{"id":3385,"date":"2019-02-17T14:29:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T20:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/?p=3385"},"modified":"2019-02-17T14:29:44","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T20:29:44","slug":"music-i-bought-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/crankymonkeybutt.com\/snip\/archives\/2019\/02\/music-i-bought-in-2018.html","title":{"rendered":"Music I Bought in 2018&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So my $$$ spent on music has greatly decreased both due to lack of time  (either to listen OR to even have heard about new tunes) AND lack of $$. But here is a quick review of the albums I bought in 2018 and whether they were worth it or not!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>January<\/em><\/strong>: no tunes purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>February<\/em><\/strong>: no tunes purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>March<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Black Panther (soundtrack)<\/strong> &#8211; I adore Kendrick Lamar. His last two albums (ESPECIALLY &#8220;Damn&#8221;) have just rocked my socks off. But I bought this, forgot to listen, started, forgot, started, forgot. I&#8217;m not sure I ever even listened to this all-the-way through. March tends to be a NUTS month at school though so I probably just kept not finding any time to listen. Bygones.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>April<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Tinashe &#8220;Joyride&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; OK. didn&#8217;t love it.<\/li><li><strong>Kylie Minogue &#8220;Golden&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; LOVE love love love. One of my favorites of the year.<\/li><li><strong>Cardi B &#8220;Invasion of Privacy&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; It&#8217;s OK. Most of the songs sound exactly the same to me! \/ducks\/<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>May<\/em><\/strong>: No tunes purchased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>June<\/em><\/strong>: No tunes purchased.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>July<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Maluma &#8220;FAME&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; Yes, I started buying Spanish-language rap and R&amp;B a few years ago due to my primarily Hispanic students and some of their recommendations. No, I don&#8217;t speak it even close to well enough&#8211;I either look up translations of the lyrics OR I just enjoy it for the sounds and don&#8217;t worry about its most likely inappropriate lyrics (it is AMAZING what students will recommend to you sometimes without considering their audience). This is, to my very-inexperienced-with-it ears, definitely in the &#8220;reggaeton&#8221; tradition, like Nikki Jam, another student-inspired purchase of mine.<\/li><li><strong>Meg Myers &#8220;Take Me to the Disco&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; Love love love love. Definitely one of my favorite purchases of the year.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>August<\/em><\/strong>: No tunes purchased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>September<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Troye Sivan &#8220;Bloom&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; It&#8217;s OK. But I had too much built-up anticipation because I looooove his first album so much. This falls short for me.<\/li><li><strong>ARM &amp; TEPR &#8220;Psaumes&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; this is an older release that I just got turned on to. I have in the past bought a lot of French rap\/R&amp;B but I&#8217;ve fallen off recently. It&#8217;s OK&#8211;I think a certain song or two convinced me to buy it but then I didn&#8217;t love the album as a whole.<\/li><li>Also bought two singles from <strong>Odessa &#8220;I will be there&#8221;<\/strong> (love) and <strong>&#8220;Hummed low&#8221;<\/strong> (OK), and <strong>&#8220;Black Beatles&#8221; from Mayrie<\/strong>, which I like.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>October<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Cat Power &#8220;Wanderer&#8221; <\/strong> &#8211; I like it. It&#8217;s very mellow. The Rihanna cover is what grabbed me. But I&#8217;ve been more into previous albums of hers.<\/li><li><strong>Matt Nathanson &#8220;Sings His Sad Heart&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; SO good! Best album of his, in my view. He&#8217;s awesome in concert, has such SUCH good stage banter, and his albums before this have never lived up to his live performances for me&#8211;they&#8217;ve always been a little cheesy. A little white frat boy &#8220;college-ing it out&#8221; (a term I use a lot and frankly think it&#8217;s self explanatory so maybe you understand it and maybe you don&#8217;t). Anyway, I love this album.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>November<\/em><\/strong>: No tunes purchased. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>December<\/em><\/strong>: I spend the most $$ on tunes in December every year, where I start rabidly buying things I see on best of lists!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><span style=\"line-height: 1.8;\"><strong>Boygenius EP<\/strong> &#8211; It&#8217;s SO good, I can&#8217;t stop listening to it.<\/span><\/li><li><strong>Kacey Musgraves &#8220;Golden Hour&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; I like it but it&#8217;s a little light. There&#8217;s one song I just can&#8217;t stand to listen to. There&#8217;s two I love. But I don&#8217;t really think it earned the hype for me.<\/li><li><strong>Janelle Monae &#8220;Dirty Computer&#8221; &#8211;<\/strong> this is basically a Prince album to me. So I like it. But it doesn&#8217;t necessarily make me feel like seeking out all her stuff.<\/li><li><strong>Mitski &#8220;Be the Cowboy&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; definitely like a few songs from it. Haven&#8217;t listened to it enough yet though. My bad.<\/li><li><strong>Rosalia &#8220;El Mal Querer&#8221; &#8211; <\/strong>I love this. So operatic and drama mama. Her videos are all Queen of Wands sass, vim and vigor. LOVE. Even though I don&#8217;t understand the lyrics. \ud83d\ude09<\/li><li><strong>NoName &#8220;Room 25&#8221; <\/strong>&#8211; bought based on best of lists. Hasn&#8217;t really pulled me in. But need to give it a few more tries.<\/li><li><strong>Lucy Dacus &#8220;Historian&#8221;<\/strong> &#8211; it&#8217;s good but I like the Boygenius (which she&#8217;s part of) a LOT more.<\/li><li>and I bought a single of <strong>Brandi Carlile&#8217;s song &#8220;Mother&#8221;<\/strong> which is stunning. She&#8217;s an artist I really only buy singles by though, her full albums never grab me. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So my $$$ spent on music has greatly decreased both due to lack of time (either to listen OR to even have heard about new tunes) AND lack of $$. 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