GIMME TINNITUS

On April 17, Cousins George Langford and Tom Van Buskirk (a/k/a Javelin) are giving their first 2 self-titled Thrill Jockey EPs, Javelin 1 & Javelin 2, a proper digital release via Luaka Bop. This here is an oldie but a goodie.

Listen.

Downloadable: Soda Popinski (mp3)

Javelin plan to release their follow up to No Más later this year. Details TK.

Upcoming (headlining) NYC show:

• April 11 @ Brooklyn Bowl (Local X Local party)

Javelin are set to tour the US of A with Sleigh Bells in April. Tour info is available @ luakabop.com.

Javelin is in Dollar Bins of the Future
Javelin is on Soundcloud
Javelin is on Facebook
Javelin is on Twitter
Javelin is on elbo.ws
Javelin is on Hype Machine
Javelin is on Luaka Bop
Javelin is on Thrill Jockey
Javelin is on Tune In The Afternoon
Javelin is on Insound
Javelin is on Amazon MP3
Javelin is on eMusic

BONUS:
Intervales Theme (Steinski Remix) (mp3) by Javelin
IN HEAT (Javelin Remix) (mp3) by HEALTH

Oakland, CA’s own Clipd Beaks dropped their new 6 track LP of experimental psychedelia, WAKE last week. What is it like? Maybe the album’s bandcamp tags will give you an idea: alternative world ambient dark jazz psychedelic trance.

Here is a new track that was recently posted to the band’s Soundcloud page. If you put this on, you are in for a trip.

Listen.

Downloadable: All The Way Evil (mp3)

You can purchase WAKE @ clipdbeaks.bandcamp.com.

Clipd Beaks is on Bandcamp
Clipd Beaks is on Facebook
Clipd Beaks is on Twitter
Clipd Beaks is on Soundcloud
Clipd Beaks is on Blogger
Clipd Beaks is on elbo.ws
Clipd Beaks is on Hype Machine
Clipd Beaks is on Lovepump
Clipd Beaks is on Nail In The Coffin
Clipd Beaks is on Deleted Art
Clipd Beaks is on Tiger Beat 6
Clipd Beaks is on Insound
Clipd Beaks is on Amazon MP3
Clipd Beaks is on eMusic

BONUS:
Black Glass (mp3) by Clipd Beaks
LESS (Clipd Beaks RMX) (mp3) by YVETTE
DEATH+ (CLIPD BEAKS RMX) (mp3) by HEALTH

It is time for the next volume of the Best Downloadables of 2011.

You can stream (and scrobble) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure (with the usual right-click or control-click) and play them using a digital media player of your choice.

Listen.

Downloadables:

1. Spinning (mp3) by Roomrunner
2. Aorist (mp3) by HotChaCha
3. MEDICINE (mp3) by Throwing Up
4. No Nostalgia (mp3) by Parts & Labor
5. Always On Time From Now On (mp3) by ATM

   [d/l Always On Time From Now On / Try Harder W/ Brain 7" @ atmatm.bandcamp.com]

6. Mind Daze (mp3) by Psychic Ills
7. Dead Like You (mp3) by Wax Idols
8. Skateboard Bulldog (mp3) by Radical Dads
9. Hey, We Tried (mp3) by Tennis System
10. Less Chat More Sewing (mp3) by Street Chant
11. It’s Leaking (mp3) by Life Size Maps

    [d/l Magnifier @ lifesizemaps.bandcamp.com]

12. Pyong (mp3) by Christmas
13. Diehard (mp3) by Diehard
14. Lemon Tree (mp3) by Mister Melt

    [d/l Lemon Tree EP @ soundcloud.com]

15. Nerds (mp3) by Pterodactyl
16. Godstar (Psychic TV cover) (mp3) by Dinowalrus
17. Sympathy (mp3) by True Womanhood
18. Goth Star (Pictureplane cover) (mp3) by HEALTH
19. Tomorrow I Will Do It (mp3) by Yourself
20. Black Magick Starter Jacket (mp3) by Al Lover
21. Lo-Vélo (mp3) by Evenings

Oh, and be sure to check out the rest of our of best of posts.

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

Additionally, 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.

A new HEALTH song spread a cross the internet today. It is a Pictureplane cover that retains (most) of the Fleetwood Mac sample in the original. Check out the new track, and then put that track in context by listening to the additional tracks below.

Listen.

Downloadable: Goth Star (Pictureplane cover) (mp3) by HEALTH

And here is the original for comparison purposes.

Downloadable: Goth Star (mp3) by Pictureplane

And here is True Womanhood covering Pictureplane.

Downloadable: Dark Rift (Pictureplane Cover) (mp3) by True Womanhood

And here is Brenmar remixing Pictureplane.

Downloadable: Goth Star (Brenmar Remix) (mp3) by Pictureplane

And here is Pictureplane remixing HEALTH.

Downloadable: DIE SLOW (PICTUREPLANE RMX) (mp3) by HEALTH

And here is a newer Pictureplane track.

Downloadable: Real is a Feeling (mp3) by Pictureplane

Finally, here is Pictureplane featured on a Sole track.

Downloadable: Coke Rap (w/ Ceschi, Kool A.D. & Pictureplane) (mp3) by Sole

HEALTH is presently touring in Europe. Hopefully, they will play the NYC area in the not-too-distant future.

HEALTH has a q and also a.

HEALTH is on Facebook
HEALTH is on Twitter
HEALTH is on Youtube
HEALTH is on elbows
HEALTH is on Hype Machine
HEALTH is on Lovepump
HEALTH is on Tough Love
HEALTH is on No Pain In Pop
HEALTH is on City Slang
HEALTH is on Pop Frenzy
HEALTH is on Suicide Squeeze
HEALTH is on Flemish Eye
HEALTH is on Big Cartel
HEALTH is on Other Music
HEALTH is on Insound
HEALTH is on Amazon MP3
HEALTH is on eMusic

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

Listen to the April 2010 Mix and find out.

Downloadables:

1. Tell ‘Em (mp3) by Sleigh Bells
2. Line Out (mp3) by Proton Proton
3. Medulla Oblongata (mp3) by Buke And Gass
4. Jail La La (mp3) by Dum Dum Girls
5. (Baby) You’re A Starfish (mp3) by Thick Shakes
6. Love Is A Wave (mp3) by Crystal Stilts
7. OK Apartment (mp3) by The Oranges Band
8. Radical Opinion (mp3) by Archers
   (pay-what-you-want for the Archers 7″ @ bandcamp.com)
9. Pole Position (mp3) by Tempo No Tempo
10. USA BOYS (mp3) by HEALTH
11. I Don’t Have A Dick (mp3) by Captain Ahab
12. Fresh Hex (feat. Beck) (mp3) by TOBACCO
13. Heat & Depression (mp3) by Blank Dogs
14. Burn Bridges (mp3) by DOM
15. Baptism MIXB (mp3) by Soft Landing
16. Bode (mp3) by Julianna Barwick
17. Neon Beams (mp3) by Take
18. Clear Lifts (mp3) by Diego Bernal
    (d/l “Besides…” @ bandcamp.com)
19. Morning Strut (Shigeto‘s wakenbake edit) (mp3) by Mux Mool
20. castles (jeans wilder‘s day off remix) (mp3) by railcars
21. Oh Appalachia (railcars Remix) (mp3) by Seamonster

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.