The BQE

Good news! Asthmatic Kitty Records is offering a voucher to download the FLAC digital version of a vinyl album. In this case, I had the opportunity to grab Sufjan Stevens' The BQE.

Christophe, je suis collabo et terroriste

Voici un article de blog intéressant qui reprend l'idée que je défendais dans l'entrée initiale de ce blog: http://www.newwavehooker.com/2009/09/christophe-je-suis-collabo-et.html

Matador's Buy Early Get Now

The new Yo La Tengo, Popular songs, is available through Matador store feature "Buy Now Get Early". Preorder the album and get immediate access to two songs from the new album in FLAC - Periodically triple or double & Here To Fall.

Later in august the album will be available online as a stream. Exclusive MP3s will be offered and the physical album will come with a bonus album, the soundtrack to the movie Adventureland. You get a poster too! It's all mentioned here.

Thanks to OMG Vinyl for the tip.

Zunior

It's time for a first FLAC purchase on Zunior: The Phenomenal Handclap band for 10.88$. I've already wasted my money on the iTunes album but a CD-quality version was needed. Songs like Testimony really shine with those FLACs!

The process is really smooth. As soon as the credit card is validated you can download the files. No download managed needed.

Zunior is probably the best lossless online store for indie music, while Boomkat, Bleep and others focus on electronic music. They are the cheapest option too.

Music is here

I found a lossless music store that I didn't know about: Music Is Here.You can download everything in FLAC and albums sell for around 10 to 12$. The catalogue seems to be a hit-or-miss. For example they carry XL recordings like Thom Yorke but not Radiohead.

Somehow some albums are not available in every country. For example I can't get Gotan Project's La revancha del tango. Odd!

Dirty Projector - Bitte Orca

Like other Domino Records releases, this album will be available in WAV on the Domino online store. (Unfortunately for some reason it's not available on the release day). And don't hold your breath for a great deal, like other Domino WAV releases, there's a "delivery surcharge" of 5$ over the MP3 version. So except to see a 15$ price tag. Way too expensive. Get the vinyl - it comes with a voucher allowing you to download the WAV files for free.

In the meantime, read the Pitchfork review!

St. Vincent - Actor

4AD (Beggars Group USA) is selling Actor on FLAC for 10$.

Unfortunately, you can only download the MP3 version when you buy the vinyl.