Recent Music Acquired

[ajyouthguy]

Nick Jonas and the Administration--Who I Am

[Aaron]

Nick Jonas and the Administration--Who I Am

I listened to that.  My thoughts: "Hey Nick Jonas, nice try stealing my music.  Regards, John Mayer"

[murlough23]

I listened to that.  My thoughts: "Hey Nick Jonas, nice try stealing my music.  Regards, John Mayer"

Which is funny, given Mayer's admission that he steals from Eric Clapton.

[Aaron]

Which is funny, given Mayer's admission that he steals from Eric Clapton.

This was more the sappy pop song from Mayer rather than the guitar work from Mayer.  Either way - its unlistenable unless you're a teenage girl.

[murlough23]

This was more the sappy pop song from Mayer rather than the guitar work from Mayer.  Either way - its unlistenable unless you're a teenage girl.

So is most of Mayer's stuff lately.

[Aaron]

So is most of Mayer's stuff lately.

Yeah..because Your Body is a Wonderland is so much better than Heartbreak Warfare 

[murlough23]

Yeah..because Your Body is a Wonderland is so much better than Heartbreak Warfare  

I didn't say none of it was sappy pop before. I like Your Body, but it's overrated.

[Wildcatblue7]

Wale--The Mixtape About Nothing

[plvarona]

Patty Griffin: Downtown Church

It's certainly not my preferred style, but it has the potential to grow on me.

[ewok20t3]

Picked these up on my latest dollar bin run:

Iona - Woven Cord
Billy Joel - River of Dreams
Elliott - Song In The Air
On Broken Wings - Some of Us May Never See The World
Madball - The Best of Madball

[murlough23]

Iona - Woven Cord

That's a great disc; I haven't listened to it in a while, but it's the rare live album that actually improves on the album versions. See "Beyond These Shores". I thought it was so-so on the album, but add Frank's violin, suddenly it's gorgeous. "Dancing on the Wall" was also an awkward, out-of-place pop song on their first album; the acoustic version here is much classier.

[ewok20t3]

That's a great disc; I haven't listened to it in a while, but it's the rare live album that actually improves on the album versions. See "Beyond These Shores". I thought it was so-so on the album, but add Frank's violin, suddenly it's gorgeous. "Dancing on the Wall" was also an awkward, out-of-place pop song on their first album; the acoustic version here is much classier.

I was surprised to find it because I figured it was somewhat rare. I'm excited to listen to "Woven Cord" with the Orchestra! I'm about to play some of the album now.

[murlough23]

I'm excited to listen to "Woven Cord" with the Orchestra!

That was actually the debut of the song. Open Sky came out the following year. I might like the album version better on that one, just because they ratcheted up the drums so it has more "snap" to it.

[ewok20t3]

That was actually the debut of the song. Open Sky came out the following year. I might like the album version better on that one, just because they ratcheted up the drums so it has more "snap" to it.

Yeah, I just listened to it and I think I prefer the album version, too. It's still a great song either way. I haven't made it all the way through all of the Iona albums I picked up, but so far "Woven Cord" is definitely my favorite song of theirs.

[Wildcatblue7]

Kid Cudi - Man On the Moon: The End of Day

next time i have cash monies I'm getting Lupe Fiasco's The Cool, I think.

[Wildcatblue7]

Girl Talk--Night Ripper

for freeeeee

[ajyouthguy]

Springsteen--Working on a Dream

[Ian]

Muse - The Resistance
 wasn't thrilled with this album but at this point I may as well keep my Muse catalog complete. :/

[ewok20t3]

Muse - Black Holes and Revelations

[murlough23]

I feel like I should buy another Muse album now, just to propagate the trend. (Already own the two mentioned above. Still warming up to Absolution. Origin of Symmetry could be a tough sell.)

[plvarona]

Arriving in the mail today:

Fair: Disappearing World

[ewok20t3]

Baroness - Blue Record
My mind is going to be blown when I see these guys with Between The Buried and Me and Mastodon in May!

[chrisnu]

Massive Attack - Heligoland

[ajyouthguy]

Waterdeep--In the Middle of It

[ajyouthguy]

The Violet Burning--Chosen  (free on their site)
Michael Pritzl--Hollow Songs
Sister Hazel--20 in '10 (a free download of 20 songs at Amazon MP3)
The Gravity Show--Fabulous Like You
The Violet Burning--Demonstrates Plastic and Elastic

[murlough23]

The Violet Burning--Chosen  (free on their site)

Is this new? If so, how's it compare to Drop-Dead?

[ajyouthguy]

Is this new? If so, how's it compare to Drop-Dead?

nah, it's like a 1990 release they have on their site for free right now as a 20th anniversary type thing i think.

[murlough23]

nah, it's like a 1990 release they have on their site for free right now as a 20th anniversary type thing i think.

Ah. I've been waiting for them to put out something new and non-seasonal.

