GIMME TINNITUS

Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let’s look back, reflect, and contemplate… what were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the April 2011 Mix and find out.

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.

Downloadables:

1. Brat Mouth (mp3) by Hunters
2. Same Old (mp3) by NT

   [d/l the Was 7" @ ntnt.bandcamp.com]

3. Sludge River Mouth (mp3) by Sleepies
4. In The Guts (mp3) by Quilty

   [d/l the Brooklyn Heat Mixtape @ brooklynheat.bandcamp.com]

5. Would You Wait For Me Too? (mp3) by Bad Sports
6. Ever Falling In Love (mp3) by Times New Viking
7. Evil City Music (mp3) by Archers
8. Forever In Armitron (mp3) by BOAT
9. Grandma (mp3) by Skeletons
10. Inner Most Secret Shogun Heart (mp3) by Antimagic

    [d/l the Shake Shake Shake/Inner Most Secret Shogun Heart 7" @ antimagic.bandcamp.com]

11. Watch Me Jumpstart (Guided by Voices Cover) (mp3) by La Sera
12. Shredder (mp3) by JEFF The Brotherhood
13. Sons Of Stone (mp3) by The People’s Temple
14. Watusi (mp3) by Heavy Cream
15. White Rune (mp3) by Iceage
16. The Condition of Nothing (mp3) by White Hills
17. Generation (mp3) by Liturgy
18. Tides (mp3) by PC Worship
19. Electricity Turns Them On (mp3) by Wires Under Tension
20. Plussed (Back To The Future The Ride remix) (mp3) by YVETTE

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 Monthly Mix.

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

And, if you haven’t done it already, make sure you check out the other Monthly Mixes.

Dress Like Your Idols is the latest release from BOAT on the Magic Marker record label. It is also their first in a professional studio (the now-defunct Two Sticks Audio in Seattle). The awesome album art pays tribute to album covers of the 90s and beyond — D Crane-style. The band still plays the same raucous indie pop. It’s just not as “sloppy” as it used to be. Listen.

Downloadable: Forever in Armitron (mp3)

You can purchase the CD or LP of Dress Like Your Idols @ magicmarkerrecords.com, while the digital can be procured @ amazon.com or emusic.com (whichever you prefer).

“TOUR LIKE YOUR IDOLS” Upcoming NYC Shows:

• April 2nd @ The Rock Shop w/ Landlady + Miniboone + Creeping Weeds
• April 9th @ Mercury Lounge (Early Show) w/ Moon Taxi + The Human Hearts

BOAT was part of our q and also a series.

BOAT is on the internet
BOAT is on Soundcloud
BOAT is on Twitter
BOAT is on Facebook
BOAT is on Myspace
BOAT is on Youtube
BOAT is on elbo.ws
BOAT is on Hype Machine
BOAT is on Magic Marker
BOAT is on Insound
BOAT is on Amazon MP3
BOAT is on eMusic

MEGA BOAT BONUS:
(I’ll Beat My Chest Like) King Kong (mp3)
Lately (mp3)
(I’m A) Donkey for Your Love (mp3)
Last Cans of Paint (mp3)
Tractor Rape Chain (GVB Cover) (mp3)

Craig, Taylor, James and Doug of MiniBoone sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of our q and also a series.

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

c: If I Ever Lose My Faith in You (youtube) by Sting. Sam (MiniBoone’s bassist) knows this because he watches my last.fm profile and notices that I like to put it on loop for 30 minutes at a time.

Streamable:

j: How to Rob (youtube) by 50 Cent

Streamable:

d: I’ve been listening to Katy On a Mission by Katy B a lot. Editor’s Note: if you really really want to listen to Doug’s song you should feel free to utilize the search capabilities of youtube.com.

q: What is your favorite beverage?

c: Lately I’ve been drinking kombucha, because I want to live forever.

t: Also, that sexy vitamin water, XXX.

d: I’ll say beer just so we have that covered.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

c: The Clash (on Tape). Ava Luna. Pretty & Nice. Man Man. Chromeo if we are feeling saucy. Zazen Boys.

