What I tell my friends about the album I just bought: I bought this album called Hoopenstachen by a band called Flugenhargen from Greenland. They sound like Sigur Ros, but they’re way more ethereal. They’re on a tiny label called Moofensluupen out of Fligenhaaper. They release all their albums on 7” vinyl that can only be heard on a $5,000 record player made specifically for the record in Germany. It’s my favorite album of 2009 so far.
What I actually just bought: Lady Gaga’s new album Regina Spektor’s new album