Recent Vinyl Purchases

Here are some recent vinyl albums that I have gotten my hands on. If you don't already have the album, even in your itunes library, then fix that problem real quick!
Not all links are mine, so if one goes down then let me know and I'll replace it with a new one.

1. My Morning Jacket - Z
2. The National - Boxer
3. Songs: Ohia - The Magnolia Electric Co.
4. The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
5. The National - High Violet
6. Bob Dylan - New Morning
7. Simon & Garfunkel - The Graduate OST
8. Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks
9. The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement

Happy Christmas! A Christmas Compilation

I have made a little Christmas compilation so that you all have something special to listen to as you put up your trees. Grab a glass of hot chocolate, put on this album, and put that tree together!

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus

A little over a year ago, I downloaded Nick Cave & The Bad Seed's most recent album Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!. I had heard my friend Calvin talking about how great Nick Cave is and decided to give him a chance. I hated it. Oh, how I hated it! Fast forward to about 6 months ago and I decided to give Nick Cave & Co. another chance. Still hated it. Well, as it turns out, Dig!!! isn't the best introduction to this incredible songwriter. Last night, while watching the new Harry Potter movie, I heard a song in the movie that sunk its claws into me and upon checking online this morning, it turns out that it was none other than Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. The song, "O Children" is the final track on the second disc of the double-disc album, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus.

So I started at the beginning of disc 1 and listened all the way through to "O Children" and I feel obligated to say that if you are unfamiliar with Nick Cave, or if perhaps you find yourself in a similar situation to me, then give this album a chance and you'll find that he is an incredible artist. More than anything, upon listening, I'm reminded of Tom Waits, but instead of the occasional song that I find that I like, Abattoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus is fantastic from start to finish. Listen to it. Now!

Tracklisting:
Disc 1:
1. Get Ready For Love
2. Cannibal's Hymn
3. Hiding All Away
4. Messiah Ward
5. There She Goes, My Beautiful World
6. Nature Boy
7. Abattoir Blues
8. Let The Bells Ring
9. Fable of The Brown Ape

Disc 2:
1. The Lyre of Orpheus
2. Breathless
3. Babe, You Turn Me On
4. Easy Money
5. Supernaturally
6. Spell
7. Carry Me
8. O Children

Pedro The Lion - Control

Control was Pedro The Lion's most recent album when I started listening to them, so suffice it to say, it is the album that I think of when I think of the band. It showcases the same sound as seen on previous efforts, though slightly bigger and more polished, though not as much so as Achilles Heel. Overall, Control has a much darker feel to it than any other Pedro album, but is still indie rock at its best.

Tracklisting:
1. Options
2. Rapture
3. Penetration
4. Indian Summer
5. Progress
6. Magazine
7. Rehearsal
8. Second Best
9. Priests and Paramedics
10. Rejoice

Beat! Beat! Beat! - Lightmares

This is the best new album that I have heard in a while. The best way that I can describe them is a mix between Pomegranates, Bloc Party., and at times The Strokes

Tracklisting:
1. Hard To Cherish
2. We Are Waves
3. Graveyard
4. You're Designer
5. Stars
6. Too Short To Bide
7. Bravery
8. Fireworks
9. See It Glisten
10. Lightheavy Rapture