Saturday, December 11, 2010

Rough Trade Album CLub - November 2010 Pack

Pretty Darn Good :

Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea + 3 track bonus cd - 9/10

Tamaryn - The Waves - 8/10 - pretty decent shoegaze

Warpaint - The Fool - 8/10 - probably will be a nine next month

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club October 2010 Pack

What a great month! - i love receiving freebies with my cds!

Core album - Twin Shadow - Forget + 6 track bonus cd 9/10

Gold panda - Lucky Shiner + 9 track bonus cd 8/10

Shit Robot - From the Cradle to the Rave + bonus mix - 8/10


woo and hoo

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club September 2010 Pack

Glasser - Apply + Bonus Disc - 10/10 - fantastic album. Definitely in my top 5 of 2010

Timber Timbre - Self- Titled + Bonus Disc - 8/10 Funnily enough I prefer listening to this on the stereo than my discman

Grinderman - Grinderman 2 - 7.5/10 It's ok. Some great tracks and some weak ones.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club August 2010 Pack 2

A Sterling Month - Since a new package drops on my doorstep every three weeks, there comes one month where I am sent two parcels and it happened in August.

Dylan LeBlanc - The Pauper's Field + Bonus cd - 8/10

Zola Jesus - Stridulum II + Mixtape compiled by Zola herself 8/10

Matthew Dear - Black City + Cd of remixes and extra tracks 8/10 - my fave of the bunch

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club August 2010 Pack

What a Month! with Freebies galore!

Best Coast - Crazy for You + three track bonus cd 9/10

O'Children - Self-titled + 5 track Bonus cd 8/10

Caitlin Rose - Own Side Now + bonus compilation getting beter with each spin 8/10

Friday, July 9, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club - July 2010 pack

And another month goes by

Tobacco - Maniac Meat + 9 track bonus disc - 8/10
Perfume Genius - Learning - 8.5 /10
Kings go Forth - The Outsiders are Back - 8.5/10

great month

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club - June 2010 Pack

Some Aural goodness here

Surfer Blood - Astro Coast + bonus cd - 9/10

Konono no.1 - Assume Crash Position - 8/10

Connan Mockasin - Please Turn Me Into the Snat - 7/10

Not many bonus cds but I'm pleased

Next month hmmm maybe Ariel Pink?

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club - May 2010 Pack

woot woot another pack of indie goodness

Free Energy - Stuck on Nothing + Bonus Cd 8/10
Alan Pownall - True Love Stories + Bonus Cd 7.5/10
Holy Fuck - Latin - 9/10

Can't complain

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club - April 2010 pack

Wooo an excellent month!

JJ - No.3 + JJ - No.2 - both get 8.5/10

The Time and Space Machine - Set Phazers to Stun + Psychedelic mix - 8/10

We Have Band - Self-titled + Remix ep - 8/10

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club - March 2010 Pack

Quite a good month

Holly Miranda - The Magician's Private Library + 5 track cd of covers - 8/10 - this one's a grower. I expect over time the rating could rise up to a 9.

Liars - Sisterworld + bonus cd of remixes + 4 track cd of exclusive songs - 9/10 Excellent!

Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - Self-titled - 9/10. I'm a fan of Malian music so this hit the spot.

I still think that the Free Energy album will crop up soon!

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club - February Pack

WOW - this month's selection is fantastic!!! - Here we go :

Gil Scott-Heron - I'm New Here + 7 track bonus cd - 9/10

Yeasayer - Odd Blood + bonus 4 track cd - 9/10

Various Artists - Blank Generation - The Bob Blank Tapes - 8/10

If I'm not mistaken March's core album will be the Free Energy one - Can't wait! I'm also hoping that the new Joanna Newsom will be included as well.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Rough Trade Album Club - January 2010 Pack

Well Well Well it seems The Album helped me start the new year in style!

These New Puritans - Hidden + a very good bonus Cd - 9/10 A great companion to those rainy days. I tested it out while walking in stormy weather and it felt marvelous.

Jesca Hoop - Wearing My Dress - 8/10 Another excellent winter album. Slightly unbalanced folk with great melodies!!

Fanfarlo - Resevoir + a great bonus cd of radio sessions - 9/10 Unfortunately I bought this one already months ago but the bonus cd compensates nicely.

Let's hope I don't get a duplicate for Feb!!