CDs i bought in the past month or so:

• TEENAGE FANCLUB - howdy!
• TEENAGE FANCLUB - bandwagonesque
• THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN - 21 singles (1984-1998)
• ALTERED IMAGES - happy birthday: the best of (2CDs)
• STEREOLAB - emperor tomato ketchup
• VIVIAN GIRLS - ( self titled)

CDs i bought in the past few weeks:

• DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - something about airplanes (limited edition 2CD re-release)
• DJ MARKY & FRIENDS - the master plan (2CD)
• V RECORDS PRESENTS RETROSPECT VOL.1 - compiled by DJ KRUST and JUMPING JACK FROST (2CD)
• HOSPITAL MIX.FIVE - mixed by LONDON ELEKTRICITY
• HYBRID - i choose noise
• J LIVE - then what happened?
• TAHITI 80 - puzzle
• ROLL DEEP - return of the big money sound
• GLASVEGAS - self titled
• THE SEA AND CAKE - car alarm

been very busy with other things lately, so here's my album picks for 2008, which i'm still yet to rank from 50 to 1. stay tune in the coming weeks for the final rankings:

SIN FANG BOUS - clangour

AU - verbs

HARI AND AINO - (self titled)

GLASVEGAS - (self titled)

THE SEA AND CAKE - car alarm

SAD DAY FOR PUPPETS - unknown colours

CUT OFF YOUR HANDS - you & i

CRYSTAL CASTLES - (self titled)

EL GUINCHO - alegranza

BON IVER - for emma, forever ago

CITY AND COLOUR - bring me your love

THE DEATH SET - worldwide

MADLIB - the beat condukta vol.5 & 6: the dil cosby/withers suite (a tribute to...)

FLYING LOTUS - los angeles

DEERHOOF - maggie

BUTCHER THE BAR - sleep at your own speed

ATLAS SOUND - let the blind lead those who can see but cannot feel

DEERHUNTER - microcastle/weird era cont.

NO AGE - nouns

NO KIDS - come into my house

LOVE IS ALL - a hundred things keep me up at night

LITTLE JOY - (self titled)

B. FLEISCHMANN - angst is not a weltanschauung!

ALIAS - resurgam

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS - alpinisms

THE MUSICAL - the music makes me sick

STYROFOAM - a thousand words

POPULOUS with SHORT STORIES - drawn in basic

GIRL WITH THE GUN - (self titled)

THE DODOS - visiter

EL PERRO DEL MAR - from the valley to the stars

LULLATONE - the bedtime beat

THE GRATES - teeth lost, hearts won

LOS CAMPESINOS! - we are beautful, we are doomed

LOS CAMPESINOS! - hold on now, youngster…

THE EXPLORERS CLUB - freedom wind

BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE presents: BRENDAN CANNING - hit the wall

MOGWAI - the hawk is howling

THE NOTWIST - the devil, you and me

I WAS A CUB SCOUT - i want you to know that there is always hope

GHOST IN THE WATER - tooth

MATES OF STATE - re arrange us

GREGOR SAMSA - rest

HIGH PLACES - (self titled)

LYKKE LI - youth novels

BEACH HOUSE - devotion

MARNIE STERN - this is it and i am it and you are it and so is that and he is it and she is it and it is it and that is that

KOUSHIK - out my window

M83 - saturdays = youth

SIGUR RÓS - með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

yes, it’s that time of the year again! xmas season can be both fun & stressful. stores are crowded. traditional xmas tunes are playing everywhere. people scrambling to get presents for everyone. and if you’re from the land down under like myself, that means its also the middle of summer, meaning its quite hot. indeed, its the best times for kids, whereas the opposite goes for the grown-ups. to break from the annual chaos that is xmas time, last year i’ve put together a xmas music compilation with a twist. songs that break from the norms & traditions. it was free for all to download. this year, i’ve revised it a little with a few new additions and some taken away. (once again, you can download the whole compilation here as a RAR file, including the album cover which i’ve designed myself. you can then burn it onto a disc either in MP3 CD format or onto two CDs in standard WAV format. you can then share it with your friends, family, and loved ones.) UPDATE: the revised & expanded compilation is now too big & too long to upload altogether online, so for those who still want a copy, just drop me a message, and i’ll send you the actual CDs instead. here’s the now super mega oversized tracklisting:

SONGS FOR XMAS! compiled by EXOUL

DISC 1:

1. THE FREE DESIGN - the now sound of christmas introduction
2. THE WOMBATS - is this christmas?
3. SHONEN KNIFE - space christmas
4. ASOBI SEKSU - merry christmas (i don’t wanna fight tonight)
5. THE FLAMING LIPS - christmas at the zoo
6. DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - christmas (baby please come home)
7. MEW - she came home for christmas
8. SENTINEL - let it snow
9. CELESTIAL - saving up her wishes (for another christmas)
10. TIGER BABY - this christmas
11. THE DEER TRACKS - christmas fire
12. JAMES YUILL feat. ROD THOMAS - winter wonderland
13. SALLY SHAPIRO - anorak christmas (ANORAAK’s christmas remix)
14. THE RAVEONETTES - come on santa
15. DEERHOOF - the little drummer boy
16. SUMMER CATS - plastic christmas trees
17. LOW - just like christmas
18. THE BIRD AND THE BEE - carol of the bells
19. HELLO SAFERIDE - ipod xmas
20. EL PERRO DEL MAR - oh! what a christmas
21. ROSIE THOMAS - why can’t it be christmastime all year?
22. SUBURBAN KIDS WITH BIBLICAL NAMES - jullaten 2004
23. EUX AUTRES - merry xmas everybody
    

DISC 2:

1. DOCTOR OCTOROC - bubbles we have heard on bobble
2. THE SOFT CITY - snow keeps falling
3. IRENE - christmas on the beach
4. THE MAGNETIC FIELDS - mr. mistletoe
5. YEAH YEAH YEAHS - all i want for christmas
6. FIREFLIES - xmas song
7. THE PIPETTES - in the bleak mid winter
8. BADLY DRAWN BOY - donna & blitzen
9. THE POLYPHONIC SPREE - happy christmas (war is over)
10. DETEKTIVBYRAN - o helga natt/o holy night/cantique de noel
11. GOLDFRAPP - winter wonderland
12. MUM - nottin var svo agaet ein
13. MOGWAI - christmas song
14. 65 DAYS OF STATIC - i’m dreaming of a white noise christmas
15. TWIGGY FROSTBITE - lanterns and stars
16. BELLE & SEBASTIAN - christmas time is here
17. THE WEEPIES - all i want
18. ERLEND OYE - last christmas
19. DENISON WITMER - christmas song
20. THE INNOCENCE MISSION - little town of bethlehem
21. FEIST - lo, how a rose e’er blooming
22. GLASVEGAS - silent night (noapte de vis)
23. SUFJAN STEVENS - sister winter
    
    Hope you enjoy this one and have a lovely christmas and a jolly new year!!!