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"Before you know it as the years go by, you're just like other people you have seen, with all those peculiar human ailments. Just another vehicle for temper and vanity and rashness and all the rest. Who wants it? Who needs it? These things occupy the place where a man's soul should be." -- Henderson the Rain King

Thursday, February 24, 2005

More Music Than You Can Shake A Stick At

Tonight I spent the last of my Sonic Boom gift certificates from the holidays. Here's what I picked up:
  • Clem Snide - End of Love - One of my favorite bands, so I've been waiting for this one for awhile. I'm really excited that 'Made For TV Movie' made the cut, but what's up with the little kid singing background vocals? The live version of the song is much better. Favorite line so far is from the song "End of Love": "Guess what your pain has been done, to perfection by everyone, and the first thing every killer reads is Catcher in the Rye."
  • M Ward - Transistor Radio - Been waiting on this one for awhile too. Another excellent album from an superb artist.
  • Sage Francis - A Healthy Distrust - His major label debut. It's weird to see him not doing the indie thing, but so far it sounds good.
  • Mountain Goats - We Shall All Be Healed - One of those rare albums that actually drew a compliment from a Sonic Boom clerk, though I then immediately lost all credibility since I missed them when they played at the Crocodile earlier this month.
  • V/A - Live From the Morning Alternative - $6.99 gets you this excellent compilation of mostly live performances from 107.7 The End. Better yet, all proceeds from the album are going to support the Vera Project. Included are tracks by Damien Jurado, Death Cab For Cutie, Harvey Danger, Visqueen and several other local bands. It's labelled as Volume 1 too, so here's hoping we see another edition dropping soon.
While I'm at it, when we were in Victoria we swung by a cool indie record store called Ditch Records. I managed to limit myself to only one CD for the ride back:
  • Of Montreal - Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies - I'd been meaning to pick up one of their albums for awhile and I figured I'm in Canada...Of Montreal...I know, I'm a dork. At any rate, if you want to check them out they have a bunch of MP3s for download on their site including a cover of the Shins' "Know Your Onion".

posted by Jamie at 11:11 PM