Streamables:
The Magnificent Seven (live) (youtube) by The Clash

Don’t Turn the Lights On (youtube) by Chromeo

Downloadables:
Four Five (I Will Survive) (mp3) by Ava Luna
Pixies (mp3) by Pretty & Nice
Top Drawer (mp3) by Man Man
DARUMA (mp3) by Zazen Boys

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

c: Brooklyn Bowl hands down. The fried chicken, free bowling for bands, and amiable staff make it so. Also, we always seem to bowl our best games there.

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

c: Sometimes I like to pop by Forbidden Planet and read the Walking Dead comics until the employees kick me out.

j: The Keith Richards autobiography.

d: If Community can keep getting better I will be amazed and extremely pleased.

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

c: We’re touring down to SXSW this March with our freshly printed 7 inch single, The Other Summer, in hand. After that, we’re going to spend the rest of the spring & summer working on a full-length record, playing a few choice festivals, and wearing shorts sometimes.

You can order the lego-y The Other Summer b/w Fight Song picture disc @ miniboone.bandcamp.com.

Here are a couple tracks by MiniBoone to check out including the A-Side to their new picture disc. Listen.

Downloadables:
The Other Summer (mp3)
Devil in Your Eyes (mp3)

You can stream the whole of MiniBoone‘s Big Changes EP below. If you like, why not follow the link and purchase it??

Streamable: Big Changes EP

Upcoming NYC Show:

• April 2nd @ Rock Shop w/ BOAT

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

MiniBoone is on the internet
MiniBoone is on Bandcamp
MiniBoone is on Twitter
MiniBoone is on Facebook
MiniBoone is on Soundcloud
MiniBoone is on Myspace
MiniBoone is on Youtube
MiniBoone is on elbo.ws
MiniBoone is on Hype Machine
MiniBoone is on Ampeater

For your streaming pleasure, here is the latest Friday Night Vids…
 
 
Streamable: Fever Dreaming (youtube) by No Age

Downloadable: Fever Dreaming (mp3)
 
 

Streamable: Wild (youtube) by Screaming Females

Downloadable: Wild (mp3)
 
 

Streamable: The Words That Maketh Murder (youtube) by PJ Harvey

 
 
 
Streamable: (I’ll beat my chest like) King Kong (vimeo) by BOAT

 
 
 
Streamable: Honeysuckle Blue (vimeo) by Celebration

 
 
 
Streamable: C-Town/Mossy Woodland (dublab VisionVersion) (vimeo) by Javelin

(source: dublab)
 
 

It’s time again to look back, reflect, and contemplate… what were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the January 2010 Mix and find out.

Downloadables:

1. Neon Noose (mp3) by Golden Triangle
2. I Do (mp3) by Screaming Females
3. Jail La La (mp3) by Dum Dum Girls
4. Nuke Duke ‘Em (mp3) by Dinowalrus
5. Acid King Of Hell (Guitar Feelings) (mp3) by Grooms
6. The THINGS (mp3) by Skeleton$
7. Cut Men (mp3) by Mi Ami
8. Prince Of Tacoma (mp3) by BOAT
9. Hold (mp3) by Hands
10. No Dreams (mp3) by Worker Bee
11. Norway (mp3) by Beach House
12. You Are Free (The Mae Shi Remix) (mp3) by Mates Of State
13. 100% (mp3) by Graffiti Monsters
14. Me Thing Drawing Me (mp3) by Javelin
15. Everything Will Be Alright (mp3) by Golden Ages
16. some lonesome street corner (USF remix) (mp3) by cars & trains
17. Muppet (Nathan Fake Remix) (mp3) by Grasscut
18. Dancing in the Snow (mp3) by Ernest Gonzales
19. Quartz Controller (mp3) by Pollination

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

And if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers:

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music

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