GIMME TINNITUS

As seen on My Old Kentucky Blog, here is side one track one off the new Grooms LP, Prom. The album is set to be released via Kanine Records on July 12. Known as purveyors of the LOUDquietLOUD aesthetic, Grooms are mixing glitchy electronic, ambient, and classic pop sounds into the mix here. Listen.

Downloadable: Tiger Trees (mp3)

You can preorder Prom @ insound.com.

Upcoming Show:

• June 17th @ Knitting Factory (Northside Festival Kanine Records Showcase) w/ Surfer Blood + Eternal Summers + Pepper Rabbit + Xray Eyeballs + Zambri + Dream Diary + DJ Andy French (Raven Sings The Blues)

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BONUS: Sharing (mp3)

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. Kobra Klutch (mp3) by Wudos Band (Wu-Tang Clan x Budos Band)
         (d/l WU-TANG X BUDOS BAND @ thehigherconcept.com)
2. hahahaha jk? (produced by boi-1da) (mp3) by Das Racist
         (d/l the Sit Down, Man Mixtape @ djbooth.net)
3. My Plants Are Dead (GAMES RMX) (mp3) by Blonde Redhead
4. Stilyagi (mp3) by Puro Instinct
5. Keepin’ On (mp3) by Turbo Fruits
6. Whitewash (mp3) by MYTY KONKEROR
7. Jersey City (mp3) by hilly eye
         (pay-what-you-want for the Fireworks EP @ bandcamp)
8. Stamp (mp3) by The Rural Alberta Advantage
9. Older (mp3) by French Miami
10. Swim Club (mp3) by The Cave Singers
11. Civilian (mp3) by Wye Oak
12. Structures In The Sun (mp3) by Metal Mountains
13. Eyes Close (mp3) by Brad Laner
14. Serfer (mp3) by Woodsman
15. YR LOVE (mp3) by HOLY OTHER
16. Swim (Alpaca Remix by Allen Blickle of Baroness) (mp3) by
          Surfer Blood
17. Small Fortune (Peter’s House Music Remix) (mp3) by Silk Flowers
18. Icaros (mp3) by Mexicans With Guns
19. White NIghts (Psychic TV Cover) (mp3) by The Golden Filter

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.

And here is a BONUS monthly mix. What were we listening to during CMJ last year?

Listen to the October 2009 CMJ Supplement Mix to find out…

Downloadables:

1. Set-Up (mp3) by RENMINBI
2. Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3) by Surfer Blood
3. South Of France (mp3) by Harlem
4. Prize Fighter (mp3) by Golden Triangle
5. 100 Flowers (mp3) by Lovvers
6. Kilometer (mp3) by Tempo No Tempo
7. Sooner Or Later (mp3) by ZAZA
8. Elephants (mp3) by Warpaint
9. We’re Not Going (mp3) by Darlings
10. Red Gun (mp3) by The Forms
11. Growing (mp3) by Little Girls
12. Lindsay Brohan (mp3) by Javelin
13. Street Cars (mp3) by Sisters
14. Despicable Dogs (mp3) by Small Black
15. Kudos (mp3) by Surf City
16. Highway Robbery (mp3) by Unicycle Loves You
17. Song For The Winter Sun (mp3) by The Loom
18. Beach Comber (mp3) by Real Estate
19. Gloom Doom Buttercups (mp3) by Kittens Ablaze

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.

Is it time to start listing the best tracks of year already? Why yes, yes it is. Now, a lot of these tracks have been available for a while (e.g. last year or in the GT 2010 preview), but they either had their official release this year or I just thought they should be on this list for some other reason or another. Without further ado, I give you the first volume of the Best Downloadables of 2010.

Downloadables:

Spector (mp3) by Signals

BEAD (mp3) by Dinowalrus

Swim (To Reach The End) (mp3) by Surfer Blood

M.B.T. (mp3) by Susu

C’mon (mp3) by The Soft Pack

Written In Reverse (mp3) by Spoon

Ambling Alp (mp3) by Yeasayer

I Do (mp3) by Screaming Females

Self Awakening (mp3) by Ernest Gonzales

Blessa (mp3) by Toro y Moi

Friendly Ghost (mp3) by Harlem

See Waves (mp3) by Nice Nice

some lonesome street corner (USF remix) (mp3) by cars & trains

Excuse Me (Memory Tapes Remix) (mp3) by Gucci Mane

Jail La La (mp3) by Dum Dum Girls

Me Thing Drawing Me (mp3) by Javelin

Everything Will Be Alright (mp3) by Golden Ages

Hold (mp3) by Hands

Years (Five – Eight) (mp3) by Starscream

Teenage Whore (mp3) by Dinosaur Feathers

Can’t Stay Awake (mp3) by Cloud Nothings

Be sure to check out the rest of the year’s Best Downloadables:

Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5

Additionally, 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 (or most of) the tracks in this post, you should probably think about installing the DownThemAll! or FlashGot Firefox extensions.

And now the next q and also a with GROOMS…

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

a: Fallen Angel (lala link) by King Crimson

q: What is your favorite food?

a: Brick oven pizza, but saag paneer sounds really really good right now.

q: What is your favorite band to see live?

a: Lately, probably Sisters. Maybe Knyfe Hyts too. Or Skeletons. They played with a big band at the Death by Audio maze a few months ago and it was incredible.

Listen:
Street Cars (mp3) by Sisters
Smoke The Milk (mp3) by Knyfe Hyts
THE THINGS (mp3) by Skeletons

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

a: Most comfortable is at DBA, but Cake Shop is not without its charms.

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

a: Myself, so that I can start up a record label and put out numerous different projects I think are underrated, and maybe help push out some of the stuff that’s massively overrated.

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

a: We’re currently working a new album that will be released (hopefully) later this year on Kanine. It’s starting to take shape and it’s kinda weirding me out a little bit. I’m not really sure how to explain what it sounds like so far, but I’m more than a bit surprised by some of the directions and sounds. Emily even plays guitar on some of the new ones.

Here are a couple tracks from Grooms latest LP, Rejoicer.

Listen:
Dreamsucker (mp3)
Acid King Of Hell (Guitar Feelings) (mp3)

Upcoming Shows:
Jan 30 (TONIGHT!) @ 87 Lafayette w/ Julianna Barwick, Knyfe Hyts, Noveller and MNDR
Feb 27 @ Market Hotel w/ Surfer Blood, Beach Fossils and Turbo Fruits

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