The Pranks - Modern Communication
Your World Falls Down
Modern Communication
Pris - The Kiss Off
Theet the Moth
Doobie Down Down
Satellite Bitches
Independence Exercises
Sweet Tooth
Santa's Swell
The Raveonettes - Beauty Dies
Young And Beautiful
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
Blush
You Want The Candy
My Heartbeat’s Dying (Bonus Track)
Honey, I Never Had You (Bonus Track)
The Raveonettes - Sometimes They Drop By
Vintage Future
RedGun Radar - Punk The Clock
Another Girl
The Resonars - Bright and Dark
I'll Keep It With Mine
If He's So Great
The Resonars - Lunar Kit
A Slice Of Today
Flood Lamp Eyes
The Resonars - Nonetheless Blue
Places You Have Been
As a Matter of Fact
Sarah Borges and the Broken Singles - Diamonds in the Dark
Stop And Think It Over
Shake Some Action! - Sunny Days Ahead
Draw The Line
Smash Palace - Over The Top
Beautiful Face
Soda Fountain Rag - It's Rag Time!
Army Of Silent Kids
The Saddest Boy In Town
Escalator
Go!
Driving In Your Car
Oh, Brother!
I Was Reborn
Everything Ends (Baby, That's A Fact)
Spiraling - Time Travel Made Easy
Borrowed Time
Three Hour Tour - B Side Oblivion
I Wanted You Around
B Side Oblivion
Her Shadow ( The Way It Happened )
Three Hour Tour - Remix
OBVIOUS OBLIVIOUS
TARNISHED SILVER SCREEN
Tokyo Rose - Punk The Clock
Right As Rain
The Warm Fuzzies - The Bubblegum - EP
Hey, Milunka!
Why Do Girls Wear Big Sunglasses?
Queso Love
We Should Be Dead - Forget Romance, Lets Dance!
Forget Romance, Lets Dance!
Zero Point Five
I Can't Find A Reason
Playback
Ladies Night
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Cool idea, Thanks for all the hard word
ReplyDeletewow, that's quite a list here!! thanks for doing this, it will help me bulk up my emusic "save for later" list!
ReplyDeletebtw, the Attic Lights song "Bring You Down" is a bit different on the comp you list than the single/album version. and if you're like me and CAN'T wait for the US release, you can purchase the mp3s here:
http://www.islandrecords.co.uk/group_artists.php?id=16
This is a great idea! I have a 75-song monthly subscription to Emusic and there have actually been times when I didn't use up all of it because I just didn't know what was out there. I am definitely going to bookmark this blog and check it regularly. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThis is very cool. Blue Aeroplanes! Haven't thought about them in a long time. Didn't we see them open for the Church?
ReplyDeleteFabulous idea here. I've been enjoying some great eMusic finds as well. I've picked up a few things there that I let slip through my hands 25-30 years ago.
ReplyDeleteAny Trouble - Where Are All the Nice Girls
The Individuals - Fields/Aquamarine
Pylon - Gyrate Plus
Flamin' Groovies - Slow Death
Recent pick ups include:
The Speedies - Speedy Delivery
The Gourds - Haymaker (Yep Roc is my new fave label)
Shoes - Fret Buzz
Paul Collins Beat - Ribbon of Gold
Julie Ocean - Long Gone and Nearly There
Also available there, the classic Drums Along the Hudson by the Bongos. I bought the CD before it came available on eMusic.
Thanks to you'uns for your comments and encouragement. I'm glad you're finding the new blog useful. Curty Ray, the work's lighter if people appreciate it. lauree, I heard about Attic Lights in the first place from you on the Audities list, so thanks. And I got the fabulous Dropkick from your playlists at last.fm, so thanks again. I also got some great finds poring over your Downloads at eMusic, so ta again. Anon, I know just what you mean. Sometimes those last few days before the monthly deadline can almost become a job. What's worse were the couple of times early in my eMusic subscription when I didn't realize that the month's deadline had already passed. Chad, I thought of you when I came across the Blue Aeroplanes again. I've still got the vinyl but am happy to have some mp3s. You might well be right about their opening for The Church. Oh, what a night! Thanks so much, E-Mann for the recommendations! Now that's exactly what I'm hoping for, both here and at Powerpopulist. I heard a couple of Any Trouble songs on my walk tonight, including an excellent cover of Springsteen's "Growing Up." (Actually, I like it better than the Boss's.) I've long liked Pylon, Flamin' Groovies, Shoes, Paul Collins Beat, and the Bongos and within the past year met up musically with the wonderful Julie Ocean. I look forward, though, to checking on the specific albums you've mentioned and also checking out the other groups you named. I've read about The Gourds in the Austin paper for years but haven't yet checked them out, but will now. Again, thanks, ya'll!
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