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Mr. Ryan Brown of Gray Goods 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?

a: I heard Instant Karma! in the car this morning and it got me going, usually does. I’ve also been giving Fleetwood Mac a serious run for the first time in my life. A friend turned me onto Tusk and its been downhill from there. I always thought they were bullshit, jokes on me. The new Obits record is the real deal as well as is Disappears‘ new record.

Streamables:

Instant Karma (youtube) by John Lennon

Tusk on Solid Gold 1980 (youtube) by Fleetwood Mac

q: What is your favorite beverage?

a: I don’t really discriminate. Canned Dr. Pepper, cheap canned lager (Budweiser and its international equivalents), whiskey, gin, rum… whatever shoe fits the foot. In the cold months I’m usually a scotch/guinness guy, but bourbon season is just around the corner.

q: What is your favorite band(s) to see live?

a: The Obits, The Soft Pack, Disappears, Air Waves, Tijuana Panthers

Downloadables:
Pine On (mp3) by Obits
Walking With Jesus (Spacemen 3 Cover) (mp3) by The Soft Pack
Halo (mp3) by Disappears
Knockout (mp3) by Air Waves
Red Headed Girl (mp3) by Tijuana Panthers

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

a: We love everyone at Cake Shop and Union Pool. Never had a bad time on either side of it at both of those places.

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

a: The upcoming Baseball season.

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

a: We’ve been very prolific as far as writing and documenting is concerned over the past six months. We haven’t had a steady drummer, so Austin and I have been writing on average about one song per week without rhythm parts laid out, then taking a heap of them and playing with whomever is willing to sit down at a kit with us. So far we’ve shared some time with Nick Stumpf from the French Kicks, Scott Gursky from the Obits, someone we found on craigslist, and a friend of a friend.

While we’re still looking for a long term fit, working this way has really forced us to become better song writers, better musicians. Speaking personally I feel like I have a much better attitude about the whole band thing than ever before, consequently I feel like we’re writing our best material. Playing the songs with different drummers certainly keeps you sharp as far as playing live/improvising is concerned while rounding out the rough edges of the songs themselves.

The downside to the experiment is we haven’t been able to play live as frequently we would like and we have a full lengths worth of new songs we could go into a studio with tomorrow but no drummer. Between playing sporadically with people we really feel good about versus going through the motions with people we’re on the fence about, we’ll take it this way.

Downloadables:
I Can’t Take It (mp3)
Francis (mp3)
Closet Trash (mp3)

Upcoming Show:

• May 11th @ Union Pool w/ D. Charles Speer & The Helix + Zachary Cale

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It’s time to listen to a bunch of the tracks I have not posted recently. Here is the next NOT POSTED mix. These are just a few of the songs that would get their own individual posts here on GIMME TINNITUS, if I only had the time. 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. Listen.

Downloadables:

1. The Other Shoe (mp3) by Fucked Up
2. Riot Sugar (mp3) by Boris
3. Generation (mp3) by Liturgy
4. Brat Mouth (mp3) by Hunters
5. No Fly List (mp3) by Obits
   (d/l Live at Caledonia Lounge @ freemusicarchive.org)
6. Turn Your Face (mp3) by Title Tracks
7. White Devils (mp3) by TEENS
   (d/l TEENS @ barnowlrecords.com)
8. Prisoner (mp3) by Eternal Summers
9. So High (mp3) by Ringo DeathStarr
10. Act Of Truth (mp3) by Dead Leaf Echo
11. Swimsuit (mp3) by Oregon Bike Trails
12. Black Tusk (mp3) by Lumerians
13. Helicopter Soup (mp3) by Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk
14. In The Sun (Purling Hiss Remix) (mp3) by Moon Duo
15. Teeth (mp3) by Babes
    (d/l Teeth b/w Roam @ bandcamp.com
16. Heavy Pop (mp3) by WU LYF
17. Tides (mp3) by PC Worship
18. Pop Logic (mp3) by Screens
19. Deep State (mp3) by Joan of Arc

Be sure to check out the other NOT POSTED mixes.

And 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.

The Sundelles‘ new album, Georgia Swan is now available for purchase. With the help of Tony Maimone, of Pere Ubu fame, the band has finally been able to create an album with the sounds that they hear in their heads when writing songs. Oh and Matty McLoughlin from the Soft Pack plays lead guitar on this track. Listen.

