Girl Talk - Feed the Animals
Very, very disappointing. I have not heard Night Ripper, but I've read nothing but laudatory things about it. Was very excited to hear this, but I can't get behind it. It's a combination of being both too much and not enough at the same time. He seems to just throw samples together without any specific context, comparison, or purpose, except to put two famous songs together. Some of the samples just clash, and not in interesting ways, but in ways that just seem sloppy. On the other hand, when he does occasionally get something interesting going (I do enjoy the call-and-response between Hot Chip and the Cardigans on one of the tracks, for example), he switches gears so quickly that the listener can barely enjoy it. I would say it's worth hearing, and I love the pay what you what format of the release, but I can't see myself listening to it more than once or twice.
Various Artists - The Cake Sale - Really good singer-songwriter stuff, the female singers especially provide great stuff. Nina Persson of The Cardigans and Lisa Hannigan's tracks are amazing.