GIMME TINNITUS

It’s time to look back and reflect again. What were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the February 2009 Mix to find out…

Downloadables:
First Daze (mp3) by Pterodactyl

New Guitar (mp3) by Mi Ami

Empty Legs (mp3) by Thank You

Cage Those Pythons (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Zontag (mp3) by Gary War

Bobbie Joe Wilson (Pollination Remix) (mp3) by Yppah

Yeti (mp3) by Like Bells

So Fine (mp3) by Telepathe

Don’t Lie (mp3) by Abe Vigoda

Troubles Like Mine (mp3) by Gun Outfit

Pine On (mp3) by Obits

Wasted Youth (mp3) by Lovvers

Lake House (mp3) by Vivian Girls

To Clean (mp3) by Woods

Sunlight (mp3) by Harlem Shakes

Is She There? (mp3) by Nodzzz

In the Parlor (mp3) by Pree

Tourniquet (mp3) by Sholi

Now We Can See (mp3) by The Thermals

Cable TV (Liars remix) by Fol Chen

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

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Ernest Gonzales creates the blend of electronic and live instrumentation that will swirl around the small folds of your frontal lobe. Here are his answers in this installment of q and also a.

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

a: Literally the last song I heard was Ke$ha’s Tik Tok (youtube) (ed. note: click at your own risk) which I have a love/hate relationship with but really really heard was Wind it Up (youtube) by Mark Pritchard…that song is nerdy south hard!

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Cucumbers or pineapple with lime and chile.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Hands down Grand Buffet is one of my favorite bands to see live. 200% energy with every song performed and the bits in between the songs are hilarious.

Listen: Cool As Hell (mp3)

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

a: Gotta go with Public Assembly…right before the show I ripped a huge whole in the ass of my pants so I changed in the sound booth and left them there…sorry to the soundguy if you are reading this.

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

a: I would give a lifetime grant to Michel Gondry to just keep doing his thing with a stipulation that he’d have to make a music video for me equal to or better than Sugar Water (youtube) from Cibo Matto.

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

a: My latest project is an artbook/album called Been Meaning to Tell You. I’d say go scoop up the vinyl before they are gone…its a 180 gram white vinyl that comes with a download of the book, 13 originals, and 16 remixes from Daedelus, Yppah, Take, Pollination, CYNE to name a few. Get it at www.beenmeaningtotellyou.com. BMTTY officially drops February 9th. I’m wrapping up a compilation album just in time for SXSW. The compilation is hosted by my label Exponential and will feature new music from Exponential as well as Ninja Tune, Stones Throw, Creaked, Friends of Friends, and Innovative Leisure.

Listen:
Fair Weather Friends by Daedelus
Gumball Machine Weekend by Yppah
Bee Sting by Take
Sinister Skies by Pollination
Pretty Apollo by CYNE

Here’s one track plus one remix from Been Meaning to Tell You…

Listen:
Self Awakening (mp3)
Self Awakening (Faunts Remix) (mp3)

Ernest Gonzales is on Twitter.
Exponential page is here.
Exponential is on Bandcamp.
Friends of Friends is here.
Friends of Friends is on Bandcamp.
Dublab Sprout Session is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

Ernest Gonzales’ LP Been Meaning to Tell You is the first long player to be put out by the Friends of Friends label. The album’s 13 original songs contains a psychedelic brew of melancholy guitar, laptop tones, 8-bit buzz, and experimental hip hop. Listen…

Downloadable: Dancing In The Snow (mp3)

This being an FoF release of course there are remixes; 16 to be exact. The remixers include:

Aether
Copy
CYNE
Daedelus
David Ramos
Faunts
Faux Pas
matthewdavid
Mexicans with Guns (Gonzales’ alter-ego)
mirm
Ocuban
osos .o
Pollination
Take
Yppah
Zoon van Snook

Tall Corn Music will release the limited edition LP on 180g white vinyl on Feb 23.

The website beenmeaningtotellyou.com was set up to promote the album as welll as the Self Awakening EP, but also to “let other people also say the things that they have been meaning to tell someone.” You can send anonymous emails or if you feel the need leave a confession.

There is also an book of artists’ visual interpretations of the songs on the album. Here are some of the images:

See larger versions of these images… here.

Order the Been Meaning to Tell You art book (which comes with a download card for the album)… here.

Purchase the digital version of Been Meaning to Tell You (comes with a pdf of the art book)… here.

