GIMME TINNITUS

It’s time again to look back, reflect, and contemplate… what were we listening to one year ago?

Listen to the March 2010 Mix and find out.

Downloadables:

1. Oh! Centra (mp3) by Javelin
2. Proboscidean (mp3) by SHAPERS
3. West (mp3) by Endless Endless Endless
4. And It Goes (mp3) by Bad Sports
5. Cloudbank (mp3) by Julianna Barwick
6. The Sun is Out (mp3) by Reading Rainbow
7. The Ghosts That Wake You (mp3) by Follow That Bird!
8. Money in the Banks (mp3) by Smart Growth
   (d/l the Total Bummer compilation @ bantermm.com)
9. Street Trash (mp3) by TOBACCO
10. Hot Cakes (mp3) by El Ten Eleven
11. Cow (mp3) by Nikoo
12. Elephants (mp3) by Warpaint
13. Albatross (mp3) by The Besnard Lakes
14. IN HEAT (JAVELIN RMX) (mp3) by HEALTH
15. Latin America (mp3) by Holy Fuck
16. Latin Lover (mp3) by Mi Ami
17. Pillow Talk (mp3) by Double Dagger
18. Sitting Bored (mp3) by Slow Animal
    (d/l the Slow Animal Demo @ sendspace.com)

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. You have many choices ahead of you. Listen.

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

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

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.

Reading Rainbow of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sent us these concise answers to our questions in this next installment of q and also a.

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

a: Nowhere Near (youtube) by Yo La Tengo

Listen:

q: What is your favorite beverage?

a: Coffee & Kombucha

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Grass Widow

Listen: Lulu’s Lips (mp3)

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

a: Cake Shop in Manhattan, Death By Audio in Brooklyn

q: What piece(s) of culture are you really really excited about right now?

a: TV Series DVDs! Strangers with Candy, Kids in the Hall, The State, too many!

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

a: Today we just finished recording songs for two separate 7″ coming out this summer (or maybe sooner?). A one-side 7″ on Hell Yes! and a split with Super Wild Horses on HoZac.

Listen: Mess Around (mp3) by Super Wild Horses

Here are a few tracks by Reading Rainbow to check out.

Downloadables:
Restless (mp3)
Wasting Time (mp3)
Always on my Mind (mp3)

Hopefully, Reading Rainbow will play some shows in NYC when they get back from touring the US of A (and some of Canada). Here is their tour poster:

Reading Rainbow is on Blogger
Reading Rainbow is on Bandcamp
Reading Rainbow is on Twitter
Reading Rainbow is on Facebook
Reading Rainbow is on Myspace
Reading Rainbow is on elbo.ws
Reading Rainbow is on Hype Machine
Reading Rainbow is on HoZac
Reading Rainbow is on SMK Recordings
Reading Rainbow is on Kill Zoo
Reading Rainbow is on Chimney Sweep Records
Reading Rainbow is on Atelier Ciseaux
Reading Rainbow is on Other Music
Reading Rainbow is on Insound
Reading Rainbow is on Amazon MP3
Reading Rainbow is on eMusic

We have a 5-pack of 7″s to give away from the good folks at HoZac Records. If you want ‘em leave a comment below. We will pick a random winner in a couple weeks and proclaim the winner of this mini HoZac hookup (Continental US only, sorry rest of the world). Listen and win (maybe).

