GIMME TINNITUS

Is it really time for the first volume of the Best Downloadables of 2013?

It is.

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. Attention (mp3) by Younolovebunny
2. West (mp3) by The Sweets

   [pay-what-you-want for the Jan EP @ sweetstuff.bandcamp.com]

3. Come Home (mp3) by Desert Sharks
4. Gimme Away (mp3) by Thee Open Sex
5. Thumper (mp3) by Dan Friel
6. Old Mouths (mp3) by New Tongues

   [pay-what-you-want for We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For @ newtongues.bandcamp.com]

7. Poison Arrow (mp3) by Screaming Females
8. Cuda ’82 (mp3) by Ex Con
9. The Observer (mp3) by Hive Bent
10. Chaoz (mp3) by ADVAETA
11. Fucking Hopeless (mp3) by LOW FAT GETTING HIGH

    [pay-what-you-want for Hot Yogurt @ lowfatgettinghigh.bandcamp.com]

12. Hey Winnie (mp3) by Cocktails
13. Bodies (mp3) by Mazes
14. Minotaur (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees
15. Floor Boy (mp3) by Darlings
16. In Praise of Our Doubts (mp3) by YVETTE
17. I Was Going To Shave My Beard, But I Took A Nap Instead (mp3) by Sports Bar

    [pay-what-you-want for Tyler Perry's Sports Bar @ wearesportsbar.bandcamp.com]

18. Evil Man (mp3) by Destruction Unit
19. 1,000 Years (mp3) by Black Pus
20. Fresh Meat (mp3) by BIG UPS
21. We Act (mp3) by bennio qwerty

    [d/l EP @ bennioqwerty.bandcamp.com]

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 | 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 as we are way too lazy to zip and upload every single best of mix.

Brooklyn’s own fuzz-poppers Darlings have a new full length LP, Perfect Trip. The album was recorded in The Headroom (in Philadelphia) and mastered at Death by Audio. This right here is track number seven.

Listen.

Downloadable: Floor Boy (mp3)

You can pay-what-you-want for Perfect Trip @ darlings.bandcamp.com (until next Tuesday). You can pick up a copy on vinyl at the next Darlings show.

Upcoming Show:

• February 8th @ Death by Audio w/ ERAAS + Grand Rapids + The Doozies (rsvp)

Darlings are on Tumblr
Darlings are on Bandcamp
Darlings are on Twitter
Darlings are on Facebook
Darlings are on Hype Machine
Darlings are on Famous Class
Darlings are on Insound

BONUS: Yeah I Know (mp3)

Crinkles play chilly (lofi) pop. Their self-released LP, Loss Leader comes out later this week on April 7 via the band’s own imprint, Heavypet. This here is the promomp3. It a “rhetorical love song about not wanting to leave and the confusion associated with loss.”

Listen.

Downloadable: ELEVATOR (mp3)

The EP looks like this.

You will be able to purchase the Loss Leader LP @ crinkles.bandcamp.com in the not too distant future (April 7th??).

Upcoming NYC Show:

• April 7th @ Shea Stadium (release party) w/ Napoleon + Darlings + DJ Disco Phantom + Special Guest (???)

Crinkles is on the internet
Crinkles is on Bandcamp
Crinkles is on Facebook
Crinkles is on Hype Machine
Crinkles is on Heavypet

And here is a BONUS monthly mix. What were we listening to during CMJ last year?

Listen to the October 2009 CMJ Supplement Mix to find out…

Downloadables:

1. Set-Up (mp3) by RENMINBI
2. Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3) by Surfer Blood
3. South Of France (mp3) by Harlem
4. Prize Fighter (mp3) by Golden Triangle
5. 100 Flowers (mp3) by Lovvers
6. Kilometer (mp3) by Tempo No Tempo
7. Sooner Or Later (mp3) by ZAZA
8. Elephants (mp3) by Warpaint
9. We’re Not Going (mp3) by Darlings
10. Red Gun (mp3) by The Forms
11. Growing (mp3) by Little Girls
12. Lindsay Brohan (mp3) by Javelin
13. Street Cars (mp3) by Sisters
14. Despicable Dogs (mp3) by Small Black
15. Kudos (mp3) by Surf City
16. Highway Robbery (mp3) by Unicycle Loves You
17. Song For The Winter Sun (mp3) by The Loom
18. Beach Comber (mp3) by Real Estate
19. Gloom Doom Buttercups (mp3) by Kittens Ablaze

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.

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

Listen to the August 2009 Mix to find out…

Downloadables:

You’re A Target (mp3) by No Age

Dreamsucker (mp3) by Grooms

Bone Jam (mp3) by Jeff The Brotherhood

Stats And Demographics (mp3) by Huak

Truth Is (mp3) by The Sky Drops

Jap Dad (mp3) by UUVVWWZ

My Car Is Haunted (mp3) by Royal Bangs

Free Energy (mp3) by Free Energy

Cool Jumper (mp3) by Wavves

Beach Town (mp3) by Le Loup

Name Tossers (mp3) by BOAT

We’re Not Going (mp3) by Darlings

When I’m Gone (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Open Water (mp3) by A Grave With No Name

Dewjuice (mp3) by The Years

DIE SLOW (TOBACCO RMX) (mp3) by HEALTH

Surf Solar (Edit) (mp3) by Fuck Buttons

Poison Diamonds (mp3) by Adventure

Some Sun (Yppah Remix) (mp3) by Pollination

Get Older (mp3) by Dan Deacon

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

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

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.