GIMME TINNITUS

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.

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And now a new feature here at GIMME TINNITUS, q and also a, where I chat/email with bands and they answer some questions. To kick off the feature I met up with Pete from Dinowalrus. Here we go…

q: What is the last song you heard?

a: The hour-long composition E2-E4 by Ash Ra Tempel guitarist, Manuel Göttsching.

Listen: E2-E4 snippet (youtube)

q: What is your favorite food?

a: St Louis style ribs (in particular, the ones at Pappy’s Smoke House).

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Comets On Fire or Boredoms… a distant 3rd would probably be HEALTH.

Listen: Lets Take it All (mp3) by Comets On Fire

q: What is your favorite NYC venue?

a: We’ve had really great shows at Music Hall of Williamsburg and Dead Herring.

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

a: Excepter.

Listen: Kill People (mp3)

q: Anything we should know about your album, %?

a: The album was “informed by the liberation of moving to NYC in 2006 and finding that, at the time, there was an audience for pretty crazy and mutant music.” DINOWALRUS didn’t know at first whether it would fall into the “indie” scene or the “art noise” scene, though now they have found themselves to be the weirdest band on the indie scene rather than the poppiest band on the noise scene. There were a bunch of especially inspring bands around in 2006 that were “challenging” their listeners to, sonically, go places they had never been before, including Parts & Labor, Dirty Projectors, Psychic Ills, and Gang Gang Dance…and I think our approach was informed by that more than anything else. Ironically, earnest and classic indie rock appears to be all the rage now, and I’ve been pretty bored with that!

Listen:
Fractured Skies (mp3) by Parts & Labor
Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie (mp3) by Dirty Projectors
Killers (mp3) by Psychic Ills
Nicoman (mp3) by Gang Gang Dance

“If you are serious about music, when you make an album you have to take 45 years of pop/rock history in account, and I think this album was informed as much by trying to find a unique place in music history as it was by current happenings around town,” and Dinowalrus wanted to put out something that was “mind blowing.” % doesn’t really have “a direct pop sensibility,” but it will “keep on your toes” and “make you feel free.”

So, if you are bored with present form of lofipoppunk that seems to be everywhere now, check out some DINOWALRUS:

Listen:
BEAD (mp3)
Nuke Duke ‘Em (mp3)

In the future, they will probably narrow their focus a bit, and not cram as many ideas into their next album. Pete is currently working on two recording side projects, one is an album of stadium metal and the other one is a baggy Madchester acid house record.

There will be no trek to SXSW this year for Dinowalrus, but they are doing a small mid-Atlantic tour, and a New England tour Plus, they are working on setting up a tour in April of California with Tempo No Tempo. They are playing a show tomorrow (1/30) and also next Thursday (2/4)…

Upcoming Shows:
Jan 30 @ House Of Yes w/ Javelin, The Shivers, Ava Luna, and Shark?
Feb 4 @ Littlefield w/ The Vandelles and The Naked Hearts

Dinowalrus is on Myspace.
Dinowalrus is on Facebook.
Kanine Records is here.
igetrvng is here.
IMPOSE Records is here.
Insound page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

When: Saturday, January 16

Where: Cake Shop

Who: Aa
Listen: Glow Wreath (mp3)

Who: dinowalrus
Listen: BEAD (mp3)
Listen: Nuke Duke ‘Em (mp3)

Who: Graffiti Monsters
Listen: 100% (mp3)
Listen: The Gate (mp3)

Who: PRSMS
Listen: Vicious Youth (mp3)

Why: It’s the Dinowalrus record release party for %. Duh. Plus, you should probably see, like every single band playing. What does Dinowalrus sound like? I think Christopher Weingarten said it best: “Twenty shades of New York rock, all great, from ’70s leather-and-lunge lurch to ’00s trance-out flutterpop.”

Here is a tiny poster for the show…

Dinowalrus has a couple more shows coming up:

Jan 30 @ House of Yes // Quiet Color Party w/ Javelin
Feb 4 @ Littlefield // Sounds Like Brooklyn Fest

You can order the new DINOWALRUS record at the Kanine Records Shop.

Here is a little preview of some of the albums coming out early this year.