1. First up is “a pop-guided wrecking ball,”

   No Plans b/w Ice Age 7″ by Heavy Times

   

   Streamable: No Plans (soundcloud)

   And here is an mp3 of the B-side…

   Downloadable: Ice Age (mp3) (source)




2. Next up is “one of Chicago’s best not-so-secret bands that are still mind bogglingly under the radar,”

   Hobby Girl b/w See-Saw 7″ by Mannequin Men

   

   Streamable: Hobby Girl (soundcloud)




3. Plus hows about some “full-charge scum punk,”

   Let Me Down 7″ EP by Tortured Tongues

   

   Streamable: To Death (soundcloud)




4. And who doesn’t want some tunes “bursting with scuzz-laden, mind-numbing hooks”??

   Remote View b/w Lord Auch 7″ by The Girls

   

   Streamable: Remote View (soundcloud)




5. Lastly, there a fine example of contemporary powerpop.

   You’ve Got The Wrong Man b/w Stubborn Ghost 7″ by Gentleman Jesse and His Men

   

   Streamable: Got The Wrong Man (soundcloud)

Be sure to check out some of the other HoZac recordings we have featured… Woven Bones, Idle Times, Reading Rainbow, and Super Wild Horses among others.

And be sure to check out what’s available at the HoZac Store.

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. Listen.

Downloadables:

1. pink set of lungs (mp3) by Eleanor
         (d/l SOMEONE ELSE @ Bandcamp)
2. Night at the Movies (mp3) by DOOMSTAR!
         (d/l New Years Single 2011 @ Bandcamp)
3. Silver Machine (Hawkwind Cover) (mp3) by dinowalrus
4. Campfires (mp3) by Young Adults
         (d/l beko_amdiscs2 @ amdiscs.com)
5. Girl World (mp3) by Golden Girls
         (pay-what-you-want for the Girl World EP @ bandcamp)
6. Do You Want To Give $$? (mp3) by Sic Alps
7. SH8KR (mp3) by Headless Horseman
8. BASEBALL CARDS (DEMO) (mp3) by WAVVES
9. Post Modern Love (mp3) by SDLK
         (d/l In Tangiers EP @ Mediafire)
10. ‘Swimming After Dark’ (mp3) by Guards
11. Always On My Mind (Live @ Power Hour on Y-Rock on XPN) (mp3) by
          Reading Rainbow (d/l the rest of the session @ xpn.org)
12. Naked Glass (mp3) by HotChaCha
13. This Is War (mp3) by Houses
14. School Night (mp3) by Foxes in Fiction
          (d/l Alberto @ Mediafire) (order the Alberto cassette @ Orchid Tapes)
15. Water Hymn (mp3) by Painted Palms
          (d/l Canopy EP @ Bandcamp)
16. Devon (mp3) by Grimes
17. Skinny Ghost (mp3) by HAPPY TRENDY
          (d/l Old Friends @ Bandcamp)
18. Discovery (mp3) by Teen Daze
19. Real You (Lil B vs Gold Panda) (mp3) by The Hood Internet

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.

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. This here mix is kind of all over the place. Listen.

Downloadables:

1. Gut Feeling vs. It’s Just a Ride (Devo vs. Bill Hicks) (mp3) by The Death
         Set (d/l Мишка Presents Artificially Sweetened @ the Mishka Bloglin)
2. Euphoria (mp3) by Reading Rainbow
3. Battles (mp3) by Celebration
4. Mona’s Lunch (mp3) by The Demon’s Claws
5. Back to the Future IV (mp3) by Diehard
6. This Buildings On Fire (mp3) by Skeleton$
7. Sirens (mp3) by Gary War
8. Criminals (Atlas Sound Cover) (mp3) by Tape Deck Mountain
9. Freak Train (Kurt Vile Cover) (mp3) by Atlas Sound
         (d/l Bedroom Databank Vol. 1 @ Mediafire)
10. Raise Your Gaze (mp3) by Tristeza
11. She Owns (mp3) by CHLL PLL
12. Cops Eat Flowers (mp3) by Big Pauper
13. Manet Monet (mp3) by Kuhrye-oo
14. Seite campanas de la Serenidad (mp3) by Prefuse 73
15. Erasers (mp3) by Blackbird Blackbird
16. LQD GLD (RxRy RMX) (mp3) by I Am The Dot
17. Sun Bum (mp3) by Monster Rally
18. Local Submissive (live on WFMU) (mp3) by No Age
          (source)

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.