GIMME TINNITUS

- File Under “They’re Nature Kids, Oh They Don’t Have No Function”: Wayne Coyne (of major label outfit The Flaming Lips) has engaged in trash talk about Arcade Fire with Rolling Stone. Read a big excerpt at Stereogum… here. Choice quote: “they’re pricks, so fuck ‘em.” Read Win’s response… here (stupid flash, no permalink… go to Win >>> Win’s Journal >>> I still like clouds taste metallic). Choice quote: “I hope I was less of a ‘prick’ then telling Rollingstone that a bunch of people I don’t know at all are really assholes.”

- The Soft Pack is hyping the release (and advance release on eMusic) of their new/old 10 song EP with a couple acoustic tracks. Here is the Liars (among others) diss track: Call It A Day (Acoustic) (mp3) Get the other mp3 at… So Much Silence or My Old Kentucky Blog.

- Here’s a New New New Clap Your Hands Say Yeah mp3 that is not a Hüsker Dü cover as far as I can tell: Statues (Demo) (mp3) (props to IGIF)

- GvsB posts Harlem covering Devo (in what I assume is their next covers of the month club cover)… here.

- Rawking Refuses To Stop posts their bands to watch in 2009 post which includes GT favs Harlem Shakes… here.

- The Catbirdseat’s monthly mix is posted… here. It includes an oldie by Archie Bronson Outfit: Dart For My Sweetheart (mp3) (new album this year guys???)

- Soundbites has coverage of the Uninhabitable Mansions (the indie “super” group with members of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Au Revoir Simone) 7″ release show plus an mp3 of the b-side… here. Live WFMU mp3s are… here.

- The digital archives of Pukekos have added some Wives (yep, Dean and Randy of No Age’s old band)… here. Also posted is this whopper… Mr. Spunt’s record label, “Post Present Medium was bankrolled by a settlement that Dean received when his car was hit by a member of the Backstreet Boys.” Hmmmm, is this proof of cosmic justice or just a funny rumor? I don’t know.

- The latest Built On A Weak Spot monthly mix of noiserock and such is… here.

- Movimenta compiles some reviews of the new Lovvers album, Think… here.

- Finally and fitting for today’s snow, I bring you The Year Without A Summer (data was lost mp3) by Coltrane Motion. They have a show coming up on March 11 @ Public Assembly with Renminbi and The Five Cents.