Jan 18

UPDATE: The Vandelles EP by The Vandelles
Listen: Lovely Weather (mp3)

Jan 19

% by Dinowalrus
Listen: BEAD (mp3)
Listen: Nuke Duke ‘Em (mp3)

R and R and R by Susu
Listen: M.B.T. (mp3)
Help Susu self-release the vinyl @ Kickstarter

Astro Coast by Surfer Blood
Listen: Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3)
Listen: Floating Vibes (mp3)

Transference by Spoon
Listen: Written in Reverse (mp3)

Jan 26

Teen Dream by Beach House
Listen: Norway (mp3)

Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2008 by Fucked Up
Listen: Neat Parts (mp3)

Feb 2

The Soft Pack by The Soft Pack
Listen: C’mon (mp3)
Listen: Answer To Yourself (mp3)

A Chorus of Storytellers by The Album Leaf
Listen: Falling from the Sun (mp3)

Feb 9

Odd Blood by Yeasayer
Listen: Ambling Alp (mp3)

Feb 10

UPDATE: Singles by Screaming Females
Listen: I Do (mp3)

Feb 23

UPDATE: Been Meaning To Tell You by Ernest Gonzales
Listen: Self Awakening (mp3)
Listen: Upon the 49th Day (mp3)

Causers of This by Toro y Moi
Listen: Blessa (mp3)
Listen: Talamak (mp3)

UPDATE: Causers of This is now available on iTunes.

March 2

Double Jointer by Golden Triangle
[no mp3 yet]

March 9

jj no 3 by jj
Listen: 5 minuter med jj (mp3 sampler, maybe)

The Brutalist Bricks by Ted Leo + Pharmacists
Listen: Even Heroes Have to Die (mp3)

The Monitor by Titus Andronicus
Listen: Four Score and Seven (mp3)

April 6

Hippies by Harlem
Listen: Friendly Ghost (mp3)

April 12

UPDATE: Pumps by Growing
Listen: Hormone (vice mp3)

April 20

Cosmogramma by Flying Lotus
[no mp3 yet]
[no album art yet]


Also in April

Extra Wow by Nice Nice
Listen: See Waves (mp3)

[no album art yet]

Also in 2010

Debut LPs from Javelin and Sleigh Bells

LP3s from Arcade Fire and No Age

UPDATE: Buke And Gass is working on a new album right now

UPDATE: I totally forgot about that EP of reworked The Forms songs that was announced last year. We heard there are a lot of awesome guests on it. Matt Berninger of little band known as The National is one name that was thrown around. I suppose the EP is being meticulously tweaked in the band’s recording studio. I assume the EP will be released this year.

Oh, and I’m sure no one will notice a new release from LCD Soundsystem.


NOTE: you can click on the album names for pre-ordering/more album info.

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I admit it. I am that guy taking photos at the show. Here are some of my favorite pictures that I have taken at shows over this past year.

This is the Year in Shitty Photos.

Grooms @ Cake Shop
Listen: Acid King Of Hell (Guitar Feelings) (mp3)



Wavves @ Mercury Lounge
Listen: No Hope Kids (mp3)



Dinowalrus @ Public Assembly
Listen: Nuke Duke ‘Em (mp3)



Japandroids @ Pianos
Listen: Rockers East Vancouver (mp3)



Buke & Gass @ Cake Shop
Listen: Run For You (mp3)



Double Dagger @ Market Hotel
Listen: No Allies (mp3)



ZAZA @ Cake Shop
Listen: Repetition (mp3)



Harlem @ Brooklyn Bowl
Listen: Friendly Ghost (mp3)



Sisters @ Public Assembly
Listen: Accolades (mp3)



BOAT @ Bruar Falls
Listen: Prince Of Tacoma (mp3)



HEALTH @ Bowery Ballroom
Listen: Die Slow (Tobacco Remix) (mp3)



Screaming Females @ Public Assembly
Listen: Fun (mp3)


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More Best of 2009 Coverage:
Songs | Albums | Videos | MP3 Blogs | Mixtape | Free Albums

So we all know about Stereogum and the FADER (oh and Pitchfork obvs), but what else were we reading in 2009? This is the year in MP3 blogs.

Some new favorites…
- Quiet Color
recently posted: Vendela Vida (mp3) by Dinosaur Feathers

- Microphone Memory Emotion
recently posted: Meet Me In The City (mp3) by The Babies

- The World in a Paper Cup
recently posted: Even Think (mp3) by Drink Up Buttercup

- Get Off the Coast
recently posted: Dino (mp3) by Male Bonding

- Chocolate Bobka
recently posted: Amanda Huggankiss Mix (follow the link) by Happy Family & Run DMT

- NO CONCLUSION
recently posted: A Decade of Flying Lotus Mix (follow the link) by The Gaslamp Killer

Some old favorites…
- Pop Tarts Suck Toasted
recently posted: Deadbeat (mp3) by A Place To Bury Strangers

- MOKB
recently posted: The High Road (follow the link) by Broken Bells

- Built on a Weak Spot
recently posted: Golem Smoke (mp3) by FNU Ronnies

- Gorilla Vs. Bear
recently posted: Orchard by Real Estate

- MBV
recently posted: Mild Confusion (mp3) by Tamaryn

- YANP
recently posted: Let’s Dance The Jet (mp3) by Deerhoof

- Nevver
recently posted: Street Survivor (mp3) by The Flaming Sideburns

- EAR FARM
recently posted: SUNLIGHT (mp3) by Tune-Yards

- Daytrotter
recently posted: Racer X (Big Black Cover) by Japandroids

And our favorite blog of the year is…

- Pukekos
recently posted: Red (follow the link)

BJ Rubin’s blog of his audio archiving activities is just flat out awesome. Furthermore, we look forward to more interesting releases from his record label, Dick Move. This years’ releases include recordings by Knyfe Hyts and Teengirl Fantasy plus let’s not forget the sandwich.

