GIMME TINNITUS

And now, it’s time to list my Favorite Albums of 2011. Here are 21 albums that I 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. Hands on Fire by Hunters

   

   Downloadable: Brat Mouth (mp3)
   (purchase the EP)

 
 

2. THE ELASTIC NOSTALGIA by THE FIELD RECORDINGS

   

   Downloadable: Circuit Boards (mp3)
   (purchase the LP)

 
 

3. Trash Hit by Mr. Dream

   

   Downloadable: Holy Name (mp3)
   (purchase the LP)

 
 

4. Sleeping Bag by Sleeping Bag

   

   Downloadable: Beside (mp3)
   (purchase the LP)

 
 

5. Beyond My Means by Big Pauper

   

   Downloadable: Big Sick (mp3)
   (purchase the LP)

 
 

6. Constant Future by Parts & Labor

   

   Downloadable: Rest (mp3)
   (purchase the LP)

 
 

7. Carrion Crawler/The Dream by Thee Oh Sees

   

   Downloadable: Carrion Crawler (mp3)
   (purchase the LP)

 
 

8. Aesthethica by Liturgy

   

   Downloadable: High Gold (mp3)
   (purchase the LP)

 
 

9. The Slow Fade by ATM

   

   Downloadable: Phazed Out & Downtown (mp3)
   (purchase the EP)

 
 

10. Prom by Grooms

    

    Downloadable: Tiger Trees (mp3)
    (purchase the LP)

 
 

11. Satanic Tambourines by Al Lover

    

    Downloadable: Black Magick Starter Jacket (mp3)
    (purchase the EP)

 
 

12. Spills Out by Pterodactyl

    

    Downloadable: Nerds (mp3)
    (purchase the LP)

 
 

13. Memory Man by Big Spider’s Back

    

    Downloadable: Dead Channel (mp3)
    (purchase the LP)

 
 

14. Maurice Narcisse by EULA

    

    Downloadable: Dirty Hands (mp3)
    (purchase the LP

 
 

15. Future, Towards the Edge of Forever by Starscream

    

    Downloadable: Space (mp3)
    (purchase the LP)

 
 

16. True Waste by Shark?

    

    Downloadable: Down Low (mp3)
    (purchase the LP)

 
 

17. H-p1 by White Hills

    

    Downloadable: Upon Arrival (mp3)
    (purchase the LP)

 
 

18. Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will by Mogwai

    

    Downloadable: Rano Pano (mp3)
    (purchase the LP)

 
 

19. Tripper by Hella

    

    Downloadable: Self Checkout (mp3)
    (purchase the LP)

 
 

20. New Brigade by Iceage

    

    Downloadable: New Brigade (mp3)
    (purchase the LP)

 
 

21. Mazes by Moon Duo

    

    Downloadable: When You Cut (mp3)
    (purchase the LP)

You can stream (and scrobble) all the songs in this post using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page 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.

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions as we are way too lazy to zip and upload every single mp3 in this post.

Also, 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

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

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. Know No Violence (mp3) by Spanish Prisoners

[pay what you want for Gold Fools spanishprisoners.bandcamp.com]

2. Germs (mp3) by Yalls

[pay what you want for Yalls @ yalls.bandcamp.com]

3. Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name) (mp3) by Cymbals Eat Guitars
4. Yubacore (mp3) by Hella
5. Hours (mp3) by Tycho
6. Psychic Mesa (mp3) by Total Slacker
7. Tame the Sun (mp3) by Male Bonding
8. School Glue (mp3) by Pterodactyl
9. You Take Time (mp3) by Bleached
10. Here To Stay (mp3) by Milagres
11. Sisters & Friends (mp3) by Little Gold
12. Moneybags (mp3) by Mr. Dream
13. Tell Me Tell Me Tell Me (mp3) by THE FIELD RECORDINGS
14. In Circles (mp3) by Woodsman
15. Dead End (mp3) by Reading Rainbow
16. Harsh Realm (mp3) by Widowspeak
17. Terra Incognita (mp3) by Atlas Sound
18. Hard Pose (mp3) by Balaclavas
19. Chippewa Kids (feat. Sarah Barthel) (mp3) by Junk Culture

[pay what you want for Hang Roxy @ illegal-art.net]

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.

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

You can download any or all of the tracks at your leisure (with the usual right-click or control-click) 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).

Listen.

Downloadables:

1. Get That Girl Away (mp3) by Wonder Wheel
2. Untitled* (mp3) by Hella
3. Get That Heart (mp3) by White Fence
4. Down Low (mp3) by Shark?
5. Into Black (mp3) by Blouse
6. Kellies (mp3) by Tape Deck Mountain
7. Quarantine (mp3) by MIRACLES
8. Blue Dawn (mp3) by Big Pauper
9. LESS (Clipd Beaks RMX) (mp3) by YVETTE
10. || (mp3) by Arc In Round
11. You Make the Sun Fry (mp3) by Ty Segall
12. No Love (mp3) by Hooray For Earth
13. How Much Younger (mp3) by Brilliant Colors
14. Real is a Feeling (mp3) by Pictureplane
15. How Much We Have Lost (mp3) by Yalls
16. Please, Please George (mp3) by Dinosaur Feathers
17. Patent Trolls (mp3) by Crystal Swells
18. Glowing Mouth (Edit) (mp3) by Milagres
19. Pizza Pasta (mp3) by Night Manager
20. Hey Friend (Al Lover Remix) (mp3) by Jeff The Brotherhood
    (d/l Distorted Reverberations (of Reverberating Distortion) @ coolallover.com)

*this song is now know as Headless.

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.

 
For your streaming pleasure, here are the latest Friday Night Vids…
 
Streamable: Hey Dan (vimeo) by Brilliant Colors

 
 
Streamable: Headless (youtube) by Hella

Downoadable: Headless (mp3)
 
 
Streamable: Carburetor (youtube) by The Sweet Ones

 
 
Streamable: Shake Shake Shake (Live @ Coco66) by Antimagic

Downloadable: Shake Shake Shake (mp3)
 
 
Streamable: Alright (Live @ Coco66) by Right On Dynamite

 
 
You can always watch more (live) videos @ the GIMMETINNITUSTUBE Channel.

And 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
 

As you should already know, the postmathrock outfit know as Hella is presently comprised of just two founding members, Zach Hill and Spencer Seim. The duo is set to release its latest album, Tripper via the Sargent House label on August 30th. Here is the 2nd brain-melting track the band has dropped pre-release.

Listen.

Downloadable: Yubacore (mp3)

You can preorder Tripper in various formats over @ hellomerch.com.

And here is a shot of Hella engaging in everyone’s favorite meme (well, except Xzibit), planking.

Oh, and here is what the band looks like in non-plank form:

Hopefully, the band will play some shows in the NYC area in the not-too-distant future.

Hella is on Bandcamp
Hella is on Tumblr
Hella is on Facebook
Hella is on elbo.ws
Hella is on Hype Machine
Hella is on Sargent House
Hella is on Ipecac
Hella is on Insound
Hella is on Amazon MP3
Hella is on eMusic

BONUS: Headless (f/k/a Untitled) (mp3)