GIMME TINNITUS

You may know Dean Spunt as one 1/2 of No Age, or perhaps you know him as one of the guys behind PPM records. He sent us these answers in this next installment of q and also a.

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

a: I’m Still In Love (lala link) by Disco Inferno

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Brown rice w/ Kale, Black Beans and Tofu

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Silk Flowers

Listen: Chance Of Showers (mp3)

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

a: Madison Square Garden

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

a: the same thing they got going in Canada, New Zealand and a bunch of European countries, give $ to bands / artists for support.

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

a: my latest project: No Age record, finishing up our new record, it’s an achievement for me / us for sure. It is awesome so far. PPM, i am releasing some great limited vinyl by John Weise and Eric Copeland (black dice) coming up soon. also records by Total Abuse, Abe Vigoda, Gun Outfit etc….

Listen:
Glazin (mp3) by Black Dice
Fluid Exchange (Live on WFMU) (mp3) by Total Abuse
Don’t Lie (mp3) by Abe Vigoda
Work Experience (mp3) by Gun Outfit

Here is a track from No Age’s recent Daytrotter session.

Listen: Depletion (mp3)

Get all three tracks… here.

Here is a compilation of mp3s that No Age has graciously let loose on the internet.

Listen:
You’re A Target (mp3)
Teen Creeps (mp3)
Eraser (mp3)
Get Hurt (mp3)
Neck Escaper (mp3)

Also, check out this IMPOSE piece on PPM, and then DL the included sampler.

No Age is on Facebook.
No Age is on Twitter.
No Age is on Blogger.
Sub Pop page is here.
PPM is here.
Upset The Rhythm is here.
Daytrotter Session is here.
Insound page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Here is a little preview of some of the albums coming out early this year.

Jan 18

UPDATE: The Vandelles EP by The Vandelles
Listen: Lovely Weather (mp3)

Jan 19

% by Dinowalrus
Listen: BEAD (mp3)
Listen: Nuke Duke ‘Em (mp3)

R and R and R by Susu
Listen: M.B.T. (mp3)
Help Susu self-release the vinyl @ Kickstarter

Astro Coast by Surfer Blood
Listen: Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3)
Listen: Floating Vibes (mp3)

Transference by Spoon
Listen: Written in Reverse (mp3)

Jan 26

Teen Dream by Beach House
Listen: Norway (mp3)

Couple Tracks: Singles 2002-2008 by Fucked Up
Listen: Neat Parts (mp3)

Feb 2

The Soft Pack by The Soft Pack
Listen: C’mon (mp3)
Listen: Answer To Yourself (mp3)

A Chorus of Storytellers by The Album Leaf
Listen: Falling from the Sun (mp3)

Feb 9

Odd Blood by Yeasayer
Listen: Ambling Alp (mp3)

Feb 10

UPDATE: Singles by Screaming Females
Listen: I Do (mp3)

Feb 23

UPDATE: Been Meaning To Tell You by Ernest Gonzales
Listen: Self Awakening (mp3)
Listen: Upon the 49th Day (mp3)

Causers of This by Toro y Moi
Listen: Blessa (mp3)
Listen: Talamak (mp3)

UPDATE: Causers of This is now available on iTunes.

March 2

Double Jointer by Golden Triangle
[no mp3 yet]

March 9

jj no 3 by jj
Listen: 5 minuter med jj (mp3 sampler, maybe)

The Brutalist Bricks by Ted Leo + Pharmacists
Listen: Even Heroes Have to Die (mp3)

The Monitor by Titus Andronicus
Listen: Four Score and Seven (mp3)

April 6

Hippies by Harlem
Listen: Friendly Ghost (mp3)

April 12

UPDATE: Pumps by Growing
Listen: Hormone (vice mp3)

April 20

Cosmogramma by Flying Lotus
[no mp3 yet]
[no album art yet]


Also in April

Extra Wow by Nice Nice
Listen: See Waves (mp3)

[no album art yet]

Also in 2010

Debut LPs from Javelin and Sleigh Bells

LP3s from Arcade Fire and No Age

UPDATE: Buke And Gass is working on a new album right now

UPDATE: I totally forgot about that EP of reworked The Forms songs that was announced last year. We heard there are a lot of awesome guests on it. Matt Berninger of little band known as The National is one name that was thrown around. I suppose the EP is being meticulously tweaked in the band’s recording studio. I assume the EP will be released this year.

Oh, and I’m sure no one will notice a new release from LCD Soundsystem.


NOTE: you can click on the album names for pre-ordering/more album info.

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

Continuing our Best of 2009 coverage, I put together a mix of my favorite tracks from 2009 and uploaded it to the Soundcloud. These are my top 19 tracks from the past year.

Downloadable/Streamable: Best Of 2009 Mixtape (soundcloud)

The Individual Tracks:
01. Die Slow (mp3) by HEALTH

02. You’re A Target (mp3) by No Age

03. Bell (mp3) by Screaming Females

04. Gumball Machine Weekend (mp3) by Yppah

05. Pine On (mp3) by Obits

06. M.B.T. (mp3) by Susu

07. Fear! (mp3) by Shark?

08. In The Dark (mp3) by Gun Outfit

09. It #1 (mp3) by Ty Segall

10. Sooner Or Later (mp3) by ZAZA

11. Set-Up (mp3) by RENMINBI

12. Sinister Skies (mp3) by Pollination

13. Blessa (mp3) by Toro Y Moi

14. Dreamsucker (mp3) by Grooms

15. Got Nuffin (mp3) by Spoon

16. Name Tossers by BOAT

17. The Lie/The Truth (mp3) by Double Dagger

18. Arming Eritrea (mp3) by Future Of The Left

19. Bone Jam (mp3) by Jeff The Brotherhood


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:
Songs | Albums | Videos | MP3 Blogs | Photos | Free Albums | Off My Radar

And now more Best of 2009 coverage. These are most awesome albums of the year.