UPDATE: totally forgot to add an honorable mention for these fine blogs.

- FMLY
recently posted: I’m In The Building (mp3) by DJDT

- The Ampeater Review
recently posted: Digital 7″ (follow the link) by Dinowalrus

- The Great Pumpkin
recently posted: No Mindless Love (mp3) by Jaill

- nyctaper
recently posted: October 31, 2009 Lombardy + November 14, 2009 Bell House (follow the link) by Crystal Stilts

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More Best of 2009 Coverage:
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So this post contains (pretty much) all of my favorite mp3s from 2009. I have not put them in any sort of preferential order. These are sorted by artist in alphabetical order.

Take your time, scroll slowly, there are some real gems here. You may notice some big names missing here. Well, you know you can find those mp3s elsewhere (right?).

I will be putting up best of 2009 posts all week, so make sure you check back here soon. Also, if you haven’t already, you should check out largehearted boy’s 2009 Year-End Online Music Lists. Good stuff.

Without any further ado, I present the Top 109 Downloadables of 2009.

The Downloadables:

Glow Wreath (mp3) by Aa (BIG A little a)

Don’t Lie (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

So Bored (Wavves Cover) (mp3) by Anamanaguchi

Two (mp3) by The Antlers

Perfect Fit (mp3) by Apostle Of Hustle

Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox) (mp3) by Atlas Sound

Time (mp3) by Beach Fossils

Make You Mine (mp3) by Best Coast

Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise (mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow

Tin Birds (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Which One Of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer? (mp3) by Blockhead

Name Tossers (mp3) by BOAT

Absolutely Anything (mp3) by Brilliant Colors

Rustic Arcadia (mp3) by Campfires

What’s This Magical (mp3) by Celebration

Love Is A Wave (mp3) by Crystal Stilts

Pink Sabbath (mp3) by Dananananaykroyd

We’re Not Going (mp3) by Darlings

Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper. RMX) (mp3) by Das Racist

Cassette Tape (mp3) by Day Of The Woman

Digital Haircut (mp3) by dd/mm/yyyy

BEAD (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Useful Chamber (mp3) by Dirty Projectors

Knotty Pine (mp3) by Dirty Projectors + David Byrne

The Lie/The Truth (mp3) by Double Dagger

Moon Fallout (mp3) by Dragon Turtle

I Remember (mp3) by Endless Endless Endless

Self Awakening (Take Remix) (mp3) by Ernest Gonzales

Housewolf (mp3) by Eula

Robots (mp3) by Exercise

Thee Only One (mp3) by Frankie Rose

Greg The Nerd (mp3) by Frat Dad

Surf Solar (Edit) (mp3) by Fuck Buttons

Arming Eritrea (mp3) by Future Of The Left

When They Fight They Fight (mp3) by Generationals

Prize Fighter (mp3) by Golden Triangle

Two Weeks (mp3) by Grizzly Bear

Dreamsucker (mp3) by Grooms

In The Dark (mp3) by Gun Outfit

Friendly Ghost (mp3) by Harlem

Die Slow (mp3) by HEALTH

Before Tigers (CFCF RMX) (mp3) by HEALTH

Fangela (mp3) by Here We Go Magic

Stats And Demographics (mp3) by Huak

Rising 5 (mp3) by Hudson Mohawke

Young Hearts Spark Fire (mp3) by Japandroids

Bone Jam (mp3) by Jeff The Brotherhood

West Coast (mp3) by Junk Culture

Dimensional Bleedthrough (mp3) by Krallice

Overnite Religion (mp3) by Kurt Vile

Beach Town (mp3) by Le Loup

Roses In The Park (mp3) by Liechtenstein

Tambourine (mp3) by Little Girls

Mysterium (mp3) by Liturgy

Red Oak Way (mp3) by Lotus Plaza

Forever (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams

100 Flowers (mp3) by Lovvers

Junked! (mp3) by The Mayfair Set

Asleep At A Party (mp3) by Memory Cassette

Lips (mp3) by Micachu & The Shapes

Blues Not Speed (mp3) by Mika Miko

1,2,3 Partyy! (mp3) by Mission Of Burma

You’re A Target (mp3) by No Age

Invisible Cities (mp3) by NOMO

Pine On (mp3) by Obits

Two-Headed Coin (mp3) by Obits

When Your Mask Is Your Revealing Feature (mp3) by The Oranges Band

Young Adult Friction (mp3) by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Fences (The Soft Pack Remix) (mp3) by Phoenix

