I picked up twenty-four album in the last twelve weeks. Four of them were new releases; thirteen were musical blindspots, and the remaining seven were albums released in the last few years that I only just got around to getting. (I'll have much more of this kind of breakdown in the next few days.)
I'd say my listening habits of the last three months could be broken down into three segments: krautrock (Neu!, Faust, La Düsseldorf); stellar new releases (Bird, Case, Animal Collective); and, not reflected in the new-to-me images above, 90s indie (thanks to my newish project Do You Compute). I won't go too much into the latter right here and right now—if you're into it, then hopefully you're subscribed to DYC—and I'll get into the kraut stuff later today and tomorrow. But I do need to note that three months in, 2009 is kicking 2008's ass in terms of great new music. Three albums released in the last three months are already better than pretty much every 2008 release I heard last year. If I could remake my 08 list and factor in Noble Beast, Middle Cyclone, and Merriweather Post Pavilion, they'd easily be in my top four of the year, if not my top three. More on all three of those records, plus a few others, a little bit later this morning.
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