GIMME TINNITUS

Once again it’s time to look back into the past. This mix starts with two covers and it even has a remix of a Passion Pit song. Luckily, the remix is by Pollination. Just what was November 2008 like? It was a little like this…

Downloadables:

Banned From The Roxy (mp3) by Jeffrey Lewis

We Didn’t Start The Fire (mp3) by The Forms

Focus (mp3) by The Forms

Dickshakers Union (mp3) by Surf City

Parasites (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Phantom Of My Longest Day (mp3) by Valina

Manchasm (Live) (mp3) by Future Of The Left

Draped Up, Oxed Out (mp3) by Smart Growth

Run To The Facts (Brad Shi Shitty Emo Ending Mix) (mp3) by Yea Big + Kid Static

Old Year (mp3) by Jesu

How Heavy This Axe (mp3) by The Sword

Haze On The Mobius Strip (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Zodiac Girls (Pony Version) (mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow

Sleepyhead (Pollination Remix) (mp3) by Passion Pit

Some Are Lakes (mp3) by Land Of Talk

Fog (mp3) by Mason Proper

Strand The Test Of Time (mp3) by Wilderness

Nothing’s The Same (mp3) by Koushik

If you haven’t done it already, make sure you check out the other monthly mixes.

If you want to download all the tracks in this mix, you should install DownThemAll!.

While part one of my Best Of The Aughts list consisted of tracks I would have liked to have blogged about, part two here is sort of a Best Of GIMME TINNITUS. This list was supposed to be about 30 songs long, but it just kept growing. Download individual tracks or grab all of them in three zips or just stream them from the yahoo music dealie on the bottom left part of the window.

Here are the best songs I actually blogged about this decade.

Downloadables:

Songs 1-20 (sendspace zip)
Songs 21-40 (sendspace zip)
Songs 41-64 (sendspace zip)

1. Knowledge In Hand (mp3) by The Forms
(buy from the label)

2. Run To Your Grave (mp3) by The Mae Shi
(buy from the band)

3. Dart for My Sweetheart (mp3) by Archie Bronson Outfit
(buy it)

4. Bell (mp3) by Screaming Females
(buy from the band)

5. Die Slow (mp3) by HEALTH
(buy it)

6. Neck Escaper (mp3) by No Age
(buy from the label)

7. Enanz (mp3) by Low Scores
(not for sale)

8. Hot Pink, Distorted (mp3) by 50 Foot Wave
(download it)

9. Adeadenemyalwayssmellsgood (mp3) by Future Of The Left
(buy it)

10. All These Governors (mp3) by The Evens
(buy from the label)

11. Pine On (mp3) by Obits
(buy from the label)

12. The Psychic (mp3) by Double Dagger
(buy from the band)

13. The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth (mp3) by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
(buy it)

14. Cowbell (mp3) by Tapes ‘n Tapes
(buy from the band)

15. For Guys’ Eyes Only (mp3) by Hockey Night
(buy it)

16. “My Sword Hand’s Anger” (mp3) by Apostle Of Hustle
(buy it)

17. Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. David Wolf) (mp3) by HEALTH
(buy from the label)

