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Yesterday was a good day. And not just because it was 75, sunny and I played my first round of golf since 2008. (oh and I bought a new putter! it's all shiny and awesome and the grip is blue and it matches my golf bag... ahem, moving on)

Yesterday three new CD's came out that I actually wanted enough to buy the whole album. This has been a rare occurrence in the last few years. I've probably purchased, maybe, 10 whole albums in the past two years. Not to say there haven't been hundreds of songs worth picking up in that time, just that I rarely feel like I need the whole album.

The first two I'd been eagerly anticipating: (Links will all open up the album in iTunes)

New Gorillaz - Plastic Beach! It's much more of the crazy out there Gorillaz, than it is the radio friendly hits Gorillaz, but I love it all the same! So far my favorite tracks are White Flag and Stylo.

New band... Broken Bells with their self-titled album. It's the non- Cee-Lo half of Gnarls Barkley and the frontman of The Shins. I've only listened to it all the way through once so far, but I can already tell it was worth the $9.99.

Unfortunately I'd been so caught up waiting to hear these two albums that I completely missed the release date of the third. I knew it was "spring 2010" but then stopped paying attention.

Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks

If I haven't shared my love of Frightened Rabbit with you before, I apologize. Their 2008 album The Midnight Organ Fight is one of those 10 albums I bought in the last few years and if anything I love it even more two years later. If you watch enough prime time TV you've probably heard at least one of the songs off their last album. It's a bit moody and depressing, but not in an emo, I hate my life kind of way... trust me, it's good moody.

Their newest album, however, is everything I loved about The Midnight Organ Fight but more upbeat.

Crap, I have to go to work, but you seriously should check out all these albums. Just do it. You know if you don't, you're probably just going to surf on over to LOLCats or something equally time wasting :D