What We’ve Bought Lately

In these days of free downloading and “file sharing” we try to keep the home fires burning and purchase as much music as we can, both on and offline. And while we don’t hit record stores as frequently as we used to—there’s less of them and even less new music we like—we still do the rounds. Here’s the last few we physically walked into a store and purchased (in alphabetical order):

IRON & WINE The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop)
THE MARS VOLTA The Bedlam in Goliath (Universal/Island)
RADIOHEAD Hail to the Thief (Parlophone)
RADIOHEAD In Rainbows (TBD)
SAN FRANCISCO JAZZ COLLECTIVE self-titled (Nonesuch) *
SPOON Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (Merge)
CHRIS WALLA Field Manual (Barsuk)

* [This was a Christmas gift from a "Mom and Pop" record store owner for my continued patronage of his establishment. Man... ]

Speaking of The Mars Volta, after recently having the deplorable Bruce "The Return of Bruno" Willis sit in with Paul Shaffer and the band, a palette cleansing was indeed in order: here they are performing "Wax Simulacra" on Letterman. (Dude, that drummer is out of control!)