18. Extinction (mp3) by The Soft Pack
(buy it)

19. Sister Jack (mp3) by Spoon
(buy it)

20. Black Mirror (mp3) by Arcade Fire
(buy it)

21. You’re A Target (mp3) by No Age
(buy from the label)

22. Plates (mp3) by Proton Proton
(not for sale)

23. Pace Or The Patience (mp3) by Love Of Diagrams
(buy from the label)

24. Fractured Skies (mp3) by Parts & Labor
(buy from the distributor)

25. Eraser (mp3) by No Age
(buy from the label)

26. Cassette Tape (mp3) by Day Of The Woman
(download the compilation)

27. Pile Of Gold (mp3) by The Blow
(buy from the label)

28. Comfy In Nautica (mp3) by Panda Bear
(buy it)

29. Triceratops (mp3) by HEALTH
(buy from the label)

30. It #1 (mp3) by Ty Segall
(buy from the label)

31. Black Rice (mp3) by Women
(buy from the distributor)

32. Gumball Machine Weekend (mp3) by Yppah
(buy it)

33. Palmitos Park (mp3) by El Guincho
(buy from the distributor)

34. Sinister Skies (mp3) by Pollination
(buy from bandcamp)

35. The Underdog (mp3) by Spoon
(buy it)

36. Chrome’s On It (mp3) by Telepathe
(buy it)

37. We Are Gods! We Are Wolves! (mp3) by Le Loup
(buy from the label)

38. Hibernation (mp3) by Blood On The Wall
(buy it)

39. Esses (mp3) by Pterodactyl
(buy from the distributor)

40. Ride The Nuclear Wave (mp3) by The Oranges Band
(buy it)

41. Murder (mp3) by The Big Sleep
(buy from the label)

42. Lovely Weather (mp3) by The Vandelles
(buy from the band)

43. To Fix The Gash In Your Head by A Place To Bury Strangers
(buy it)

44. Capricornations (mp3) by Mika Miko
(buy it)

45. Fake Empire (mp3) by The National
(buy it)

46. Like It Is (Demo) (mp3) by Gun Outfit
(buy from label)

47. Electronic Detective (mp3) by Motico
(not for sale)

48. Civilized Worm (mp3) by Melvins
(buy it)

49. Where Do You Run To (mp3) by Vivian Girls
(buy from the label)

50. Green Seat (mp3) by Shepherdess
(buy it)

51. (I’m A) Donkey for Your Love by BOAT
(buy from the label)

52. Bright And Shining (mp3) by Koushik
(buy it)

53. Lovely Allen (mp3) by Holy Fuck
(buy it)

54. Cat Swallow (mp3) by Royal Bangs
(buy it)

55. Head Spins (Extended Version) (mp3) by High Places
(buy it)

56. Please Visit Your National Parks (mp3) by Oxford Collapse
(buy from the label)

57. Buried Alive (Live) (mp3) by Black Lips
(buy it)

58. Mount Wroclai (Idle Days) (mp3) by Beirut
(buy from the label)

59. Fun (mp3) by Screaming Females
(buy from the band)

60. Crystal Ladies (mp3) by Blank Dogs
(buy it)

61. Letter From Mr. Smith (mp3) by The Exeter Popes
(buy it)

62. See A Penny (Pick It Up) (mp3) by YACHT
(buy it)

63. Run To The Facts (mp3) by Yea Big & Kid Static
(buy it)

64. Do The Whirlwind (mp3) by Architecture In Helsinki
(buy it)

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If figure there maybe one or possibly two songs that will get listed at the very end of the year so I am holding a couple spaces just in case there is anything totally fucking amazing that comes out between now and then.

If you want more Best Of The Decade style blog coverage head over to largehearted boy for some aggregation.

For a limited time, Stones Throw is giving away the new 30 track instrumentalhiphop album from Koushik. If you like the Koushik (or just think you might) and you don’t like vocals, then you should really get on this. Listen…

Downloadable: Beep 04 (mp3)

Get Beep Tape… here (but only for one week).

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So let’s go back to August 2008 and try and remember what it was like.

Downloadables:

IDWGH (mp3) by The Exeter Popes

Summer Grof (mp3) by Spinto Band

Bright And Shining (mp3) by Koushik

Death (Crystal Castles Remix) (mp3) by White Lies

My House (mp3) by Freshkills

Never Stops (mp3) by Deerhunter

S.S.C. (mp3) by Atlas Sound

Mirando (YACHT Remix) (mp3) by Ratatat

In Ear Park (mp3) by Department Of Eagles

We Are Young (mp3) by The Shaky Hands

Crystal Stilts (mp3) by Crystal Stilts

Electric Car Gas Guitar (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Catalogs (mp3) by Double Dagger

Where Do You Run To (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Oh, You Horny Monster! (mp3) by Fiasco

See/Saw (mp3) by Jay Reatard

Swell (mp3) by Growing

If you haven’t done it already, make sure you check out the other Monthly Mixes.

Just what was July 2008 like? It was a little like this…

Downloadables:
Nowheres Nigh (mp3) by Parts & Labor

Let It All Go (mp3) by Jay Reatard

Africa Just Wants To Have Fun (mp3) by Volcano

Antoine And Birdskull (mp3) by Jaguar Love

The Kicking Machine (mp3) by Melvins

Keep It Wolf (hello sir mp3) by We Versus The Shark

Peew (mp3) by Made Out Of Babies

Cockles (jagjaguwar mp3) by These Are Powers

Removable Partial (mp3) by Motico

The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness (mp3) by The Feelies

Black Rice (flemish eye mp3) by Women

Merchants Of Soul (Demo) (spoontheband mp3) by Britt Daniel

Everybody Say (mp3) by Takka Takka

Lying In The Sun (stones throw mp3) by Koushik

Happy Melted City (bmsr mp3) by Black Moth Super Rainbow

No More Long Years (Crimp Yr Hair! rmx) (mp3) by Matt & Kim

I’ll Hit The Breaks (mp3) by Yppah

Nova (mp3) by Nomo

The Sun Smells Too Loud (matador mp3) by Mogwai

We’re Through (stones throw mp3) by James Pants

BONUS:
Sea Legs (Low Scores Remix) by The Shins

PWND Control by Yea Big + Kid Static (samples by The Mae Shi)