Ok so the last album I actually purchased was this INCREDIBLE new album by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, titled "A Year With 13 Moons" (Kemado/Mexican Summer)
The cover:
And let me tell you, it's something special. Beautifully textured, hazy, glowing not-quite-ambient noise drone of absolutely cinematic scope. (Oh yeah, it's a movie too... Hah)
This comes highly recommended to anyone who digs... Well, the style of music I just described... Which should be most of us, considering this is a Sonic Youth board.
BUT, when I went in to buy this, the owner of the record store where I work on a freelance basis (which I have been too busy to do in a while), forced a handful of CD promos into my hands, and asked me to take them and get back to him about what I thought he should/shouldn't order.
So I've got new albums by Doldrums, Mountain Goats, Perfuse 73, Weed, Soft Moon, etc. Far too many for me to actually remember. I've got some serious listening to do it seems.