airfigaro's Last.fm Journal

en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices airfigaro's Last.fm Journal http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal The Last.fm journal for airfigaro. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. Best of 2008 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2009/02/15/2hmygi_best_of_2008 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:53:41 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2009/02/15/2hmygi_best_of_2008 Here they are (Finally!) My top albums of 2008.

1. Fennesz-Black Sea
2. Hammock-Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow
3. Mates of State-Re-Arrange Us
4. Sun Kil Moon-April
5. Destroyer-Trouble In Dreams
6. Max Richter-24 Postcards In Full Colour
7. Johann Johannsson-Fordlândia
8. Windy and Carl-Songs for the Broken Hearted
9. Bon Iver-For Emma, Forever Ago
10. TV on the Radio-Dear Science
11. Deerhunter-Microcastle
12. Deerhoof-Offend Maggie
13. Bang on a Can-Brian Eno: Music For Airports (Live)
14. Frightened Rabbit-The Midnight Organ Fight
15. Paavoharju-Laulu Laakson Kukista
16. The Rural Alberta Advantage-Hometowns
17. Bonnie "Prince" Billy-Lie Down In The Light
18. The Walkmen-You & Me
19. Vampire Weekend-Vampire Weekend
20. Willits + Sakamoto-Ocean Fire
21. Juana Molina-un dia
22. Beach House-Devotion
23. Atlas Sound-Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel
24. Tokyo Police Club-Elephant Shell
25. The Raveonettes-Lust Lust Lust

Honorable Mention
Hauschka-Ferndorf
The Weepies-Hideaway
Portishead-Third
Girl Talk-Feed the Animals
The Dodos-Visiter
Sigur Ros-Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
Why?-Alopecia]]> Best 2008; a collection of links http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/12/05/2bg2p0_best_2008%253B_a_collection_of_links Fri, 5 Dec 2008 05:40:34 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/12/05/2bg2p0_best_2008%253B_a_collection_of_links I love reading 'best of' lists. It's not that just like other people's opinions, but I often discover new things, and subsequently spend the first couple of months in the new year catching up. I will post everything I find here (for a really compressive list see the link to Largehearted Boy at the bottom. I want this to be a list of last.fm user's best of lists, so if you would like to add something post a link in the comments. Please include lists for all genres. Enjoy!

Let's start this out with a little commentary:
Mother Jones Blog: "First 'Best of 2008' Album List Very Wrong, Very White"

A great list to discover new music: emusic

last.fm user lists
heinJr
TheRealHonky, here, and here.
Nialloleary
radtron
TheBlackPope
ookunoki
protent
xNorbertx
miespaub
tron_o
WeAreLions
bertoXIV
Petrucha
mddekker
OuiTisRoz
camieliej
Knirrie
lml
chemlight82
WilliamPO
Michaelknowsit
debsh
ennyg
testspecimen
spaceagedisco
skerzo
smoggod
jochentje
Fewmanchu
petr80
timz0r
Tagindragon
deporfan
big_idea
NoodleTokyo
JBiiJB
daisy_magoo
themshow118
muteacappella
fullmonthei
ScaredCrow
blaurey
Music_Hero
zmase
penguinboy
orkestrark
preddytor
HeinJr
weston24
mephisto_dark
gnafriot
akzincke
samueljeronimo
PrincipeAzul
joergpeters
r3m3mo
mistawill
Sousilienne Part II
Jookstevens
MilotheMayor
xxMKULTRAxx
egoblah
jchicosantos
linkinn
krillkrewitt
bagowarrior
TheAbbott
tengteng
DemonSweat
Bruno0last
dekdestroy
brand929
FlashFlash76
redking360
yen_pox
ArtVandelay1
Otomo72
dimsoul
nickinko
dyingdeer
sam_george
marwablue
Gaiman77
mdekoning
OhItsJustDan
therothstanator
gavinjh
AHHHjane
robindra
Aurist-
salusrex
ovalenciaa
flamgirlant
wshahid123
funkayy
stayingFAT
Unwashed
Jerdna
MichaelLeSuer
AdrianMcHugh[/url}
smoggod
surovi
pzantingh
stuartmacgregor

The Other Lists:

