Purchasing new releases before hearing?

buck502000 · May 2013

What bands do you do this for? And isn't it exciting to here something new and form your own opinions about it?

Loulou · May 2013

PJ (of course

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VAST
Tom Waits
Faith No More ( if they made a new one)
David Bowie
The Cure

I choose these bands because they very rarely disappoint.

Digital Twilight · May 2013

There isn't a great deal I buy blindly these days. Music is too numerous and too expensive to do so. That being said some artists who never disappoint:

Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Tom Waits
Mudhoney
Mark Lanegan
Ludovico Einaudi

morello · May 2013

I bought the new The National today without hearing any of it. I'm spinning it now & liking it. Will play it again loud asap! For some reason I did look up reviews when I was listening to it & see there are 2 scathing reviews in the media here in NZ.

As for other artists I buy without hearing 1st - PJ, SG, PJ Harvey, just bought The White Stripes back catalogue(yep, I was a bit slow getting onto that one), Uncle Neil..... plenty of others I can't think of right now. Mind you it doesn't happen as often as it used to. It's so easy to check things out 1st now. I've done it the other way plenty though, checked stuff out online, thought oh yeah that sounds good, bought it, given it a spin & then pretty well never listened to it again.

john roach · May 2013

I almost always buy without having heard the album before , its a gamble I've lost on occasion , but I most times it goes well.

SVRDhand13 · May 2013

I have only bought 2 albums ever after hearing it first. I just go for it and can always find enjoyment even if the album does not live up to my expectations.

Tim Simmons · May 2013

None. I hate sitting around waiting for albums to be released. If the music is finished put it up for sale.

Of The Aggie · May 2013

I rarely ever buy anything these days without previewing it first on Spotify or seeking out the free streams before it gets released.

DewieCox · May 2013

I hear just about everything before I buy, but there are quite a few albums I would buy either way.

helplessdancer · May 2013

i don't preview anything before i buy it. its not like it's a big money loss if it doesn't work out...and, for the most part i don't buy unless i already either KNOW and/or have a HUNCH that it will be good OR the band is on my top 25 list

mookeywrench · May 2013

I'm in the never previewed before purchased group. Part of the album buying experience for me is that gamble of an anticipated release and not knowing anything else from the album aside from a review or two and it's album art.

mfc2006 · May 2013

PJ
MMJ
Nick Cave
Radiohead
Bjork
QOTSA

Nevermind90 · May 2013

Pearl Jam (of course..)
My Morning Jacket
TOOL
A perfect Circle
Foo Fighters
Queens of the Stone Age

STAYSEA · May 2013

This is hard to do.

The bands, or a band member always leaks some tracks on twitter or sound cloud or I get an email.

Stone is sharing every Moonlander track on sound cloud and that is just awesome, because I was really surprised.

this track is so quirky and funky, It gets stuck in your head, like an ear worm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUY3ey833FE

It's very fun. (caution)

I do buy anything Jack White, or Pearl Jam blindly, and with out hesitation.

63schoefflin · May 2013

Live After Deaf on wax... Hell of a gamble that payed off immensely.

JOEJOEJOE · May 2013

PJ
Placebo
Travis
REM (when they were still making records)
The National

in some cases, I will refrain from listening to a new release, instead, opting to hear the songs live first.....adds meaning to the songs!