GIMME TINNITUS

This q and also a features the answers of blogger turned rocker Kevin Diamond the singer/guitarist/keyboardist of Shark?.

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

a: A Crime (mp3) by Carnivores. We just played with them and Dinosaur Feathers at Cake Shop last night and they blew me away. A Crime is their catchiest tune, though Organ Trail is probably my favorite so far. I just got it this morning and I’ve listened to the album three times today

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Anything Mexican. Anything involving Cheese and Beef and Beans and Tortillas. And hot sauce. And no napkins.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: ugh. I dunno. Really tough question. Gang of Four kind of killed it, smashing a microwave with a wooden bat. Actually, Liars put on a really great show at the Pool Parties a couple years ago. Also, there’s a bunch of local bands I really love seeing live: Sundelles, I’m Turning Into.

Listen:
Second Life (Version 2) (mp3) by Gang of Four
Plaster Casts Of Everything (mp3) by Liars
Your Favorite Thing (mp3) by The Sundelles
Chin (mp3) by I’m Turning Into

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

a: I really enjoyed playing Silent Barn.

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

a: Brian Eno.

Listen: Baby’s On Fire (mp3)

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

a: We’re recording our first album. It’s the first time Shark? songs have been recorded as a band as opposed to just my fucking around on my own.

Here are a few Shark? songs.

Listen:
Fear! (mp3)
I’m An Animal (mp3)
I’ve Got Friends (mp3)

But know what? you should totally just download their EPs for free @ Bandcamp.

Upcoming Shows:
Feb 3 (TONIGHT!) @ Glasslands
Feb 16 @ Pianos
Feb 19 @ Fort Useless
Feb 25 @ Housingworks Bookstore (Hype Machine/Ampeater show)
Mar 4 @ Glasslands

Shark? is on Twitter.
Shark? is on Bandcamp.
Quiet Color is here.
Gimme Sound page is here.

Streamable: Die Slow (vimeo) by HEALTH




Streamable: Dirty Laundry Presents Future Of The Left featuring Future Of The Left



Streamable: Somebody Gonna Get Pregnant by Ninjasonik


Downloadable: Somebody Gonna Get Pregnant (mp3)


Streamable: NO AGE scores THE BEAR featuring No Age


Props to Videothing


Streamable: To Hell With Poverty (Live on TV 1981) by Gang Of Four



Streamable: Tourette’s/Polly/Lounge Act Live At Reading Festival 1992 by Nirvana


Props to Microphone Memory Emotion

Gang Of Four have been playing gigs in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Entertainment! (one of the cornerstones of all postpunk music), and have 4 more shows scheduled in the UK this month. They recently offered up this redux of the track “Glass.” This is slower and more ominous than the original. Listen…

Downloadable: Glass 2009 (mp3)

Historical Note: In April 2008, Dave Allen left GoF to be replaced by Thomas McNiece. Allen has since been working with his other band, Faux Hoax and of course his PDX-centric music website… Pampelmoose. He is quite a Twitterer.

DL some Gang Of Four mp3s @ Pamplemoose… here.

Myspace page is here.
Gang Of Four is on Twitter.
Gang Of Four is on Facebook.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Faux Hoax consists of Dave Allen of Gang Of Four (and Pamplemoose), Danny Seim of Menomena, and John Askew of Tracker (plus friends). The group from what I understand is a bit of an experiment and doesn’t quite sound like what you would expect from a Gang Of Four+Menomena+Tracker supergroup. Listen…

Downloadable: Foxworthy (polyvinyl mp3)

Order the Your Friends Will Carry You Home 7″… here.

Official web presence is here.
Muxtape is here (and features remixes).
Pamplemoose Twitter is here.
eMusic page is here (with digital bonus tracks).

I can say this without any equivocation at all… “May 2008 was AWE-Some.”

Take a listen and remember.

1. Cappo (mp3) by No Age
2. Cooker (mp3) by Made Out Of Babies
3. Mirando (beggars mp3) by Ratatat
4. Tidal Wave (mp3) by Soiled Mattress & The Springs
5. ok/no Way (matador mp3) by Mission Of Burma
6. Hit The Wall (mp3) by Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning
7. Courez Courez (mp3) by Hermas Zopoula
8. Magnify (Demo) (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams
9. Poisonous Times (kill rock stars mp3) by The Old Haunts
10. third world stereo (mp3) by Smart Growth
11. Fresh Air Traverse (amish mp3) by Black Taj
12. Rum For You (Edit) (mp3) by BUKE AND GāSS
13. Hands Up (The Race) (mp3) by Susu
14. Always Wanting More (mp3) by Jay Reatard
15. GO to WHERE its Clear (mp3) by Paul Fuster
16. Second Life (Version 2) (mp3) by Gang Of Four
17. Fuck Tha Police (ECO Edit) (ni9e mp3) by NWA
18. Violent Sensation Descends (static recital mp3) by Violens
19. 106 Beats That (Wire Cover) (better looking mp3) by Meho Plaza
20. All Of The Other Songs Remixed (cardboard mp3) by Trey Told ‘Em
21. In ‘n Out of Grace (Live in Berlin) (sub pop mp3) by Mudhoney
22. Greatest Gift (Scratch Acid Cover) (quote unquote mp3) by We Versus The Shark
23. It’s Hard To Be A White Boy In 1992 (mp3) by Hot Cha Cha
24. Celebrate the Body Electric (It Came From an Angel) (now we are free mp3) by Ponytail
25. Doing All The Things That Wouldn’t Make Your Parents Proud (mp3) by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart