Modern Minstrels

CD Purchases

I stopped at Best Buy to pick up a few CDs (all under $10). I saw in their weekly ad that they had Acceptance's new album Phantoms on sale for $8. I've been wanting to pick this up for a while, but hadn't gotten around to it. Needless to say, knowing it was only $8 was all the motivation I needed. Phantoms is an album pretty much anyone can enjoy. Their single, Different, was the free iTunes download last week.

The next CD I picked up was Motion City Soundtrack's Commit This to Memory which just came out last week. This is a great followup to their last album and is filled with fast beats and catchy lyrics. My favorite tracks include Attractive Today, Feels Like Rain, L.G. FUAD and Time Turned Fragile.

The last CD I picked up was Interventions and Lullabies by The Format. I first heard The Format when they opened for Something Corporate and Yellowcard last spring and really enjoyed their set. The album has a bunch of really catchy songs like The First Single, and Tune Out. My recent favorite song is the excellent (if a bit depressing) On Your Porch.

These albums should give me some good music for the start of the summer. Though I still need to pick up the new Coldplay album and the Punk Goes 80's compilation.