GIMME TINNITUS

For your streaming pleasure, here is the latest Friday Night Vids…

Streamable: Lovely Bloodflow (vimeo) by Baths

Downloadable: Lovely Bloodflow (mp3)


Streamable: I Don’t Believe You (vimeo) by The Thermals

Downloadable: I Don’t Believe You (mp3)


Streamable: Fried Egg (vimeo) by Grass Widow

Downloadable: Fried Egg (mp3)


Streamable: Crawl Back In (vimeo) by Brad Laner

Here is some footage from the time I finally got to see Foot Village perform live. There were a few brains melted that day. Also fingers were cut. Thanks to Smashing Chair for the video.

Streamable: Urination (Live @ Bar Meoldy) (vimeo) by Foot Village

You know that time I saw Foot Village? Well, it just so happens that I missed seeing Mae Shi offshoot Signals who played later that day. Needless to say, I was pissed. Anyway, grab their Supple Youth Mixtape… here.

Streamable: What Dreams (vimeo) by Signals

Also on the bill that night was post-Mika Miko band, Dunes. Props go to http://yvynyl.tumblr.com/ for pointing out this video.

Streamable: Handle (vimeo) by Dunes

Downloadable: Handle (mp3)


Please note all these videos use iframe embedding, so they should work with your iDevice of choice.

Bird & Whale (a purveyor of fine mixes) is curated by one Brad Loving. Well, Mr. Loving is getting ready to release an album entitled Onze Pedras under the moniker Lobisomem (Portuguese for werewolf, fyi). The album comes out on Sept 14, 2010 via the Tall Corn label and features a crazy melange of electronic and other musical styles. Listen.

Downloadable: Concussus (mp3)

Also, check out this awesome video Loving put together for the song Dhegiha Group, “by stringing together 2,513 photographs…in one continuous take.”

Streamable: Dhegiha Group (vimeo)

Upcoming NYC Shows:

Sept 6 @ Bruar Falls (support not listed)

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Lobisomem is on Tall Corn
Lobisomem is on Bird & Whale
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BONUS: Plasma Is For Lovers (mp3) (source)

Here is an addendum to the Late Summer Rock Mix. Here is a killer track from an Aussie 2-piece, Super Wild Horses. Listen.

Downloadable: Golden Town (mp3)

The Horses new album, Fifteen comes out next week (August 24th) via the HoZac label. You can stream the whole thing right now at the HoZac SoundCloud or via the widget below.

Streamable: Fifteen (soundcloud) by Super Wild Horses

Oh, and here is the video for Golden Town.

Streamable: Golden Town (vimeo)

Preorderage is available @ Insound.

Super Wild Horses are on Myspace
Super Wild Horses are on Facebook
Super Wild Horses are on Vimeo
Super Wild Horses are on elbo.ws
Super Wild Horses are on Hype Machine
Super Wild Horses are on HoZac Records
Super Wild Horses are on Other Music
Super Wild Horses are on Insound
Super Wild Horses are on eMusic

BONUS: Lock And Key (mp3)

This is the latest in Ratatat music video technology.

Drugs (youtube) by Ratatat


Downloadable: Drugs (mp3)


Clinic have shifted from the reverbsurfrock to the dreampop.

I’m Aware (youtube) by Clinic




Love these guys + gal, glad to hear the got signed by Hardly Art.

NYC @ South Street Seaport | 02 Jul 2010 (youtube) by Woven Bones




The Queens‘ classic Rated R is getting the Deluxe treatment.

Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret (vevo) by Queens Of The Stone Age




This digitally-stunning vid from BSS is slightly less political than their last one.

Forced To Love (vimeo) by Broken Social Scene


Downloadable: Forced To Love (mp3)


Dream Boat sent us this crazy vid for a song off their self-titled free EP.

Your Beaches (vimeo) by Dream Boat


Downloadable: Your Beaches (mp3)


this has been another…

Sam Farfsing creates spazzy glitchy goodness under the moniker MICROPHONIES. And yes, Micro-Phonies is an album from Cabaret Voltaire. It sounds like this. And yes, Micro Phonies is a Three Stooges sketch (watch it here and here).

So, MICROPHONIES have a new album called TTTIIIMMMEEEKKKIIILLLSSS. The LP is pressed on 180 gram bologna-colored vinyl and can be ordered from Track Number… here or here.

Oh and right here we have a song off said bologna-colored album. Listen.

Downloadable: In 3s (mp3)

If you can handle it, watch the video to CUTYOURFINSANDLEARNTOSWIM (vimeo)

MICROPHONIES is on Myspace
MICROPHONIES is on Vimeo
MICROPHONIES is on elbo.ws
MICROPHONIES is on Hype Machine
MICROPHONIES is on Track Number
MICROPHONIES is on Amazon MP3
MICROPHONIES is on eMusic

BONUS: NNNMMM (mp3)

Did you know that Brian Miller of Foot Village has a side project. It is called Back To The Future The Ride, and consists of “super mellow drone music inspired by the cold tech-capitalist 80s.”

