GIMME TINNITUS

The Big Sleep new LP, Nature Experiments is out today digitally and will be available physically on February 14th via Goodnight Records. The album is setting itself up early for one of our favorite LPs of 2012. This here is one track that we love.

Listen.

Streamable: Ladders (soundcloud)

You can stream the whole album using the Rdio widget below.

Streamable: Nature Experiments (rdio)

You can watch a video for the lead single from the album using the youtube embed below.

Streamable: Ace (youtube)

You can preorder the vinyl version of Nature Experiments (the deluxe version includes a bonus 7″, and all vinyl versions include a 320kbps mp3 download card) @ goodnightrecords.com

Upcoming NYC Show:

• February 2nd @ Knitting Factory (Record Release Show, y’all!) w/ Ex Cops and New Moods

Also, expect a split 7″ with KNTRLR coming soon.

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BONUS: Ace (mp3)

Perhaps you saw it here or here or here? Grails has a new unrock side project called Lilacs & Champagne which is set to release a self-titled LP via Mexican Summer on January 31st. Lilacs & Champagne create sound-pieces that draw from underground rap, spaghetti-western soundtracks, dub, techno, hip-hop, tape-collage and 1970′s film-soundtracks. What does it sound like? Well, why not stream a track using the soundcloud widget below.

Listen.

Streamable: Everywhere, Everyone (soundcloud)

And here is the music video.

Watch.

Streamable: Everywhere, Everyone (youtube)

Lilacs & Champagne are planning on releasing three additional videos for songs from their the LP, so make sure you keep an eye out for those.

You can preorder Lilacs & Champagne @ mexicansummer.com or insound.com.

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So, I started recording one song per set at every show I went to this year (provided that I was in the mood to hold up a recording device) and put the recordings up on the youtubes on a channel called GIMMETINNITUSTUBE. And now here’s more best of 2011 coverage with our favorite 9 GIMMETINNITUSTUBE recordings.

Watch + Listen.
 
 

1. Streamable: I Hated School (Live @ Legion Bar) (youtube) by Night Manager

 
 

2. Streamable: Moneybags (Live @ Cake Shop) (youtube) by Mr. Dream

   Downloadable: Moneybags (mp3)

 
 

3. Streamable: Slow Hell (Live @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn) (youtube) by Tape Deck Mountain

 
 

4. Streamable: Less (Live @ Bruar Falls) (youtube) by YVETTE

   Downloadable: Less (mp3)

 
 

5. Streamable: Deadbeat (Live @ Glasslands) (youtube) by Hunters

   Downloadable: Deadbeat (mp3)

 
 

6. Streamable: Stay Afraid (Live @ Knitting Factory Brooklyn) (youtube) by Parts & Labor

 
 

7. Streamable: From Clouds (Live @ Death by Audio)
   (youtube) by MIRACLES

   Downloadable: From Clouds (mp3)

 
 

8. Streamable: In Your Room (Live @ Silent Barn) (youtube) by Ghost Animal

   Downloadable: In Your Room (mp3)

 
 

9. Streamable: The Sun Looked Down On The Nothing New (Live @ Spike Hill) (youtube) by THE FIELD RECORDINGS

 
 
You can stream (and scrobble) all the songs in this post using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice.

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions as we are way too lazy to zip and upload every single mp3 in this post.

Also, if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Oh, and be sure to check out our of best of posts.
 

We are kicking off the GIMME TINNITUS best of 2011 coverage with our 19 favorite music videos from this year.

Watch + Listen.
 
 

1. Streamable: FT2 Theme (vimeo) by Phil Manley

 
 

2. Streamable: Echo Chamber (youtube) by Parts & Labor

 
 

3. Streamable: Slime (vimeo) by Sleeping Bag

   
    
   Downloadable: Slime (mp3)

 
 

4. Streamable: End Times (vimeo) by Weekend

   
    
   Downloadable: End Times (mp3)

 
 

5. Streamable: School Glue (youtube) by Pterodactyl

   
    
   Downloadable: School Glue (mp3)

 
 

6. Streamable: Michael Jackson (youtube) by Das Racist

 
 

7. Streamable: Crystal (vimeo) by Xray Eyeballs

   
    
   Downloadable: Crystal (mp3)

 
 

8. Streamable: Summer Friends (youtube) by Junk Culture

   
    
   Downloadable: Summer Friends (mp3)

 
 

9. Streamable: Fever Dreaming (youtube) by No Age

   
    
   Downloadable: Fever Dreaming (mp3)

 
 

10. Streamable: Do You Want To Give $$? (youtube) by Sic Alps

    
     
    Downloadable: Do You Want To Give $$? (mp3)

 
 

11. Streamable: Germs (vimeo) by Yalls

    
     
    Downloadable: Germs (mp3)

 
 

12. Streamable: Carburetor (youtube) by The Sweet Ones

 
 

13. Streamable: Returner (youtube) by Liturgy

 
 

14. Streamable: Dead Channel (vimeo) by Big Spider’s Back

    
     
    Downloadable: Dead Channel (mp3)

 
 

15. Streamable: Eat Around The Bad Parts (vimeo) by Girlfriends

    
     
    Downloadable: Eat Around The Bad Parts (mp3)

 
 

16. Streamable: Hip Hop Hooray (youtube) by Shark?

 
 

17. Streamable: Skull Eyes by (youtube) True Widow

    
     
    Downloadable: Skull Eyes (mp3)

 
 

18. Streamable: Velvet Days (youtube) by Fungi Girls

    
     
    Downloadable: Velvet Days (mp3)

 
 

19. Streamable: Pizza Pasta (youtube) by Night Manager

    
     
    Downloadable: Pizza Pasta (mp3)

 
You can stream (and scrobble) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice.

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions as we are way too lazy to zip and upload every single mp3 in this post.

Also, if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or your local independent record store):

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Oh, and be sure to check out our of best of posts.
 

So, I am about 5 months behind on this one… as I was reviewing the releases from this year, I realized I had not posted anything from Das Racist‘s Relax. Quickly now before the year ends, here’s a stream of the second track (plus a spotify stream of the whole LP).

Listen.

Streamable: Michael Jackson (soundcloud)

Streamable: Relax (spotify)

Streamable: Michael Jackson (youtube)

You can purchase the Relax LP or CD @ insound.com.

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BONUS MIXTAPES:
SHUT UP, DUDE (bandcamp)
SIT DOWN, MAN (bandcamp)