GIMME TINNITUS

It’s time to listen to the tracks I have not posted recently. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. These are some of the songs that would get there own individual posts on GIMME TINNITUS, if I only had the time. This mix starts out with more electronic and sample-based sounds and ends with some indie rock, pop and lofi goodness. Listen.

Downloadables:

Suicide Dream 2 (Spirituals Remix) (mp3) by How to Dress Well

Intervales Theme (Steinski Remix) (mp3) by Javelin

The Holograms (Teen Daze Remix) (mp3) by Fol Chen

Go Outside (Brainbheats RMX) (mp3) by Cults

Comfortable, Comparable (Chairlift Remix) (mp3) by Hooray For Earth

Collector (PVT Remix) (mp3) by Here We Go Magic

Lewis Takes Off His Shirt (CFCF Remix) (mp3) by Owen Pallett

Camera Talk (Hands Remix) (mp3) by Local Natives

Cheaters (mp3) by Teengirl Fantasy

Ghostly Caribou Sound (Caribou/Atlas Sound Mash Up) (mp3) by Space Ghost

A(nother) Day at the Carnival (Sahy Uhns’ Cosmic Songbird Remix) (mp3) by DâM-FunK

Hjurt (mp3) by Forest Swords

Lynetta Putnam (mp3) by LAKE R▲DIO

Wulfstan (mp3) by Beak>

Palm Reader (mp3) by Monster Rally

Nnnnnnn (mp3) by Suuns

Evaporation (mp3) by Swimsuit

Smells Like Milk (mp3) by SLUTEVER

ULTRA MEGA Free Album BONUS:

Cults 7″ (bandcamp) by Cults

The Holograms EP (bandcamp) by Fol Chen

Ghostly EP (mediafire) by Space Ghost

The Weather (bandcamp) by LAKE R▲DIO

Palm Reader EP (bandcamp) by Monster Rally

Zeroes EP (secretly canadian) by Suuns

Like Life Demo (mediafire) by Swimsuit

Sorry I’m Not Sorry EP (bandcamp) by SLUTEVER

Be sure to check out the other NOT POSTED mixes.

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

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.

There is a Double Dagger video with a dude head banging in what looks like a handmade Cyclops hood, and you think I won’t post it? C’mon. Purchase their latest stuff @ Thrill Jockey or buy some merch direct from the band.

Streamable: No Allies (vimeo) by Double Dagger


Downloadable: No Allies (mp3)


Woven Bones‘ latest LP, IN AND OUT AND BACK AGAIN is available now @ HoZac Records. Stream the whole album @ the band’s Soundcloud.

Streamable: Your Way With My Life (vimeo) by Woven Bones


Downloadable: Your Way With My Life (mp3)


This is from Best Coast’s (k/o/t/a @bestcoastyy) digital 7″ via Black Iris. Purchase it @ Amazon MP3.

Streamable: When I’m With You (vimeo) by Best Coast


Downloadable: When I’m With You (mp3)


Here We Go Magic’s latest LP, Pigeons comes out on June 8th via Secretly Canadian. This song has been floating around the internets for a while and now there is a video for it. Watch.

Streamable: Collector (vimeo) by Here We Go Magic

Downloadable: Collector (mp3)



Take’s Only Mountain is already on my short list for best albums of the year. Watch the video below and then buy the album.

Streamable: Incredibright (vimeo) by Take


Downloadable: Incredibright (mp3)


Sometimes life feels like you are stuck in an animated gif. No? Anyway, seeing this video also reminds me that I need to pick up the latest effort from Thee Oh Sees. It is called Warm Slime. You can get Warm Slime @ Amazon or directly from In The Red. Please note, this song is off last year’s excellent Help LP which can also be purchased @ Amazon or the aforementioned In The Red.

Streamable: Meat Step Lively (vimeo) by Thee Oh Sees


Downloadable: Meat Step Lively (mp3)

Here is the next installment in out continuing interview series q and also a. These are the answers from Lisa of Magnetic Island (and formerly Renminbi)…

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

a: Actually, a new Magnetic Island tune we rehearsed for the first time the other night. I was listening back to the tape to see how it’s sounding.

Listen: Summer Phase (Demo) (mp3)

q: What is your favorite food?

a: If I could only have one food on a desert island, it would be Mexican. Bean and cheese burritos, Cali style. My new favorite place is L.A. Burrito in the ‘Burg. Don’t miss Calexico in the Slope, either!

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Back in the day it was Sleater-Kinney. They just rocked the house. Also, Sonic Youth and Patti Smith never seem to disappoint. On the current local scene, I love seeing Calves — they are an experimental noise group and always destroy it. Also, Aa, Pet Ghost Project, Taigaa! and Here We Go Magic. They all bring it.

