Modern Minstrels

Amoeba Records

On Saturday while I was up in the city with Nick, I made my first trip to the amazing Amoeba Records. They have pretty much any CD you could ever want. Unfortunately, I didn't have a list a CD list on me but I did browse for a while and picked up a few CDs I've been meaning to buy for a while.

First I grabbed Funeral by The Arcade Fire. I've seen them live twice and I've been listening to mp3s of their CD for quite some time so I decided it was finally time to actually buy the thing. The CD insert is pretty cool as it's made to look like a bulletin for funeral. This is definitely an album I recommend everyone pick up.

The second album I picked up was the phenomenal Forget What You Know by Midtown. After spending some time with it, it became one of my favorite albums of last year. I wrote a bit more about the album in my Music of 2004 post where I named it the most underrated album of the year. My purchase of this album was definitely long overdue.

Finally I bought Orange Rhyming Dictionary by Jets to Brazil. I had a tough time deciding between this album and their most recent release Perfecting Lonlieness. But I decided for all the times I've listened to Sweet Avenue, I should go with Orange Rhyming Dictionary.

On my next trip to Amoeba, I need to remember to look for the Home EP featuring Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Andrew Kenny of American Analog set which I just read about in this interview.