Goth Star (mp3) by Pictureplane

Sinister Skies (mp3) by Pollination

Preparation’s Kids Choir (mp3) by Prefuse 73

First Daze (mp3) by Pterodactyl

Gigantic (Pixies Cover) (mp3) by Puttin’ On The Ritz

Passion Of Saint Edmund (Rebirth) (mp3) by railcars

Fake Blues (mp3) by Real Estate

Set-Up (mp3) by RENMINBI

FROST (mp3) by Salem

Bell (mp3) by Screaming Females

Fear! (mp3) by Shark?

Truth Is (mp3) by The Sky Drops

Crown On The Ground (mp3) by Sleigh Bells

C’mon (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Los Angeles Guitar Dream (mp3) by Spanish Prisoners

Got Nuffin (mp3) by Spoon

Billy Ocean (mp3) by Super Tennis

Kudos (mp3) by Surf City

Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3) by Surfer Blood

M.B.T. (mp3) by Susu

Ghost Colony (mp3) by Tape Deck Mountain

Where Was My Brain? (mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

Portofino (mp3) by Teengirl Fantasy

So Fine (mp3) by Telepathe

Kilometer (mp3) by Tempo No Tempo

Ruby Go Home (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees

Move To California (mp3) by Times New Viking

Blessa (mp3) by Toro Y Moi

It #1 (mp3) by Ty Segall

Shark Suit (mp3) by UUVVWWZ

When I’m Gone (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Elephants (mp3) by Warpaint

Belong (mp3) by Washed Out

Mickey Mouse (Demo) (mp3) by Wavves

So Bored (mp3) by Wavves

Homeopathic Valtrex (mp3) by White Shit

Psychic City (mp3) by YACHT

Ambling Alp (mp3) by Yeasayer

Gumball Machine Weekend (mp3) by Yppah

Sooner Or Later (mp3) by ZAZA

UPDATE: I knew I forgot something…

Coat Of Arms (mp3) by Nosaj Thing

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Streamable: BEAD (s’gum ooyala) by Dinowalrus

Downloadable: BEAD (mp3)
props to Stereogum


Streamable: Reggae Warzone (vimeo) by Foot Village




Streamable: Belong (vimeo) by Washed Out


Downloadable: Belong (mp3)
props to Gorilla Vs. Bear


Streamable: Ampling Alp (pitchfork.tv) by Yeasayer


Downloadable: Ampling Alp (mp3)


This has been another…

So I put together this mix which I have dubbed Fall 2009 Mix and I posted it to my SoundCloud.

Downloadable/Streamable: SoundCloud Fall 2009 Mix (soundcloud)

UPDATE: Mix removed from Soundcloud, but individual tracks available below

Downloadables:
01. M.B.T. by Susu
02. Bone Jam by Jeff: The Brotherhood
03. Ghost Colony by Tape Deck Mountain
04. Prize Fighter by Golden Triangle
05. Thee Only One by Frankie Rose
06. Swim (To Reach The End) by Surfer Blood
07. Losing Feeling by No Age
08. Absolutely Anything by Brilliant Colors
09. Fear! by Shark?
10. Passion Of Saint Edmund (Rebirth) by railcars
11. Dreamsucker by Grooms
12. Ecstatic Rite by Liturgy
13. Nuke Duke ‘Em (Mae Shi Remix) by Dinowalrus

You can download the continuous mix using the widget at the top of the post.

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Once again it’s time to look back into the past. This mix starts with two covers and it even has a remix of a Passion Pit song. Luckily, the remix is by Pollination. Just what was November 2008 like? It was a little like this…

Downloadables:

Banned From The Roxy (mp3) by Jeffrey Lewis

We Didn’t Start The Fire (mp3) by The Forms

Focus (mp3) by The Forms

Dickshakers Union (mp3) by Surf City

Parasites (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Phantom Of My Longest Day (mp3) by Valina

Manchasm (Live) (mp3) by Future Of The Left

Draped Up, Oxed Out (mp3) by Smart Growth

Run To The Facts (Brad Shi Shitty Emo Ending Mix) (mp3) by Yea Big + Kid Static

Old Year (mp3) by Jesu

How Heavy This Axe (mp3) by The Sword

Haze On The Mobius Strip (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Zodiac Girls (Pony Version) (mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow

Sleepyhead (Pollination Remix) (mp3) by Passion Pit

Some Are Lakes (mp3) by Land Of Talk

Fog (mp3) by Mason Proper

Strand The Test Of Time (mp3) by Wilderness

Nothing’s The Same (mp3) by Koushik

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

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