Perhaps our favorite chipdrone outfit Endless Endless Endless has a new cassette entitled If Not Now. The tape is being put out via Brooklyn’s own Temple South. The B-Side features “a sprawling uphill climb through muddy, swirling drones and processed guitars towards an apex of blissful white noise.”
It’s time (already?) for the second volume of the Best Downloadables of 2011.
You can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure or you can stream all the songs in this mix using the Yahoo media player at the bottom left of the page. If you are using Chrome you should really think about installing the awesome ex.fm extension (especially if you use last.fm).
Oh, and be sure to check out the rest of our of best of posts.
Additionally, 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):
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.
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. You have many choices ahead of you. Listen.
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:
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.
The experimental chiptune outfit Endless Endless Endless plays according to their bandcamp tags… nerdy psychedelic ambient post-noise. Now, the band has decided to post their the Deathbomb Digital Singles Club single as a free download. Listen.
You can (and let’s face it probably should) sign up for the Deathbomb Digital Singles Club $10 @ deathbombarc.bigcartel.com.
EEE also has a project going called I.S.S. (Indefinite Singles Series) which features “demos/singles/unreleased items from 2010-2011″. Here is the first one. Listen.
But wait there’s more… Endless Endless Endless released On Growth and Form on cassette via Tired Trails last summer. They have decided to release it as a free download and also as a super-limited homemade experimental in crystallography. Quoth the band:
And we have a new SUPER LIMITED VERSION of on On Growth and Form we have taken the cassettes and grown crystals on 12 of them. This does make the cassettes unplayable so it is more sculpture then music. But these are a unique limited art object that speaks to the ideas and process behind the recording and sounds of On Growth and Form. Each tape is unique with different crystals grown on them in our basement. It takes a few days to move from liquid to solid crystal and the rustlas are always surprising but always similar. Attached please find images of these crystalized tapes. These are very fragile and will not travel well but we are willing to sell them for $30 in the mail, but we would prefer to find a store in the NYC area to stock them. They crystals are made of alum so they will eventually erode but they are safe to touch but I would not recommend you eat one. I have had previous crystal growing projects I have grown that I have had for the past 3 years. If you are interested in purchasing one… please email us@endlessendlessendless.com.
So to summarize, you can (1) order the cassette version @ tiredtrails.blogspot.com (provided it is not sold out), (2) download the free digital version @ endlessendlessendless.bandcamp.com, and/or (3) purchase one of 12 crystal cassettes directly from the band.
This here post is evidence of that fact. What follows is a compilation of all the tracks that have been stuck in my head all year long. Definitely check out the top 20 tracks, but also make sure you scroll through the whole list. Perhaps there is something down there that you missed (maybe)? Or to put it in terms that are “so 2010″, these songs are full of epic win.
This is my largest year end list yet (last year’s list is here), added up this list is over SEVEN HOURS of music. It was really difficult to edit down (it started with around 190 tracks). FYI: the Top 20 tracks should fit nicely onto a CD-R (if you still use that particular technology).
Did I miss something totally awesome? Then leave a comment and let me know. Have fun listening/downloading.
Here are the Top 20 Downloadables of the year (in order):
Oh, and be sure to check out the rest of our of best of posts.
Additionally, 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):
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.
CONTACT INFO: gimmetinnitus [at] gmail [dot] com, If you want to send me music for possible inclusion on this here blog… please please email me.
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