The Guardian
Spin
Rolling Stone
Stereogum "Gummy Awards"
Rough Trade
Metacritic
Paste Magazine
rateyourmusic (this is based on user ratings, interesting because you can sort the list)
Uncut and Mojo magizines (via Sterogum)
Q Magazine
Blender
State

For a list of every other possible list, check out out Largehearted Boy

If you have a blog with your list (not sure if a last.fm journal counts) be sure to submit it to the Hype Machine Zeitgeist]]> Ballad of Lemons http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/11/26/2aukmh_ballad_of_lemons Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:24:47 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/11/26/2aukmh_ballad_of_lemons A fine waste of time. Here are the rules:

1. Set your iTunes/iPod on Shuffle
2. Answer each question with the title of the song that comes up
3. Don't cheat!
4. Share

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Faerie Dance (Plants & Animals)

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Cold Days From The Birdhouse (The Twilight Sad)

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Always in Your Mind (Jennifer O'Connor)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Allegro Ma Non Troppo (Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3)

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
Tanto Tempo (Bebel Gilberto) - translation: 'so long' in Portguese)

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Some Are Lakes (Land of Talk)

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Noch losch das Licht nicht aus (Wagner from Tristan und Isolde)
(sort of translates as "there is still not enough light")

WHAT IS 2+2?
On Tour With Zykos (Okkervil River)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Quiet Friend (Steve Roach) - This is so not true!!!

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
I Want To Live On An Abstract Plain (Frank Black)

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Coro Dell'Imeneo (From Giovanni Pacini's opera Saffo)
(translates as "Chorus of the Imeneo" Imeneo is a man who rescued a girl by killing all the pirates on a ship. Imeneo is not a character in Saffo, so I have no idea why they are singing a chorus to him.)

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Driving to La Salle (Dario Marianelli from the Sountrack to the movie 'The Return,' which I have never seen, it's a horror flick)

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Pennies (Smashing Pumpkins)

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Puttin On the Ritz (Rufus Wainwright) Oh lord...

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Mansard Roof (Vampire Weekend)

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Peregrina II (Hugo Wolf, poem by Morike) - Translation of the first line of the poem: "Something wrong entered the moonlit gardens
of a once sacred love." The guy in the poem dumps his true love and then wishes her back.

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Flume (Bon Iver) - Definition of a flume: An open channel or trough used to direct or divert liquids.

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
The Harrowing Adventures Of... (Tokyo Police Club)

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Natural One (Folk Implosion)

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
Evviva! Beviam! Beviam! (Verdi from his opera 'Ernani') -I guess I will die drinking!

WHAT IS THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong (Spin Doctors)

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Notwo (Autechre)

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Sons And Daughters (The Decemberists)

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
O Sank Hernieder, Nacht Der Liebe (Wagner from 'Tristan und Isolde)
-translation: O sink down, night of love

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Up On Your Leopard, Upon the End of Your Feral Days (Sunset Rubdown) -as good an answer as any

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Devil's Island (Megadeth) LOL!

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Pink & Sour (Califone)

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Chi Mai Vegg'io (Verdi from the Opera 'Ernani) -Nico Castel translates this as "What do I see?" Silva enters to find Carlo and Ernani, he is betrayed!

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Sexfaldur (Amiina) -this might be an Icelandic word, but it might also be nonsense

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Balled of Lemons (Blonde Redhead) -seems appropriate]]> Best Albums of 2008: Halfway Home http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/07/07/222qdk_best_albums_of_2008%3A_halfway_home Mon, 7 Jul 2008 06:18:36 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/07/07/222qdk_best_albums_of_2008%3A_halfway_home How does one rate an album? Music critics seem to have no problem putting a number to an album, but I can never come to a conclusion. My opinion of an album seems to change by the day. It either grows on me, or I grow tire of it. Either way, I always hem and haw over my choices and always look back at them at think, "What was I thinking?"

Anyway, it really doesn't matter, except I like to think about the music I listen to, and why I choose to listen to it. I've thought about it, and here are the 10(ish) albums that I think are the best so far.

