GIMME TINNITUS

It is time for the next volume of the Best Downloadables of 2011.

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 download any or all of the tracks at your leisure (with the usual right-click or control-click) and play them using a digital media player of your choice.

Listen.

Downloadables:

1. Know No Violence (mp3) by Spanish Prisoners

[pay what you want for Gold Fools spanishprisoners.bandcamp.com]

2. Germs (mp3) by Yalls

[pay what you want for Yalls @ yalls.bandcamp.com]

3. Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name) (mp3) by Cymbals Eat Guitars
4. Yubacore (mp3) by Hella
5. Hours (mp3) by Tycho
6. Psychic Mesa (mp3) by Total Slacker
7. Tame the Sun (mp3) by Male Bonding
8. School Glue (mp3) by Pterodactyl
9. You Take Time (mp3) by Bleached
10. Here To Stay (mp3) by Milagres
11. Sisters & Friends (mp3) by Little Gold
12. Moneybags (mp3) by Mr. Dream
13. Tell Me Tell Me Tell Me (mp3) by THE FIELD RECORDINGS
14. In Circles (mp3) by Woodsman
15. Dead End (mp3) by Reading Rainbow
16. Harsh Realm (mp3) by Widowspeak
17. Terra Incognita (mp3) by Atlas Sound
18. Hard Pose (mp3) by Balaclavas
19. Chippewa Kids (feat. Sarah Barthel) (mp3) by Junk Culture

[pay what you want for Hang Roxy @ illegal-art.net]

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

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

Additionally, 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.

So, it’s time again to share what’s getting posted at our supplemental blog, GIMME Tumblr. If you want to follow GIMME Tumblr, here is the rss feed, or (if you haven’t already) you could just join Tumblr.

You can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom of the page OR if you are browsing with Chrome you can play (and scrobble) the whole page using the ex.fm extension 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.

Listen.

Downloadables:

1. Sons Of Stone (mp3) by The People’s Temple
2. Free Your Energy Field (mp3) by High Wolf
3. Without You (Hard Mixx Remix) (mp3) by Rainbow Arabia
4. Dolphins (Ital Mix) (mp3) by Mi Ami
5. On_the_Lift (mp3) by THEE OOPS
6. Viewgirls (mp3) by Wolf Ram Heart
7. Billy Ocean (mp3) by BABY JAZZ
8. Electricity Turns Them On (mp3) by Wires Under Tension
9. Empty Screens (mp3) by Something Fierce
10. First Ideas (mp3) by The Glass Canoe
11. Welcome (mp3) by Sabbapath
12. Outsiders (mp3) by Creeping Weeds
13. Gleemer (Guided by Voices Cover) (mp3) by Cymbals Eat Guitars
14. Every Night My Teeth Are Falling Out (mp3) by The Antlers
15. Paul Blart and the Death of Art (mp3) by Herzog
16. The Fatigues (mp3) by Street Chant
17. Father Trout (The Hood Internet Remix) (mp3) by SHAPERS
18. The Hoodoo (mp3) by Purling Hiss
19. Reaching Out (mp3) by German Error Message
20. Hurricane (mp3) by The Coathangers
21. Me & You (mp3) by Sundelles
22. The Best Ever (mp3) by Jad Fair

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

Cymbals Eat Guitars have a new album the comes out on August 30th via the Barsuk label. The Lenses Alien LP has been described as combining “classic pop forms and ambient haze” into “dusky psychedelia.” Is that an apt description? You will have plenty of time to think about it as you listen to the 8-minute opening track.

Listen.

Downloadable: Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name) (mp3)

You can preorder Lenses Alien in various forms @ cymbalseatguitars.com.

Upcoming NYC Shows:

• September 21st @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
• October 27th @ Bowery Ballroom

Both shows are with Hooray for Earth + Beige.

Find more tour dates @ lensesalien.tumblr.com.

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BONUS: Definite Darkness (mp3)

Bryan and Matt of Marie Stella 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?

b: Some jam band song I can’t even identify. The music selection at my local coffee shop can be pretty bad sometimes.

m: “Never As Tired As When I’m Waking Up” from LCD Soundsystem, on vinyl, in the wee hours at a rad party!

Streamable: Never As Tired As When I’m Waking Up (youtube)

q: What is your favorite beverage?

b: I’m a fan of the whiskey + ginger. Delicious.

m: Kahlua Mudslide.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

b: It’s a tie between Liars and Flaming Lips.

m: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Downloadables:
Sunset Rodeo (mp3) by Liars
Drug Machine (mp3) by Flaming Lips
Flavor (mp3) by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

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

b: Union Hall was my favorite for a long time, because I used to work there. These days… Fort Useless! Santos Party House is pretty great too, in a funhouse of debauchery sorta way. Though I’ve always been a fan of Bowery Ballroom, and I’ve had a lot of great (late, very, very late) nights at the Delancey, Trash Bar, and Pianos. I really miss a few venues that I spent a lot of time at a few years back: Rothko, Sin-e, Northsix, and Tonic all have a special place in my concert-going heart. I left New York right before the big diy venue explosion really happened.

m: Trash Bar

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

b: I went to see the Justin Beiber movie. I considered it a cultural exploration.

m: Not sure which “culture” they mean… realistic 3D movies…

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

b: We just made new shirts! We’re continuing to record and release digital singles, and should get working on a full length album in early 2012.

m: Guided By Voices vinyl! (Sing For Your Meat tribute album released by No More Fake Labels on Record Store Day 2011)

Streamable: Little Lines (GBV cover) by Marie Stella

Downloadables:
Watch Me Jumpstart (GBV cover) (mp3) by Le Sera
Gleemer (GBV cover) (mp3) by Cymbals Eat Guitars

And here are a few tracks by Marie Stella.

Downloadables:
1985 (mp3) (source)
Message From Limbo (mp3)
Jealous Powers (Demo) (mp3)

Upcoming NYC Show:

• June 18th @ Bar Matchless (3rd Annual Battering Room Northside Festival Showcase) w/ I’m Turning Into + Beat Radio + Mussels

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

Marie Stella is on the internet
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Marie Stella is on elbo.ws
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Marie Stella is on The Dooryard
Marie Stella is on No More Fake Labels
Marie Stella is on Hilly Town
Marie Stella is on Cornmeal Records

Oh and band member Bryan Bruchman is on Tumblr and Twitter.

Marie Stella have a brand new single which is available at their bandcamp page using the pay-what-you-want formula (set to $0 for one month). Bring on the noisepop. Listen.

Downloadable: En Fluxx (mp3)

You can stream the whole thing using the Bandcamp streamer below. The B-side is a much higher-fi version of a Marie Stella song which has been floating around the internets as a demo for some time.

Streamable: En Fluxx single (bandcamp)

Marie Stella is also on the upcoming GBV compilation from the good folks at No More Fake Labels. The comp will drop on April 16, 2011 a/k/a Record Store Day and features the Flaming Lips, Western Civ, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Mass Solo Revolt, Crooked Fingers, La Sera, Kelley Deal, Thurston Moore, and Lou Barlow among others. Additional deets are available @ amillionwattsofsound.blogspot.com.

Reportedly, Marie Stella is planning to play some show(s) in NYC this March.

Marie Stella is on the internet
Marie Stella is on Facebook
Marie Stella is on Myspace
Marie Stella is on Bandcamp
Marie Stella is on elbo.ws
Marie Stella is on Hype Machine

Oh and band member Bryan Bruchman is on Tumblr and Twitter.

BONUS: Message From Limbo (mp3)