GIMME TINNITUS

Demitri, Chris and Kurt of Young Adults sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series.

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

d: No Life (youtube) by Milk Music

c: Last song I really felt was February Fourteenth (mp3) by the Lilys. Goddamn.

k: Caught in a Hustle (youtube) by Immortal Technique

q: What is your favorite beverage?

d: Tie between Whiskey and Water

c: Coffee

k: Gin + Tonic/Coffee

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

d: Abe Vigoda when they were performing Skeleton. I think that mostly has to do with the fact that I was seeing one of my favorite bands in a smaller venue. If I got to see Sonic Youth at Great Scott or the Glasslands instead of Prospect Park I might have went with them.

c: Doomstar! is impressive every time I see them. Skimask is another local beast. Last time we played with them I was mesmerized and taken over by their energy. They make me grin from ear-to-ear. I had a ‘Sister Ray’ moment when I last saw MMOSS at Zuzu. They were possessed; I was possessed. I’m also REALLY looking forward to seeing The Feelies for the 4th time in a couple of weeks. Tightest band.

k: Doomstar! and Thee Oh Sees for sure!

Downloadables:
World Heart (mp3) by Abe Vigoda
The Diamond Sea (Edit) (mp3) by Sonic Youth
Night at the Movies (mp3) by Doomstar!
Wander (mp3) by MMOSS
Should Be Gone (mp3) by The Feelies
I Need Seed (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees

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

d: Judging from my limited experience with playing NYC with Young Adults I would have to say Death by Audio. I recently moved back so we should be playing here more frequently and get more venues under our belt. Ask us that again in 4-6 months.

c: Not too familiar with NYC but I love seeing bands at the Cake Shop. Death by Audio was fun to play. I’m looking forward to checking out Pianos this weekend and the cool jellyfish stage at Cameo.

k: Bruar Falls and Death by Audio where we played with Shark?.

Downloadable: I Got Friends (mp3) by Shark?

q: What piece(s) of culture are you really really excited about right now?

d: It’s impossible to ignore the phenomenon that is Odd Future. The kids can really write and produce some serious shit. I would prefer if the songs contained lyrics with significantly less rape content, but that aside, they are the freshest group to emerge from the hip hop scene in years. Like Wu-Tang bangin in your system.

Editor’s Note: There are nine free albums of the various Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All projects @ oddfuture.com/musics.

c: The Underground Summit we played in February was a fascinating local culture phenomenon. As for other phenomena, the internet’s cultural dominance continues to frighten and impress me. It’s something I think about and talk to people about all the time. Remember when growing up didn’t include a global social pedestal? Weird times.

k: I am always excited when something gets rehashed like music or fashion. It amuses me to see where people pull inspiration from next.

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

d: It’s to early too make conclusive statements concerning our next project, but we are working on some new material that happens to feed off of our more aggressive sonic impulses. I’m not sure if the rest of the songs we write will follow this pattern, but come check some of it out this weekend and see for yourself.

c: We’ve got some noise babies in the womb right now. They’re gonna be scary babies.

Downloadables:
Let Us Out (mp3)
Campfires (mp3)
Bummer Summer (Demo) (mp3)

Streamables:

Black Hole (bandcamp)

Let Us Out (vimeo) by Young Adults (sxsw)

You can always purchase the digital version of Black Hole over @ the Young Adults’ Bandcamp.

If you like, you can still grab the whole of the Young Adults’ demo @ Mediafire.

Upcoming NYC shows:

• April 30th @ Pianos w/ Mr. Dream + YVETTE
• May 1st @ Cameo Gallery w/ Shark? + Strange Shapes + Ben Lear

And be sure to check out the rest of the q and also a series… here.

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So, it’s time for another listen to what gets posted at our supplemental blog, GIMME Tumblr. If you want to follow GIMME Tumblr, here is the rss feed, or you could just join Tumblr. Listen.

Downloadables:

Communication (Part II) (mp3) by Invisible Elephant
      (order a CD-R of The Lights Go Out @ Sonic Reverie)
      (D/L The Lights Go Out @ Bandcamp)

When The Morning Comes (mp3) by Woodsman

Ah! (mp3) by Oval
      (stream O @ Bandcamp)

Flulyk Visions (Radio Edit) (mp3) by VoicesVoices

Driftwood (mp3) by James Pants

City With Soul (mp3) by Spirituals

Welt Am Draht (Animal Collective Remix) (mp3) by Pantha Du Prince

Ready For The World (mp3) by How to Dress Well

Gravity Taste Test (mp3) by Devices Disguised
      (order the True Tides EP @ Flying Rhino)
      (D/L the Yonder EP @ Bandcamp)

Diamond In The Dark (mp3) by The Fresh & Onlys

Surrounded By Your Friends (Twin Shadow Remix) (mp3) by Hooray For Earth

Numbers Man (mp3) by Jm Airis

The Water Glass (mp3) by Melvins

Throwing Shade (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

Brother (mp3) by Noun

Suicides (mp3) by Thralls
      (D/L the Suicides/Eros Plane Single @ Bandcamp)

Hamilton Road (mp3) by Ducktails

Boku-Maru (mp3) by Felix and Volcano!
      (name your price for the GROW RICH EP @ Bandcamp)

Slow Walk (mp3) by Hurray for the Riff Raff

Oh, and make sure you check out the other Tumblr Mixes.