(In no particular order)

Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Jason Collett - Here's To Being Here
Beach House - Devotion
Sun Kil Moon - April
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In The Light
Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow
Willits + Sakamoto - Ocean Fire
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Sun Kil Moon - April
The Weepies - Hideaway
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust]]> Albums Acquired in 2008 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/05/10/33olk_albums_acquired_in_2008 Sat, 10 May 2008 23:53:59 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/05/10/33olk_albums_acquired_in_2008 2008 Releases

Cat Power - Jukebox
Autechre - Quaristice
Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Jason Collett - Here's To Being Here
Bang on a Can - Brian Eno: Music For Airports (Live)
Valet - Naked Acid
Beach House - Devotion
Why? - Alopecia
Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
Sun Kil Moon - April
The Dodos - Visiter
Andrew Bird - Soldier On
The Weepies - Hideaway
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
Matmos - Supreme Balloon
Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight
Death Cab for Cutie - Narrow Stairs
Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow
My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down In The Light
Willits + Sakamoto - Ocean Fire
Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
The Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
Stars of the Lid - Carte-De-Visite
The Avett Brothers - The Second Gleam
Max Richter - 24 Postcards In Full Colour
Paavoharju - Laulu Laakson Kukista
Richard Swift - Ground Trouble Jaw
The Walkmen - You & Me
Okkervil River - The Stand Ins
Mercury Rev - Snowflake Midnight
Mates of State - Re-Arrange Us
Deerhoof - Offend Maggie
Antony and the Johnsons - Another World
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
TV on the Radio - Dear Science
Ben Folds - Way to Normal
Sigur Rós - Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust
The Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
The Raveonettes - Beauty Dies
Windy & Carl - Songs For The Broken Hearted
Parts & Labor - Receivers
peixe : avião - 40:02 - Single
Final Fantasy - Spectrum, 14th Century - EP
Deerhunter - Microcastle
Stars - Sad Robots
Final Fantasy - Pays To Please EP
Ray LaMontagne - Gossip in the Grain
+/- - Xs on Your Eyes
The Rural Alberta Advantage - Hometowns
Johann Johannsson - Fordlândia
Hotel Lights - Firecracker People
Juana Molina - un dia
Lambchop - OH (ohio)
Portishead - Third
Beck - Modern Guilt
Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark

Other Releases

Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
Amiina - kurr
Radicalfashion - Odori
Air - 10,000 Hz Legend
Studio - West Coast
Rouge Wave - Asleep At Heaven's Gate
Pat Metheny - Secret Story
Cloud Cult -The Meaning of 8 (Courtesy of Allison)
The White Stripes - Elephant
Midlake - Oak and Julian EP
Aza - cosmo.sys
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum
White Rainbow - Prism of Eternal Now
Original Soundtrack - Pi
Brian McBride - When the Detail Lost Its Freedom
The Dead Texan - The Dead Texan
Aix Em Klemm - Aix Em Klemm
Arvo Pärt - Lamentate
Steve Roach - Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces
Erik Friedlander - Block Ice and Propane
Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Dmitry Hvorostovsky - Portrait
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Pram - Somniloquy
Manitoba - Start Breaking My Heart
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is a Butterfly
Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
Stars of the Lid - Gravitational Pull vs. the Desire for an Aquatic Life
Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Ingrid Michaelson - Girls and Boys
The Frames - For the Birds
Jimmy Eat World - Chase the Light
Mogwai - Come On Die Young
Don Caballero - World Class Listening Problem
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
Depeche Mode - Violator
Explosions in the Sky - How Strange, Innocence
The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
Rush - Fly by Night
Max Richter - The Blue Notebooks
Steve Roach & Robert Rich - Soma
David Thomas Broughton - The Complete Guide to Insufficiency
Aimee Mann - I'm With Stupid
Cocteau Twins - Heaven or Las Vegas
mwvm - Rotations
Matthew Sweet - Girlfriend
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - Source Tags & Codes]]> 2008 Top Artists http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/01/07/33obn_2008_top_artists Mon, 7 Jan 2008 22:33:38 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/01/07/33obn_2008_top_artists Okay, I'm going keep track of my top artists this year... just the top ten. Just a different way to keep track of useless information. If any one knows of an app that does this, hollar!

