GIMME TINNITUS

Bryan and Matt of Marie Stella sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series.

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

b: Some jam band song I can’t even identify. The music selection at my local coffee shop can be pretty bad sometimes.

m: “Never As Tired As When I’m Waking Up” from LCD Soundsystem, on vinyl, in the wee hours at a rad party!

Streamable: Never As Tired As When I’m Waking Up (youtube)

q: What is your favorite beverage?

b: I’m a fan of the whiskey + ginger. Delicious.

m: Kahlua Mudslide.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

b: It’s a tie between Liars and Flaming Lips.

m: Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.

Downloadables:
Sunset Rodeo (mp3) by Liars
Drug Machine (mp3) by Flaming Lips
Flavor (mp3) by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

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

b: Union Hall was my favorite for a long time, because I used to work there. These days… Fort Useless! Santos Party House is pretty great too, in a funhouse of debauchery sorta way. Though I’ve always been a fan of Bowery Ballroom, and I’ve had a lot of great (late, very, very late) nights at the Delancey, Trash Bar, and Pianos. I really miss a few venues that I spent a lot of time at a few years back: Rothko, Sin-e, Northsix, and Tonic all have a special place in my concert-going heart. I left New York right before the big diy venue explosion really happened.

m: Trash Bar

q: What piece(s) of culture are you really really excited about right now?

b: I went to see the Justin Beiber movie. I considered it a cultural exploration.

m: Not sure which “culture” they mean… realistic 3D movies…

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

b: We just made new shirts! We’re continuing to record and release digital singles, and should get working on a full length album in early 2012.

m: Guided By Voices vinyl! (Sing For Your Meat tribute album released by No More Fake Labels on Record Store Day 2011)

Streamable: Little Lines (GBV cover) by Marie Stella

Downloadables:
Watch Me Jumpstart (GBV cover) (mp3) by Le Sera
Gleemer (GBV cover) (mp3) by Cymbals Eat Guitars

And here are a few tracks by Marie Stella.

Downloadables:
1985 (mp3) (source)
Message From Limbo (mp3)
Jealous Powers (Demo) (mp3)

Upcoming NYC Show:

• June 18th @ Bar Matchless (3rd Annual Battering Room Northside Festival Showcase) w/ I’m Turning Into + Beat Radio + Mussels

And be sure to check out the rest of the q and also a series… here.

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Oh and band member Bryan Bruchman is on Tumblr and Twitter.

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

Listen to the February 2010 Mix and find out.

Downloadables:

1. Years (Five – Eight) (mp3) by Starscream
2. Danger Mountain (Training Montage Remix by Makeup and Vanity Set) (mp3) by Anamanaguchi
3. Napping Captain (Dark Party Remix) (mp3) by Jogger
4. The History of Time Travel (mp3) by Back to the Future the Ride
   (d/l the Back to Back to the Future the Ride EP @ deathbombarc.com)
5. (live @ WFMU 1/5/2010 part 3) (mp3) by GDFX
   (d/l more GDFX @ FMA)
6. Kim ILL (mp3) by Foot Village
7. Scissor (mp3) by Liars
8. Shark’s Tooth (mp3) by Archie Bronson Outfit
9. Bummer Summer (mp3) by Young Adults
   (d/l the Demo 2010 @ Mediafire)
10. Clean Vs. Dirty (mp3) by SUSU
11. The Awkward Circuit Boards (Or: Look Out! I Think I’m Going To FEEL!) (mp3) by THE FIELD RECORDINGS
    (d/l The Sad Cataloguers @ tfrjournal.wordpress.com)
12. Art Czars (mp3) by Japandroids
13. Crying Underwater (mp3) by Cloud Nothings
14. The Monk (mp3) by True Womanhood
15. Rustic Arcadia (mp3) by Campfires
16. A Dream (mp3) by Magnetic Island
17. Teenage Whore (mp3) by Dinosaur Feathers

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. You have many choices ahead of you. Listen.

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

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.