Listen: All Hands On The Bad One (mp3) by Sleater-Kinney

Listen: The Diamond Sea (Edit) (mp3) by Sonic Youth

Watch: Gloria (Live in Germany 1979) (youtube) by Patti Smith

Listen: oh, boring (mp3) by Calves

Listen: Thirteen (mp3) by Aa

Listen: Age of Automatics (mp3) by Pet Ghost Project

Listen: In The Decay (mp3) by Taigaa!

Listen: Collector (mp3) by Here We Go Magic

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

a: DIY/loft shows are where it’s at. There are a lot of good spaces around and the vibe is really pure at these shows. For playing, Boobzone and Fort Useless are new favorites. For seeing others, Glasslands and Monster Island Basement are always pretty rad.

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

a: Little Hamilton, a DIY space and community center in Nashville, TN. One of the most inspiring and impressive DIY spots we played on our tour last summer. They’ve got programs for kids during the day, they have a zine lending library/store set up, and they throw all-ages shows at night.

If I were to give the grant to a band, it would probably be Mr. Airplane Man. I’m not even 100% sure they are still active, but they are a girl-duo from MA who make gorgeous, reverb-drenched heartbreakers that are pleasingly retro. “Up in the Room” is a personal fave — knocks my socks off every time.

Listen: Up in the Room (mp3) by Mr. Airplane Man

Ed. Note: Be sure to also check out Sister Spaceman.

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

a: Magnetic Island grew out of the ashes of Renminbi, and is about branching out to collaborate with different musicians from different backgrounds. Our focus will be on putting songs out as soon as we can and not necessarily waiting around to have full albums recorded and manufactured. We’ll have a new single out in May and probably an EP (or a couple of digital 7 inches) in June.

Here is the other Magnetic Island song. It is a Reed/Cale cover.

Listen: A Dream (mp3)

And here are a couple tracks from Renminbi.

Listen: Siobhan (mp3)

Listen: Set-Up (mp3)

If you like, make sure you grab the Surface EP for free on the EP minisite @ CASH.

Upcoming Dates:
May 11 @ Fontana’s Bar (w/ Fiasco and The Danvilles)

May 14 @ Spike Hill (w/Pet Ghost Project)

May 30 @ Passport 2 Taiwan Festival in Union Square Park

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Magnetic Island is on elbo.ws
Magnetic Island is on Hype Machine

Quick before the month is over, let’s stop and look back and reflect on on what we were listening to one year ago.

I must say it feels weird posting a live WOXY track the day after they stopped live broadcasting. There must be something we can do to bring back live broadcasts to WOXY. Let’s get on that, ok?

Oh, this is the March 2009 Mix. Listen.

Downloadables:

Power+Light (mp3) by 50 Foot Wave

La Llama (mp3) by Savath y Savalas

Cheerleader (mp3) by Grizzly Bear

Asleep At A Party (mp3) by Memory Cassette

Red Oak Way (mp3) by Lotus Plaza

Statues (Demo) (mp3) by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

Fangela (mp3) by Here We Go Magic

103 (Live On WOXY) (mp3) by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Departure (mp3) by Crystal Stilts

Sparkles (mp3) by Boogie Boarder

Lips (mp3) by Micachu & The Shapes

I Got A Lot (New New New) (mp3) by Mika Miko

Digital Haircut (mp3) by dd/mm/yyyy

For The Saints (mp3) by Browns

The Lie/The Truth (mp3) by Double Dagger

Bell (mp3) by Screaming Females

Epiphany (No Age Remix) (mp3) by Fucked Up

So Bored (Wavves Cover) (mp3) by Anamanaguchi

Preparation’s Kids Choir (mp3) by Prefuse 73

Trance Doll (mp3) by Pictureplane

Dumb I Sound / ATLiens (f. Outkast) (mp3) by Tor / Sufjan Stevens

Baltimore Highlands (Tobacco Remix) (mp3) by Height with Friends

So this post contains (pretty much) all of my favorite mp3s from 2009. I have not put them in any sort of preferential order. These are sorted by artist in alphabetical order.

Take your time, scroll slowly, there are some real gems here. You may notice some big names missing here. Well, you know you can find those mp3s elsewhere (right?).

I will be putting up best of 2009 posts all week, so make sure you check back here soon. Also, if you haven’t already, you should check out largehearted boy’s 2009 Year-End Online Music Lists. Good stuff.

Without any further ado, I present the Top 109 Downloadables of 2009.

