May 11 2008
Purchases, musical purchases
Helen dragged me into Fopp yesterday — kicking and screaming I was! — and I ended up buying three CDs.
- Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (Mogwai). The ‘gwai’s soundtrack to a film about a footballer. Okay…
- Third (Portishead). Their new album, which I’d completely forgotten was being released. I previously failed to get tickets for their tour.
- Hvarf-Heim (Sigur Rós). A double-album with some new recordings and acoustic versions of older stuff. I’m a sucker for acoustic recordings, so I had to get it for that reason.
Also Helen bought
- Multi Kontra Culti vs Irony (Gogol Bordello). Apparently all the cool kids listen to this. All I know is that it has a couple of tracks from Wristcutters: A Love Story, which is a really great film.
- Accelerate (R.E.M.). I had no idea they had a new album out. I’d more or less written them off after the last two disasters, but apparently this has been getting impressed and relieved reviews from other people.
Now, how long until the Scarlett Johansson album of Tom Waits covers comes out? ;-)