For a while, before I discovered Soulseek, it was very difficult to find music I wanted to listen to. I turned, for a time, to the iTunes Music Store, and it worked ok, despite the financial burden. Anyway, I still get there New Releases e-mails, and today I noticed that there was a new Magnetic Fields album. Woo!

So, I had some leftover credits on my account from the Pepsi/iTMS promotion. Not wanting to fire up Soulseek and try to find the album, I just bought some random tracks from the album, titled, briefly, i. Well, let's just say I was quite pleased. I'm a big fan of The Magnetic Fields. After all, Zach Loves Synthpop. Well, the tracks I listened to were great. If you're into The Magnetic Fields (or the related Future Bible Heroes, or other stuff like Freezepop, etc.) you should definitely give this stuff a listen.

Also of note, Pitchfork had an interesting news post today. Apparently Trent Reznor is in the process of recording a completely monophonic new NIN album. Really bizarre, but should be interesting. Then, after disseminating actual information, the Pitchfork writer, in true jackass form, proceeds to forgo journalism entirely to bash Trent Reznor. Yes, he's a goth dope. But this isn't doing much for Pitchfork's journalistic integrity. Ahh well.