GIMME TINNITUS

Here is a mix of some electronics to help you get through the rest of Winter.

Listen: Winter Electronics 2010 Mix (soundcloud)

You can grab the mp3 of the continuous mix from the download button on the widget or by following the link above.

Tracklisting:
1. Real Life (mp3) by Tanlines
The new Tanlines EP, Settings comes out on March 9th. Preorder it @ Matador.

2. Everything Will Be Alright (mp3) by Golden Ages
You can buy Tradition on Lala.

3. Me Thing Drawing Me (mp3) by Javelin
MPC/boombox collage artists Javelin mix up a bunch of thrift-store cassettes for this one. Watch them construct the track… here. You can get the digital of their new long player, NO MAS @ Luka Bop. Stream the whole thing… here.

4. Napping Captain (Dark Party Remix) (mp3) by Jogger
Dark Party strip the vocals to make this track awesome. You can download another Dark Party mp3 on the Ghostly Swim compilation @ Adult Swim. Get more Jogger @ their big cartel store.

5. Hide Me (mp3) by The Golden Filter
The Golden Filter‘s new album is out on April 26 via Brille.

6. Jennifer Hills (mp3) by Day of the Woman
The Day of the Woman album should be out later this year on Exponential.

7. Order Of The Golden Dawn (mp3) by Daedelus
Righteous Fists Of Harmony in out on March 22nd via Brainfeeder.

8. Heavy Pockets (mp3) by Brenmar
Props to Pukekos for this one.

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should think about installing the DownThemAll! Firefox extension.

Ernest Gonzales’ LP Been Meaning to Tell You is the first long player to be put out by the Friends of Friends label. The album’s 13 original songs contains a psychedelic brew of melancholy guitar, laptop tones, 8-bit buzz, and experimental hip hop. Listen…

Downloadable: Dancing In The Snow (mp3)

This being an FoF release of course there are remixes; 16 to be exact. The remixers include:

Aether
Copy
CYNE
Daedelus
David Ramos
Faunts
Faux Pas
matthewdavid
Mexicans with Guns (Gonzales’ alter-ego)
mirm
Ocuban
osos .o
Pollination
Take
Yppah
Zoon van Snook

Tall Corn Music will release the limited edition LP on 180g white vinyl on Feb 23.

The website beenmeaningtotellyou.com was set up to promote the album as welll as the Self Awakening EP, but also to “let other people also say the things that they have been meaning to tell someone.” You can send anonymous emails or if you feel the need leave a confession.

There is also an book of artists’ visual interpretations of the songs on the album. Here are some of the images:

See larger versions of these images… here.

Order the Been Meaning to Tell You art book (which comes with a download card for the album)… here.

Purchase the digital version of Been Meaning to Tell You (comes with a pdf of the art book)… here.

Ernest Gonzales is on Twitter.
Exponential page is here.
Exponential has a Bandcamp.
Friends of Friends is here.
Friends of Friends has a Bandcamp.
Dublab Sprout Session is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

BONUS: Self Awakening (mp3)

Editor of Circle Into Square and PDX multi-instrumentalist, Tom Filepp is cars & trains. He has a new album entitled The Roots, The Leaves coming out on Fake Four on Jan 26.

Filepp fuses experimental folk and electronic sounds using a large pallet of sounds, including:

layers of decaying feedback
out-of-the-box electronics
woodwinds
glockenspiel
tape samples
vocals
trumpets
malfunctioning toys
electronic stutters
organic drumming
banjo
acoustic guitar
sampled americana

Here is a snapshot of some of his gear:

On the day of the release, cars & trains will be giving away a remix album The Roots, The Remix on http://www.carsandtrains.net/. I am particular looking forward to hearing the Ernest Gonzales remix. What I have for your downloading pleasure right now is a remix by Seattle-based knob tweakers USF a/k/a Universal Studios Florida .

Downloadable: Some Lonesome Street Corner (Universal Studios Florida Remix) (mp3)

cars & trains is on Myspace.
cars & trains is on Facebook.
cars & trains is on Twitter.
Fake Four is here.
Circle Into Square is here.
eMusic page is here.

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.

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should think about installing the DownThemAll! Firefox extension.

While I’ve already revealed my favorite album of 2009 (which includes Pollination’s free IO EP), I thought I might share some of the better albums released by artists and labels free of charge.

This is the Year in Free Albums.

1. Surface by RENMINBI
Listen: Portland (mp3)

2. Mixtape by The Years
Listen: Dewjuice (mp3)

3. Fear! by Shark?
Listen: I’ve Got Friends (mp3)

4. New Raytheonport by Gary War
Listen: Clouds Went That Way (mp3)
NOTE: This album came out in 2008, but the FMA started giving it away in 2009.

5. Texas Compilation from Exponential Records
Listen: Upon the 49th Day (mp3) by Ernest Gonzales

6. Thanks But No Thanks by Phaseone
Listen: Temp Tags / Starfox (mp3)
NOTE: Phaseone and Frank Heat put out a free remix album entitled White Collar Crime. It is available at The Forkcast or Banter Media.

7. West Coast by Junk Culture
Listen: Carmel Valley Girls (mp3)
NOTE: This album is actually pay-what-you-want which includes the price of free.

8. Mixtape Volume Four by The Hood Internet
Listen: The Hood Internet – Good Ol’ Fashion Rump Shaker (Beastie Boys x Matt & Kim) (soundcloud)

9. Lefse Records Compilation
Listen: Open Water (mp3) by A Grave With No Name

10. WRAP BOOTY by PROFESSOR CALCULUS
Listen: STAB ALLEY (mp3)
props to FMLY

11. See Mystery Lights Instrumentals by Y△CHT
Listen: Summer Song (Instrumental) (mp3)

12. ATL RMX from Adult Swim & Rockstar Games
Listen: Sideways (SALEM Drag Chop remix) (mp3) by Playboy Tre

13. Cybersex Digital Sampler from Sub Pop
Listen: Son of a Gun (mp3) by The Vaselines

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should think about installing the DownThemAll! Firefox extension.


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