Getting jolly with eMusic

Posted by Daniel Stout on Fri 23 Feb 2007 at 9:18 AM

If I haven’t already got this across, eMusic is quite awesome. So go check them out, now! I’ve been up to my ears in great new music from them. They have, exclusively, the new Bloc Party album called A Weekend in the City, and I must say I like it MUCH better than their debut. It’s a very cool album. Also of note on eMusic is the latest from Of Montreal, which is called Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer? eMusic is great because the songs cost about $0.25 (you buy into a subscription plan), and they’re in MP3 format, which means you can use them on any MP3 device including iPods and the like or burn them to CD without restriction. This is the way music is meant to be, in my opinion. Buying songs with DRM for $1 each at iTunes or other music stores doesn’t make a lot of sense when eMusic is bursting at the seams with great music. I highly recommend it.

I also have to add for the Iowa City crowd that eMusic now has our own Grammy-nominated folk singer Greg Brown. They recently added four more albums, bringing to seven the number of Greg Brown albums that eMusic carries, including the excellent 2000 album Covenant. You can find him at eMusic here.

Update: I would be remiss if I didn’t make a couple of comments: 1) I won’t be truly happy with eMusic’s collection of Greg Brown until they have In The Dark With You, which is one of my favorite albums by him. And 2) Of Montreal seems to have sparked something with their recent Las Vegas performance (NSFW!). Explanation in relation to world peace here.

Tags: drm · emusic · greg brown · itunes · mp3 · music · of montreal

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