February: andrew.

Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
the much hyped release on jagjaguwar. the guy sounds like an acoustic TV on the Radio.

Smithsonian Folkways Sampler
a wide variety of tracks from audio taken from the watergate tapes to soviet lullabies to pete seeger. good for a random playlist just to mix things up. and it was free.

High Places - 03/07 - 09/07
Something tells me i need to stop downloading bands that sound like animal collective. this time with a female singer. good, but maybe more of the same?

Disco Not Disco 1974-1986
a dope sampling of obscure tracks from contemporaries of Blondie, Talking Heads and other bands not ashamed to create disco-influenced rock. "Can I have a lick of your ice cream? Can I eat the crumbs off your table? ... No! Mind your own business!"

Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail (For 400 Electric Guitars)
for those of you who wanna know what Sigur Ros conducted by Steve Reich would sound like. three 20 minute drones sans vocals. and it's live. good for background music or for those hour-long stan brakhage screenings.

Rhys Chatham - Two Gongs
ibid, Crimson Grail. this time with 2000% more gong! it's one 60 minute track, it's headache inducing and it's completely fascinating (to me). not for the feint of heart... or ears.

Thom Yorke - Harrowdown Hill EP
meh, had 3 extra downloads. always good to be a completest. a remix plus two unreleased tracks from the Eraser sessions. if you like that, you'd like this.

...and on another note: i just heard a track from the new mike doughty record (played on the current) and sucks even more than old mike doughty sucked. produced by dan wilson no less. somewhere someone is paging Hear Music (no offense chris)