If, like me, you're an eMusic subscriber, you may end up with some extra downloads from time to time (because eMusic gives you a set number of downloads per month, use 'em or lose 'em). So, to assist you in using them up, here are two lists.
First, my favorite eMusic finds of 2007:
Burial, Untrue
Eleni Mandell, Miracle of Five
Neko Case, Live from Texas
Richard Thompson, Austin City Limits
Richard Thompson, Grizzly Man Soundtrack
Suzuki, Bach Cantatas (pick any of them)
John Eliot Gardiners, Bach Cantatas (pick any of them)
Richard Buckner, Meadow
Bloc Party, A Weekend in the City
The Mountain Goats, Sunset Tree
Aesop Rock, None Shall Pass
Grinderman (Nick Cave), Grinderman
Great Lake Swimmers, Ongiara
Elliott Smith, New Moon
Alina Simone, Placelessness
Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene), Spirit If...
Miles Davis, Live at Monterey Jazz Festival 1963
The Tiger Lillies, Love and War
Second, some long-term favorites, available on eMusic (I bought most of these on CD long before eMusic came around, and would buy again in a heartbeat):
Tinariwen, Amassakoul
Ida, Will You Find Me
Pinback, Summer in Abbadon
American Analog Set, Set Free
Elliott Smith, Either/Or
Elliott Smith, Elliott Smith
Sufjan Stevens, Greetings from Michigan
Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans
Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise
Decemberists, Picaresque
Decemberists, Her Majesty the Decemberists
Decemberists, Castaways and Cutouts
Midlake, The Trials of Van Occupanther
Low, Things We Lost in the Fire
Low, Trust
Low, Secret Name
Broken Social Scene, You Forgot It In People