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

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

Also, if you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

It’s time to listen to the tracks I have not posted recently. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. These are some of the songs that would get their own individual posts here on GIMME TINNITUS, if I only had the time. This mix starts out all punk rocky and ends with remix bliss. Listen.

Downloadables:

Upside Down (mp3) by OFF!

Heavenward Grand Prix (mp3) by Japandroids

Would You Wait For Me Too? (mp3) by Bad Sports

Coma Summer (mp3) by Weekend

Head Bugs (mp3) by Weird Wives

TRANSPARENCY IS THE NEW MYSTERY (mp3) by Marnie Stern

Same Mistakes (mp3) by Cinema Red And Blue

DREAM CARGOES (mp3) by True Womanhood

Sung (Not Said) (mp3) by Magnetic Island

I am the Ocean (mp3) by Gentle

Nude Tilt (mp3) by Teams

Phone Home from the Edge (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Empire (Freelance Whales Remix) (mp3) by Jukebox the Ghost

Comin’ Through (mp3) by The War On Drugs

I Will Not Fall (mp3) by Celebration

Snow & Taxis (mp3) by Gold Panda

FM Tan Sexy (mp3) by El Guincho

Enceladus (Daso Remix) (mp3) by Mux Mool

Throwing Shade (Max Tundra Remix) (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

Bikes (PEPEPIANO Remix) (mp3) by Houses/Teen Daze

Be sure to check out the other NOT POSTED mixes.

And 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

Also, If you want to download all (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

It’s time to look back and reflect again. What were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the February 2009 Mix to find out…

Downloadables:
First Daze (mp3) by Pterodactyl

New Guitar (mp3) by Mi Ami

Empty Legs (mp3) by Thank You

Cage Those Pythons (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Zontag (mp3) by Gary War

Bobbie Joe Wilson (Pollination Remix) (mp3) by Yppah

Yeti (mp3) by Like Bells

So Fine (mp3) by Telepathe

Don’t Lie (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

Troubles Like Mine (mp3) by Gun Outfit

Pine On (mp3) by Obits

Wasted Youth (mp3) by Lovvers

Lake House (mp3) by Vivian Girls

To Clean (mp3) by Woods

Sunlight (mp3) by Harlem Shakes

Is She There? (mp3) by Nodzzz

In the Parlor (mp3) by Pree

Tourniquet (mp3) by Sholi

Now We Can See (mp3) by The Thermals

Cable TV (Liars remix) by Fol Chen

If you haven’t done it already, make sure you check out the other monthly mixes.

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should think about installing the DownThemAll! Firefox extension.

The next band in our continuing q and also a series is The Soft Pack. The drummer, Brian sent us these answers.

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

a: Freak Train (mp3) by Kurt Vile was the last song I really listened to intently. Something about that shiny guitar and the slow-train tempo on that snare got my blood all hot and sticky.

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Mexican food from San Diego–it can’t be beat.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Abe Vigoda or Obits. It’s a toss up because both bands blow me away.

Listen:
Dead City/Waste Wilderness (mp3) by Abe Vigoda
Two-Headed Coin (mp3) by Obits

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

a: The Bowery Ballroom for a few reasons: 1) it sounds great, 2) the people working there are the shit, 3) it feels classy, so I feel classy.

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

a: Ariel Pink, Bruce LaBruce (technically a Canadian though), and Brontez Purnell (great essay in BUTT mag).

Listen: Alisa (mp3) by Ariel Pink

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

a: The Soft Pack a new album came out February 2nd, and now we tour for the rest of eternity.

Here are a couple tracks from The Soft Pack’s latest self-titled LP.

Listen:
C’mon (mp3)
Answer To Yourself (mp3)

Here are a couple tracks from The Soft Pack’s (formerly eponymous) LP, The Muslims.

Call It A Day (mp3)
Extinction (mp3)

Upcoming Shows:
Apr 1 @ The Mercury Lounge w/ NODZZZ, Beaters
Apr 3 @ The Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ Male Bonding, NODZZZ, Beaters

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