US-only status on Amie can change

I noticed last night that All India Radio had a new album up.  I’d forgotten to become a fan of them, so didn’t get the notification, and spotted it after clicking on one of the banner ads.  Then I spotted something else.  All India Radio supposedly only have two albums available for download outside the US, except I’ve got four of their albums and I’m pretty sure I got them from Amie.  Checking my computer, yes I do, and my copies of the albums that are now flagged as US-only are tagged as ‘downloaded from Amie Street’, so the designation must have changed.  Ah, record labels.  Obviously, I can’t download them any more, although I once did.  Another reason to make sure you have good local backups, rather than relying on re-downloads from online stores rant rant blah blah.

There’s also a couple of newish albums up on Amie by noteworthies of the indie rock scene Steve Wynn and The Plastic Constellations. Both stopped being free pretty quickly, but both are still cheaper here than a lot of other places, if you’re interesting in rounding out your collection.

WHAT I’M LISTENING TO: Several great new (and right now still-free albums) from Alice Newton (acoustic folk) Chrissy Angel (a lot of styles, but this particular album is stripped-down gospel and blues), Kristy Thirsk (synth-pop, think Uh Huh Her) and Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden (indie rock). All these artists are really good – well worth a dollar or two if you aren’t in time to get them free.  For that matter, well worth full price – just to make that clear!