Back from Hiatus: Part 1

Here we are, January 30, 2011. My last blog was July 28, 2010. A lot has changed since then. My pregnant wife and I moved to the other side of the state for a new job for me. Our son was born in early November and we have had a constant stream of family, new friends, and even a few old friends visiting us since. We spent the holidays with family as well. I managed to find some free time today and decided it was time to start back up with this blog. Here are the tracks that have been added to my collection since July. I'm sorry if the descriptions are short or non-existent; there is a lot to get through.

Michael Franti & Spearhead - Entire Yell Fire! album.

Michael Jackson - Complete This Is It album.

Lincoln Brewster - Today Is the Day and Let the Praises Ring - The Best of Lincoln Brewster albums.

O.A.R. - Live at Red Rocks 07.14.2007 album.

Lifehouse - "Halfway Gone" free iTunes music video - from their album entitled Smoke and Mirrors.

Phish - Complete Joy album.

Third Day - Live Revelations album.

Weezer - Entire Raditude album. This album features Lil' Wayne on the song "Can't Stop Partying".

Jay-Z - Entire The Blueprint³ album. I originally had just a handful of songs from the album, but finally completed it this past summer.

Amy Grant - Somewhere Down the Road album. Amy Grant has been a mainstay in Christian contemporary and this is her latest release. Her last release was 5 years ago, so this album was a long-time coming.

Santana - Carlos Santana: Divine Light album and Entire Dance of the Rainbow Serpent collection (3 discs). Santana is a legendary guitar player and overall musician.

Daughtry - Entire Leave This Town album.

Foals - "Spanish Sahara" from Total Life Forever

Eminem - "Love the Way You Lie (ft. Rihanna)" from Em's Recovery

Crash Kings- "Mountain Man" from Crash Kings

Big Boi - "Shutterbug" from Sir Lucious Left Foot...The Son of Chico Dusty

Troy Olsen - "Summer Thing" from the Troy Olsen - EP

Modest Mouse - Entire The Fruit That Ate Itself album.

Jason Derulo - Complete self-titled album.

David Arkenstone - Be Thou My Vision: Celtic Hymns. This album was probably already tucked into my collection in some form, but my wife had the CD out one day and I went to search for it in my library, but with no luck, so I put it back in. Sorry if it has already been 'blogged'.

Josh Rouse - "Duerme" from El Turista. A Starbucks freebie. Just pretent that you are in an elevator in a ritzy hotel in Barcelona, Spain.

Five for Fighting - Complete Slice album. This album was long overdue. I had almost completly forgot about F4F, until I saw this on the store shelf. I gave it a sample listen and was hooked. Vladimir John Ondrasik's sound has been unaltered since his debut in 1997. This is only his 5th album, but everyone one of them has been of the utmost highest quality with carefully thought out lyrics and well-paired melodies.

Adam Lambert - Complete For Your Entertainment album. For the ump-teenth time, don't judge me on my music and I won't judge you on yours. If you do, I may reply with "Whataya want from me!?!?"

Badly Drawn Boy - "Is there Nothing We Could Do?" from Is There Nothing We Could Do? (Music Inspired By the Motion Picture: The Fattest Man In Britain). This was a Starbucks freebie. They have been doing very poorly in the last 5 months, in my opinion, picking free music to give away. This song will receive very very little listening to.

The Greencards - Entire Fascination album. The Greencards are a progressive bluegrass band formed in Austin, Texas.

Jack Johnson - Complete To The Sea album. This native-Hawaiian has been changing his sound slowly to keep pace with his aging fans. Less up-beat tracks and more mellow/chill songs.

Stacy Clark - "White Lies" from the single of the same name. Starbucks freebie.

The JaneDear Girls - "Wildflower" video - free from iTunes. This is a very catchy song and the duo - smokin' hot.

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - "The Sun Ain't Shining No More" from the album entitled Fruit. Starbucks freebie. A Danish alternative pop band. Strange, but likeable.

Pacha Massive - "Prende la Luz" from All Good Things. This is a creative collaboration between Dominican-born Nova and Colombian-born Maya. Starbucks freebie

La Bien Querida - "Corpus Christi" from Romancero album. Starbucks freebie

The John Butler Trio - Complete April Uprising album. This release is amazing. One of the band's best. "One Way Road" will I never grow tired of.

Ingrid Michaelson - Entire Everybody album. Features her hit song "Maybe" and a stunning photo of Ingrid on the album cover.

R.E.M. - a few tracks from their Monster album. Just the hits. I'm not a big enough fan to purchase the entire album.

Taylor Swift - Complete self-titled album. I do enjoy a few of her songs, but I definately would not call myself a fan by any means.

Master Shortie - "Bringing It Back" from his A.D.H.D. album. iTunes freebie

Senator & The New Republic - "Intermission" from their self-titled album. Starbucks freebie.

Black-Eyed Peas - Entire The E.N.D. album.