The Downloadables:

Glow Wreath (mp3) by Aa (BIG A little a)

Don’t Lie (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

So Bored (Wavves Cover) (mp3) by Anamanaguchi

Two (mp3) by The Antlers

Perfect Fit (mp3) by Apostle Of Hustle

Walkabout (w/ Noah Lennox) (mp3) by Atlas Sound

Time (mp3) by Beach Fossils

Make You Mine (mp3) by Best Coast

Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise (mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow

Tin Birds (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Which One Of You Jerks Drank My Arnold Palmer? (mp3) by Blockhead

Name Tossers (mp3) by BOAT

Absolutely Anything (mp3) by Brilliant Colors

Rustic Arcadia (mp3) by Campfires

What’s This Magical (mp3) by Celebration

Love Is A Wave (mp3) by Crystal Stilts

Pink Sabbath (mp3) by Dananananaykroyd

We’re Not Going (mp3) by Darlings

Combination Pizza Hut And Taco Bell (Wallpaper. RMX) (mp3) by Das Racist

Cassette Tape (mp3) by Day Of The Woman

Digital Haircut (mp3) by dd/mm/yyyy

BEAD (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Useful Chamber (mp3) by Dirty Projectors

Knotty Pine (mp3) by Dirty Projectors + David Byrne

The Lie/The Truth (mp3) by Double Dagger

Moon Fallout (mp3) by Dragon Turtle

I Remember (mp3) by Endless Endless Endless

Self Awakening (Take Remix) (mp3) by Ernest Gonzales

Housewolf (mp3) by Eula

Robots (mp3) by Exercise

Thee Only One (mp3) by Frankie Rose

Greg The Nerd (mp3) by Frat Dad

Surf Solar (Edit) (mp3) by Fuck Buttons

Arming Eritrea (mp3) by Future Of The Left

When They Fight They Fight (mp3) by Generationals

Prize Fighter (mp3) by Golden Triangle

Two Weeks (mp3) by Grizzly Bear

Dreamsucker (mp3) by Grooms

In The Dark (mp3) by Gun Outfit

Friendly Ghost (mp3) by Harlem

Die Slow (mp3) by HEALTH

Before Tigers (CFCF RMX) (mp3) by HEALTH

Fangela (mp3) by Here We Go Magic

Stats And Demographics (mp3) by Huak

Rising 5 (mp3) by Hudson Mohawke

Young Hearts Spark Fire (mp3) by Japandroids

Bone Jam (mp3) by Jeff The Brotherhood

West Coast (mp3) by Junk Culture

Dimensional Bleedthrough (mp3) by Krallice

Overnite Religion (mp3) by Kurt Vile

Beach Town (mp3) by Le Loup

Roses In The Park (mp3) by Liechtenstein

Tambourine (mp3) by Little Girls

Mysterium (mp3) by Liturgy

Red Oak Way (mp3) by Lotus Plaza

Forever (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams

100 Flowers (mp3) by Lovvers

Junked! (mp3) by The Mayfair Set

Asleep At A Party (mp3) by Memory Cassette

Lips (mp3) by Micachu & The Shapes

Blues Not Speed (mp3) by Mika Miko

1,2,3 Partyy! (mp3) by Mission Of Burma

You’re A Target (mp3) by No Age

Invisible Cities (mp3) by NOMO

Pine On (mp3) by Obits

Two-Headed Coin (mp3) by Obits

When Your Mask Is Your Revealing Feature (mp3) by The Oranges Band

Young Adult Friction (mp3) by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Fences (The Soft Pack Remix) (mp3) by Phoenix

Goth Star (mp3) by Pictureplane

Sinister Skies (mp3) by Pollination

Preparation’s Kids Choir (mp3) by Prefuse 73

First Daze (mp3) by Pterodactyl

Gigantic (Pixies Cover) (mp3) by Puttin’ On The Ritz

Passion Of Saint Edmund (Rebirth) (mp3) by railcars

Fake Blues (mp3) by Real Estate

Set-Up (mp3) by RENMINBI

FROST (mp3) by Salem

Bell (mp3) by Screaming Females

Fear! (mp3) by Shark?

Truth Is (mp3) by The Sky Drops

Crown On The Ground (mp3) by Sleigh Bells

C’mon (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Los Angeles Guitar Dream (mp3) by Spanish Prisoners

Got Nuffin (mp3) by Spoon

Billy Ocean (mp3) by Super Tennis

Kudos (mp3) by Surf City

Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3) by Surfer Blood

M.B.T. (mp3) by Susu

Ghost Colony (mp3) by Tape Deck Mountain

Where Was My Brain? (mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

Portofino (mp3) by Teengirl Fantasy

So Fine (mp3) by Telepathe

Kilometer (mp3) by Tempo No Tempo

Ruby Go Home (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees

Move To California (mp3) by Times New Viking

Blessa (mp3) by Toro Y Moi

It #1 (mp3) by Ty Segall

Shark Suit (mp3) by UUVVWWZ

When I’m Gone (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Elephants (mp3) by Warpaint

