This Month in Music: December 2008
The biggest music news this month will be coming from another attempt by Britney Spears to make her "Comeback". So while she's out doing that we'll be giving you our music picks for this month. Two albums we'll be picking up this month are Common's Universal Mind Control and Red House Painters lead singer Matt Kozelek's Finally LP which collects many of his sought after rare covers and radio recordings.
This Month in Music: November 2008
This November is a pretty significant month in music history as we finally see the release of the almost mythical Guns n Roses album, Chinese Democracy. Its also a big month in Hip Hop with Kanye releasing 808s and Heartbreak and Q-Tip making a much welcome comeback with The Renaissance. This month also sees a big release from former Audioslave lead singer, Chris Cornell with the Timbaland-produced, Scream (note: Pushed back to Feb 09). Other notable releases this month include The Killers Day & Age, Shiny Toy Guns Season of Poison, and Travis's Ode to J. Smith.
MTV Music
While it may not seem like it with the migraine inducing amount of Spencer & Heidi douchebaggery that fills most of the airtime on MTV. Well it looks like the folks at MTV still care about music and have posted their much neglected music video archive at their newly launched video site, MTV Music. From Stevie Wonder to Stevie Ray Vaughan, their video library gets pretty extensive no matter what your taste in music is. Link
Beatles iPod Set
While its not quite the Beatles online music catalog that everyone is waiting for, this is probably the closest you'll get in the meantime. The limited edition Beatles iPod Set from Bloomingdales includes 13 of the Beatles original albums on CD, two masters, and the "Love" CD which you can enjoy on the included 120GB iPod classic that is engraved with the Beatles logo and also features Abbey Road on the back. Link: $795
This Month in Music: October 2008
Lots of great music choices this month as October continues the trend of long awaited comebacks with the Cure returning with 4:13 Dream and the Pretenders with Break Up the Concrete. Melodic rock fans should be on the look out for Keane's Perfect Symmetry and Snow Patrol's A Hundred Million Suns. Other cds to look out for this month are Oasis's Dig Out Your Soul, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals Cardinology, John Legend's Evolver, and The Streets Everything Is Borrowed. And last but certainly not least, we can't forget our favorite metalheads from Australia, AC/DC, with their new album, Black Ice.
Thirty-Five Year Collection of Top 100 45 RPM Records
Neiman Marcus just unveiled their Christmas Catalog and of course there's a number of extraordinary items for sale that we had to feature on acquire. First up is an enormous collection of 45 RPM records covering 35 years of music that made it into the Billboard Top 100 Rock and Pop charts from January 1, 1955 to December 31, 1990. A total of 18,400 records are included in the collection and feature singles from the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Elvis, Janis Joplin, and much much more as you can imagine. Link: $275,000
This Month in Music: September 2008
September sees the Mighty Metallica back in top form with their new CD, Death Magnetic, more sonic experimentation from TV On the Radio, as well as a new disc from the Subways who's grunge influenced sound was honed by Nirvana Producer, Butch Vig, for their sophmore release. Eletronic duo, Thievery Corporation, is back after three years with Radio Retaliation, acclaimed indie-rock favorite the Cold War Kids drop their second album Loyalty to Loyalty, Calexico's Carried to Dust features tracks guest starring the likes of Iron & Wine and Pieta Brown, and the self proclaimed "King of the South" releases his sixth studio album, Paper Trail. Link
This Month in Music: August 2008
This month sees releases from gangsta rap pioneer Ice Cube with his new album Raw Footage and the purveyor of modern west coast hip hop, The Game with LAX. Rock outfit, The Dandy Warhols are coming back three years after their last release with Earth to the Dandy Warhols and after a long absence the reunited Verve makes their long awaited comeback with their highly anticipated album, Forth. Our last pick is indie favorite and Bright Eyes lead singer Conor Oberst's first solo outing with his self titled debut. Link
This Month in Music: July 2008
We've noticed the music section on acquire hasn't been shown much love since we launched the site, so we decided to start a new feature that covers our picks from music's new releases every month. This month sees a couple of major releases including Nas's much anticipated "Untitled" album and our favorite "Guero", Beck, with his his new album, Modern Guilt. More after the jump.
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Nine Inch Nails The Slip
Its only been two months since the last major Nine Inch Nails release and now Trent and the gang are releasing another album, and to thank all you fans out there he's giving away this one for free. "The Slip" is being released in two cd-quality versions and they're even releasing a "higher than cd-quality" version in 24/96 WAVE. All of which are complete with lyrics, tags, album artwork, and pdf booklet. Link: $0
Nine Inch Nails Ghosts I-IV
Trent Reznor surprised music fans worldwide with a brand new Nine Inch Nails release, Ghosts I-IV with the album immediately available for download. Ghosts I-IV is a two hour, 36 track collection of instrumental songs recorded last fall. The album is available in five versions - a free download consisting of the first 9 tracks of the album, a $5 36 track drm-free download, 2 CD set, a deluxe set containing the cd and a Bluray/DVD version of the album, and a limited edition ultra deluxe package featuring everything in the deluxe set as well as a vinyl set signed by Trent Reznor. [$0-$300]
Michael Jackson Thriller 25th Anniversary
Even though Michael went all kinds of crazy, that doesn't change the fact that Thriller was simply one of the greatest albums ever made and we still see it's influence and impact on today's artists to this day. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of Thriller and they're celebrating this occasion with the re-release of the record which includes all the original tracks and remixes by Kanye West, will.i.am, Akon, and Fergie. The album also includes a DVD with digitally restored versions of three videos from Thriller and Michael's infamous performance on the Motown 25 television special where he introduced the world to the Moonwalk. [$15]
Radiohead Limited Edition Seven Album Set
Unfortunately, Radiohead won't be leaving the price up to you for their new limited edition seven album sets, but if you are a Radiohead fan or a casual one, these will make a great addition any music collection. The Box Set will comprise of seven albums from Radiohead's discography and will also be offered in a digital version which is stored on a 4GB USB Flash drive shaped like the Radiohead Bear. [$80-$160]
Radiohead: In Rainbows
Rather than deal with all the drama that goes into signing with a new record label, Radiohead decided to forgo all the paperwork and distribute their new album, In Rainbows, on their own terms. The album is currently slated for an October 10th release date and will be available in a discbox set that includes the album on both compact disc and vinyl. In Rainbows will also be available for download and Radiohead has decided that you can pay whatever you think the album is worth. Yes, if you want to pay $10, $50, or even $0, it is completely up to you. Don't you just wish you could see the facial expressions on music executive's faces upon hearing the announcement? [$0-$80]
White Stripes Icky Thump USB Flash Drives
The White Stripes will be releasing their highly anticipated album, Icky Thump, on a limited run of 512MB drives which each contain the complete album in the Apple Lossless format. There will only be 3,333 of each Meg White and Jack White drive ever produced, so move fast if you want to place an order. Also available individually for $57.50 [$99]
Via Boing Boing
