GIMME TINNITUS

In case you have not heard, Brooklyn’s own Pterodactyl have released their third long player, Spills Out via Jagjaguwar. On this record, the band continues to hone their craft. The Pterodactyl sound started out as abrasive noisepunk (check out a couple early tracks in the bonus section below). Their sound has since evolved into something more psychedelic, something a bit more pop. They have toned down the feedback, focused more on harmony and three-part croon, and added Wurlitzers, ukeleles, and Kawasaki Dual Cool Keys (a discontinued toy keyboard) to the mix. The album features guests appearances from Dan Friel (Parts & Labor), Zach Lehrhoff (Ex Models), organist Mike Gallope (Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang), violist Amy Cimini (Architeuthis Walks On Land), and Frank Musarra (Hearts of Darknesses).

You can purchase Spills Out in vinyl, CD, and digital formats over at scdistribution.com.

Track Listing:

1. School Glue (mp3)
2. Searchers
3. Hold Still
4. Nerds (mp3)
5. Spills In
6. Allergy Shots
7. The Hole Night
8. Thorn
9. The Break
10. Spills Out
11. Zombies
12. White Water
13. Aphasia

Streamable: School Glue (Live @ Death by Audio) (vimeo)

(source: Peter Staubs)

You can also stream the whole of Spills Out over @ spin.com.

Upcoming NYC Show:

• December 16th @ Knitting Factory (performing songs from Stay Afraid) w/ Pterodactyl

Pterodactyl are presently touring the US of A.

You can find more tour dates @ jagjaguwar.com/tour.

Pterodactyl is on the internet
Pterodactyl is on Blogger
Pterodactyl is on elbo.ws
Pterodactyl is on Hype Machine
Pterodactyl is on Jagjaguwar
Pterodactyl is on Brah Records
Pterodactyl is on Cardboard Records
Pterodactyl is on Deleted Art
Pterodactyl is on Altin Village
Pterodactyl is on Pukekos
Pterodactyl is on Insound
Pterodactyl is on Amazon MP3
Pterodactyl is on eMusic

BONUS:
Loose Lips (mp3)
Esses (mp3)

(cover art: Otecki)

 
For your streaming pleasure, here are the latest Friday Night Vids…
 
 
Streamable: Keep Time (vimeo) by Gauntlet Hair

Downloadable: Keep Time (mp3)

 
 
Streamable: 252 (vimeo) by Gem Club

 
 
Streamable: School Glue (vimeo) by Pterodactyl (source)

Downloadable: School Glue (mp3)

 
 
Streamable: I Hated School (Live @ Legion Bar) (youtube) by Night Manager

 
 
Streamable: Moneybags (Live @ Cake Shop for the nyctaper CMJ Showcase) (youtube) by Mr. Dream

Downloadable: Moneybags (mp3)

 
 
Speaking of new music videos, you can watch the vulva-tastic NSFW Jacuzzi Boys vid @ dailymotion.com (registration required), you know… if you are into that sort of thing.

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

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 | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music
 

It is time for the next volume of the Best Downloadables of 2011.

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 download any or all of the tracks at your leisure (with the usual right-click or control-click) and play them using a digital media player of your choice.

Listen.

Downloadables:

1. Know No Violence (mp3) by Spanish Prisoners

[pay what you want for Gold Fools spanishprisoners.bandcamp.com]

2. Germs (mp3) by Yalls

[pay what you want for Yalls @ yalls.bandcamp.com]

3. Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name) (mp3) by Cymbals Eat Guitars
4. Yubacore (mp3) by Hella
5. Hours (mp3) by Tycho
6. Psychic Mesa (mp3) by Total Slacker
7. Tame the Sun (mp3) by Male Bonding
8. School Glue (mp3) by Pterodactyl
9. You Take Time (mp3) by Bleached
10. Here To Stay (mp3) by Milagres
11. Sisters & Friends (mp3) by Little Gold
12. Moneybags (mp3) by Mr. Dream
13. Tell Me Tell Me Tell Me (mp3) by THE FIELD RECORDINGS
14. In Circles (mp3) by Woodsman
15. Dead End (mp3) by Reading Rainbow
16. Harsh Realm (mp3) by Widowspeak
17. Terra Incognita (mp3) by Atlas Sound
18. Hard Pose (mp3) by Balaclavas
19. Chippewa Kids (feat. Sarah Barthel) (mp3) by Junk Culture

[pay what you want for Hang Roxy @ illegal-art.net]

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

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

Additionally, 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.

I recently heard that Parts & Labor are going on an “extended hiatus”. Here is their statement regarding the hiatus…

Dear friends,

This January, Parts & Labor turns 10 years old. We’re planning a string of celebratory shows, in which we play selected material from all of our full length albums, leading up to a big 10th anniversary blow out on February 24th, 2012.

Following these performances, we’re going to take an extended hiatus. We feel incredibly fortunate having had a decade of amazing experiences — making records and new friends, performing with so many killer musicians and artists. But it’s time for each of us to focus on personal projects for a while. We’re all going to continue to make music through other endeavors.

