GIMME TINNITUS

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. ( ) (mp3) by The Men
2. “Bang.” (mp3) by Antimagic
3. Think of You (mp3) by Bleached
4. City Is Dead (Kids cover) (mp3) by Obits
5. In Shrouds (mp3) by Ghost Animal
6. The Way (mp3) by Magnetic Island

   [d/l the Keyboard EP @ magneticisland.bandcamp.com]

7. Weave It (mp3) by Yalls

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

8. WALK ALL OVER ME (LIVE) (mp3) by SNEAKPEEK
9. Rational Anthem (mp3) by cars & trains

   [d/l Circle Into Square Compilation Vol. 2 @ circleintosquare.com]

10. Voices (mp3) by Purling Hiss
11. Lazy Bones (mp3) by Wooden Shjips
12. Slime (mp3) by Sleeping Bag
13. Baldessari (mp3) by Fair Ohs
14. Come On Over (mp3) by Veronica Falls
15. Blue Flower (mp3) by Frankie Rose
16. Pigeon Suit (mp3) by Translations
17. Sleep Rules Everything Around Me (mp3) by Wugazi

    [d/l 13 Chambers @ wugazi.tumblr.com]

18. 3D Voices (mp3) by Grooms
19. Gold Medallion (mp3) by HAPPY NEW YEAR
20. I Don’t Mind (mp3) by Teen Witch
21. Silverado (mp3) by Magical Beautiful
22. What Smarts (mp3) by Your Youth

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.

Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let’s look back, reflect, and contemplate. What were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the September 2010 Mix and find out.

Downloadables:

1. Coma Summer (mp3) by Weekend
2. Drifting (mp3) by Young Adults
3. Fever Dreaming (mp3) by No Age
4. Transparency Is the New Mystery (mp3) by Marnie Stern
5. Tired (A Ceremony) (mp3) by Ghost Animal
6. AWOL (mp3) by Grandfather

   [d/l Why I'd Try @ grandfathermusic.com]

7. Sung (Not Said) (mp3) by Magnetic Island
8. Phone Home from the Edge (mp3) by Dinowalrus
9. Comin’ Through (mp3) by The War On Drugs
10. Kiss the Coast (mp3) by Sundelles
11. Northern Islands (mp3) by Blank Dogs
12. We Can Make It Out (Yppah Remix) (mp3) by Spokes
13. Last Rites (mp3) by True Womanhood
14. Fuguefat (mp3) by The Octopus Project
15. Figurehead (mp3) by SOARS
16. Lovers With Iraqis (MP3 version) (mp3) by Foot Village
17. Silverfish (Junk Culture Remix) (mp3) by Signals
18. I’d Be Insane To Say It (Ape School Remix) (mp3) by Day of the Woman

    [d/l Day of the Woman @ exponential.bandcamp.com]

19. Wax Rose Saturday (Remux Edit) (mp3) by Mux Mool

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

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.

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.

The Keyboard EP is the latest release from Magnetic Island. You can probably guess which instrument gets attention on the Keyboard EP. Did I mention that the EP was recorded and mixed by the band? Well it was. This is track one. Listen.

Downloadable: The Way (mp3)

You can listen to the whole EP using the widget below. Click through to download it for free (for now).

Upcoming NYC Show:

• July 24th @ Death By Audio w/ Amy Klein (of Titus Andronicus) + EULA + Jo Schornikov

Magnetic Island is on the internet
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It’s time again to look back, reflect, and contemplate… what were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the June 2010 Mix and find out.

Downloadables:

1. Awake but Not Aware (mp3) by Girls in the Eighties
2. Pollution Shampoo (mp3) by Coyote Clean Up
3. Bury Me In Smoke (mp3) by Burnt Ones
4. Asleep Forever (mp3) by Tan Dollar
5. Trackless (mp3) by MIRACLES
6. Angel Echoes (Caribou remix) (mp3) by Four Tet
7. Born Stoked (mp3) by Wet Illustrated
8. I Hate The 80′s (mp3) by The Vaselines
9. Even If It Worked Out (mp3) by Cloud Nothings
10. Cool Kids Cut Out of the Heart Itself (mp3) by MiniBoone
11. Actually (mp3) by Dinowalrus
12. You Won’t Be Happy (mp3) by The Forgery Series
13. Subterfuge (mp3) by Magnetic Island
14. Here Sometimes (mp3) by Blonde Redhead
15. Sleep Alone (mp3) by ASSS
16. Dogma Sheen (mp3) by Coin Under Tongue
    (d/l Reception @ deathbyaudiorecords.blogspot.com)
17. Warm Regards (mp3) by Seth Smith
18. Never Mine (mp3) by Brilliant Colors
19. Little Brown Haired Girls (mp3) by Frankie Rose And The Outs
20. Fever (mp3) by Sensual Harassment
21. a Tunnel into Your Dreams (demo) (mp3) by the band in Heaven

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

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.

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.

GT favs Magnetic Island have a new pay-what-you-want single. I am posting the stream below, but you can click over at bandcamp to get the mp3 for $0 if you so desire. I say, why not pay a little bit more? Whatever you choose to do, you should listen and bathe yourself in the reverb.

Streamable: Wish I Knew (bandcamp)

Upcoming Show:

• June 21st @ Spike Hill (Make Music New York Fest!) w/ Quilty + Shark? + Miniboone + Quiet Loudly + Gunfight! + Diehard + EULA + more

Magnetic Island is on the internet
Magnetic Island is on Bandcamp
Magnetic Island is on Twitter
Magnetic Island is on Facebook
Magnetic Island is on Myspace
Magnetic Island is on CASH Music
Magnetic Island is on elbo.ws
Magnetic Island is on Hype Machine
Magnetic Island is on eMusic

BONUS: Shake The Fog (mp3)