GIMME TINNITUS

Jason and Kyle of USF 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?

j: “Phaedra” by Gun Outfit. It’s so damn beautiful.

Streamable: Phaedra by Gun Outfit

k: The last song on the new Wild Beasts album. The whole thing is great, but that track leaves the best aftertaste.

Downloadable: End Come Soon (mp3) by Wild Beasts

q: What is your favorite beverage?

k: It’s pretty hard to beat a well brewed glass of sweet iced tea.

j: Tough question! Probably pure Florida Orange Juice.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

j: Gobble Gobble, no doubt.

k: It would be dishonest to give a different answer. Best mini-tourmates ever.

Downloadables:
Boring Horror (mp3)
Lawn Knives (mp3)
Becoming Legion (mp3)

(d/l lots more Gobble Gobble @ gobblegbl.bandcamp.com)

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

k: I went to New York last fall and caught Martyn and Optimum at the Turbotax party at The Cove. Free Asahis and a surprise Four Tet set definitely helped make that show pop.

Streamable: Return to Plastic People (September 2010) AKA FACT mix 182 (soundcloud)

j: I work at two really rad local all-ages venues–The Vera Project and Cairo–so I’m pretty much obligated to say that they are best.

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

j: The paintings of Frans Post and Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles, which I’m re-reading right now. There should be college classes taught about that book.

k: I spent last month re-reading Kurt Vonnegut books, which I hadn’t read since high school and which totally hold up. Miserable Miracle by Henri Michaux, which is essentially a beautifully composed mescaline diary. And CTI Records stuff from the early 70’s, so a lot of Freddie Hubbard and Hubert Laws.

Streamables:

Red Clay (youtube) by Freddie Hubbard

Modadji (youtube) by Hubert Laws

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

j: We recently released a vinyl-only EP through a local label called Highfives and Handshakes, and we have a digi-single coming out this summer through Deathbomb Arc that’s got a real laid-back, spliff-in-a-Caddy kind of vibe.

k: And a full-length album with teeth and claws called The Spray, which should be out in the fall.

Downloadables:
Greywolf (mp3)
Point Break II (mp3)
Startled By Sparkling Water (Feat. Alaskas) (mp3)

Streamable: The Spray (Preview) (bandcamp)

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

USF is on Myspace
USF is on Tumblr
USF is on Bandcamp
USF is on elbo.ws
USF is on Hype Machine
USF is on Highfives and Handshakes
USF is on Little Fury Things
USF is on Insound

It’s time again to look back, reflect, and contemplate… what were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the June 2010 Mix and find out.

Downloadables:

1. Awake but Not Aware (mp3) by Girls in the Eighties
2. Pollution Shampoo (mp3) by Coyote Clean Up
3. Bury Me In Smoke (mp3) by Burnt Ones
4. Asleep Forever (mp3) by Tan Dollar
5. Trackless (mp3) by MIRACLES
6. Angel Echoes (Caribou remix) (mp3) by Four Tet
7. Born Stoked (mp3) by Wet Illustrated
8. I Hate The 80′s (mp3) by The Vaselines
9. Even If It Worked Out (mp3) by Cloud Nothings
10. Cool Kids Cut Out of the Heart Itself (mp3) by MiniBoone
11. Actually (mp3) by Dinowalrus
12. You Won’t Be Happy (mp3) by The Forgery Series
13. Subterfuge (mp3) by Magnetic Island
14. Here Sometimes (mp3) by Blonde Redhead
15. Sleep Alone (mp3) by ASSS
16. Dogma Sheen (mp3) by Coin Under Tongue
    (d/l Reception @ deathbyaudiorecords.blogspot.com)
17. Warm Regards (mp3) by Seth Smith
18. Never Mine (mp3) by Brilliant Colors
19. Little Brown Haired Girls (mp3) by Frankie Rose And The Outs
20. Fever (mp3) by Sensual Harassment
21. a Tunnel into Your Dreams (demo) (mp3) by the band in Heaven

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

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.

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.

Yair Rubinstein a/k/a Big Spider’s Back sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of q and also a.

q: What is the last song you (really) heard?

a: New Beat (mp3) by Toro Y Moi. I love anything and everything to do with funky synth vibratos.

q: What is your favorite beverage?

a: My friend introduced me to St. Germain a couple months ago. That with soda is the jam. I also like smoothies. But those are more meals than drinks.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: I really enjoyed watching Nathan Fake open up for Four Tet. I don’t think I ever saw his face. He was just a big mop of hair banging his head into his laptop. Really entertaining stuff.

Listen:
Basic Mountain (mp3) by Nathan Fake
Love Cry (mp3) by Four Tet

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

a: I haven’t scoured every venue, but I do enjoy Glasslands. Lots of wood paneling and big puffy clouds. I feel like I’m at a ski lodge in heaven.

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

a: I’m really into ebooks right now. I just downloaded the complete anthology of H.P. Lovecraft. I anticipate reading about three of them.

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

a: I’m finishing up my first full-length right now. I also have some other collaborative projects in the works.

