$5 Albums for December 2011

Some great $5 albums at Amazon for December. At least a couple will end up on my best of 2011. Go check out some great music, especially my favorites below...

• Wye Oak: Civilian
• Youth Lagoon: The Year of Hibernation
• Radiohead: Kid A
• Jonsi: Go
• The Roots: How I Got Over
• Tune-Yards: W H O K I L L
• Iron & Wine: The Shepherd's Dog
• The Civil Wars: Barton Hollow
• Ha Ha Tonka: Death of a Decade
• John Hiatt: Dirty Jeans & Mudslide Hymns
• Crystal Castles: (II)
• Slave Ambient: The War On Drugs
• M. Ward: Post-War
• Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
• Telekinesis: 12 Desperate Straight Lines
• Florence + The Machine: Lungs
• She & Him: Volume 2
• Modest Mouse: Good News For People Who Love Bad News
• Ray LaMontagne: Till the Sun Turns Black
• R.E.M.: Green
• Bruce Springsteen: Greatest Hits
• Check out all 100 $5 albums for December and tell me which albums I should check out that didn't make my list

Music Monday 1.24.2011

• $5 Albums: My Favorites for January | Don't Miss: The Black Keys: Rubber Factory | Avett Brothers: I and Love and You
• Great New Albums: The Decemberists: The King Is Dead | Smith Westerns: Dye It Blonde | Dolorean: The Unfazed | Tennis: Cape Dory
• Daytrotter: Mt Desolation | Matmos & Dan Deacon
• Streaming FREE: Iron & Wine | Demdike Stare: Tryptych (eerie, ambient) | Deerhoof | Wanda Jackson | Fujiya & Miyagi
• Deals: John Vanderslice: White Wilderness ($3.99)
• ON ALERT: Destroyer: Kaputt | getting buzz | Pitchfork 8.8/10 | releases tomorrow

Wanda Jackson on Letterman. Jack White plays on, and I believe produced her newest album, The Party Ain't Over. He's with her for this fun, live performance of "Shakin' All Over"...

Check out this father-daughter rendition of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes song, "Home." If you don't have it, their self-titled album is so good & only $5.

Music Monday 1.17.11

• $5 Albums: My Fav January $5 Albums | Don't Miss: J. Tillman: Cancer & Delirium | Arcade Fire: Funeral | Best Coast: Crazy For You | Buke & Gass: Riposte | Dawes: North Hills
• Streaming FREE: Smith Westerns (Dye It Blonde out tomorrrow!)
• Daytrotter FREE: Dirty Beaches | Iron & Wine
• Bits & Pieces: Highly anticipated albums from Chicago artists | Sarah Jaffe on World Cafe | Sharon Van Etten full live show download & Tiny Desk Concert (her 2010 album, Epic, is wonderful)

The Low Anthem had my #5 album of 2009 called O My God, Charlie Darwin. Their new album, Smart Flesh, comes out on February 22nd. Here they are singing "Ghost Woman Blues" on Letterman. What a great band...

Okkervil River was the indie band that in many ways started my love for indie music. They were the first indie band I saw in concert a few years back because of their The Stage Names album. Their new album, I Am Very Far, is still very far off (May 10th) but it's great to get a listen to what's coming via Fallon (and a little AC Newman)...

Music Monday 1.10.11

• $5 Albums: January $5 Albums | Don't Miss: Swans: My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky (best 2010 album I didn't hear until 2011) | Frontier Ruckus: Deadmalls & Nightfalls
• Streaming FREE: Smith Westerns (LOVING this one | self-titled debut - $5) | The Decemberists (Hazards of Love - $5) | Iron & Wine (The Shepherd Dog - $3.99) | 
• Daytrotter FREE: Twin Shadow | Doug Burr
• Other Deals: Download free Her Name is Calla live at Denovali Swingfest 2010 | Download free Yeasayer: Live at Ancienne Belgique

Justin Townes Earle live on Letterman | Abraham Piper points to a great video from Son House about "The real old blues." Excellent.

The Black Keys on SNL. Man, I love these guys. Crank. It. UP.