Bargain Bin Dig Volume 2: Amoeba SF

Another year, another trip to SF to go watch my A's play, hang with friends, eat burritos, and bargain shop at Amoeba.  This time in two categories: CDs and vinyl!

CD list:
Barr - Beyond Reinforced Jewel Case (5RC, 2005) (weirdo nerd rap) 
Bedhead & Macha - Bedhead Loved Macha / Macha Loved Bedhead (Jetset, 2000) (everyone should love Bedhead) 
Birds of Avalon - The Oui EP (Volcom, 2008) (local psych shredders)
British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music? (Rough Trade, 2008) (not as good as their first record but still enjoyable) 
Richard Buckner - Meadow (Merge, 2006) (all-time best dude)
The Dipers - How To Plan Successful Parties (Omnibus, 2003) (side project of Intelligence)
Dub Narcotic Sound System - Sideways Soul: Dub Narcotic Sound System Meets the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (K, 1999) (somehow missed this ever existing)
Shout Out Louds - Oh, Sweetheart EP (Bud Fox, 2004) (underrated Swedish pop)
South San Gabriel - The Carlton Chronicles (Misra, 2005) (Centro-Matic side project)
Strange Boys - Live Music (Rough Trade, 2011) (review here)
Various Artists - Zum Audio Vol 2 (Zum, 1998) (used to have a dubbed cassette of this; good to have a replacement)
Wilderness - (K)no(w)here (Jagjaguwar, 2008) (pretty sure I heard a song from them I liked a lot once)

Vinyl list:
The Midwest Beat - Gone Not Lost (Dusty Medical, 2011) (actually from the midwest!)
Misfits - Misfits (Plan 9, 1986) (a classic amongst classics)
Mono - One Step More and You Die (Temporary Residence, 2003) (amazing Japanese post-rock that may make your heart skip a beat)
Portastatic - The Nature of Sap (Merge,1997) (Mac from Superchunk's side project)
Society of Rockets - Our Paths Related (Underpop, 2007) (SF popsters I used to play basketball with)
Swan Lake - Enemy Mine (Jagjaguwar, 2009) (not the soundtrack to the movie)
Thomas Function - Celebration! (Alive, 2008) (catchy garage pop, too underrated)
Wax Museums - Wax Museums (Douchemaster, 2008) (catchy Texas punk)
Young People - War Prayers (Dim Mak, 2003) (a good record, their first one is pure gold)

Bargain Bin Dig Volume 1: Amoeba SF

One of my very favorite activities is digging through a record store bargain bin. The thrill of the hunt I guess. And as CDs get more and more expendable, I find more and more treats. One a recent trip to SF, I spent some time in the Amoeba bargain bin and came up with these releases:

Afghan Whigs - Congregation (Sub Pop, 1992) (classic)
Americans In France - Crawling (Odessa, 2011) (NC indie weirdness)
Battleship - Battleship (On/On Switch, 2006)
Caltrop - World Class (Holidays for Quince, 2008) (NC metal)
Centro-Matic - Candidate Waltz (Undertow Music Collective, 2011) (see review here)
Cheap Time - Cheap Time (In The Red, 2008)
Cococoma - Things Are Not All Right (Goner, 2009)
Coconut Coolouts - Party Time Machine (Xeroid, 2007) (awesome party punk)
Drunk Horse - In Tongues (Tee Pee, 2005) (SF metal)
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Rush To Relax (Goner, 2010) (one of the best records of last year)
Magnolia Electric Co - What Comes After The Blues (Secretly Canadian, 2005)
Meric Long - Dodo Bird (Self Released, 2006) (pre-The Dodos)
Mind Controls - Mind Controls (Dirtnap, 2006) (one of Mark Sultan's bands)
Strange Boys - And Girls Club (In The Red, 2009)
The War On Drugs - Slave Ambient (Secretly Canadian, 2011)
Wild Wild Geese - Sorry, Earth (Odessa, 2010) (more NC indie weirdness)