And now, here are our Favorite Albums of 2010. Sorry Kanye, Sorry Arcade Fire, Sorry Sufjan, y’all are getting enough attention elsewhere. These are the albums that we 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. Everything in Between by No Age

   

   Listen: Fever Dreaming (mp3) [purchase]




2. ODD BLOOD by Yeasayer

   

   Listen: O.N.E. (mp3) [purchase]




3. Sisterworld by Liars

   

   Listen: Scissor (mp3) [purchase]




4. Hippies by Harlem

   

   Listen: Gay Human Bones (mp3) [purchase]




5. In And Out and Back Again by Woven Bones

   

   Listen: Your Way With My Life (mp3) [purchase]




6. Castle Talk by Screaming Females

   

   Listen: I Don’t Mind It (mp3) [purchase]




7. Treats by Sleigh Bells

   

   Listen: Infinity Guitars (mp3) [purchase]




8. ::DISCO2 by HEALTH

   

   Listen: IN HEAT (JAVELIN RMX) (mp3) [purchase]




9. Swim by Caribou

   

   Listen: Sun (mp3) [purchase]




10. Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter

    

    Listen: Helicopter (mp3) [purchase]




11. % by Dinowalrus

    

    Listen: BEAD (mp3) [purchase]




12. Crystal Castles by Crystal Castles

    

    Listen: Baptism (mp3) [purchase]




13. Riposte by Buke And Gass

    

    Listen: Your Face Left Before You (mp3) [purchase]




14. Past Time by Grass Widow

    

    Listen: Fried Egg (mp3) [purchase]




15. Spirituals by Spirituals

    

    Listen: City With Soul (mp3) [purchase]




16. There Is Love In You by Four Tet

    

    Listen: Angel Echoes (mp3) [purchase]




17. Causers Of This by Toro y Moi

    

    Listen: Blessa (mp3) [purchase]




18. No Más by Javelin

    

    Listen: Moscow 1980 (mp3) [purchase]




19. Fifteen by Super Wild Horses

    

    Listen: Golden Town (mp3) [purchase]




20. Black Hole by Young Adults

    

    Listen: Bummer Summer (mp3) [purchase]




21. Future Weather by The War On Drugs

    

    Listen: Comin’ Through (mp3) [purchase]

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.

Continuing our best of 2010 coverage we now look at some of the awesome songs recorded by our pals at Daytrotter this year. And I will just go and say it… Daytrotter is quite possibly my favorite places to find music on the internet. If you are not clicking over there at least one a week, you are really missing out. Yes, you have to register and use their java-based downloader thingy, but it is so worth it. These are our favorite Daytrottin’ tracks of 2010. Listen.

Downloadables:

1. Youth (mp3) by Beach Fossils
         (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
2. Leave House (mp3) by Caribou
         (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
3. Go Outside (mp3) by Cults
         (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
4. Surf Solar (mp3) by Fuck Buttons
         (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
5. C Town (mp3) by Javelin
         (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
6. Heavy Days (mp3) by JEFF The Brotherhood
         (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
7. Scarecrows On A Killer Slant (mp3) by Liars
         (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
8. Wild Eyes (mp3) by The Local Natives
         (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
9. Tea Lights (mp3) by Lower Dens
         (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
10. Depletion (mp3) by No Age
          (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
11. A New Kid/Zoo of Death (mp3) by Screaming Females
          (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
12. Black Sheep (mp3) by Suckers
          (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session or purchase
          the lossless version @ Daytrotter)
13. Solitude Is Bliss (mp3) by Tame Impala
          (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
14. Ghost Colony (mp3) by Tape Deck Mountain
          (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session or purchase
          the lossless version @ Daytrotter)
15. Show Me The Coast (mp3) by The War On Drugs
          (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)
16. Youth Haunts (mp3) by Weekend
          (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session or purchase
          the lossless version @ Daytrotter)
17. Run To The Facts (mp3) by Yea Big & Kid Static
          (d/l the rest of the 128kbps mp3 session @ Daytrotter)

Here are some more Daytrotter sessions from this year to check out:

ARMS
Balmorhea
Dinosaur Feathers
Fang Island
Ganglians
Mountain Man
No Joy
Oh No Ono
Ty Segal
SUUNS
Thank You
Unicycle Loves You

And mind you, this is but the tip of proverbial iceberg.

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.

marcia cahill + ted mcgrath = antimagic

ANTIMAGIC have a new 7″ entitled Shake Shake Shake/Inner Most Secret Shogun Heart. Here is the “Single Edit” of the A Side. Listen.

Downloadable: Shake Shake Shake (Single Edit) (mp3)

The band will be working hard to finish mixing their new full length album. Be on the look out for more info in the not-too-distant future.

Upcoming NYC Show:
Tonight! @ Cake Shop w/ Raft (Pat from These Are Powers / original Liars line up) + Sex Worker + Psychic Reality

Antimagic is on the internet
Antimagic is on Myspace
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Antimagic is on Bandcamp
Antimagic is on elbo.ws
Antimagic is on Amazon MP3
Antimagic is on eMusic

BONUS: Never Learn Not To Run (mp3)