Reward circuit

With the KEXP pledge drive fast approaching and my thesis work done for the moment, it was time to catch up on all (or at least some of) the great new music that's come out recently, so I cleaned house at Sonic Boom. Unfortunately I apparently missed their free 10th anniversary compilation CD, but that just means I need to go there more frequently in the future.

The guy behind the counter commented that I looked like I was on a mission as I walked in the door and within two minutes had five CDs in my hand. It's remarkable what making a list will do for your memory!

Anyway, I obviously haven't even reviewed most of the previous CDs that I purchased but add some more to the queue...

New stuff:

• Band Of Horses - Cease To Begin


• Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals


• Tom Brosseau - Cavalier


• Iron and Wine - The Shepherd's Dog


• Beirut - The Flying Club Cup


• REM - Live (believe it or not, their first official live release)

And a pair of used albums:

• Sun Kil Moon - Ghosts of the Great Highway


• The Innocence Mission - Birds of My Neighborhood

Obviously a few of these were purchased based on prior knowledge of the band (BoH, TB, Beirut, REM) but the others were more based off of hearing one or two things off of each, so it will be interesting to see how they all play out (no pun intended.)