Belong (mp3) by Washed Out

Mickey Mouse (Demo) (mp3) by Wavves

So Bored (mp3) by Wavves

Homeopathic Valtrex (mp3) by White Shit

Psychic City (mp3) by YACHT

Ambling Alp (mp3) by Yeasayer

Gumball Machine Weekend (mp3) by Yppah

Sooner Or Later (mp3) by ZAZA

UPDATE: I knew I forgot something…

Coat Of Arms (mp3) by Nosaj Thing

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


More Best of 2009 Coverage:
Albums | Videos | MP3 Blogs | Photos | Mixtape | Free Albums | Off My Radar

So, I think it’s about time we start looking back on the year. I don’t know about you, but I think this is a pretty great year for music so far. Without any further ado, I give you the first installment of… The Best Downloadables Of 2009.

When Your Mask Is Your Revealing Feature (mp3) by The Oranges Band

The Mountain (fat possum mp3) by Hearltess Bastards

Housewolf (mp3) by Eula

In the Dark (mp3) by Gun Outfit

Lake House (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Pine On (sub pop mp3) by Obits

New Guitar (mp3) by Mi Ami

First Daze (jajaguwar mp3) by Pterodactyl

Gumball Machine Weekend (mp3) by Yppah

Grinding Halt (mp3) by The Muslims

Fangela (mp3) by Here We Go Magic

So Fine (mp3) by Telepathe

Digital Haircut (mp3) by dd/mm/yyyy

Don’t Lie (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

So Bored (mp3) by Wavves

I Got A Lot (New New New) (mp3) by Mika Miko

Lips (beggars mp3) by Micachu & The Shapes

Bell (mp3) by Screaming Females

For the Saints (1928 mp3) by Browns

Preparation’s Kids Choir (mp3) by Prefuse 73

Cassette Tape (mp3) by Day Of The Woman

The Lie/The Truth (mp3) by Double Dagger

Born On A Day The Sun Didn’t Rise (graveface mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow

Pink Sabbath (mp3) by Dananananaykroyd

Tin Birds (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Where: Music Hall of Williamsburg

Oh My Rockness profile is here.

When: 8pm Doors, 9pm Show $12 18+

Who: Hymns
Last.fm description: “one of the artists to watch in 2008″
Listen: Your Movement (sxsw mp3)

Who: The Antlers
Last.fm description: “detailed dream pop to densely layered narrative shoegaze”
Listen: Two (mp3)
Listen More: The Universe Is Going To Catch You (mp3)
Listen Even More: Stream/Buy Hospice @ Bandcamp

Who: Here We Go Magic
Last.fm description: “a remarkable departure from [Luke Temple's] signature singer-songwriter material”
Listen: Fangela (mp3)
Listen More: Ahab (mp3)

Why: The Antlers, The Antlers, The Antlers. They put on an amazing show. (Also, I hear Here We Go Magic is hot shit.)

(source: flickr)

- Here We Go Magic made their way to WOXY to drop some folkrock in The Lounge. More info… here. Listen: Here We Go Magic Lounge Act (woxy mp3)

- The Yellow Stereo posted a couple track by electronicpoppers Memory Cassette (which features some Weird Tapes and Hail Social people)… here. Furthermore, The Yellow Stereo reminds us to head over to the We’re Tapes blog for a whole bunch of downloads from Memory Cassette and Weird Tapes. Excellent. Now… Listen: Asleep At A Party (mp3)

- New New New Crystal Stilts!!! Listen: Love Is A Wave (force field mp3) is the A side to a new 7″ from Slumberland which hits the streets on March 31. Check out the bitchin’ coverart below. Did I mentioned they are playing this weekend @ Music Hall of Williamsburg? More info on that… here.

- The Catbirdseat posts some northwestpunkdub goodness from Explode Into Colors… here. Hopefully, they will come to NY when they drop their new 7″ on Kill Rock Stars.

- Finally, here is a new mp3 that I didn’t want to listen to because I didn’t like the name of the band, but then I listened to it and what do you know here I am writing a run on sentence and actually posting the song from the band that I didn’t want to listen to, you dig? The band’s name: Micachu & The Shapes. The song: Lips (beggars mp3)

Mining 2009.sxsw.com, Vol. 6

And now an mp3 with a bit more H Y P E behind it… Here We Go Magic. The word on Luke Temple’s folkrock band is that it recalls Paul Simon but not in an annoying Vampire Weekend kinda way. Maybe you like?

Downloadable: Fangela (sxsw mp3)

SXSW schedule is here.
Myspace page is here.
Western Vinyl is here.
NPR story is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

BONUS: Tunnelvision (mp3)