Top Artists Weighted by Position in Top Ten

1. Giuseppe Verdi 104.5
2. Max Richter 65
3. The Walkmen 63.5
4. Atlas Sound 62
5. Andrew Bird 56.8
6. Stars of the Lid 51
7. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy 46
8. Hammock 44.5
9. Ella Fitzgerald 42.5
9. Blonde Redhead 42.5
11. Sun Kil Moon 41.7
12. Deerhoof 40
13. Dario Marianelli 38
14. Destroyer 37.2
15. Ingrid Michaelson 36.5
16. Mates of State 35
17. Gaetano Donizetti 34.5
17. Tokyo Police Club 34.5
19. Jason Collett 34
20. TV on the Radio 33.5
21. Mogwai 32.5
22. Okkervil River] 32
23. Cat Power 31.5
24. Girl Talk 30.5
24. The National 30.5
26. The Weepies 28.5
27. Sufjan Stevens 28
28. Alexandre Desplat 27.5
29. Frightened Rabbit 27.3
30. Steven Sondheim 26.5
31. Amiina 25.5
31. The Dodos 25.5
31. Sunny Day Real Estate 25.5
34. Sigur Rós 25.3
35. The Dead Texan 25.2
36. Deerhunter 25
36. Ben Folds Five 25
36. The Raveonettes 25
39. The Promise Ring 24.5
39. Rufus Wainwright 24.5
41. Michael Nyman 24.3
42. Aimee Mann 24.2
43. Patrick Doyle 24
44. Autechre 23
45. Brian McBride 22.5
45. Saverio Mercadante 22.5
45. Elliott Smith 22.5
48. Buena Vista Social Club 22
48. Erik Friedlander 22
48. Plants and Animals 22
51. The White Stripes 21.8
52. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 20.5
52. mwvm 20.5
54. Gioacchino Rossini 20
55. Benjamin Britten 19
55. Gilbert & Sullivan 19
55. The Rural Alberta Advantage 19
58. Fennesz 18.5
59. Robert Merrill 18
59. Arvo Pärt 18
59. Yo La Tengo 18
62. Tom Waits 17.5
62. Windy & Carl 17.5
64. Death Cab for Cutie 17.2
65. Jennie Sadler 16.5
66. The Avett Brothers 16
66. Erik Satie 16
68. Beach House 15.8
69. Bon Iver 15.7
70. My Morning Jacket 15.5
71. Paavoharju 15
71. Final Fantasy 15
73. Brian Eno & David Byrne 14.5
74. Vampire Weekend 13.8
75. Ben Folds 13.5
75. Philip Glass 13.5
77. Mercury Rev 13.3
78. Maritime 13
79. Ray LaMontagne 12.5
79. Shearwater 12.5
79. Why? 12.5
82. The Field 12
82. Johann Johannsson 12
84. The Hold Steady 11
84. Manitoba 11
86. Cocteau Twins 10.5
86. Tegan and Sara 10.5
88. Andrew Lloyd Webber 10
88. Cloud Cult 10
88. Neil Diamond 10
88. Phish 10
88. Stevie Wonder 10
93. Johann Sebastian Bach 9.5
94. Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman 9
94. Beck 9
94. Vincenzo Bellini 9
94. Joni Mitchell 9
94. Richard Wagner 9
99. Don DiLego 8.5
99. Sergei Prokofiev 8.5
99. Matthew Sweet 8.5
99. Richard Swift 8.5
99. White Rainbow 8.5
104. Rouge Wave 8
104. Dmitri Hvorostovsky 8
104. Giacomo Meyerbeer 8
104. Hugo Wolf 8
108. The Mountain Goats 7.5
108. OutKast 7.5
108. Tortoise 7.5
111. Frédéric Chopin 7
111. Explosions in the Sky 7
111. Feist 7
111. Hauschka 7
111. Diana Krall 7
111. Giovanni Pacini 7
111. Henry Purcell 7
111. Radicalfashion 7
119. +/- 6.5
119. Aphex Twin 6.5
119. Samiam 6.5
122. Caribou 6
122. Maurice Ravel 6
122. Wilco 6
125. ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 5.5
125. José González 5.5
125. Lee Hoiby 5.5
125. Band of Horses 5.5
125. Portishead 5.5
130. Clifford Brown 5
130. Jimmy Eat World 5
130. Hotel Lights 5
130. Matmos 5
130. Morrissey 5
130. múm 5
136. Aix Em Klemm 4.5
136. The Decemberists 4.5
136. The Dismemberment Plan 4.5
136. DJ /rupture 4.5
136. Grizzly Bear 4.5
136. Panda Bear 4.5
136. Steve Roach 4.5
143. Bang on a Can 4
143. Judy Garland 4
143. Kill Creek 4
143. Jens Lekman 4
143. Rush 4
143. They Might Be Giants 4
149. Eluvium 3.5
149. Tim Hecker 3.5
149. James Newton Howard 3.5
149. Valet 3.5
153. The Lemonheads 3.2
154. Pat Metheny 3
154. Mice Parade 3
154. The Nat King Cole Trio 3
154.The Shins 3
154. Lucinda Williams 3
159. The Beach Boys 2.5
159. Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew 2.5
159. Ghosts and Vodka 2.5
159. Georg Friedrich Händel 2.5
159. Max Roach 2.5
159. Tori Amos 2.5
159. Pram 2.5
159. Sunset Rubdown 2.5
167. Dallas Orbiter 2
167. Air 2
167. The Frames 2
167. Midlake 2
167. Parts & Labor 2
167. Zbigniew Preisner 2
167. Swara Sonora Trio 2
174. Stars 1.7
175. Béla Bartók 1.5
175. Neko Case 1.5
175. N*E*R*D 1.5
178. Sterolab 1.2
179. Balmorhea 1
179. Eva Cassidy 1
179. Don Caballero 1
179. LCD Soundsystem 1
179. Laura Veirs 1
179. Loudon Wainwright III 1