I thought I was gonna get this list down to 10, but I couldn’t do it (I tried). There were a bunch more excellent albums were released this year, but these were the ones I kept coming back to again and again a clear indicator of awesomeness.

1. GET COLOR by HEALTH

Listen: We Are Water (mp3)

(buy GET COLOR)

2. Power Move by Screaming Females

Listen: Buried In The Nude (mp3)

(buy Power Move)

3. They Know What Ghost Know by Yppah

Listen: Bobbie Joe Wilson (mp3)

(buy They Know What Ghost Know)

4. I Blame You by Obits

Listen: Talking To The Dog (mp3)

(buy I Blame You)

5. Dim Light by Gun Outfit

Listen: Troubles Like Mine (mp3)

(buy Dim Light)

6. Losing Feeling by No Age

Listen: You’re A Target (mp3)

(buy Losing Feeling)

7. Drift by Nosaj Thing

Listen: IOIO (mp3)

(buy Drift)

8. Inca Orange by Pollination

Listen: Some Sun (Yppah Remix) (mp3)

(download Inca Orange)

9. Setting The Paces by BOAT

Listen: We Want It, We Want It (mp3)

(buy Setting The Paces)

10. Born Again Revisited by Times New Viking

Listen: No Time, No Hope (mp3)

(buy Born Again Revisited)

11. Lemons by Ty Segall

Listen: Lovely One (mp3)

(buy Lemons)




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:
Songs | Videos | MP3 Blogs | Photos | Mixtape | Free Albums | Off My Radar

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

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

So I put together this mix which I have dubbed Fall 2009 Mix and I posted it to my SoundCloud.

Downloadable/Streamable: SoundCloud Fall 2009 Mix (soundcloud)

UPDATE: Mix removed from Soundcloud, but individual tracks available below

Downloadables:
01. M.B.T. by Susu
02. Bone Jam by Jeff: The Brotherhood
03. Ghost Colony by Tape Deck Mountain
04. Prize Fighter by Golden Triangle
05. Thee Only One by Frankie Rose
06. Swim (To Reach The End) by Surfer Blood
07. Losing Feeling by No Age
08. Absolutely Anything by Brilliant Colors
09. Fear! by Shark?
10. Passion Of Saint Edmund (Rebirth) by railcars
11. Dreamsucker by Grooms
12. Ecstatic Rite by Liturgy
13. Nuke Duke ‘Em (Mae Shi Remix) by Dinowalrus

You can download the continuous mix using the widget at the top of the post.

If you want to download all the individual 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)

[Reserved]

[Reserved]

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.

Streamable: Losing Feeling (youtube) by NO AGE


Downloadable: Losing Feeling (mp3)


Streamable: Arming Eritrea (p4k tv) by Future Of The Left


Downloadable: Arming Eritrea (mp3)


Streamable: Anti-Magic (vimeo) by foot village


Downloadable: Anti-Magic (mp3)


Streamable: Terminally Chill (youtube) by Neon Indian


Downloadable: Terminally Chill (mp3)


Streamable: Stone White (youtube) by The Sky Drops



This has been another…

Let’s look back shall we to October 2008. It brings back memories of Radiohead remix contests, CMJ, and well, other stuff too.

Downloadables:
Teen Creeps (mp3) by No Age
Bastard In Love (mp3) by Mika Miko
Black Albino Bones (mp3) by Fucked Up
Call & Respond (mp3) by Times New Viking
White Elephant (mp3) by Volcano Suns
Idiotheque (Radiohead Cover) (mp3) by We Versus The Shark
I’ll Be Your Whore (mp3) by Boo And Boo Too
The Coconut (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees
Traces Of Alignment (mp3) by Skinner Pilot
For The Winter Coats (mp3) by Oxford Collapse
Artstar (mp3) by The Oranges Band
Hit The Wall (mp3) by Brendan Canning
Apple+Option+Fire (mp3) by Hot Lava
Flourescent Grey (Deerhunter Cover) (mp3) by Jay Reatard
Lawncare (mp3) by Women
Congressional Dubcision (mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists
Buzzards (mp3) by Daniel Friel
Reckoner (Iskra String Quartet Remix) (mp3) by Radiohead
In My Drink (mp3) by Yppah
Woebegone (Flying Lotus‘ Luckiest Charm) (mp3) by The Long Lost

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

Streamable: In A Free Land (Live At ATP NY 2009) (youtube) by No Du (No Age + Bob Mould)


Downloadable: In A Free Land (Live) (mp3)
Props to Pop Tarts Suck Toasted


Streamable: Highspeed Drift (youtube) by Gary War


Props to the FADER


Streamable: In Your Heart (youtube) by A Place To Bury Strangers


Downloadable: In Your Heart (mp3)
Props to Culture Bully


Streamable: When I’m Gone (pitchfork.tv) by Vivian Girls


Downloadable: [just posted earlier this week]
Props to MBV