GIMME TINNITUS

So, it turns out I neglected a GIMME TINNITUS Tradition. I didn’t post my End of the Year Dump. Here is all the stuff I meant to get to last year but for some reason or another just didn’t get around to, sorry y’all. But you know what? It makes for a pretty awesome mixtape. Listen.

Downloadables:

1. resolution of one (mp3) by guards
   (d/l the GUARDS ep @ Bandcamp)
2. Halcyon Days (mp3) by So Cow
   (d/l additional So Cow @ FMA)
3. We Will Collide (mp3) by Bonus Eventus
4. Hung Out (mp3) by Red Pens
5. Illegal Criminal Crimes (Against The Law) (mp3) by Sirs
   (d/l additional Sirs @ sirs-chicago.com)
6. Bridges (mp3) by Drummers
7. Lovewrecker (mp3) by T.A.R.T. (Dinowalrus Pete‘s hair metal side proj)
8. Cross Tops (mp3) by The Octogon
   (d/l the free Arm Brain Heart and Liver EP @ Serious Business)
9. Infinite Bear (mp3) by Neg-Fi
10. White Light (mp3) by Ribbons and Bows
    (d/l Ribbons and Bows @ Bandcamp)
11. Witch Hunting (mp3) by Whitesand/Badlands
12. Wave Life (mp3) by Chrome Wings
    (d/ Time Patterns @ Mediafire)
13. Kissing Collar (mp3) by Dream Boat
    (d/l some of Visions @ AMDISCS)
14. One In the Sun (mp3) by Dreas
15. Tashkent (mp3) by Collarbones
    (pay-what-you-want for Beaman Park @ Bandcamp)
16. The Works (mp3) by Thin Numbers
17. Burn Your Money! (mp3) by Mojo Nixon

Last Year’s Dump is here.

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.

The Forgery Series is a solo proj from Obits guitarist Sohrab Habibion along with some friends from Garden Variety, Radio 4, and Gas Huffer. They are “trying to tone it down a bit and make it less overtly rock,” but that may change as they they refine what they are doing.

They are playing their 3rd show on Friday night (probably just after 8pm) @ Mercury Lounge with Disappears, The Ponys and Woven Bones.

Here is their tribute to The Nerves. Listen.

Downloadable: You Won’t Be Happy (mp3)

The song will be featured on Under the Covers Vol. 2: A Tribute to Paul Collins, Peter Case, and Jack Lee, and will be co-released by Volar Records and I Hate Rock N Roll. The comp will also feature Grass Widow, Fresh & Onlys, Shark Toys, Le Face, So Cow, Ratas del Vaticano, and Davila 666 among others. More details TK.

As The Forgery Series has a limited web presence, here is the info for Obits…

Obits are on the internet
Obits are on Myspace
Obits are on Facebook
Obits are on Twitter
Obits are on Soundcloud
Obits are on elbo.ws
Obits are on Hype Machine
Obits are on Sub Pop
Obits are on Comedy Minus One
Obits are on Insound
Obits are on Amazon MP3
Obits are on eMusic

So, I am not going to SXSW this year, but if I was here is a selection of mp3s from bands I would want to see. I was able to whittle down the list to 40 songs. No easy task. Listen.

Downloadables:

Mossy (mp3) by Aa

Raindrops in the River (mp3) by Autumn Owls

And It Goes (mp3) by Bad Sports

Big Weapons Anthem (mp3) by Bird Peterson

“kinda sorta” (mp3) by The Black Watch

Jimmy Dove (mp3) by Blind Man’s Colour

Wise Mr. Owl (mp3) by The Blind Shake

Bronzage (mp3) by dd/mm/yyyy

One More Workout Shawty (mp3) by DJ Car Stereo (Wars)

HELM (mp3) by Eagle Claw

50 Lashes (mp3) by Floating Action

The Ghosts That Wake You (mp3) by Follow That Bird!

Bluest Sky (mp3) by Goes Cube

Lulu’s Lips (mp3) by Grass Widow

Shutterbug (mp3) by Hammer No More The Fingers

High Wire (mp3) by The Happy Hollows

Witchgreens (mp3) by Harlem

The Lost White Brother (mp3) by Headdress

Cold Hands/Chapped Lips (mp3) by Hot Panda

Seasick (mp3) by Jazzus Lizard

Salto Alto (mp3) by Julia Says

Cloudbank (mp3) by Julianna Barwick

Wash on By (mp3) by La Strada

STRANGERS (mp3) by Lovvers

jmos revenge (mp3) by Migas

Skyling Slip (mp3) by Naam

The Sun is Out (mp3) by Reading Rainbow

hypermode (mp3) by A Shoreline Dream

Moon Guen Young (mp3) by So Cow

Summer Cats (mp3) by Summer Cats

On My Honor (mp3) by Tape Deck Mountain

Feel so good (mp3) by Thee Vicars

Buffalo (mp3) by Throttlerod

Take A Hike (mp3) by Thunder Power

Crime Wave (mp3) by Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!

Dig (mp3) by Trash Talk

“GRASSROOTS!” Campaign (mp3) by truth universal

the Black Mask (mp3) by TV Torso

The Scalphunters (mp3) by U.S. Christmas

They Know What Ghost Know (mp3) by Yppah

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

These mp3s (and 606 more) can be found on the Unofficial SXSW 2010 Showcasing Artists Part 1 torrent. (Note: Part 2 is now online and I will do my best to go through it).

Oh, and if you aren’t totally sick of Austin, TX check out the excellent Casual Victim Pile comp on Matador.

And now the final Best of 2009 post. After an exhaustive review of end of the year lists and some long forgotten playlists from earlier this year, I have culled together a bunch of songs that were simply “off my radar.” This includes songs by artists I have never even heard of, as well as some stuff I had read about and downloaded, but then got lost in the gigabytes of my iTunes library. There is a broad mix of tunes here… indiepop, electronicexperimental, psychrockfreakout, southernmetal, synthfunk, and just plain rock ‘n’ roll. Have fun listening.

This is Off My Radar 2009.

Downloadables:

Land of the Morning Calm (mp3) by Apollo Ghosts

WARRIOR (mp3) by The Bitters

Harvey’s Machine (mp3) by Black Cock

Miarches (mp3) by Forest Swords

Valient Brave (mp3) by Ganglians

UP UP UP (mp3) by GIVERS

The Thrust That Missed (mp3) by HAWKS

No Mindless Love (mp3) by JAILL

Said And Done (mp3) by Kylesa

Skynet Infiltration Simulation Unit (mp3) by Luke Perry

Don’t Lie (mp3) by The Mantles

Star 131 (mp3) by Night Control

Weak For Me (mp3) by Nite Jewel

The Sun Is Out (mp3) by Reading Rainbow

Tunnel (mp3) by Shuttle

Casablanca (mp3) by So Cow

The River Rushes (To Screw MD Over) (mp3) by Thee Oh Sees

Candy Girl (Demo) (mp3) by Trailer Trash Tracys

Hint Hint: All these songs should fit nicely on a CD-R.

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


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