New, like woah!

Most of the music I've purchased over the past 3 years has been on vinyl. Being in Thailand was like constant withdrawal from music. While on a road trip, I stopped to pick up my records and record player from my sister in Waco, TX. I waited with anticipation for a week while I made my way back to MA. When I finally got there, I found that my record player was broken- externally, internally. Painful.

Last week I made the best purchases of the whole summer: a new record player and 5 new records. Instead of being big and bulky like my last record player, this one is compact and portable (like a boombox, but way cooler). It even has a hookup so I can convert my records to mp3s. Seriously, best purchase ever.

My new records

Animal Collective- Merriweather Post Pavillion
Vampire Weekend- Contra
MGMT- Congratulations


The Dead Weather- Sea of Cowards
The Black Keys- The Big Come Up

I'm obsessed with liner notes- gives the music more depth and gives me something interesting to read. And in the case of MGMT's Congratulations, the liner notes are just plain awesome, with lines like...
It's Working: Love? Or Confusion? Reality? Contusion? Subterranea or Sub-fusion. The Quest begins.