GIMME TINNITUS

Two Inch Astronaut is a trio of postpunks: Matt Gatwood on drums, Sam Rosenberg on guitar and vocals, and Daniel Pouridas on bass. On June 18th, Two Inch will release their first full-length LP, entitled Bad Brother via the always excellent, Exploding In Sound Records. (Full Disclosure: I am throwing a 2 day unofficial Northside showcase with EIS, but you already knew that, right?)

The band is based in Colesville, MD, sandwiched between DC and Baltimore. They will be touring with Baltimore’s own Hive Bent this June (see dates below), and will be playing the 2nd night of the EISGTNSIDE13 craziness.

Here is track number four off of Bad Brother.

Listen.

Downloadable: Blood From a Loyal Hound (mp3) (as seen)

You can preorder the limited edition translucent purple edition of Bad Brother @ bandcamp.com.

June 2013 Tour Dates w/ Hive Bent:

• June 9th – Virginia
• June 10th – Pittsburgh, PA
• June 11th – Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber w/ Ugh God + Ted Nguygent
• June 12th – Boston, MA @ O’Brien’s w/ Grass Is Green + Crinkle Face
• June 13th – New Haven, CT @ Fort Flesh
• June 14th – Poughkeepsie
• June 15th @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge for #EISGTNSIDE13 w/ Pile + Speedy Ortiz + Grass Is Green + Ovlov + Fat History Month + Porches.
• June 16th – New Jersey
• June 17th – Baltimore

Two Inch Astronaut is on Bandcamp
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BONUS: swol (mp3)

Speedy Ortiz‘s full-length debut, Major Arcana, is set to be released on July 9th via Washington DC’s Carpark Records. Listening to Major Arcana, I could not help but notice the care that was given to capturing the heavier, more chaotic nature of the Speedy Ortiz live show. This is only May, but I think I can state with confidence that this LP is one of the Best of 2013.

This right here is the promomp3.

Listen.

Downloadable: Tiger Tank (mp3)

Preorder will be available soon @ store.carparkrecords.com.

And if you have not heard the Sports EP (released by GT favs Exploding in Sound Records) you can still grab the digital @ speedyortiz.bandcamp.com. Sorry, the cassette and the 10″ are both sold out

Upcoming NYC shows:

• May 17th @ Silent Barn w/ Island Twins, Advaeta, Idiot Genes, Lunchbox
• May 31st @ Cake Shop w/ Sleepies
• June 15th @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge for #EISGTNSIDE13 w/ Pile + Two Inch Astronaut + Grass Is Green + Ovlov + Fat History Month + Porches. + Hive Bent

Speedy Ortiz is on Bandcamp
Speedy Ortiz is on Facebook
Speedy Ortiz is on Twitter
Speedy Ortiz is on Livejournal
Speedy Ortiz is on Hype Machine
Speedy Ortiz is on Carpark
Speedy Ortiz is on Inflated Records
Speedy Ortiz is on Exploding in Sound Records
Speedy Ortiz is on Hidden Temple
Speedy Ortiz is on Taste My Kids
Speedy Ortiz is on eMusic

BONUS: Silver Spring (mp3)

Hive Bent of Baltimore produce “loud sounds from a sunn amp and a drumkit”.

They have been called many things:

post-post-modern hardcore
bunge
bunge rock
guavacado noise
noise rock

Silly genre jokes aside, there are some very serious things happening here, they are just being expressed with screaming and feedback.

This right here is the whole of Hive Bent‘s debut recording, U NEUTRAL.

Listen.

Streamable: U NEUTRAL (bandcamp)

Pay-What-You-Want for the digital of U NEUTRAL @ hivebentmd.bandcamp.com.

Or

Buy the limited edition cassette of U NEUTRAL @ hivebentmd.bandcamp.com (100 copies made).

Terra Firma Recs sez: “Order Now. Spend Money. Consume Resources.”

Upcoming NYC show:

• June 15th @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge for #EISGTNSIDE13 w/ Pile + Speedy Ortiz + Two Inch Astronaut + Grass Is Green + Ovlov + Fat History Month + Porches.