We’d like to thank everyone who’s supported us, bought our albums, seen us live, offered us a floor to sleep on. We love y’all. As a token of our esteem, we’re giving away a final song called “No Nostalgia (featuring Todd Bailey and Where’s The Party At)”, which was recorded during the Receivers sessions, but suddenly seems all too prescient.

Love,
Dan/BJ/Joe (Parts & Labor)

Here is that final song.

Listen.

Downloadable: No Nostalgia (mp3)

I don’t know about you, but when I heard the epic “Fractured Skies” for the first time I swear my brain melted. I had to find out who was playing, and I needed to hear more of it. This song restored my faith in punk rock. I hope it does the same for you.

Downloadable: Fractured Skies (mp3)

Instead of getting bummed out, we should all get excited for what Dan, BJ, and Joe will be creating in the future.

Upcoming NYC Shows:

• October 19th @ Union Pool (performing songs from Receivers) Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans CMJ Showcase w/ Exitmusic + Gauntlet Hair + Porcelain Raft + A Place to Bury Strangers
• November 18th @ Death by Audio (performing songs from Mapmaker) w/ Knyfe Hyts + Antimagic + Zulus
• December 16th @ Knitting Factory (performing songs from Stay Afraid) w/ Pterodactyl
• February 24th, 2012 @ 285 Kent Ave. (10th Anniversary Fest/Last Show) w/ Oneida + Talk Normal + more TBA

Parts & Labor are on the internet
Parts & Labor are on Facebook
Parts & Labor are on Twitter
Parts & Labor are on elbo.ws
Parts & Labor are on Hype Machine
Parts & Labor are on Daytrotter
Parts & Labor are on Sound Opinions
Parts & Labor are on Jagjaguwar
Parts & Labor are on Brah
Parts & Labor are on Cardboard
Parts & Labor are on Narnack
Parts & Labor are on Plastic Records
Parts & Labor are on Pukekos
Parts & Labor are on Other Music
Parts & Labor are on Insound
Parts & Labor are on Amazon MP3
Parts & Labor are on eMusic

BONUS: Changing of the Guard (Daytrotter Session) (mp3)

It’s almost CMJ time, so here’s a mix featuring just a few of the bands that are playing (official and unofficial) shows during this year’s CMJ.

Listen.

1. Melting (mp3) by Hunters
2. Moneybags (mp3) by Mr. Dream
3. Constant Future (mp3) by Parts & Labor
4. In A Strangeland (mp3) by Talk Normal
5. Clips (mp3) by Ava Luna
6. Hazel (mp3) by Weekend
7. Pizza Pasta (mp3) by Night Manager
8. Nerds (mp3) by Pterodactyl
9. I Was So Bored I Wanted To Hang Myself On The Dancefloor (mp3) by Double Dagger
10. Keep Time (mp3) by Gauntlet Hair
11. Skateboard Bulldog (mp3) by Radical Dads
12. It’s Leaking (mp3) by Life Size Maps
13. Lemon Tree (mp3) by Mister Melt
14. This Town Doesn’t Have Enough Bars For Both Of Us (mp3) by Gospel Music
15. Perfect (mp3) by Fort Lean
16. Los Angeles Guitar Dream (mp3) by Spanish Prisoners
17. Fire To The Ground [ft. Matt Berninger] (mp3) by The Forms
18. Corvalis (mp3) by DIVE
19. Bedroom Drum (mp3) by Amen Dunes
20. In Circles (mp3) by Woodsman
21. Distance Creator (mp3) by ZAZA
22. 1CHRD (mp3) by Headless Horseman
23. Leaving is a Feeling (mp3) by Kohwi
24. Lawn Knives (mp3) by Born Gold

Editor’s Note: The first five songs from this mix will be featured on ex.fm‘s playlist during the music and technology smartloungue event happening on October 19th and 20th.

You can browse the official CMJ showcase list @ schedule.cmj.com and you should probably also check out the unofficial showlist @ ohmyrockness.com.

And here is a short list (in no particular) of just a few awesome shows we are looking forward to next week:

• Forest Family Records Showcase @ Bruar Falls
• Ex.fm + Tumblr + YVYNYL + Ears of the Beholder = #MEGABLAAG @ Bar Matchless
• Terrorbird Showcase @ Cakeshop
• Sippy Cup Y’all Showcase @ Pianos
• Lefse Records Showcase @ Pianos
• I Rock I Roll + Battering Room + Hillytown @ Pianos
• The nyctaper Showcase @ Cakeshop
• IGIF’s Floating Fest @ Pianos
• The Camper’s Rule Records showcase @ Bruar Falls
• The second to last Double Dagger show ever (the last one is in B’more, duh) @ Death by Audio
• Jagjaguwar/Secretly Canadian/Dead Oceans Showcase @ Union Pool

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.

Also, If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

And if you like what you hear you should probably purchase music from the above artists at any of these fine online retailers:

Insound | Amazon MP3 | eMusic | Other Music