We will bring you more details on those projects at some point in the future, but for now listen a couple tracks from Big Spider’s Back.

Listen:
Pyramids At Night (mp3)
Perfect Machine (mp3)

You can purchase a d/l of the Warped EP for $3 @ circleintosquare.com.

You can also grab a d/l of the Turns EP for the cost of just one email address @ circleintosquare.com.

You can d/l Big Spider’s Back‘s BLANKS podcast @ blanksnyc.com.

You can d/l the Pop Massacre Compilation (which features numerous producers including Big Spider’s Back massacring pop songs) from Friends of Friends @ fofmusic.bandcamp.com.

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

Big Spider’s Back is on the internet
Big Spider’s Back is on Tumblr
Big Spider’s Back is on Bandcamp
Big Spider’s Back is on Facebook
Big Spider’s Back is on Twitter
Big Spider’s Back is on Myspace
Big Spider’s Back is on elbo.ws
Big Spider’s Back is on Hype Machine
Big Spider’s Back is on Circle Into Square
Big Spider’s Back is on Disco Earth
Big Spider’s Back is on Amazon MP3
Big Spider’s Back is on eMusic

And now, here are our Favorite Albums of 2010. Sorry Kanye, Sorry Arcade Fire, Sorry Sufjan, y’all are getting enough attention elsewhere. These are the albums that we really loved this year. Listen to the tracks below, (and if you have not already) fall in love and go buy some albums. Listen.

1. Everything in Between by No Age

   

   Listen: Fever Dreaming (mp3) [purchase]




2. ODD BLOOD by Yeasayer

   

   Listen: O.N.E. (mp3) [purchase]




3. Sisterworld by Liars

   

   Listen: Scissor (mp3) [purchase]




4. Hippies by Harlem

   

   Listen: Gay Human Bones (mp3) [purchase]




5. In And Out and Back Again by Woven Bones

   

   Listen: Your Way With My Life (mp3) [purchase]




6. Castle Talk by Screaming Females

   

   Listen: I Don’t Mind It (mp3) [purchase]




7. Treats by Sleigh Bells

   

   Listen: Infinity Guitars (mp3) [purchase]




8. ::DISCO2 by HEALTH

   

   Listen: IN HEAT (JAVELIN RMX) (mp3) [purchase]




9. Swim by Caribou

   

   Listen: Sun (mp3) [purchase]




10. Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

    

    Listen: Helicopter (mp3) [purchase]




11. % by Dinowalrus

    

    Listen: BEAD (mp3) [purchase]




12. Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles

    

    Listen: Baptism (mp3) [purchase]




13. Riposte by Buke And Gass

    

    Listen: Your Face Left Before You (mp3) [purchase]




14. Past Time by Grass Widow

    

    Listen: Fried Egg (mp3) [purchase]




15. Spirituals by Spirituals

    

    Listen: City With Soul (mp3) [purchase]




16. There Is Love In You by Four Tet

    

    Listen: Angel Echoes (mp3) [purchase]




17. Causers Of This by Toro y Moi

    

    Listen: Blessa (mp3) [purchase]




18. No Más by Javelin

    

    Listen: Moscow 1980 (mp3) [purchase]




19. Fifteen by Super Wild Horses

    

    Listen: Golden Town (mp3) [purchase]




20. Black Hole by Young Adults

    

    Listen: Bummer Summer (mp3) [purchase]




21. Future Weather by The War On Drugs

    

    Listen: Comin’ Through (mp3) [purchase]

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):

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.

We put this mix together for one of our favorite local bookstores, WORD. If you are anywhere near Greenpoint, you should probably go there right now and buy a book or two (if not, just go to their website and buy some online).

This mix explores the more electronic/postrocky side of GIMME TINNITUS. We even went and dropped all the mp3s in a convenient zip file just for you. Download then listen.

Downloadable: almost no WORDs Mixtape (mediafire)

I also uploaded a few individual mp3s from the mix, just in case you can’t wait for the d/l and need to hear some music right now.

Tracklisting:

1. Wanderings by Spirituals
2. Fall Bicycle by Lymbyc Systym
3. Green Echo by Sleep Whale
4. Atlas by Like Bells
5. Night Squall by Balmorhea
6. Chesapeake (mp3) by Evenings (free digital or buy physical)
7. Why Like This? by Teebs
8. Angel Echoes by Four Tet
9. Soak It Up (mp3) by Houses
10. Sung (Not Said) by Magnetic Island
11. Figurehead (mp3) by SOARS
12. Sinister Skies (Zoomzip Remix) by Pollination (free album)
13. Turns (mp3) by Big Spider’s Back (free album)
14. DIE SLOW (NITE JEWEL RMX) by HEALTH
15. I’d Be Insane To Say It (Ape School rmx) by Day of the Woman (free album)
16. some lonesome street corner (USF remix) by cars & trains (free album)
17. A Parking Lot Carnival by Yppah
18. Rebuilt Leer (mp3) by Firebrand Boy

And make sure you follow those “free album” links for more awesome musics.

If you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers (or just 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.