Hive Bent is on Tumblr
Hive Bent is on Bandcamp
Hive Bent is on Twitter
Hive Bent is on Facebook
Hive Bent is on Hype Machine
Hive Bent is on elbo.ws
Hive Bent is on Terra Firma Records

BONUS: The Observer (mp3)

Here is the second GIMME TINNITUS Radio Time. There were a few technical difficulties early on in the broadcast, but just look at that tracklist, the show was totally awesome.

Listen.

Streamable: GIMME TINNITUS Radio Time :: March 17, 2013 (soundcloud)

Tracklisting:

1. Notes & Chords Mean Nothing To Me by Monkeywrench
2. Teenage Bloodsucker by The Flag
3. BART SIMPSON (mp3) by blood sister
4. Rubber Gloves by The Psyched
5. Pop Hit III (mp3) by The Soupcans
6. Deadbeat (mp3) by Hunters
7. Blackout by Zulus
8. Toe Cutter – Thumb Buster by Thee Oh Sees
9. Shallow by Beach Fossils
10. White Tornado by REM
11. Space Cadet by Paint Fumes
12. The Observer (mp3) by Hive Bent
13. Blue Stamped Britches by Ed Schrader’s Music Beat
14. Life Is Not Worth Living And Suicide Is A Waste Of Time by Lester Bangs and the Delinquents
15. Brass Knuckles by Personal and the Pizzas
16. SPELL BOUND by Warm Soda
17. Merry Go Round by The Coathangers
18. Mountain Town by Radical Dads
19. Coast to Coast (mp3) by Waxahatchee
20. Heavy Shit by Colleen Green
21. I No Y by Boring Portals
22. Roman Tick by Fergus & Geronimo
23. Better by Odonis Odonis
24. Dumbass In A Pair Of Shorts (mp3) by Krill
25. Cold Hands (mp3) by Mount Sharp
26. Pet the Ghost by Darlings
27. Sherry Island by Cold Pumas
28. You’re Yawning All Over My Baby by Grass Is Green
29. Set-Up (mp3) by RENMINBI
30. Vermin $upreme by Butter The Children
31. Ozonomio by Younolovebunny
32. Thug Killings by Super Minotaur
33. Twins by Happy New Year
34. Blue Elvis by Peals
35. Nightface by Imperial Topaz
36. I Can Do A Lot by Club Girls
37. Baby Oh Baby by Martin Rev
38. Dayglo (mp3) by Acrobat Twin
39. Wet Heat (mp3) by deadCAT
40. True Thrush by Dan Deacon

The next show is in two weeks.

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Is it really time for the first volume of the Best Downloadables of 2013?

It is.

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. Attention (mp3) by Younolovebunny
2. West (mp3) by The Sweets

   [pay-what-you-want for the Jan EP @ sweetstuff.bandcamp.com]

3. Come Home (mp3) by Desert Sharks
4. Gimme Away (mp3) by Thee Open Sex
5. Thumper (mp3) by Dan Friel
6. Old Mouths (mp3) by New Tongues

   [pay-what-you-want for We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For @ newtongues.bandcamp.com]

7. Poison Arrow (mp3) by Screaming Females
8. Cuda ’82 (mp3) by Ex Con
9. The Observer (mp3) by Hive Bent
10. Chaoz (mp3) by ADVAETA
11. Fucking Hopeless (mp3) by LOW FAT GETTING HIGH

    [pay-what-you-want for Hot Yogurt @ lowfatgettinghigh.bandcamp.com]

12. Hey Winnie (mp3) by Cocktails
13. Bodies (mp3) by Mazes
14. Minotaur (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees
15. Floor Boy (mp3) by Darlings
16. In Praise of Our Doubts (mp3) by YVETTE
17. I Was Going To Shave My Beard, But I Took A Nap Instead (mp3) by Sports Bar

    [pay-what-you-want for Tyler Perry's Sports Bar @ wearesportsbar.bandcamp.com]

18. Evil Man (mp3) by Destruction Unit
19. 1,000 Years (mp3) by Black Pus
20. Fresh Meat (mp3) by BIG UPS
21. We Act (mp3) by bennio qwerty

    [d/l EP @ bennioqwerty.bandcamp.com]

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 | 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 as we are way too lazy to zip and upload every single best of mix.