GIMME TINNITUS

Many people do not want to think about September 2008. That is when a nice glob of economic feces totally hit the proverbial fan. Nevertheless, we here at GIMME TINNITUS choose to look back.

Downloadables:

The Hope That House Built (beggars mp3) by Future Of The Left

Crystal Ladies (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Blind Spot (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Two (mp3) by The Antlers

Teenage Lust (JAMC Cover) (mp3) by Oliver North Boy Choir

Extinction (mp3) by The Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims)

Everything With You (mp3) by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Sugarshack (mp3) by Unrest

Suspect Device (Stiff Little Fingers Cover) (mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

Fear And Loathing In Mahwah, NJ (mp3) by Titus Andronicus

The Melody (mp3) by The Mae Shi

Silence (mp3) by Takka Takka

Loosen Up (mp3) by The Shaky Hands

The Exceptional Bastards (mp3) by Slothbear

You Gotta Feel It (Rehearsal) (mp3) by Spoon

George Washington (mp3) by Meho Plaza

Low Tide (mp3) by O’Death

Kalise (mp3) by El Guincho

Sunchips (Ghosts On Tape Remix) (mp3) by Lemonade

Safe For The Time Being (Low Scores Remix) (mp3) by Mason Proper

From Stardust to Sentience (mp3) by High Places

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

To cover the Pixies, one must take the material and “make it your own.” e.g. O’Death covering “Nimrod’s Son”. To try and sound like the Pixies is an exercise in futility. It will only make you sound banal. That is why most Pixies covers suck. I don’t feel like posting crappy Pixies covers here. You can find many examples using http://google.com/. Have fun with that.

So, let’s talk about the jazzpunk of Puttin’ On The Ritz. The band definitely owns this cover of “Gigantic”. It may not wind up in your heavy rotation (or maybe it will?), but you need to hear this… this is awesome, as in it inspires awe.

Downloadable: Gigantic (mp3)

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So, I have pretty much moved all my digesting/linking to other blog stories/interesting matter and such over to my twitter feed, and will focus more on posting mp3s here at GIMME TINNITUS and not obsessing over other people’s content.

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Random REPOST Bonus: All The World (ernest jennings mp3) by O’Death

Fucking February, I totally didn’t get a chance to post my monthly mix for February 2008. So now that it’s Smarch, sit back, relax, don’t go outside, and listen to some mp3s from a little over a year ago. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you…

The February 2008 Mix

Negative Thinking (mp3) by The Death Set

88th Precinct (mp3) by Team Robespierre

Excuse Me Dog (mp3) by Low Scores

Puerto Rican Jukebox (kill rock stars mp3) by Panther

Big Big Big Big Big (big mp3) by Dan Deacon

Lovely Allen (No Age Remix) (mp3) by Holy Fuck

Blue Skies (fanatic mp3) by Die! Die! Die!

Chipping Ice (mp3) by These Are Powers

You Can’t Do That To An Axe! (s.a.f. mp3) by The Mae Shi

Van v Art (sxsw mp3) by Necropolis

Hang Them All (beggars mp3) by Tapes ‘n Tapes

Lovely Weather (Live On Fair Game) (public broadcasting mp3) by The Vandelles

Right Away (home tapes mp3) by Pattern Is Movement

Top Drawer (mp3) by Man Man

Encouragement (mp3) by Bandit Teeth

Deja Vu (lumberjack mordam mp3) by SSM

Love Your Spaceman (mp3) by Robert Pollard

Nosy Parker (mp3) by The Tremolo Beer Gut

Down To Rest (sxsw mp3) by O’Death

Steven Fucking Spielberg (sxsw mp3) by Bearsuit

Morning Birds (cash mp3) by Kristin Hersh

Makeshift Fallout Sifter (mp3) by Rob Markoff

Gilt Complex (Acoustic) (mp3) by Sons And Daughters

BONUS TRACKS:
Balloons (sub pop mp3) by Foals

Max Ernst (matador mp3) by Mission Of Burma

Body Rot (mp3) by The Magik Markers

Sideways Here We Come (s.a.f. mp3) by Die! Die! Die!