For those of you who know me really well, you know that there’s pretty much nothing I like doing more than going record shopping. Also, people are always asking me what I’ve heard recently and what I’m listening to, so I’ve decided to chronicle my record shopping adventures. Today I went to pretty much my favorite place on earth…Amoeba Records.
1. Nels Cline – Coward Nels is one of my favorite guitarists ever. EVER. This is his brand new release on Cryptogramophone. He’ll be playing soon at REDCAT in conjunction with the two evenings they are presenting of Cryptogramophone artists at the end of March.
2. Daniel Johnston – Welcome to My World…the Music of Daniel Johnston This a sort of “best of” album of Daniel Johnston’s work. It has pretty much everything of his that I would want to listen to. Except for “She Called Pest Control” and “I’ll Never Marry”, which are two of his most amazing songs ever.
3. The Spinto Band – Moonwink This is the Spinto Band’s most recent release. I saw them play a few months ago at the Echoplex and they were unbelievably amazing live.
4. Steven Mackey – Interior Design A whole CD featuring violinst Curtis Macomber play works by composer Steve Mackey. Includes his Sonata for Violin and Piano, Interior Design for solo violin, and Humble Rover for violin, viola, cello and flute.
5. Pernice Brothers – Live a Little I’m not terribly familiar with the Pernice Brothers’ output, but everytime I’ve heard a song by them I’ve thought it was pretty fantastic and figured it was time i owned an album of theirs.
6. Immaculate Machine -Fables Not too long ago I heard the song “Dear Confessor” and became completely obsessed with it so I then did some research on the band and found out that one of the members spends the rest of her time playing in the New Pornographers, so suddenly everything made sense.
7. Imitation Electric Piano – Blow it up, Burn it down, Kick it ‘Til it Bleeds Side project from the bass player of Stereolab. Plus, really awesome album title.
8.William Brittelle – Mohair Time Warp Part of the whole New Amsterdam Records scene, this album crosses absurdist lyrics with Brian Wilson soundscapes and Zappaesque song structures.
9. Brokeback – Morse Code in the Modern Age: Across the Americas The first album from a band featuring many members of Tortoise. I have their second and third albums…I don’t know why it took me so long to pick up this one.
10. The Vinny Golia Quintet – Against the Grain A Vinny album from 1993 with Nels Cline as part of the band. I haven’t heard it yet, but I tend to love all things Vinny.
