GIMME TINNITUS

I am here to apologize for slightly detracting from your concert experience all year long. Why? I take photos at shows. I know it can be annoying. That said, I try my best to keep it to a minimum and usually don’t use a flash (and then ramp up the contrast and exposure later). Here are my favorite 12 photos from 2011.

Look + Listen:
 

1. Ghost Animal @ Glasslands

   

   Downloadable: Tired (A Ceremony) (mp3)

 
 

2. HAPPY NEW YEAR @ Glasslands

   

   Downloadable: And… Begin! (mp3)

 
 

3. Mr. Dream @ Cake Shop

   

   Downloadable: Knick Knack (mp3)

 
 

4. Foot Village @ Death by Audio

   

   Downloadable: Crybaby (mp3)

 
 

5. JEFF The Brotherhood @ Rockaway Beach

   

   Downloadable: Shredder (mp3)

 
 

6. EULA @ Multiverse Playground

   

   Downloadable: Housewolf (mp3)

 
 

7. MIRACLES @ Death by Audio

   

   Downloadable: From Clouds (mp3)

 
 

8. PC Worship @ Bruar Falls (RIP)

   

   Downloadable: Tides (mp3)

 
 

9. Parts & Labor @ Knitting Factory

   

   Downloadable: A Great Divide (mp3)

 
 

10. THE FIELD RECORDINGS @ Spike Hill

    

    Downloadable: Tell Me Tell Me Tell Me (mp3)

 
 

11. YVETTE @ Death by Audio

    

    Downloadable: With Fangs (mp3)

 
 

12. Kohwi @ 13Thames

    

    Downloadable: Leaving is a Feeling (mp3)

 
It is not surprising that my top two photos were taken at Glasslands, which has a stunning background and great lighting. My overall favorite venue for photos has to be Death by Audio with their awesome murals — the only problem there is the lighting. In the coming year, I look forward to getting some great shots at Big Snow Buffalo Lodge and 285 Kent. And you reading this, go out and see a show at your local DIY venue.

Also, you can stream (and scrobble) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page 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.

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions as we are way too lazy to zip and upload every single mp3 in this post.

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

Oh, and be sure to check out our of best of posts.

 
For your streaming pleasure, here are the latest Friday Night Vids…
 
 
Streamable: Parallel Minds (youtube) by Woodsman

 
 
Streamable: Secret VHS Collection (youtube) by Total Slacker

Downloadable: Secret VHS Collection (mp3)

 
 
Streamable: Monday Morning (Live @ FADER Fort) (youtube) by Weekend

 
 
Streamable: Going Into the Unknown (youtube) by Wounded Lion

 
 
Streamable: Southern Withdrawal (vimeo) by PC Worship

 
 
Streamable: The Ghostship (vimeo) by COLLARBONES

Downloadable: The Ghostship (mp3)

 
 
Speaking of music videos, Castle Awesome has a brief history of the Jacuzzi Boys inability to keep their NSFW video up on mainstream streaming video sites… here.

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
 
And you can always watch more (live) videos @ the GIMMETINNITUSTUBE Channel.

For your streaming pleasure, here’s a few videos I took during the first couple days of Northside Fest.
 
So Low (youtube) by Seapony

 
 
Live @ Bruar Falls (youtube) by PC Worship

 
 
Less (youtube) by YVETTE

 
 
Bill Wyman Metal Detector (youtube) by Reports

 
 
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

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.

GDFX is the solo electronics project of Greg Fox who also creates music with Teeth Mountain, Family Of Love, and the transcendentalblackmetal unit Liturgy. Here are his answers to this here q and also a.

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

a: Living in the Kingdom of Death (lala link) by Daniel Higgs

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Pho #5 and Vietnamese iced coffee from Cong Ly, on Hester and Chrystie in Manhattan. If you go, tell Hai that I sent you.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: I have to say it’s Lightning Bolt. They’ve been my favorite live band since 2003, when I first saw them.

Listen: Colossus (mp3)

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

a: Shea Stadium, on Meadow street in Brooklyn. My cousin Adam Reich is one of the people running the place, and he’s also the main sound guy. Strong family vibes in there.

Honorable mentions (if only because I am not related to these people, not for any lesser amount of love): death by audio, silent barn, market hotel, and the meat wallet… Basically my friends’ places. What makes the brooklyn underground music scene so good is its infrastructure, which is largely due to the people who run the venues.

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

a: C.S.E.T.I.’s founder, Dr. Steven Greer. (google Disclosure Project for more info)

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

a: There is currently a new GDFX album in the works, which will be my first official release through a record label (the name of which I will not yet divulge) other than my own (Infinite Limbs/INFL). Thematic content inclusive of: collective consciousness, telepathy, the Morgenheutegesternwelt, the use of occult/otherwise esoteric meditation techniques, certain sub- and/or super-liminal resonant frequencies, the use of polyrhythms, drone, etc, states of trance, ecstasy, and what are sometimes referred to as “alternate realities”… Stepping outside of time as we experience it normally, to gain perspective and realize that we are one with all that is, beyond the current limits of our perception. Along the lines of reading a Dr. Bronner’s bottle while you’re in the shower- A soundtrack for the remote viewing of the void, visiting other parts of the galaxy and beyond, communicating with extraterrestrials, etc, if you will. A finger pointing to the moon, so to speak

It’s gonna be a banger.

[The following mp3] is totally in the demo stage- but it should give an idea of what some of this will sound like-

Listen: NEW REX (mp3)

[Here] is an excerpt from my recent live performance on WFMU, featuring collaborators Alexandra Drewchin (of Eartheater, Silver Summit and Lagoon), Ashiq Khondker (of Magnet City Kids), Tyler Dusenbury (of Thick Business, Family Of Love, and Liturgy), Max Eilbacher (of Teeth Mountain and Needle Gun), Mario Maggio (of PC Worship), and Turner Williams (of Ramble Tamble)-

Listen: (live @ WFMU 1/5/2010 part 3) (mp3)

You can download the rest of the recording, riding the tiger: good fortune and great success in 2010 and beyond (live on wfmu) for free @ Free Music Archive.

Upcoming Show:
Feb 20 @ Shea Stadium w/ Mouthus & Sightings

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Infinite Limbs is here.
Impose Magazine piece is here.

BONUS: Altered Ego (mp3)