Ernest Gonzales is on Twitter.
Exponential page is here.
Exponential has a Bandcamp.
Friends of Friends is here.
Friends of Friends has a Bandcamp.
Dublab Sprout Session is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

BONUS: Self Awakening (mp3)

It’s time to look back and reflect again, what were we listening to one year ago? Listen to the January 2009 Mix…

Downloadables:
Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare (mp3) by Matt & Kim

Baraat (mp3) by Rude Mechanical Orchestra

Knotty Pine (mp3) by Dirty Projectors + David Byrne

The Mountain (mp3) by Heartless Bastards

Housewolf (mp3) by Eula

Digital Haircut (mp3) by dd/mm/yyyy

In The Dark (Demo) (mp3) by Gun Outfit

Misfit (mp3) by Wipers

Wretched Wisdom (mp3) by Krallice

Gumball Machine Weekend (Pollination Remix) (mp3) by Yppah

My Girls (Mexicans with Guns Remix) (mp3) by Animal Collective

Crystal Mines (mp3) by CFCF

The Moon Shifts The Sea The Sea Shapes The Shore The Shore Shakes The Sand The Sand Sinks The Ship (mp3) by A.Armada

Knowledge In Hand (mp3) by The Forms

Don’t Taunt A Tiger (mp3) by Slothbear

I Love You But You’re Worthless (mp3) by Brilliant Sweaters

When Your Mask Is Your Revealing Feature (mp3) by The Oranges Band

Paper Planes (M.I.A. Cover) (mp3) by Pale Young Gentlemen

Bear (mp3) by The Antlers

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

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Shoegazebeatsmith Pollination has been uploading like crazy to the Soundcloud. In addition to a bunch of remixes, he recently added the new/old track entitled “Quartz Controller.” Listen…

Downloadable: Quartz Controller (mp3)

If you haven’t downloaded it out already, grab Pollination’s Inca Orange EP for free at bandcamp.

Pollination is on Soundcloud.
Pollination is on Myspace.
Pollination is on Facebook.
Pollination is on Twitter.
Exponential Records is here.
Bandcamp page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

BONUS: Listen to Pollination recent collab with Pouff…

Downloadable: Sneaky Slink Sneakers (mp3)

(source: wildlife analysis)

While I’ve already revealed my favorite album of 2009 (which includes Pollination’s free IO EP), I thought I might share some of the better albums released by artists and labels free of charge.

This is the Year in Free Albums.

1. Surface by RENMINBI
Listen: Portland (mp3)

2. Mixtape by The Years
Listen: Dewjuice (mp3)

3. Fear! by Shark?
Listen: I’ve Got Friends (mp3)

4. New Raytheonport by Gary War
Listen: Clouds Went That Way (mp3)
NOTE: This album came out in 2008, but the FMA started giving it away in 2009.

5. Texas Compilation from Exponential Records
Listen: Upon the 49th Day (mp3) by Ernest Gonzales

6. Thanks But No Thanks by Phaseone
Listen: Temp Tags / Starfox (mp3)
NOTE: Phaseone and Frank Heat put out a free remix album entitled White Collar Crime. It is available at The Forkcast or Banter Media.

7. West Coast by Junk Culture
Listen: Carmel Valley Girls (mp3)
NOTE: This album is actually pay-what-you-want which includes the price of free.

8. Mixtape Volume Four by The Hood Internet
Listen: The Hood Internet – Good Ol’ Fashion Rump Shaker (Beastie Boys x Matt & Kim) (soundcloud)

9. Lefse Records Compilation
Listen: Open Water (mp3) by A Grave With No Name

10. WRAP BOOTY by PROFESSOR CALCULUS
Listen: STAB ALLEY (mp3)
props to FMLY

11. See Mystery Lights Instrumentals by Y△CHT
Listen: Summer Song (Instrumental) (mp3)

12. ATL RMX from Adult Swim & Rockstar Games
Listen: Sideways (SALEM Drag Chop remix) (mp3) by Playboy Tre

13. Cybersex Digital Sampler from Sub Pop
Listen: Son of a Gun (mp3) by The Vaselines

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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


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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)




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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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Have you downloaded the Inca Orange EP by GT favs Pollination yet? If not, head over to Bandcamp and DL it already, as it is now totally FREE (click on the download link on the widget below).

Enjoy the shoegazey blend of beats and found sound and tape hiss and such…

Streamable/Downloadable:

Also, Pollination recently posted a non-album track on the ilike.

Streamable:

Pollination is on Myspace.
Pollination is on Facebook.
Pollination is on Twitter.
Exponential Records is here.
Bandcamp page is here.
Amazon MP3 page is here.
eMusic page is here.

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