Number of Times in the Top 10

[u]Fifteen Weeks[/u]
Giuseppe Verdi

[u]Thirteen Weeks[/u]
Andrew Bird

[u]Eleven Weeks[/u]
The Walkmen

[u]Ten Weeks[/u]
Atlas Sound

[u]Eight Weeks[/u]
Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Destroyer
Aimee Mann
The National
Max Richter
Stars of the Lid

[u]Seven Weeks[/u]
Blonde Redhead
Frightened Rabbit
Girl Talk
Mates of State
Michael Nyman
Sun Kil Moon
TV on the Radio
Vampire Weekend
The White Stripes

[u]Six Weeks[/u]
Amiina
Jason Collett
The Dead Texan
Gaetano Donizetti
Ella Fitzgerald
Hammock
Ingrid Michaelson
Okkervil River
Sigur Rós
Tokyo Police Club

[u]Five Weeks[/u]
Bon Iver
Deerhoof
The Dodos
Dario Marianelli
mwvm
Plants and Animals
The Raveonettes
Elliott Smith
Stephen Sondheim
Rufus Wainwright

[u]Four Weeks[/u]
The Avett Brothers
Beach House
Buena Vista Social Club
Cat Power
Death Cab for Cutie
Deerhunter
Alexandre Desplat
Fennesz
Ben Folds
Erik Friedlander
The Lemonheads
Maritime
Mercury Rev
Mogwai
mwvm
Arvo Pärt
The Promise Ring
Shearwater
Sufjan Stevens
Sunny Day Real Estate
The Weepies
Why?

[u]Three Weeks[/u]
Autechre
Bend Folds Five
Caribou
Patrick Doyle
Johann Johannsson
Ray LaMontagne
Brian McBride
Robert Merrill
Saverio Mercadante
Giacomo Meyerbeer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
My Morning Jacket
Paavoharju
Phish
Matthew Sweet
Tegan and Sara
Tom Waits
Windy & Carl
Yo La Tengo

[u]Two Weeks[/u]
Aphex Twin
Benjamin Britten
Cocteau Twins
Brian Eno & David Byrne
Explosions in the Sky
Final Fantasy
Gilbert & Sullivan
Philip Glass
José Gonález
Grizzly Bear
The Hold Steady
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Manitoba
Mogwai
Morrissey
The Mountain Goats
múm
Sergei Prokofiev
Radicalfashion
Rogue Wave
Gioacchino Rossini
Jennie Sadler
Erik Satie
The Shins
Stars
Stereolab
Richard Swift
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Valet
Wilco

