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Shattered Darlings & Liquid Kisses come straight outta Valley Stream L.I. (home of Slothbear). Instead of labelling their music with that so overused term lofi, let’s call it postgrunge. You can download the whole of Shattered Darlings & Liquid Kisses self-titled self-released full length album over at mediafire (a/k/a the bane of the old recording industry). But first, why not hear what they are laying down? Listen.

Downloadable: Radio (mp3)

Upcoming NYC shows:

Sept 11 @ Don Pedro’s

Shattered Darlings & Liquid Kisses is on Myspace
Shattered Darlings & Liquid Kisses is on Facebook
Shattered Darlings & Liquid Kisses is on elbo.ws
Shattered Darlings & Liquid Kisses is on eMusic

BONUS: Spun/Flowers (mp3)

Wait a sec, Slothbear’s self-produced full length debut, Qids never received a post here on GIMME TINNITUS. My apologies. The band combines jangly 90’s guitar tones with a spacey ethereal quality that will get stuck in your head. So, if you just want a taste of Slothbear and don’t want to invest in downloading a whole zip, listen to this.

Downloadable: Little Qid (mp3)

You can also download the whole thing.

Downloadable: Qids (mediafire)

I’m pretty sure that once you listen to the whole album, you will totally want to buy Qids for $5.99 @ Amazon MP3.

You can read the Slothbear q and also a… here.

Upcoming NYC Show:
Jun 14 @ Public Assembly

Slothbear is on Myspace
Slothbear is on Facebook
Slothbear is on Twitter
Slothbear is on Blogspot
Slothbear is on Hype Machine
Slothbear is on elbo.ws
Slothbear is on Vanity Imprint
Slothbear is on Rack And Ruin
Slothbear is on Amazon MP3

BONUSES:
Exceptional Bastards (mp3)

The Slothbear EP (rack and ruin zip)

Next up, some answers from Craig of LI’s own Slothbear.

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

a: simpsons ‘poochie rap’ (youtube)

q: What is your favorite food?

a: babylon’s old fashion french toast in north valley stream

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: animal collective, but i’ve seen them too much.

Listen: Fireworks (mp3)

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

a: mckibbin apartments in bushwick

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

a: to slothbear no doubt, since every other band in indie rock seems to be comprised of millionaires

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

a: our first LP Qids is in the final stages of mixing and will hopefully be out in the next month or so, though we’ve been saying that for the better part of a year now. here’s a song called “white christmas” that’s probably gonna be track 2.

Listen:
White Christmas (mp3)

You can grab some free Slothbear recordings over @ rack and ruin records.

Downloadable: The Slothbear EP (zip)

Slothbear is on Facebook.
Slothbear has a blogspot.
Rack And Ruin is here.
Vanity Imprint is here.
Last.fm page is here.

BONUS: The Exceptional Bastards (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.

If you want to download all the individual tracks in this post, you should think about installing the DownThemAll! Firefox extension.

So, the new Slothbear digital 7″ has a sound that I love. It is the sound of jangle and distortion. Think of the guitar tone of a mid-90’s Western Mass indierock band. This release is (I assume) a teaser for a full length named Qids. Is this perhaps a play on the latin quater in die or maybe an intentionally misspelling of Kids? I’m guessing the later but I don’t think I care as long as the rest of it sounds something like this…

Downloadables:

Killed By Cars (mp3)

Don’t Taunt A Tiger/Killed By Cars digital 7″ (vanity imprint zip)

Slothbear is on Facebook.
Slothbear has a blogspot.
Rack And Ruin is here.
Vanity Imprint is here.
Last.fm page is here.

BONUS: The Exceptional Bastards (mp3)

Many people do not want to think about September 2008. That is when a nice glob of economic feces totally hit the proverbial fan. Nevertheless, we here at GIMME TINNITUS choose to look back.

Downloadables:

The Hope That House Built (beggars mp3) by Future Of The Left

Crystal Ladies (mp3) by Blank Dogs

Blind Spot (mp3) by Vivian Girls

Two (mp3) by The Antlers

Teenage Lust (JAMC Cover) (mp3) by Oliver North Boy Choir

Extinction (mp3) by The Soft Pack (formerly The Muslims)

Everything With You (mp3) by The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Sugarshack (mp3) by Unrest

Suspect Device (Stiff Little Fingers Cover) (mp3) by Ted Leo + The Pharmacists

Fear And Loathing In Mahwah, NJ (mp3) by Titus Andronicus

The Melody (mp3) by The Mae Shi

Silence (mp3) by Takka Takka

Loosen Up (mp3) by The Shaky Hands

The Exceptional Bastards (mp3) by Slothbear

You Gotta Feel It (Rehearsal) (mp3) by Spoon

George Washington (mp3) by Meho Plaza

Low Tide (mp3) by O’Death

Kalise (mp3) by El Guincho

Sunchips (Ghosts On Tape Remix) (mp3) by Lemonade

Safe For The Time Being (Low Scores Remix) (mp3) by Mason Proper

From Stardust to Sentience (mp3) by High Places

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

- PTST Band Of The Week, Slothbear is playing a show on April 16th @ Death By Audio along with Picture Books and Boo And Boo Too. Listen to some Slothbear…

Downloadable: You Make Me Choose You (mp3)

- I Rock Cleveland posts a track by the grimey Crocodiles… here. Me too!

Downloadable: I Wanna Kill (mp3)

- To get the new Dirty Projectors mp3, type your junk email address… here.

- New New New electronicgoodness in the form of a Nosaj Thing “freeload” over @ the FADER… here.

- Dig on an awesome Mission Of Burma track and check out some photos of the recent Slaughterama @ SUCKA PANTS… here.