Downloadable: Can’t Win (mp3)

You can purchase the digital of Georgia Swan right now @ Amazon MP3 or iTunes
(Editor’s Note: eMusic TK)

Upcoming NYC Shows:

• April 1st @ Pianos w/ Tijuana Panthers + Air Waves + Shark?
• April 2nd @ The Bell House – Obits Record Release w/ Tijuana Panthers
• April 9th @ Glasslands w/ Cloud Nothings
• April 10th @ Ace Hotel (Free)

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BONUS: Kiss The Coast (mp3)

Sohrab of Obits sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of our q and also a series.

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

a: Recently I’ve been listening a lot to Les Archives De La Musique Arabe by Asmahan. She was born in Syria, but grew up in Egypt. I first heard of her because she sang Mohammed Abdel Wahab songs, who I’d become familiar with through Simon Shaheen‘s recordings on the Axiom label. Somewhat more restrained sounding than Umm Kulthum, Asmahan is nonetheless a formidable singer. As a side note, if you haven’t seen A Voice Like Egypt, the Umm Kulthum documentary, I highly recommend it.

Stream: يا حبيبي تعال الحقني (youtube)

q: What is your favorite beverage?

a: Definitely water. I usually start my day with two shots of espresso and a large glass of seltzer. More water with lunch and another espresso afterwards. Depending on what’s for dinner, I’ll drink beer or wine, as well as water. Occasionally I end the evening with a whiskey, either bourbon or rye.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Disappears.

Listen:
Gone Completely (mp3)
Magics (mp3)

Editor’s Note: you can grab some more Disappears mp3s @ disappearsmusic.com.

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

a: The most recent place I went to see a show was The Rock Shop and I really liked it. Small room, friendly staff, and a good sound system.

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

a: It’s been around for nearly a decade, I think, but I’m a fan of storycorps.org. Along similar lines, in terms of preserving first-person accounts and oral histories of sorts, I am incredibly grateful for and inspired by record labels like Sublime Frequencies, Honest Jon’s, Dust-to-Digital and Soundway, who are so dedicated to keeping alive and sharing rare cultural artifacts from around the world.

Stream: Soundway Records’ New Miles Cleret tropical DJ Mix (follow the link)

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

a: Obits has a new record called Moody, Standard and Poor. It’s coming out March 29th on Sub Pop. We’ll be touring sporadically throughout the year in North America and Europe. And we’re really hoping that before 2011 is finished we get to Japan or Australia and New Zealand. I’m also trying to work on new songs for The Forgery Series. During Obits‘ downtime I’d like to play a few shows locally and do some recording.

Here is almost an EP’s worth of Obits mp3s (brought to you by the good folks at Sub Pop).

Listen:
You Gotta Lose (mp3)
Shift Operator (mp3)
Pine On (mp3)
Two-Headed Coin (mp3)

You can preorder Moody, Standard and Poor @ subpop.com.

Upcoming NYC Show:

• April 2nd @ The Bell House (Record Release Show)

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Sam Sundos of The Sundelles sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of q and also a.

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

a: She (youtube) by Gram Parsons

q: What is your favorite beverage?

a: Coffee

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Kurt Vile

Listen: Freeway (mp3)

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

a: Cake Shop

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

a: What just happened in Egypt was really inspiring. It was exciting to see people come together and actually make a change, a real change. Makes everything else seem pretty selfish, especially my answer to the following question.

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

a: We are about to self release our first album, Georgia Swan, digitally. No exact date yet but we’ll definitely let you know. We are also going on tour in March and playing some really great shows here at home with Ty Segall, the Obits and Cloud Nothings.

Listen:
Lovely One (mp3) by Ty Segall
Shift Operator (mp3) by Obits
Should Have (mp3) by Cloud Nothings

Downloadables:
Dead Youth (mp3)
Kiss the Coast (mp3)

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

The Sundelles are on the internet
The Sundelles are on Facebook
The Sundelles are on Twitter
The Sundelles are on Myspace
The Sundelles are on elbo.ws
The Sundelles are on Hype Machine
The Sundelles are on RCRD LBL
The Sundelles are on the 1928 Recordings Cassette Tape Compilation Vol 1