This here video was created by Angie Meng, along with Miller and Margot Padilla. The tagline for the video is: Shot on a distant, oceanic planet. Returned to earth via a wormhole in my cat’s eye. Watch it.

Streamable: Black Bones Inside the Sun Pink Bones Encircling the Sun (vimeo)

The song will be available on cassette from Accidie Records in the near future. Furthermore, in a move that may be described as “too perfect”, BTTFTR is reportedly planning a tour with none other than Universal Studios Florida (the band, not the theme park).

You can download BTTFTR’s free back to back to the future the ride EP over at Deathbomb Arc.

Listen: Sitting Under The Pyramid of Silence (mp3)

BTTFTR was also on the recent Summer Compilation 2010: An Empire of Fun brought to you by the good folks over at SOLID MELTS. Download it for free… here.

Back To The Future The Ride is on Tumblr
Back To The Future The Ride is on elbo.ws
Back To The Future The Ride is on Hype Machine
Back To The Future The Ride is on Deathbomb Arc
Back To The Future The Ride is on Deathbomb Arc’s Big Cartel Store
Back To The Future The Ride is on Deathbomb Arc’s Bandcamp
Back To The Future The Ride is on Accidie Records

BONUS: Father Figure (Chopped And Skrewed BTTFTR Remix) (mp3) (source: BTTFTR Tumblr)

This is a video from Coyote Clean Up’s sold out Double Trouble CDr. Download the digital version for free @ Afternoons Modeling.

Streamable: This Houseboat is Making Me Feel Seasick (vimeo) by Coyote Clean Up

Downloadable: This Houseboat is Making Me Feel Seasick (mp3)


I am posting both versions of HEALTH’s new USA BOYS video. You can preorder ::DISCO2 @ Lovepump United. Do you feel NSFW?

Streamable: USA BOYS (Unensored Version) (vimeo) by HEALTH

Downloadable: USA BOYS (mp3)


Or do you feel pretty much SFW?

Streamable: USA BOYS (Censored Version) (youtube) by HEALTH



Finally, here is the tripped out new Dum Dum Girls video. Their album can be purchased direct from Sub Pop.

Streamable: Bhang Bhang, I’m a Burnout (youtube) by Dum Dum Girls

Downloadable: Bhang Bhang, I’m a Burnout (mp3)


this has been another…

I missed this Love of Diagrams video when it was posted back in March. I found it recently while checking out their trippy video for Forever (youtube). You can purchase their album digitally through (uggh) iTunes or physically through Unstable Ape or directly from the band (both are in Australia, FYI). Watch.

Streamable: Look Out (youtube) by Love of Diagrams

Here is the latest video from Small Black. You can purchase their EP through SC Distribution. These guys are touring with Beach Fossils this July. Get ready.

Streamable: Bad Lover (vimeo) by Small Black

this has been another…

There is a Double Dagger video with a dude head banging in what looks like a handmade Cyclops hood, and you think I won’t post it? C’mon. Purchase their latest stuff @ Thrill Jockey or buy some merch direct from the band.

Streamable: No Allies (vimeo) by Double Dagger


Downloadable: No Allies (mp3)


Woven Bones‘ latest LP, IN AND OUT AND BACK AGAIN is available now @ HoZac Records. Stream the whole album @ the band’s Soundcloud.

Streamable: Your Way With My Life (vimeo) by Woven Bones


Downloadable: Your Way With My Life (mp3)


This is from Best Coast’s (k/o/t/a @bestcoastyy) digital 7″ via Black Iris. Purchase it @ Amazon MP3.

Streamable: When I’m With You (vimeo) by Best Coast


Downloadable: When I’m With You (mp3)


Here We Go Magic’s latest LP, Pigeons comes out on June 8th via Secretly Canadian. This song has been floating around the internets for a while and now there is a video for it. Watch.

Streamable: Collector (vimeo) by Here We Go Magic

Downloadable: Collector (mp3)



Take’s Only Mountain is already on my short list for best albums of the year. Watch the video below and then buy the album.

Streamable: Incredibright (vimeo) by Take


Downloadable: Incredibright (mp3)


Sometimes life feels like you are stuck in an animated gif. No? Anyway, seeing this video also reminds me that I need to pick up the latest effort from Thee Oh Sees. It is called Warm Slime. You can get Warm Slime @ Amazon or directly from In The Red. Please note, this song is off last year’s excellent Help LP which can also be purchased @ Amazon or the aforementioned In The Red.

