What should I buy with my 40 eMusic tracks this month?

... And apparentley the free trials end this month too.

One album that's available on eMusic and nowhere else (aside from vinyl) is Kim Fowley's "Sunset Boulevard" which is one of his best. I'd love to see a list of eMusic-only albums that are worth getting...they're also the only legit source for live US Maple.

and definitely the soft boys record!

yes! get this!

I'm running out of stuff I really want to get.

Last thing I liked was Andrew Pekler - Strings + Feedback which is remixes of Morton Feldman compositions.

Other recent downloads include a boring Mushroom album, a meh Henry Cow thing, and a pretty good Everley Bros. record.

What should I download?

Boris, Absolutego - 70mins, 1 download

I am sitting in a room

o yeah, that Boris thing is a good idea.

*shhh* Buy the Professor Genius album *shhh*

I just picked up Best of Gong, and it's good.

there's a recording of 'music for 18 musicians' done by a group called the 'grand valley state university new music ensemble.' apparently it's some kind of town/gown amateur community group that felt like talking a little steve reich! i haven't queued it up yet but all the reviews were total raves. can't wait!

from rural michigan, no less

gff, I am in your debt! I sniped the Music for 18 Musicians recommendation and downloaded the GVSU performance. It's absolutely stunning and a wonderful story to boot. (My heart swells with Michigan pride.)

Trailer for the release can be viewed here

oh wow. brings a tear to your eye!

The three discs from the Italians Do It Better label: After Dark (the compilation), BeatBox (by Glass Candy) and Night Drive (by The Chromatics). Or Untrue, by Burial. Or The Voice of Lightness, by Tabu Ley Rochereau. Or any one of twenty great Blood & Fire releases. There's a ton of great stuff there, in almost every genre.

*shhh* Buy the Professor Genius album *shhh*

I got that from them... I really like it. I already had bought the Italians stuff, but I like that it's up there - I keep hoping they might put up the other remixes and tracks from the various Italians 12"s.

I also got the ATP 7"s by Deerhoof and Fuck Buttons, both of which I like a lot.

o yeah I've been meaning to get that Tabu Ley thing.

I just remembered that the ESG stuff is available now.

thing is I've been downloading a lot of afro-pop, classical, avant/out stuff, jazz and field-recording/lo-fi folk stuff. I'm kind of in the mood for something more song-driven - a good country album for example. I guess emusic isn't really the best place for that though.

for country if you haven't gotten the Taylor Swift record yet you should.

I just remembered that the ESG stuff is available now.

Yeah, eMusic got a few Soul Jazz titles (incl. the ESG discs and the two Box of Dub discs). I'm hoping they get more from that label.

thing is I've been downloading a lot of afro-pop, classical, avant/out stuff, jazz and field-recording/lo-fi folk stuff. I'm kind of in the mood for something more song-driven - a good country album for example. I guess emusic isn't really the best place for that though.

Not sure about country (unless it's alt-country it isn't really my thing). But if you're looking for song-driven stuff -- e.g., power-pop, Balearic-type rock -- there's tons of stuff available on eMusic. For instance, in no particular order, A Mountain of One's Collected Works; anything byThe New Pornographers (e.g., Twin Cinema); Fancey's self-titled debut (he's from TNP); Super Furry Animals' Rings Around the World (not really my thing, but still. . .); anything by Spoon; anything by The Clientele (e.g., God Save The Clientele); The Go-Betweens' 16 Lovers Lane; The National's Boxer; among others.

Anyway, that's just stuff off the top of my head (and currently on my iPod, downloaded from eMusic).

latest albums by Destroyer, Malkmus, Fiery Furnaces (indie blowout)
Studio - West Coast (ILM 2007 poll favorite!)
Papa Noel - Cafe Noir (African/Latin world music fusion)
Big Mama Thornton - With the Muddy Waters Blues Band (classic blues)
The Kinks - Muswell Hillbillies (country-rockin')
Mal Waldron w/Eric Dolphy - The Quest (avant-bop classic)
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day (shoegazeresque death metal, another ILM fave)
Opeth - several good albums (don't miss out on these guys)

Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - Naturally (great retro soul-funk)

New Dungen is finally available
New Deerhoof
The Deltron 3030 instrumentals are available now - I never liked Del but there are some great beats here

the other day i picked up the leningrad philharmonic doing beethoven's piano concertos 1 and 2, and max richter's "the blue notebooks", the latter of which i've been meaning to get for ages. on my first listen, the richter sounded slightly glitchy in parts -- might have been my ears/iPhone/whatever, rather than the files themselves. if it is the files, though, i'm screwed, because eMusic, much as i like their service, are the single worst bunch of dicks i've ever dealt with on a customer-service front, and when i remember this i do think: why do i give these twats my money again?

rant over.

i agree on some level - i've got maybe four or five albums with glitches on them, and their response is just to pull the track. i realise in most cases it's not that straightforward to just re-rip the track but even still. invariably i can get hold of a glitch free track through other means

also: everyone (outside of Aussie, where it's not available) needs to go & download the reish of rodriguez' 'cold fact'

you know what? i have 12 tracks remaining. i'm going to do just that. right now. nice one: thank you.

Another "thanks" for the Rodriguez recommendation. 12 tracks well spent.

Lotus Pool 7" by Illyah Kuryahkin - great 2 tracks to burn off those leftover dls.

yeh, that rodriguez album is fucking great. i owe you one!

so is this any good

http://www.emusic.com/album/Fake-Fictions-Krakatoa-MP3-Download/11349457.html