Blog: Vindictive Jukebox

First Pack of the year and it's not bad Core album Trailer Trash Tracys + bonus disc 8/10 Diagrams - Black Light - 8/10 reminds me scarily of Super Furry Animals Guided by Voices - Let's Go Eat the Factory = 9/10 - took me by surprise for Feb we've got Sharon Van Etten - woo!

Last pack of the year! Core Album : Jeb Loy Nichols - Jeb Loy Nichols Special + Bonus Cd 8/10 Camille - Ilo Veyou = 8/10 Unthanks - Diversions 7/10 - Could change. This is a hefty 80 min live album consisting of Anthony and The Johnsons and Robert Wyatt covers. I still need time to let it sink in. January Pack Trailer Trash Tracys??? Portico Quartet??? Beth Jeans Houghton??? Pollyn?? who knows?

Not bad , Not Bad Tom the Lion - The Adventures of Tom the Lion + Bonus Cd 8/10 - a full ten for the packaging though! It's not every day that you receive a cd in a box! Summer Camp - Welcome to Condale - 7/10 (could change) Still Corners - Creatures of an Hour 9/10 but I bought this one already from Rough Trade so I exchanged it for the Lucas Sattana one. However I didn't register the package so nothing's come in. Ah Well Core album [...]

Pretty good Veronica Falls + Bonus Cd - 8/10 I love indie pop so I was well happy. New Look - Self-titled - 7.5/10 it's growing on me. In a couple of more weeks this will change into an 8 Caged Animals - Eat their Own - 7.5 - Ditto we'll see what will feature on Friday 11th. Here's my guesses DRC Music (album of the Month) Atlas Sound Halloween Alaska Summer Camp

Core album : Lanterns on the Lake - Gracious Tide, Take me Home + 4 track cd - 9/10 Big Deal - Lights Out - 8/10 Richmond Fontaine - The High Country + Bonus Cd - 8/10 all is good October's core cd - Veronica Falls - indie pop! woo!

Best one of the year! Balam Acab - Wander/Wonder + Bonus Cd - 10/10 Beirut - The Rip Tide - 9/10 Baxter Dury - Happy Soup - 9/10 Sept core cd is Lanterns on the Lake!!

Not too bad - I Wish they didn't leave out the bonus cd's though Mara Carlyle - Floreat + Bonus cd 9/10 - utterly compelling She Keeps Bees - Dig On - 7/10 Washed Out - Within and Without - 8/10 For August We've got Balam Acab - yay!

Another excellent one! SBTRKT - Self-titled + Bonus Disc 9/10 When Saints go Marching - Konkylie - 9/10 Memory Tapes - Player Piano + Bonus Disc - 8/10 Next month the core album is Mara Carlyle!

Top quality all around! Core album : Cults + Bonus cd 8/10 Planningtorock - W + bonus cd 8/10 Pete and the Pirates - One Thousand Pictures 7/10

Just couldn't get better! The Leisure Society - Into the Murky Water + Bonus ep - 9/10 The Head and the Heart - Self-titled - 8/10 Colourmusic - My ____ is Pink - 9/10 For June we've got the cults album - yay!

Wow - Superb Month Core Album :Cat's Eyes - Self-titled + Bonus Disc - 8/10 Nicolas Jaar - Space is Only Noise - 10/10 - best album i've heard so far! The Shoes - Crack my Bones - 8/10 May's Core album is The Leisure Society wow wow wow

Another sterling month!!! Lykke Li - Wounded Rhymes + Bonus CD - 9/10 Drive By Truckers - Go-Go boots + Bonus CD - 9/10 - a pleasant surprise! Papercuts - The Faded Parade + Bonus CD - 8.5/10 Cat's Eyes album for April - woo woo!

Another fantastic month Josh T Pearson - Last of the Country Gentlemen + Bonus Disc - 9/10. Totally unique. James Blake - Self-titled - 9/10 The Time and Space Machine - Turns you on - 8/10. It's a re-edits cd ( the Album Club likes to send me re-edits) but it's pretty enjoyable so I'm not complaining. March's core album is Lykke Li's Wounded Rhymes - yay

A good start to the year Anna Calvi - Self-titled + Bonus Cd - 10/10 Can't stop listneing to this album! Fujiya & Miyagi - Ventriloquizzing - 8/10 Business as usual for these guys but I don't mind. ANR - Stay Kids - 8/10 great psychedelic pop - took a while to sink though.

Usually the December RT Album Club pack is weak but this one was pretty good! Sea of Bees - Songs for the Ravens + Bonus cd 8/10 Anika - Self-titled 8/10 Various Artists - Tradi-Mods vs Rockers 8.5/10 For Jan Anna Calvi's debut is the core cd - hurrah!

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

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 [...]

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.

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

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