Streamable: Meat Step Lively (vimeo) by Thee Oh Sees


Downloadable: Meat Step Lively (mp3)

Geoffrey & Ryan of Hands sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of q and also a.

q: What is the last song you (really) heard?

g: Colouring of Pigeons (mp3) from The Knife’s opera Tomorrow In a Year

r: I Think I Can (mp3) by Animal Collective

q: What is your favorite food?

g: Changes all the time but right now; bacon and eggs.

r: Potatoes, any kind

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

g: Radiohead

Watch: Reckoner (Live Haiti Benefit 2010) (youtube)

r: Battles

Listen: Atlas (mp3)

q: What is your favorite venue in NYC (if applicable)?

g: Music Hall of Williamsburg

r: Union Hall

q: OK, President Obama appoints you as the first Secretary of Culture, to whom do you give your first grant?

g: Daniel Johnston

Listen: Casper The Friendly Ghost (mp3)

r: Eddy Lepp

q: Anything we should know about your latest project (whatever that might be)?

g: We record, engineer and mix everything… mostly cause we’re broke.

r: We make it with our hands.

Listen: Returning (mp3)

Listen: Hold (mp3)

Listen: Hold (J. Yates Remix) (mp3)

You can download the Hold Remix EP for $0.00 @ Free Music Archive.

Watch: Windows (vimeo)

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If you ever wondered what a Gun Outfit music video would look like, now you know. Oh, and buy their latest album over @ Post Present Medium.

Streamable: Phaedra (youtube) by Gun Outfit



When I think of Canadian post-vocal indie rock, I think of one band and one band only, Holy Fuck. You should totally purchase their new album, Latin @ Beggars.

Streamable: Latin America (youtube) by Holy Fuck

Downloadable: Latin America (mp3)


WARNING: If you watch this Harlem video, the song will get stuck in your head, and you will be singing it all day long, but you probably won’t mind. Get their excellent new album @ the matastore.

Streamable: Friendly Ghost (youtube) by Harlem


Downloadable: Friendly Ghost (mp3)


If you read Junk Culture’s q and also a post, then you should be able to identify the craziness below as the song West Coast. Pay-What-You-Want for Junk Culture’s debut @ Illegal Art

Streamable: West Coast (youtube) by Junk Culture


Downloadable: West Coast (mp3)


Finally, we have this eyebally new video by post-Harlem Shakes proj, ARMS. This video will make you think of REM, but not the band. Download some ARMS at their official web presence.

Streamable: Eyeball (youtube) by ARMS

Archers is an indie rock band out of PDX. What can I say? I can’t stop listening to their demo. I love the way the vocals and guitar vie for attention in this song. Listen…

Downloadable: Radical Opinion (mp3)

If you like the track above, you might want to click over to this tweet.

Chris Cantino of Archers put together this music video “in celebration of Popeye’s copyright freedom” (in the EU, that is).

Streamable: Brussels Truffles (vimeo)

Archers is on the internet
Archers is on Myspace
Archers is on Facebook
Archers is on Twitter
Archers is on tumblr
Archers is on Vimeo (well, 1/5 of Archers anyway)

I just realized I haven’t blogged about my Record Store Day experience yet. I made some time to check out Sound Fix in Williamsburg. Unfortunately, all the RSD goodies were gone by the time I got there. So what did I get? Nothing all that “out there.” In fact, I really didn’t take any chances at all (yes, frequent visitors to this blog probably already have all the mp3s below). Previously on RSD, I would purchase used CDs of albums I had not heard (e.g. Zs, Blues Control). This time I went for the vinyl of albums where I already had the digital. And guess what, they are all awesome. My purchases follow…

:: Sisterworld (Deluxe Edition) by Liars

Listen: Scissor (mp3)

Watch: Scissor (youtube) (embedding disabled so follow the link)

and there is also that remix disc…

Stream: Scissor (Remix by Pink Dollaz, Lance Whitaker and Transformation Surprise) (youtube)

You can purchase Sisterworld from Insound


:: Coconut (on snazzy yellow vinyl) by Archie Bronson Outfit

Listen: Shark’s Tooth (mp3)

Watch: Magnetic Warrior (youtube)

You can purchase Coconut from Domino Records


:: No Mas by Javelin

Listen: Oh! Centra (mp3)

Listen: Vibrationz (mp3)

Watch: C Town (Live @ NYU) (youtube)

You can purchase No Mas from Luaka Bop


Truthfully though, when you are obsessed with music, any day can turn into “record store day.” So, go to your local independent record store today. Clicking through mp3 aggregators and/or blogs is just not the same a flipping through stacks of LPs. Music can be more than zeros and ones, listening to a little vinyl will remind you of that fact.

However, if you really really do not feel like going to a record store you can of course order one of the above records by clicking on the purchase link provided.