GIMME TINNITUS

Two Inch Astronaut is a trio of postpunks: Matt Gatwood on drums, Sam Rosenberg on guitar and vocals, and Daniel Pouridas on bass. On June 18th, Two Inch will release their first full-length LP, entitled Bad Brother via the always excellent, Exploding In Sound Records. (Full Disclosure: I am throwing a 2 day unofficial Northside showcase with EIS, but you already knew that, right?)

The band is based in Colesville, MD, sandwiched between DC and Baltimore. They will be touring with Baltimore’s own Hive Bent this June (see dates below), and will be playing the 2nd night of the EISGTNSIDE13 craziness.

Here is track number four off of Bad Brother.

Listen.

Downloadable: Blood From a Loyal Hound (mp3) (as seen)

You can preorder the limited edition translucent purple edition of Bad Brother @ bandcamp.com.

June 2013 Tour Dates w/ Hive Bent:

• June 9th – Virginia
• June 10th – Pittsburgh, PA
• June 11th – Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber w/ Ugh God + Ted Nguygent
• June 12th – Boston, MA @ O’Brien’s w/ Grass Is Green + Crinkle Face
• June 13th – New Haven, CT @ Fort Flesh
• June 14th – Poughkeepsie
• June 15th @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge for #EISGTNSIDE13 w/ Pile + Speedy Ortiz + Grass Is Green + Ovlov + Fat History Month + Porches.
• June 16th – New Jersey
• June 17th – Baltimore

Two Inch Astronaut is on Bandcamp
Two Inch Astronaut is on Facebook
Two Inch Astronaut is on Hype Machine
Two Inch Astronaut is on Exploding In Sound Records
Two Inch Astronaut is on eMusic

BONUS: swol (mp3)

Speedy Ortiz‘s full-length debut, Major Arcana, is set to be released on July 9th via Washington DC’s Carpark Records. Listening to Major Arcana, I could not help but notice the care that was given to capturing the heavier, more chaotic nature of the Speedy Ortiz live show. This is only May, but I think I can state with confidence that this LP is one of the Best of 2013.

This right here is the promomp3.

Listen.

Downloadable: Tiger Tank (mp3)

Preorder will be available soon @ store.carparkrecords.com.

And if you have not heard the Sports EP (released by GT favs Exploding in Sound Records) you can still grab the digital @ speedyortiz.bandcamp.com. Sorry, the cassette and the 10″ are both sold out

Upcoming NYC shows:

• May 17th @ Silent Barn w/ Island Twins, Advaeta, Idiot Genes, Lunchbox
• May 31st @ Cake Shop w/ Sleepies
• June 15th @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge for #EISGTNSIDE13 w/ Pile + Two Inch Astronaut + Grass Is Green + Ovlov + Fat History Month + Porches. + Hive Bent

Speedy Ortiz is on Bandcamp
Speedy Ortiz is on Facebook
Speedy Ortiz is on Twitter
Speedy Ortiz is on Livejournal
Speedy Ortiz is on Hype Machine
Speedy Ortiz is on Carpark
Speedy Ortiz is on Inflated Records
Speedy Ortiz is on Exploding in Sound Records
Speedy Ortiz is on Hidden Temple
Speedy Ortiz is on Taste My Kids
Speedy Ortiz is on eMusic

BONUS: Silver Spring (mp3)

Hive Bent of Baltimore produce “loud sounds from a sunn amp and a drumkit”.

They have been called many things:

post-post-modern hardcore
bunge
bunge rock
guavacado noise
noise rock

Silly genre jokes aside, there are some very serious things happening here, they are just being expressed with screaming and feedback.

This right here is the whole of Hive Bent‘s debut recording, U NEUTRAL.

Listen.

Streamable: U NEUTRAL (bandcamp)

Pay-What-You-Want for the digital of U NEUTRAL @ hivebentmd.bandcamp.com.

Or

Buy the limited edition cassette of U NEUTRAL @ hivebentmd.bandcamp.com (100 copies made).

Terra Firma Recs sez: “Order Now. Spend Money. Consume Resources.”

Upcoming NYC show:

• June 15th @ Big Snow Buffalo Lodge for #EISGTNSIDE13 w/ Pile + Speedy Ortiz + Two Inch Astronaut + Grass Is Green + Ovlov + Fat History Month + Porches.

Hive Bent is on Tumblr
Hive Bent is on Bandcamp
Hive Bent is on Twitter
Hive Bent is on Facebook
Hive Bent is on Hype Machine
Hive Bent is on elbo.ws
Hive Bent is on Terra Firma Records

BONUS: The Observer (mp3)

Jeff Meff (guitar/vocals) and Bob Hobby (drums) are “everyone’s favorite nonalcoholic joke band”, Fat History Month. The duo is getting ready to unleash their second LP, Bad History Month via Exploding in Sound Records and Sophomore Lounge Records. Bad History Month drops on April 1st. Have you heard the title track yet? If not, head over to brooklynvegan.com. And now, GIMME TINNITUS is excited to premiere the second track off of Bad History Month to hit the internets.

Listen.

Downloadable: Bald History Month (soundcloud)

You can preorder Bad History Month @ bandcamp.com. All vinyl orders include an illustrated lyric book drawn by Adric Giles.