[u]One Week[/u]
+/-
Air
Aix Em Klemm
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Damon Albarn & Michael Nyman
Johann Sebastian Bach
Balmorhea
Bang on a Can
Tori Amos
Béla Bartók
Band of Horses
The Beach Boys
Beck
Vincenzo Bellini
Broken Social Scene Presents: Kevin Drew
Clifford Brown
Neko Case
Eva Cassidy
Frédéric Chopin
Cloud Cult
The Decemberists
Neil Diamond
The Dismemberment Plan
Don DiLego
DJ /rupture
Don Caballero
Eluvium
Feist
The Field
The Frames
Dallas Orbiter
Judy Garland
Ghosts and Vodka
Bebel Gilberto
Georg Friedrich Händel
Hauschka
Tim Hecker
Lee Hoiby
Hotel Lights
James Newton Howard
Jimmy Eat World
Kill Creek
Diana Krall
Jens Lekman
Matmos
Pat Metheny
Mice Parade
Midlake
Joni Mitchell
The Nat King Cole Trio
N*E*R*D
Giovanni Pacini
Panda Bear
Parts & Labor
Portishead
Pram
Zbigniew Preisner
Henry Purcell
Maurice Ravel
Max Roach
Steve Roach
Rush
Samiam
Sunset Rubdown
Swara Sonora Trio
They Might Be Giants
Tortoise
Laura Veirs
Richard Wagner
Loudon Wainwright III
Andrew Lloyd Webber
White Rainbow
Lucinda Williams
Hugo Wolf
Stevie Wonder]]> Albums Acquired in 2008 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/01/06/33o1u_albums_acquired_in_2008_ Sun, 6 Jan 2008 14:55:31 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2008/01/06/33o1u_albums_acquired_in_2008_ 2008 Releases

Cat Power - Jukebox
Autechre - Quaristice
Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Can See But Cannot Feel
Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
Jason Collett - Here's To Being Here
Bang on a Can - Brian Eno: Music For Airports (Live)
Valet - Naked Acid
Beach House - Devotion
Why? - Alopecia
Destroyer - Trouble In Dreams
Sun Kil Moon - April
The Dodos - Visiter
Andrew Bird - Soldier On
The Weepies - Hideaway
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
Tokyo Police Club - Elephant Shell
Matmos - Supreme Balloon

Other Releases

Jose Gonzalez - In Our Nature
Amiina - kurr
Radicalfashion - Odori
Air - 10,000 Hz Legend
Studio - West Coast
Rouge Wave - Asleep At Heaven's Gate
Pat Metheny - Secret Story
Cloud Cult -The Meaning of 8 (Courtesy of Allison)
The White Stripes - Elephant
Midlake - Oak and Julian EP
Aza - cosmo.sys
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Stars of the Lid - Avec Laudenum
White Rainbow - Prism of Eternal Now
Original Soundtrack - Pi
Brian McBride - When the Detail Lost Its Freedom
The Dead Texan - The Dead Texan
Aix Em Klemm - Aix Em Klemm
Arvo Pärt - Lamentate
Steve Roach - Mystic Chords & Sacred Spaces
Erik Friedlander - Block Ice and Propane
Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Dmitry Hvorostovsky - Portrait
White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Pram - Somniloquy
Manitoba - Start Breaking My Heart
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is a Butterfly
Blonde Redhead - Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
Stars of the Lid - Gravitational Pull vs. the Desire for an Aquatic Life
Aimee Mann - The Forgotten Arm
Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls
Ingrid Michaelson - Girls and Boys
The Frames - For the Birds
Jimmy Eat World - Chase the Light
Mogwai - Come On Die Young
Don Caballero - World Class Listening Problem
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting
Depeche Mode - Violater]]> Best Albums of 2007 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2007/12/24/33ntf_best_albums_of_2007 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 21:05:41 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/airfigaro/journal/2007/12/24/33ntf_best_albums_of_2007 After much thought here is the the Top 20! Also, because I acquired over 75 albums this year, I include a list of honorable mentions. I suppose that makes this a top 43 list. Oh well. Enjoy!

1. Andrew Bird: Armchair Apocrypha