Rubin Recommends

View the work of LA/NYC based photographer Luke Gilford. (thanks NDA)

Read the interview Graham did with photographer Jennilee Marigomen over at his amazing site Future Shipwreck. I’m so glad he’s back in full force.

(Overall I like the new Drake but after listening to ever song he’s ever sang on, it’s not the most amazing thing he’s done. With that being said (I hate that saying) I really enjoy like 6 of the songs. That’s the worst review ever but still.

(If they have a STAR by them, it means I’ve heard it and I like it. Album title links go to Amazon. If I miss any good releases, please add them in the comments.)

For all your MP3 needs purchase from iTunes or Amazon.

Devo: Something for Everybody (mp3)
Drake: Thank Me Later (mp3) *
Foals: Total Life Forever (vinyl) (mp3)
The Gaslight Anthem: American Slang (vinyl) (mp3)
Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black (mp3)
Oasis: Time Flies…1994-2009 (5-LP vinyl box set) (mp3)
Pernice Brothers: Goodbye, Killer
Steve Miller Band: Bingo! (mp3)
We Are Scientists: Barbara (mp3)
Woodsman: Mystery Tape (vinyl) (mp3)

As the website We Love You So that me and some very talented friends got the privilage of running for Spike Jonze movie “Where The Wild Things Are” comes to a close we are running one last big contest!

All you have to do to enter is post a comment over at We Love You So. Spike Jonze is giving away an adult sized wolf suit and the rest of us came up with other prizes from things we’ve made!

We Love You So Ultimate Giveaway!

(If they have a STAR by them, it means I’ve heard it and I like it. Album title links go to Amazon. If I miss any good releases, please add them in the comments.)

For all your MP3 needs purchase from iTunes or Amazon.

Against Me!: White Crosses (CD with bonus tracks) (vinyl)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: Before Today
The Belles: Time Flies When You’re Losing Your Mind
Blitzen Trapper: Destroyer of the Void (vinyl)
BLK JKS: Zol!
Casiokids: Topp Stemning Pa Lokal Bar (2-LP vinyl)
Cold Cave: Life Magazine Remixes EP
The Cure: Disintegration (3-CD remastered edition with bonus tracks)
Deer Tick: The Black Dirt Sessions (vinyl)
Delta Spirit: History From Below (vinyl)
The Drums: The Drums
The Henry Clay People: Somewhere on the Golden Coast (vinyl)
Here We Go Magic: Pigeons (vinyl) *
Hot Hot Heat: Future Breeds (vinyl)
Manowar: Thunder In The Sky
Nada Surf: If I Had a Hi-Fi (vinyl)
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart: Say No To Love b/w Lost Saint
Ratatat: LP4 (vinyl)
Refused: The Shape of Punk to Come (vinyl reissue with CD & DVD) ****
Suckers: Wild Smile
Teenage Fanclub: Shadows
Tender Forever: No Snare (vinyl)
Tokyo Police Club: Champ *
Villagers: Becoming a Jackal (2-LP vinyl) ***
Wild Moccasins: Skin Collision Past
Wye Oak: My Neighbor / My Creator
Yo La Tengo: Here To Fall Remixes EP (vinyl)

I’d like to welcome my friend Mr. Adam Wood to Rubin Recommends.

Adam will be doing a new feature here titled “Instant Gratification.”

The hook: “There are currently over 12,000+ titles available to watch instantly via Netflix. Many of them suck. Here are some that don’t.”

Rdio is a new website that my friends Wilson Miner and Ryan Sims had a hand in designing. The website is similar to Lala,  and Rhapsody but it’s ease of use is great and discovery of music through your contacts is proving to be a fun way to remember guilty pleasures as well as finding new music.

I can’t wait till the real launch and as they add more and more music to the site. I also really like the iPhone app (which I am sure will only get better) because of the offline syncing of your Rdio collection.

It just beta launched and I have invites which gives you 3 months free to try it out… so if you want one send me your email to rdioinvite@paperbrigade.com. (I only have a limited amount so hurry!)

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MP3 >> Black Keys – Tighten Up
Buy: Black Keys – Brothers

(If they have a STAR by them, it means I’ve heard it and I like it. Album title links go to Amazon. If I miss any good releases, please add them in the comments.)

For all your MP3 needs purchase from iTunes or Amazon.

Band of Horses: Infinite Arms (vinyl) (vinyl & CD box set) *
The Black Keys: Brothers (2-LP vinyl & CD) *
Daniel Higgs: Say God (vinyl)
David Bazan: Live at Electrical Audio (vinyl)
The Depreciation Guild: Spirit Youth (vinyl)
DEVO: New Traditionalists (remastered with bonus tracks) (vinyl)
The Fall: Your Future Our Clutter (vinyl)
Great Lake Swimmers: Legion Sessions
Harvey Milk: A Small Turn of Human Kindness
High Places: Can’t Feel Born
Keepaway: Baby Style *
LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening
Locust: Peel Sessions
Nas and Damian Marley: Distant Relatives
The Rolling Stones: Exile on Main St. (remastered) (vinyl) *
The Sadies: Darker Circles (vinyl)
Wintersleep: New Inheritors
Woven Bones: In and Out and Back Again

San Francisco based artist / good friend of mine Jessica Wassil has launched her new illustration site Yelp Yack. She also has a new portfolio site up at jessicawassil.com. Yelp Yack is “a blog where each illustration is based off a brutally real, random, and anonymous Yelp review.”

View the new website of New York based fashion photographer Justin Hollar. I was lucky enough to get to help him with the new site and look at his beautiful photos over and over.