[ajyouthguy]

Ah. I've been waiting for them to put out something new and non-seasonal.

yeah, i got all excited b/c i thought i had found a 'new' album for them, but it was a 2007 live recording from Cornerstone and the only way i figured that out was that i started recognizing song titles and then i pulled up my iTunes and realized i had almost all of the songs before, albeit NOT live versions, but i was still disappointed because it sounded as if it was really a new album

[enemy anemone]

I have tried to listen to Chosen but have never been able to get through it.  there are comments about Drop-Dead being a return to the band's early sound, but I don't get it. I like Drop-Dead and don't think it is anything like Chosen. but I am not a very thorough Violet Burning fan; there is stuff that I like a lot and stuff (including different versions of songs I like) that I cannot stand.  =\

stuff I recently acquired from magnatune:
Vito Paternoster - Bach Cello Suites
Daniel Estrem - J.S. Bach on 8-string Guitar, vol. 1  
Philharmonia Baroque - Beethoven - Opferlied and Symphony Number 9

[murlough23]

All I know is Drop-Dead (which I like, but which doesn't amaze me outside of a few key tracks) and a brief couple of listens to Demonstrates Plastic and Elastic (which was strange, but I didn't hate it).

[ewok20t3]

Picked these up in the dollar bin today:

All Together Separate - Self-Titled
Less Than Jake - B Is For B-Sides
Eagles - Hotel California
Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion I
Randy Travis - Greatest Hits Volume Two
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
DownHere - Ending Is Beginning
Endwell - Homeland Insecurity
Michael Jackson - Bad Special Edition
Element 101 - Future Plans Undecided

[ajyouthguy]

I got a box of music from a youth ministry subscription site i get stuff from quarterly today.  it included the following, most of which will wind up as giveaways in my youth group as usual.

TFK--Welcome to the Masquerade
TobyMac--Tonight
Casting Crowns--Until the Whole World Hears
Day of Fire--Losing All
John Reuben--Sex, Drugs and Self-Control
Fireflight--For Those Who Wait
Me In Motion
Atlas Takes Aim--The Way Out is Through
Starfield--The Saving One
Dreamlab--Worship Electronica
Kutless--It is Well (A Worship Album)
Paige Armstrong--Wake Up

[bloop]

Picked a couple things up from a record store that was, sadly, closing and having a sale:

Reckoning, R.E.M.
Dare, The Human League

[murlough23]

As Tall as Lions - You Can't Take It with You
Steven Curtis Chapman - Beauty Will Rise

[ajyouthguy]

Justin McRoberts--Through Songs I Was First Undone

[ajyouthguy]

Johnny Cash--American VI: Ain't No Grave

[ewok20t3]

Dollar Bin day! I picked up these:

The Elms - Truth, Soul, Rock & Roll
Harvest - Transitions
Tantrum of The Muse - The Downtrodden and The Sidhe
The Juliana Theory - Understand This Is A Dream
Dead By Wednesday - Democracy Is Dead (I've never heard this band, but thought I'd give it a shot.)
Various Hardcore Bands - East Coast Assault III
Something Like Silas - Divine Invitation
Hangnail - Hangnail
Ace Troubleshooter - The Madness of The Crowds

I also re-bought copies of Hopesfall - A Types and Acceptance - Black Lines To Battlefields. Sometimes I buy duplicate albums by bands I like a lot in case I wear out the original over time. It's hard not to for a dollar!

[murlough23]

The Elms - Truth, Soul, Rock & Roll

Inconsistent album with embarrassing lyrics in places, but "Speaking in Tongues" alone is worth more than your dollar.

The Juliana Theory - Understand This Is A Dream

I liked TJT, but could never get into this one outside of "Musicbox Superhero".

Something Like Silas - Divine Invitation

Awesome album, especially for the "modern worship" genre. Do you listen to Future of Forestry at all, or did you just stumble across this with no prior knowledge of the band?

[ewok20t3]

Inconsistent album with embarrassing lyrics in places, but "Speaking in Tongues" alone is worth more than your dollar.

I love "Speaking In Tongues". That's the only song I'm familiar with on the album. I had forgotten all about that song until it popped up on an episode of a TV show I was watching last week. I was stoked to see this album in the dollar bin today because of my renewed love of that song!

I liked TJT, but could never get into this one outside of "Musicbox Superhero".

I'm a fan of The Juliana Theory, but I still don't understand why they were more popular in the late 90's/early 00's emo scene than Sense Field and Further Seems Forever were. I think they're much more inconsistent than those two bands.

Awesome album, especially for the "modern worship" genre. Do you listen to Future of Forestry at all, or did you just stumble across this with no prior knowledge of the band?

Yes, I'm a fan of Future of Forestry. I picked up Twilight a couple months ago and was very impressed. I wouldn't have been familiar with Something Like Silas if not for my recent discovery of Future of Forestry.