Fat History Month will be heading out on a national tour with their labelmates, the mighty Pile starting tonight.

• 3/22 Cambridge MA- Middle East Upstairs w/ Kal Marks and Big Mess
• 3/23 Buffalo NY – DBGB’s w/ Johns, Returners and Velvet Elvis
• 3/24 Detroit MI – Jumbo’s w/ Cray Crays and Touch
• 3/25 Chicago IL – Abbey Pub w/ My Dad and Geronimo!
• 3/26 Milwaukee WI – Quarter’s w/ Absolutely
• 3/27 Minneapolis MN – Medusa w/ Buildings and Ex-Nuns
• 3/28 Omaha NB – O’leaver’s Pub
• 3/29 Denver CO – TDB
• 3/30 Salt Lake City UT – TDB
• 3/31 Missoula MT – Ole Beck VFW Post 209 w/ Boys and St. Elias
• 4/1 Bellingham WA – Cabin Tavern w/ St. Elias
• 4/2 Seattle WA – The Black Lodge w/ Devotion and St. Elias
• 4/3 Portland OR – The East End w/ Gladness and St. Elias
• 4/4 Arcata CA – Crescent House
• 4/5 Yuba City CA – The Cave
• 4/6 San Francisco CA – Hemlock Tavern w/ Michael Beach
• 4/7 Oakland CA – Fractal Mindgaze Hut w/ Big Long Now
• 4/8 San Francisco CA – TDB
• 4/9 Santa Barbara CA – TDB
• 4/10 Los Angeles CA – Origami Vinyl (Early Show)
• 4/10 Los Angeles CA – The Smell (Later Show) w/ Stab City
• 4/11 San Diego CA – Tin Can Ale House
• 4/12 Tempe AZ – TDB
• 4/13 Flagstaff AZ – A Living Room
• 4/14 Albuquerque NM – TDB
• 4/15 Amarillo TX – The 806
• 4/16 Dallas TX – TDB
• 4/17 Austin TX – Hotel Vegas
• 4/18 Houston TX – Notsuoh
• 4/19 New Orleans LA – One Eyed Jacks w/ Y’all
• 4/20 Pensacola FL – The Handlebar
• 4/21 Birmingham AL – The Forge
• 4/22 Nashville TN – The Owl Farm
• 4/23 Louisviklle KY – TDB
• 4/24 Bloomington IN – Sound Workshop w/ Dust From 1000 Yrs and Ponyboy
• 4/25 Pittsburgh PA – TDB
• 4/26 Philadelphia PA – TDB
• 4/27 New Brunswick NJ – TDB
• 4/28 Brooklyn NY – Death By Audio w/ Porches and Bennio Qwerty
• 4/29 Allston MA – Great Scott w/ Florida = Death

Check pilemusic.tumblr.com for updates.

Fat History Month is on Blogger
Fat History Month is on Bandcamp
Fat History Month is on elbo.ws
Fat History Month is on Hype Machine
Fat History Month is on Free Music Archive
Fat History Month is on Exploding In Sound Records
Fat History Month is on Sophmore Lounge
Fat History Month is on eMusic

BONUS: Money (mp3)

Here is it, over SIX HOURS of music. What follows is a compilation of all the tracks that have been stuck in my head throughout this last year. Definitely check out first 24 tracks, but also make sure you scroll through the whole list. Perhaps there is something down there that you missed?

Did I miss something totally awesome? Then leave a comment and let me know. Have fun listening/downloading.

Here are the GIMME TINNITUS Favorite 24 MP3s of 2012:

1. Seriously (Evil Radio Edit) (mp3) by Sleepies
2. Super Vague (mp3) by Roomrunner
3. Ace (mp3) by The Big Sleep
4. Cut The Chord (mp3) by THE PSYCHED
5. Wet Blanket (mp3) by METZ
6. What A Mess (mp3) by Mr. Dream
7. Silver Spring (mp3) by Speedy Ortiz
8. Burned Body (mp3) by naomi punk
9. Cold Sweat (mp3) by YVETTE
10. Swim (mp3) by Nu Sensae
11. I Hated School (mp3) by Night Manager
12. Wrenning Day (mp3) by Ava Luna
13. Borrowed Time (mp3) by Parquet Courts
14. You Are The One (mp3) by A Place To Bury Strangers
15. Thank God for Sinners (mp3) by Ty Segall
16. Reflection (mp3) by NT
17. Kisses (mp3) by Zulus
18. Lupus (mp3) by Butter The Children
19. Consistency (mp3) by Stagnant Pools
20. Creem (mp3) by Shepherdess
21. Prom Song (mp3) by Pile
22. Lee’s Child (mp3) by Alan Watts
23. Black Practice (mp3) by Trabajo
24. When I’m in a Car (mp3) by Ed Schrader’s Music Beat

The above tracks should fit nicely onto a CD-R (if you are still using that particular technology).

 
You can stream (and scrobble) all the songs in this post using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can 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.

Also, 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 | eMusic | Other Music

Oh, and be sure to check out our of best of posts, and while you are at it why not peruse previous GIMME TINNITUS best of songs lists from 2011, 2010, and 2009?